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Earlier this week on Blab, we did our show talking about Snapchat at a really basic and superficial level. I’ll be honest I’ve only used it personally a few times in the last 6 months, and don’t know all there is to know about the application. So Bess and I figured we’d learn a little bit about it and discuss it on the show.
The main thing I’d like to mention though is this, there are many social media channels out there. While Snapchat is pretty popular of lately, that doesn’t mean it’s the main network for you to shift all of your focus on. You’re really going to want to think about where and why you’d use it, and the benefits that you’ll be making to your audience. Just below this video are some great links to read to learn more about it and some ideal use cases. Be sure to share and let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
Show Notes:
Snapchat Features You Didn’t Know Existed (Or Just Didn’t Know How to Use)
Snapchat Marketing: A Beginner’s Guide
Check out your Snapchat Analytics
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Last month on the first week of December I made a trip down to Miami for Art Basel. I’ll write a post about my experience with that soon, but what I wanted to show was some of what I shot of the Wynwood Walls area not far from Miami Beach.
During the week of Art Basel, there were a lot of street artists in the area that were painting murals on the sides of buildings for this event. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to Miami each year for Art Basel and all the other happenings and let me tell you they didn’t disappoint. If you ever get a chance to visit, I highly encourage it. And also speak to the artists, they are actually really approachable!
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Hey everyone and Happy New Year! Well like most, I’m excited for the new year and new beginnings and strategies for my business. This week we continued on our topic from our last Blab Show were we discussed marketing tools, tips, and apps to use for 2016. Much like any other Blab we have, we somehow got in a cool segment talking about tech devices and how virtual reality and location beacons may be used to enhance the experience for visitors to theme parks and other places.
Check out the replay below to watch, and be sure to scroll under that to see some of the links to the apps and websites that were mentioned during the show and in the chat!
Show Notes:
Amazon Self Book Publishing
Voice Bunny – Professional Voice Over Artists
Voices.com – Professional Voice Over Artists
Fiverr – An inexpensive digital marketplace to get logos, videos, and so much more starting at $5.00
A great blog post by Professor Josh: What Will You Buy For Five Dollars On Fiverr?
Online work done by Freelancers: UpWork (Formally oDesk)
A new 360 Degree HD camera: GIROPTIC
A cool YouTube video with a 360 Degree camera
An article that talks about Google’s Smart Contact Lens
For location based deal & shopping app try ShopKick. I was able to save $10.00 on the spot using this free app at JC Penny very recently.
Text message your MailChimp subscribers to keep them updated during events using Gather from MailChimp.
Textcast: Another text messaging platform
How to Share Your Exact Physical Location With Family and Friends
(image credit: Pexels.com)
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I’m super excited to say that I have been featured in Gotta Get Blogging’s Blogger of the Month for December. Bess Auer heads up that organization that helps out bloggers whether beginner to professional to get exposure, grow their reach, and more.
I was asked a few questions about blogging. Check out my responses along with an upcoming event Florida Blog Con Forum on March 2016.
Click the image below to read the article:
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Facebook will soon be officially launching a new feature on the desktop version (soon to be released to mobile I’m sure) where you can now search for local services based on your current location. For those of you that have a Facebook Business page/profile you’ll want to really see how you rank for your business. For now it seems the ratings is what is driving the business listing priorities. This means if you don’t have any reviews yet for your business on Facebook, you’re going to want to spend some time asking your customer and clients to log in and submit positive five-star reviews so that you can start to rank up your profile.
I’m sure there are other algorithms Facebook is using to rank profiles, but at first glance the ratings seems to be driving it. You’ll also want to see how your traffic is doing with people getting to your page, posting, and engaging there.
This new feature should be interesting to see how this affects Yelp since this does exactly what we use Yelp’s website and ratings for choosing a restaurant or business service. Check it out and let me know what you think, is this a good new feature, is this something you’re concerned about? Leave your comments below.
