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3 Tips For Creating Social Media Stories For Your Business

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Using social media can be a great way for you to market your business, grow your audience base, and get more exposure for your products or services. However, for many small businesses, they don’t have the expertise or the time to learn how to do this, especially since trends within social media seem to always be changing.

One trend you might have shied away from in the past is using the story features available on some social media platforms. And while this might not be something you’re extremely familiar with at the present moment, using this feature could be a great boon for your business.

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Using Technology To Boost Your Business

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Technology is a critical tool for business today.  The key to getting the most out of your tech opportunities is to be thorough.  Know what your options are in marketing and other digital exposure situations, and understand how to put those tools to use.  

There is quite an array of options when it comes to digital visibility and using technology to boost your organization’s overall success.  Take a moment now to check out a few practical ways to use technology to give your business a boost.

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5 Tips for a Successful Mobile App Launch

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Now, more than ever, it’s possible to launch your creative ideas in the form of a mobile app. But, especially if you’re new to the game, you might run into some issues surrounding your release date. These are growing pains that every developer goes through, but should be paid attention to nonetheless.

So, here are five tips to have a successful mobile app launch, including debugging before releasing into the wild, making sure your social media is in order before the release, potentially throwing a proportional event, finding a sponsor to help with advertising, and being ready to scale should the app succeed. [Read more…]

5 Tips for Staying On Top of Mobile Social Media Feeds

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Your smartphone is most likely your favorite gadget by default, simply because it’s on and with you most of the time, if you’re the average person these days. And though most people have some use of Internet browsing for information and GPS maps for location, a lot of what you do is with social media.

So, what are some ways that you can make sure that you’re completely up to date with all of the social media updates that are constantly emerging and evolving? Follow these five tips to ensure that you’re on the cutting edge.

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Listen For Rumors of Change

New formats and updates are perpetually in progress for all of the major social media platforms, but before big changes come out, there are often rumors of them. If you listen to these rumors, for instance, news about changes to Facebook, then you will be in the right mindset of adopt them as soon as they come out officially. If you can beta test some of them on your gadgets, that’s a benefit of being an early adopter as well, as you can help developers make a great product. [Read more…]

Social Media Is The Next Tech Governance Arena

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Social media has become almost inextricably linked to the online strategy of organizations and businesses. They use social media for marketing purposes, external communications, as well as crowd sourcing ideas regarding product and service development. Despite the immense amount of use social media is getting within these organizations and businesses, a surprising few have done anything to establish guidelines for controlling, restricting, or encouraging desired behavior via social networks. According to Barry Murphy a governance analyst, corporate governance in the information technology is still waiting to be applied to social media, but it’s only a matter of time before this becomes a necessary step for businesses.

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Risks, Security, and Privacy Concerns

The benefits of social media tools are a huge asset to businesses, but according to a publication released by the Global Corporate Governance Forum, there are several risks regarding security and privacy concerns that are inherent to the usage. One of the reasons social media has snuck by largely without project plans or risk assessment is that the technology is already familiar to most and teams have introduced the technology without thinking about the possible risks. Businesses must now backtrack slightly to create strategies to overcome these risks. [Read more…]

InstaBG Personalizes Your Twitter Background

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Various mobile devices are the perfect vehicle for social media apps. You can put your social media app of choice on your mobile phone or tablet and coupled with a mobile broadband plan you can already make updates wherever you are. It may be an easy way to use social media sites like Twitter but there are still many users who prefer to access Twitter using their mobile browsers. If you are one of those people who prefer the latter then you should consider using InstaBG. [Read more…]