So often I meet people at networking events, and once they have asked me what I do, often respond in a couple of ways: Oh I have a LinkedIn account, it’s never done anything for me I tried the networking thing; it was always a waste of time. The common denominator here is usually the…
Today is R U OK day. Although here at SMAOK, we’re firm believers in checking in regularly with our staff members. Let’s talk about it We know that working in a fast-paced ever-changing industry like social media, can, at times, be incredibly stressful. After a while, it can cause staff to burn out.…
One common question we often get asked here at Social Media AOK is “can I turn my Facebook Page into a Group?” The short answer? No. Pages are Pages and Groups are Groups; there is no way to convert a Page into a Group and vice versa. The key thing to remember is that…
If you’re the owner or admin of a Facebook Page, you’ve more than likely seen one of these sorts of notifications accompanied by a boost button: Oooh, wow – your Facebook post is performing well! If you spend just a *small* amount of money, you can reach heaps more people! Sounds pretty good right? Well,…
TikTok…. have you heard about it yet? Much like the now-retired Vine, TikTok is a shortform video sharing app with over 500 million global users, and it was the most downloaded app in 2018. Heralding from China, this social media channel allows users to create short videos of 3-15 seconds or looping videos of 3-60…
While helping our clients with managing their social media presences, we are often asked – “But which social media platforms should I be focusing on?” The answer is simple – Only those where your target audience is spending their time 🙂 To help you work out where your audience might be playing, we’re going to…
While it’s not the platform that’s regularly in the news, LinkedIn has been quietly chugging away in the background, gaining loads of momentum. LinkedIn have reported that their user base has now surpassed 590 million members worldwide, including over 9 million here in Australia. And as of January 2019, we found there to be 470,000 LinkedIn users…
While helping our clients with managing their social media presences, we are often asked – “But which social media platforms should I be focusing on?” The answer is simple – Only those where your target audience is spending their time 🙂 To help you work out where your audience might be playing, we’re going to…
You may have noticed a flurry of activity in the last few months from many Australian and global service providers taking a close look at their operations and updating their privacy policies. Why? The GDPR of course, these four letters represent the future of global data protection and privacy laws. Privacy is a BIG deal…
You’ve just crafted the perfect Instagram post. You’ve cropped to the perfect angle… You’ve applied your filter… You’ve crafted a clever caption… And devised the right hashtags…. Your next decision: to share to Facebook or not. STOP! DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200! We know it’s easy to just share the same content…