DIY Content Curation and Automation for Small Business Owners

Do you have a content sharing strategy for your business? Are you interested in discovering ways to leverage great content to promote your business and drive sales? To learn how to build a following by sharing other people's content, I interview Guy Kawasaki.

80,727 Views // Social Media "Pauline, where do you find all these stuff?" I tend to get this question a lot. So I thought writing this post would help those that constantly looking for high-quality content to share with their followers. Sharing great content consistently is one of the best strategies for building and maintaining a strong online presence.

Twitter recently added inline images to tweets so they display automatically in user timelines, putting content "front and center". It's worth noting that it's just Twitter content that's getting the extra boost, as only images shared on Twitter's own pic.twitter.com display automatically. Everybody else - and this includes Instagram, Twitpic etc - need at least one more click.

Do you curate content for your blog and social media sites? Want to discover how to find remarkable content to share? To learn how to explore content curation, I interview Ian Cleary. The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner.

There is a common misconception when it comes to social media marketing. All you have to do is set up a few social networks and the results will start rolling in. But you're smarter than that. You know it takes a lot more. Focus, organization and determination are just a few qualities you must have.

Museums curate works of art. We digital marketers curate blog posts. Though our link shares may not be artistic contributions, the idea of curation is at least the same at museums and online: We're all seeking only the best material to pass along to our patrons, customers, fans, or followers.

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Are you getting the most out of your LinkedIn personal profile? Interested in ways to drive traffic to your website? LinkedIn offers many overlooked ways to optimize your profile, helping more people discover you and promote your business. In this article you'll discover 11 tips you might not be using on your LinkedIn profile, but should.

Social Media is a place where your customers love to see you and even interact with your brand, Are you on all the prominent social platforms? Now, when we say prominent social profiles, first thing comes into mind is Facebook and Twitter, isn't? But now Google+ is not at all lagging back.

We talk about hashtags a lot, but we haven't stepped back to consider the basics in a while. Hashtags are a way for social media users to tag their posts with keywords, which in turn make them easier for social networks to organize and users to search - we all know that.

Few social media practices escape the arm of experiments here at Buffer. We love testing, iterating, and testing again to find ways to boost our metrics and explore new ways to interact better with our audience. Now Google+'s turn has finally come.

Small business owners aren't usually on social media to share cat videos and indulge in celebrity gossip. They're on social media for business. They do social media to gain exposure, but ultimately the goal is to get more business. Getting more business usually means getting more leads.

Social SEO is more about getting your content found, seen, +1’d, liked, retweeted and shared than it is getting links pointing to your site.Social Shares is the Future of SEO. Your Author Rank will be determined by the quality and quantity of Social Signals and Social Shares your content generates. Just like links pointing to your site are considered “votes” social shares serve as validation to the quality of your content.