We know you’ve got a lot on your plate and maybe the thought of doing research about social media and the latest updates plus keeping up with what’s going on in your own industry is way too much.

We are your resource that helps you filter through all of that information. Each article selected has been handpicked with you in mind. It will feature the good stuff, the important stuff. The stuff that will make you want to do something, get a result as opposed to reading for information sake.

• 5 Ways to Grow Your Exposure With Instagram

• What Does “Professional” Look Like Today?

• Social media demographics 2012: 24 sites including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

• The U.S. election, live on YouTube

• Facebook debuts two-paned Messages view, adds keyboard shortcuts

• Tumblr becomes next property after Instagram to have Twitter friend-finding privileges revoked

• Your Facebook Posts Reach 16% of Fans…THE HORROR!

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1. 5 Ways to Grow Your Exposure With Instagram

Instagram is quickly growing as a fun way to share photos. You may think of this as a tool for personal use, but it just might be something helpful for your business. Photo sharing has become more prominent on sites like Facebook and particularly with Pinterest. This article explains the different ways you can use Instagram to promote your business and encourage other people to share your photos.

2. What Does “Professional” Look Like Today?

The virtual world makes it so easy to send a message out to a large audience, but the pressure to respond quickly may conflict with your need to maintain your professional image. What is important is staying true to yourself while maintaining your connection with those involved in your work. Perhaps you might want to adopt some of these views of what the new professional looks like today.

3. Social media demographics 2012: 24 sites including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

With so many social media sites in use today, it can be difficult to determine which ones have the type of audience you are trying to reach. Maybe you have heard about a site but you don’t know if the users are within the age group that you are targeting, or which sites are used more often by women or men. If this is the case, you will likely find this demographics study done by Pingdom to be very helpful.

4. The U.S. election, live on YouTube

YouTube has become such a popular way to broadcast information that it is now being used to share live events related to the upcoming election. Perhaps this might inspire you to create your own channel on YouTube. You can join many other businesses who reap the benefits of displaying their videos along with links to their other social media sites and website.

5. Facebook debuts two-paned Messages view, adds keyboard shortcuts

Facebook has made some visual and functional changes to the way messages, chats, and emails are displayed. Along with these improvements comes the addition of keyboard shortcuts to help with the use and navigation of messages. Find out more about these new features so you can be prepared when they appear on your Facebook page.

6. Tumblr becomes next property after Instagram to have Twitter friend-finding privileges revoked

Tumblr will no longer provide the ability to find your friends who are using Twitter, while the options to find friends using Facebook or Gmail still remain. Other sites may be forced to follow suit. This article attempts to explain why Twitter has taken a tougher stance on how information is shared about its users.

7. Your Facebook Posts Reach 16% of Fans…THE HORROR!

The title of this article may have you wondering if this information is indeed true, and if it is, what you can do to improve the situation. Facebook uses a formula to determine the Top News for each user and your post may not be featured long enough for most of your fans to see it. Here, Jon Loomer shares his thoughts on the impact of this and how you can respond to it.

 

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