41 Social Media Posting Tips

What’s your social media goal? Where you want to go?
Promote your most popular blog and social media posts
At the very least track Facebook Insights to see your progress.
Try humor and controversy on social media. They’re compelling.
Social media is powerful, but have a plan and be productive.
Click FB Insights’ “Posts>When Your Fans are Online” to see your audience’s peak posting times. (Post during these times!)
Provide the definitive answers to questions repeated over and over on your chosen social networks.
Analyze your tweets. Which types got the retweeted, reactions and/or comments?
Don’t be shy on social media; Go for it – but be authentic – and be social!
Are you everyone’s “friend”? Each connection counts – and speaks loudly about who you are to your other contacts.
If you want your social content to attract, do your best to share unique quality tips.
Make sure you speak with an identifiable voice. Your posts should never sound “scripted.”
Post regularly during your audience’s peak posting times on any social networks you use.
If you use Pinterest use http://nitrogr.am/ to track analytics.
Use http://nitrogr.am/ for monitoring hashtags monitoring.
Highly personal negative posts are complaining and can alienate followers
Include a mix of rich media like Video, photos, memes etc.
Vine video clips loop. Instagram video clips don’t.
Vine video streams on Twitter; Instagram videos stream on Facebook.
Tapping your screen filming a Vine video starts filming. Tapping your screen filming a Instagram adjusts the focus.
Be sure you don’t use any banned Hashtags reference http://thedatapack.com/banned-hashtags/
Research hashtags to crowd-source user-generated content
Remember that Instagram hashtags are not case-sensitive and don’t work with spaces or special characters.
If your choosen social media platform doesn’t have good native analytics, look for third-party sites that provide it.
Name your new product campaign and start talking about it on social media.
Make new product posts on a regular schedule and don’t let content gaps.
Don’t tell too much at once. Mystery creates interest! Use hints and teasers
Use surveymonkey.com to create free surveys.
If you’re advertising on Facebook, remember your ad images, including the thumbnail, cannot include more than 20% text.
Use text, arrows, and calls to action on your Facebook Covers.
Facebook Profile photos are need to 180 x 180.
Use a clear, easy-to-read call to action.
Facebook allows you to display three custom app tabs in your header section. Make the most of this!
Only your short description displays in your Facebook header section, but fill out your Profile 100% for max searchability.
Select “Replies On” in your Page Admin panel “Manage Permissions” section to increase the conversation on your page.
If you consistently get endorsements that are not relevant on LinkedIn, be aware you can remove endorsements altogether.
Check “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” on LinkedIn to see who is finding you and the keywords they used.
In your LinkedIn Privacy and Settings page, “Select what others see when you’ve viewed their profile” to keep it private.
In Google+ posts, encase text in asterisks for bold and underscore it to create italics. (Share this tip!)
Did you know Google+ makes animated?GIFs from your photos? Just type the keyword “motion” in your Photos section to find them.
Use the Google+ Ripples feature to track your posts by clicking the top-right arrow in your post.

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