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How to Create Infographics that Send Hoards of New Visitors to Your Blog
"Martin, this is a guest post so I'm sure Janice Wald will give you feedback based on her experience. In order to set up a Pinterest business account or convert your personal account to a business account - just go to this link https://business.pinterest.com/ I highly recommend converting your account. It gives you access to analytics and there really is no down side or limitations for business accounts like there are on other platforms like Facebook and Google+"Getting Started with Instagram - A Tutorial
"Hi Martin, Anyone in the niche of food and beverage can do well on Instagram and book authors do well on the platform too. The key is in sharing great images combined with a targeted hashtag strategy. It’s also good to utilize local hashtags – even if you are trying to reach an international audience – find out what your local hashtags are. You can use Tailwind app and ViralTag to pull in your Instagram images and schedule them to post on Pinterest. Tailwind is really good at this because they have detailed analytics that suggest optimal times for getting repins. I find that sharing inspirational messages that I share on Instagram are helping me grow my account when I cross post them to Pinterest. Here’s the tip – I include a Call to Action in the pin description for people to follow me on Instagram for more inspiration. I’m sure this strategy will work well with your tea images. Thanks for the question Martin"Social Media Analytics – The 5 Best Tools for Online Retailers
"Martin, I don't have a post on using a custom URL but I know that Mike Allton from The Social Media Hat has one. IMO those custom URL's are harder to remember and do very little for branding. Although I'm sure most bloggers will disagree. It's much easier to remember bitly than some abbreviated version of a domain. Whenever I see those custom links I have NO IDEA what blog they belong to. Affiliate marketers can use bitly the same way as anyone else. I'm not sure what additional services they would need. What were you thinking? "Subscribe
PostPlanner News! Get Viral Content Ideas for Twitter Now Too!
"Heather, It's not at all like HootSuite. PostPlanner has an internal algorithm that ranks the viral potential of content that's shared primarily on Facebook. PostPlanner also let's you create a branded sharebar with your call to action and a whole lot more! "