Friday, May 31, 2013

SOCIAL MEDIA INSIGHTS: Eight Tips For Creating More Effective Pinterest Images

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Eight Tips For Creating More Effective Pinterest Images

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Infographic: Brand Images Without Faces Are Shared More On Pinterest (Curalate)
Curalate examined more than 500,000 images on Pinterest to discover eight facets of an image that spurred more sharing. For example, images with a reddish-orange color tone are twice as likely to get shared than images that are blue. Images with multiple "dominant colors" have 3.25 times more repinning than images with a single color. People also tend to repin images without faces. The rest of the tips are in the infographic. Check it out >

How Marketers Can Take Advantage Of Facebook's Graph Search (Business Insider)
Graph Search is Facebook's solution to social search. It allows users to find answers to questions pertaining to their network -- for example, "What sushi restaurants do my friends like?" Marketers can optimize their Facebook Pages to appear higher in Graph Search results. Here's how >

Everything You Need To Know About Google Search (PPC Blog)
Google Search is a complicated beast. Very little is known about its algorithms, data centers, and testing procedures. Here's everything we know about Google Search and how it works. Read >

Warning signs?: Facebook Usage Is Down 9% In The UK (YouGov)
The world's largest social network is losing popularity in the United Kingdom, according to a new YouGov report that examines how people interact with brands and companies through social media. Furthermore, the proportion of people who have stopped using social media due to being fed up with marketing promotions has risen by 18 percentage points from April 2012. Read >

LinkedIn Now Supports Photo and Document-Sharing (SproutSocial)
You can now upload images, documents, presentations, and other file types to status updates created from the LinkedIn homepage. The update will roll out to all members over the next few weeks. Read >

68% Of Millennials Get Their News From Social Media (Y Pulse)
News organizations often scour social media for leads, but the general public is also increasingly tapping social media to consume their news. Not surprisingly, younger generations are more likely to get their news from social media sources. Millennials (ages 18-33) are more likely to turn to social media for news instead of news websites, television, radio, or newspapers. Read >