Here are the links I shared this week that people liked the most: When to use “I were” Capitalize dad and mum/mom Why using a spellchecker isn’t good enough My 10 most popular grammar posts Why Ello Suddenly Went Viral How to chop your word count like a lumberjack 10 Social Media Mistakes That Could… Continue reading Hot Pepper Highlights: 10 October 2014
Category: Social media
Introducing my Diablo social media management package
When I launched Hot Pepper Communications three years ago, I knew that I wanted to focus on my strongest skills: writing, editing, and social media management. When I turned it into my full-time job last year, I released specific pricing structures for the social media management options I offered. The two modules—as I called them—were called… Continue reading Introducing my Diablo social media management package
Hot Pepper Highlights: 3 October 2014
Here are the links I shared this week that people liked the most: 34 People Who Managed To Screw Up Their One Job Tad bit vs tidbit 5 Ways to Boost Your Twitter Engagement Me, Myself, and I Ello Is No Facebook Killer Common mistakes in the use of nouns Use this simple trick to… Continue reading Hot Pepper Highlights: 3 October 2014
I doubled my client’s Google+ followers by ignoring my own advice
In June, I wrote an article outlining how I had quadrupled the number of followers of one of my social media clients. While reviewing their page stats, I realized that their follower count has since doubled. That’s right, I just doubled my client’s Google+ followers in just 3 months.
Hot Pepper Highlights: 26 September 2014
Here are the links I shared this week that people liked the most: Using “only” How to use 3 keyboard keys you’ve never used 17 Statistics That Show Social Media is the Future of Customer Service 12 Ordinary People Who Beat Major Brands to Their Own Twitter Handles 25 Ways to Engage Your Social Media… Continue reading Hot Pepper Highlights: 26 September 2014
What is Facebook reach and 4 ways to increase it
If you have a Facebook business page, you have probably either seen the Facebook Insights tool or have been prompted by Facebook to use it. If you haven’t seen it yet, this is what it looks like. It’s a robust and comprehensive collection of data points and metrics page owners can use to keep track… Continue reading What is Facebook reach and 4 ways to increase it
Hot Pepper Highlights: 19 September 2014
Here are the links I shared this week that people liked the most: Dashes and hyphens: what’s the difference? Canadian Style Tip #33: Block format quotations The 3 Biggest Mistakes People Make on Twitter and LinkedIn (And How to Fix Them) Canadian Style Tip #5: Run-in format for quotations 3 Reasons Why People Hate Your… Continue reading Hot Pepper Highlights: 19 September 2014
5 reasons why reciprocation is key to social media success
If you want to increase engagement with your social media followers, there are two fundamental things you must do: increase followers and reciprocate. I’ve already talked about increasing followers, so I want to focus on reciprocation today. Reciprocating is basically doing to others what they do to you. For example, if someone retweets something you… Continue reading 5 reasons why reciprocation is key to social media success
Hot Pepper Highlights: 12 September 2014
Here are the links I shared this week that people liked the most: Improvise vs. improvize The Funniest Tweets From Apple Live Stump the Social Media Guy: Tip 8, homebuilder How to convert your #Facebook profile into a business page 9 reasons to avoid the passive voice Start With Why: Why I do what I… Continue reading Hot Pepper Highlights: 12 September 2014
You better be using this Twitter feature if you follow many people
Did you know that Twitter has had a key feature for over 5 years now that is crucial for managing a content stream populated by large numbers of followed users? Did you also know that few people know about—let alone use—this feature? So what is this critical feature? Lists. The problem with following thousands of… Continue reading You better be using this Twitter feature if you follow many people