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5 Types of Engagement Posts to Avoid

With the new changes to Facebook, some business owners may be wondering… What is engagement bait and am I guilty of doing it? Facebook defines engagement bait as “a tactic to create Facebook posts that goad people into interacting, through likes, shares, comments, and other actions, in order to artificially boost engagement and get greater reach on News Feed.” – Facebook’s Newsfeed Guidelines … Read More


Experts Think Facebook Should Be Paying Publishers

With Facebook rolling out yet another new algorithm, the ad community has a few thoughts on how it will affect their businesses. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has voiced a controversial thought on how Facebook should proceed with this change, which many think puts publishers at a disadvantage. Murdoch’s idea? Facebook should be paying publishers for the news they produce and … Read More


Digital Marketing KPIs and Measurement in the Era of Facebook

Overview In the early days of internet marketing, marketers would rely heavily on CTR as a measure of performance and as an effective benchmark against which to compare campaigns. Being able to identify that 10 out of 1000 people clicked on an ad (1% CTR) helps provide context into relevance and engagement among the audience, and can be especially helpful … Read More


Facebook Will Now Demote Posts Deemed as “Engagement Bait”

Facebook is about to roll out a new algorithm that aims to get the social media site back to it’s roots – bringing people closer together and building relationships.


A Very Brief Introduction to Facebook Advertising

Overview Facebook is the 100,000,000 pound (45,359,237 kg) gorilla in the digital and social media advertising industry. According to a May 2017 report from CNBC, Facebook is the world’s second largest media owner (behind Google), and the only social network in the top 10. There are a lot of reasons that Facebook has been successful in dominating the social media … Read More


How Social Strategy Can Help Grow Your On-site Traffic

If you run a modest sized website or blog, you might be asking yourself “With all of the things to do every day, from SEO to writing content to responding to comments, etc., what’s the real value in social media?” The reality is that, today, an ever-increasing amount of internet to blogs and websites is coming from social media, so … Read More


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