As we go full steam ahead into 2019 and what a year it has been for social l media and small businesses why not take advantage of the holiday time - now is the time to start looking to next year and perhaps start things afresh. This is a good time to check all the last 2018 items off your to-do list, read through and respond to emails sitting in your inbox – and update your social media accounts. Many organisations and businesses are great about updating their newsfeeds and adding posts … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2018
Trends & Changes
Social media is continually developing Being active on social media is massive, and it’s unquestionably necessary for your business or brand. But just posting on social media alone won’t automatically spell success. Throughout the year there are so many trends and improvements to social media. So what trends are a MUST!!! Live video continues to thrive Live video content made huge inroads in 2017 and in 2018 continued to be a popular trend. Live video content has become so … [Read more...]
Bling the World!!! Pop Fusion Events Charity single!
At Smash Social we are delighted to work with a fantastic company called Pop Fusion Events. Pop fusion events has now been established for 5 years and is a leader in Cosmetic Entertainment throughout the UK. Natalie Davis, the creative director and Natalie Austin a vocal coach and lyricist collaborated and launched a marvellous Facebook Community group called “5 minutes with… “ This is a platform for all services for the events industry to be interviewed in an casual setting to support … [Read more...]
More ways to share using the NEW YouTube Stories feature!
As a business, you always need to be looking at ways to strengthen your relationship with your audience and expose your brand. You tube is becoming a great platform for all business to be able to showcase their products and services and re posting their links on other social media platforms too! Through ongoing testing this new Stories feature is now rolling out YouTube Stories to all eligible creators with 10K+ subscribers. Creating these Stories is a lightweight, easy, and fun concept … [Read more...]
Christmas is coming…. be Social Media ready!
It’s that time of year once again!! The festive lights go up, holiday music starts playing everywhere, and the Christmas spirit comes alive. It also means a giant wave of holiday campaigns arriving on our social media feeds. Every business has a holiday campaign, and it can feel really hard to compete – especially if your time or budget is tighter than others. At Smash Social we believe these holiday promotions are totally worth it. The Christmas season is a perfect time to … [Read more...]
Shoppable Instagram posts use tags to encourage sales for Christmas
This Christmas your brand should consider shoppable Instagram posts because they are so simple to set up. Within your business profile you can add tags to the image that you want to sponsor and act as product descriptions for the items that you are selling. They break down your product for the mobile user in order for consumers to understand Once a customer clicks on a tag, the Shop Now interface within Instagram opens for the product to be purchased.... These tags act as the key for your … [Read more...]