Social Media
Resources
Social Media Resources
Below you will find a list of resources categorised according to social media platform..
Facebook Brand Assets – if you’d like to use Facebook brand sets, you may want to take a look this page first.
How to Create the Perfect Facebook Page for Your Business – A great 6-step guide to setting up your first Facebook page
Facebook for Business – the page on Facebook for Business which offers advice on building pages and creating ads.
A Beginner’s Guide to Facebook Advertising (sprout Social) – quite a good overview of Facebook Advertising form Sprout Social.
Mari Smith’s Facebook page – a very good resource for all things Facebook. Well worth the ‘like’.
Facebook Ads Library – a useful tool to discover what your competitor ads are like.
YouTube
YouTube Creator hub – “Your home for resources to help create better content, build fan bases, and turn your creativity into your career”
YouTube Creator Academy – develop your sills with free video tutorials.
YouTube Advertisers – case studies and insights from the folks at YouTube.
How to Create a YouTube Account for Business – a simple overview of how to go about setting up a YouTube channel.
Content Resources From LinkedIn – ideal for infographics, products pics and presentations.
The Benefits of LinkedIn Groups and LinkedIn Company Pages – nice comparison of the two useful business applications from LinkedIn
LinkedIn Best Practices – this is from the Moz guys and offers some useful insights.
Marketing kickstarter – download a Free Marketing pack to help you with engage with customers and drive sales.
Twitter for Business (UK) – This is a useful resource on many aspects of Twitter.
Wishpond – large number of Twitter resources on one page
Twitter YouTube – Twitter’s own YouTube channel comes complete with some interesting videos.
Twitter Blog – head over to this site for the late news and announcements.
Twitter on Twitter – yes, it probably does make sense to follow them on Twitter!
Apps and Tools
Tweetdeck – this is an application that you can use as a stand-alone Windows, Mac or Chrome App to better manage your Twitter (and other social media) presences.
Hootsuite – Similar to Tweetdeck, though does have a paid element for more functionality.
Sprout Social – “Best-in-class social media management and engagement software.”
Bufferapp – a neat tool for helping you to schedule tweets. Also has a neat ‘suggestions’ tool. It has a free and paid version.
Bit.ly – ideal for shortening URL’s. Don’t forget you can connect and use your own shortened URL from here.
Goo.gl – Google’s very own URL shortener.
Friend or Follow – find out who you are following but who’s following not following you.
Riffle – a pretty cool Chrome extension that allows you to explore the Twitter accounts of others.
My Top Tweet – lets you find top tweets on twitter accounts (it looks at the last 3200 tweets and how many retweets were received).
Hashtagify Me – help you come up with great hashtags
Social Bearing – Looking for the lowdown on your competitor actitvity on Twitter, well this site is a must.
Business Instagram – a good starting point to discover how to use Instagram.
How to Use Instagram for Business: A Practical 6-Step Guide (Hootsuite) – a really useful primer on how to get started with Instagram.
5 Ways to Humanize Your Instagram Business Account – Some really useful tips from Social Media Examiner.
7 Simple Steps to Master Instagram for Business – Here’s a fairly comprehensive overview that you should read from Sprout Social.
TikTok
TikTok Top Ads – this is a great resource to discover the top-performing ads on TikTok. Great for giving you ideas an d inspiration.
What’s Trending on TikTok – hashtags, songs, creators and vieos.
LinkedIn Videos
The Benefits of LinkedIn Groups and LinkedIn Company Pages – nice comparison of the two useful business applications from LinkedIn
LinkedIn Best Practices – this is from the Moz guys and offers some useful insights.