By Carrie Tylawsky This is a tough blog for me to write since I’m actually a big proponent of contests, sweepstakes, and anything that adds fun value to your community online. However, sometimes I see these contests and programs that are just so off-brand that I want to call up their social strategy team that [...]
Stop Complaining About the 20% Rule
by Ike Brooker on 9:20 AM in Advertising, Design, Facebook
By Ike Brooker Facebook has been refining its brand advertising regulations as of late. This has naturally created some uproar. I mean, this is the internet; if there’s a comment to be made, it will be made. First let’s do the requisite visual link to Shortstack’s 20% guidelines. That is basically what you are working [...]
Facebook Revamped News Feed To Give Users Personal Newspaper
by cassidy on 8:23 AM in Blog, Facebook, newsworthy
By Cassidy Bohan Yesterday, Facebook officially announced the platform redesign that will give members more control over the status updates, news stories and other postings that appear in their News Feed. The design is mobile inspired and reduces clutter, thereby increasing the focus on visuals. It will be trickling out over time, so as to give Facebook time [...]
3 Things You Need To Know About Today’s Facebook Announcement
by tiffany on 3:22 PM in Blog, Facebook
by Tiffany Hopkins No time to tune in to today’s big Facebook announcement? No problem! We’ve got you covered. Here are the top three Facebook News Feed changes that matter most for your brand: 1) Choice of feed: Facebook cited user experience as a key reason for the change in News Feed design. Users will now [...]
Everything You Need To Know About Facebook Insights Updates
by Cara on 12:26 PM in Facebook
By Cara Friedman Last week marketers were outraged to learn that Facebook Insights had been inaccurately reporting data on their pages. Any smart social media campaign is based on metrics, and to report these numbers, marketers heavily rely on Insights. Facebook explained that there was a bug in Insights that was under-reporting the numbers and causing Facebook [...]
How To: Convert Your Personal Brand Into a Fan Page
by gibran on 12:40 PM in Blog, Brand Management, Facebook
By Gibran Saleem In the rapidly growing world of business leaders and rising entrepreneurs there comes a time when a person at the forefront of their of organization begins to consider whether they need their own fan page. If you’ve been paying attention to your own personal account over the last few years you may [...]
Like is the New Link: Why Facebook’s Graph Search Will be a Game Changer
by Dave on 11:45 AM in Blog, Facebook
By Dave Kerpen Two years ago, I wrote in Likeable Social Media that “Like is the new link.” Facebook, I argued, was reorganizing the Internet around likes. Whereas Google had previously organized the web around links and information, Facebook was adding a social layer to the web. I envisioned a world in which the like became more important than [...]
Facebook Through The Years [Infographic]
by Michele on 4:34 PM in Blog, Facebook
Facebook has come a long way since its Harvard days in 2004. From its humble beginnings as a collegiate connector to the most cost-effective way to market a business, Facebook has changed the world. We’ve seen Facebook grow from an idea to a global connector with over a billion users. As we celebrate Facebook’s birthday, [...]
Why Facebook Ads Matter More Than Ever
by Adam on 1:40 PM in Advertising, Blog, Facebook
By Adam Lichtenstein The consensus of late is that Facebook Ads are a waste. One catalyst was GM’s $10M ad spend renegging practically minutes before Facebook’s IPO. The media construed this to mean GM may have known something we didn’t. This sparked more questions over the platform’s capabilities for effective advertising. Large corporations have spent [...]
What Facebook’s New Conversion Tracking Means for Brands
by serena on 3:00 PM in Blog, Facebook
By Serena Goldberg Facebook made an important announcement this week about the launch of a new conversion measurement and optimization system on its platform. This new conversion measurement tracking tool is essentially a way to measure and optimize Facebook ads by showing the website conversions they produce. This is a great tool for direct marketers [...]


