Jay Baer‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “How to Identify Relevant Hashtags for Your Business″. Baer says, “Identifying the right hashtags is critical when it comes to social monitoring and engagement. This allows us to find the conversations where our target audience hangs out. By adding value to the conversation, we can start to build up a relationship that could possibly leads to a business transaction (or at the very least awareness). I have developed this three-step method using a few favorite Twitter tools – Twitonomy, Hashtagify.me, and RiteTag”. How... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Unveils News Feed Redesign, One Year Later”. Kurt Wagner says, “Facebook will begin rolling out a redesign for its news feed on Thursday, almost exactly one year after the company initially announced a major overhaul at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. The new look includes font changes and more prominent photos that span the entire news feed, but the overall look is more subtle than the changes Facebook promised a year ago when it first announced the redesign. Those proposed changes never took place, except on a small... [...]

The latest MOZ blog post is titled “New Study Shows Original Content Reaches More People on Facebook”. Chad Wittman says, “Facebook continues to make significant changes in the news feed. This time Facebook has decreased the importance (technically the “weight”) of status updates. With these changes occurring so rapidly in the news feed, many brand managers want to know how to stay on top of it all. We dug deep into the data to see what the latest change was and wanted to introduce a philosophy to stay ahead of the constant changes. We analyze and monitor this type of data for... [...]

Brian Moran has created a new report that reveals how to set up a “Fan Page Squeeze” that, according to Moran, can double your email list. Using your Facebook account to actually earn a living may seem elusive. Many have tried; relatively, a few have succeeded. It leaves you wondering if it’s even possible to use Facebook to generate real sales. Moran contends that it’s possible to grow your email list with a free Facebook Fan Page, even if you’re new at it. Moran’s new report, called How to Double Your List with Fan Pages™, condenses everything he has discovered about building... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook News Feed Update Gives Brands More Reach”. Kurt Wagner says, “Facebook‘s greatest asset to marketers has always been its audience — more than one billion active users, a figure that carries some weight. Now, a new change to Facebook’s News Feed algorithm means brands will have greater reach than ever. Beginning Tuesday, when a Page tags a separate brand or celebrity Page in a post, that content may surface for followers of both Pages. For example, if Mashable posts a story to Facebook and tags Google’s Page,... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “51% of Facebook Referrals for Publishers Come From Mobile”. Matt Petronzio says, “Facebook announced last October that the social network’s average referral traffic to media sites increased 170% in 2013. Now, we’re seeing mobile play an even larger role for publishers’ overall traffic. More than half of Facebook’s referral traffic to media sites in January 2014 came from mobile, according to a recent report from Shareaholic. Overall, 16.2% of site referrals came from Facebook“. 51% of Facebook Referrals... [...]

Mari Smith is hosting a webinar on Monday, February 24 at 4.00 pm ET. The topic of the webinar is “Social Profit System 2014: How To Create a Proven Facebook & Social Media Marketing Strategy”. Smith says, “Join me on February 24th for this fresh approach to social media success. It all starts with the right strategy and I’ll be lifting up the hood, sharing my own in-house processes, systems, check-lists that I use and share with my clients. Enter your name and email in the box above or below and I look forward to seeing you on February 24th!” Webinar Details Organizer:... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Facebook Rolling Out New Targeting Mechanics, All US Advertisers To Get Partner Categories Access”. Ginny Marvin says, “Today, Facebook announced changes to its ad targeting features will be rolling out globally. Additionally, all advertisers in the US, including local businesses, will have access to the third-party targeting data available in Partner Categories. The new targeting options will be based on four primary targeting types: location, demographic, interest and behavior. Location: Build campaigns around... [...]

Jay Baer‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “How A Simple Ask Garnered a 50% Increase in Facebook Page Likes in 48 Hours″. Baer says, “When it comes to expanding your the reach of your Facebook page sometimes all you have to do is ask. How did the Czech Olympic Team increase their Facebook following (page likes) by more than 50% (47,000+ Page Likes) in 48 hours? By asking for a like along with a great team photo. The request, “Budeme tu mít 100 000 fanoušků než nastoupíme na plochu? Dejte nám like:)”, which roughly translated is “We’ll have 100,000... [...]

Mari Smith is hosting a webinar on Monday, February 24 at 4.00 pm ET. The topic of the webinar is “Social Profit System 2014: How To Create a Proven Facebook & Social Media Marketing Strategy”. Smith says, “Join me on February 24th for this fresh approach to social media success. It all starts with the right strategy and I’ll be lifting up the hood, sharing my own in-house processes, systems, check-lists that I use and share with my clients. Enter your name and email in the box above or below and I look forward to seeing you on February 24th!” Webinar Details Organizer:... [...]