{"id":5357,"date":"2012-07-04T13:40:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T13:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2012-07-04T13:40:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T13:40:58","slug":"5-days-of-social-media-your-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/5-days-of-social-media-your-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 days of social media: Your tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You submitted a lot of fantastic tips and suggestions over the course of last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/win-with-our-5-days-of-social-media-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u20185 Days of Social Media\u2019 contest<\/a>, so we thought it would be a good idea to bring the best together in one post so you can see the advice more easily. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/heartinternet\/?redirected=1\" target=\"_blank\">5 days of social media<\/a> board on Pinterest to get a visual overview as well!<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to add your own answers to the discussions below, or just check out the advice:<\/p>\n<h3>Google+ discussions<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/109557071626047687618\/109557071626047687618\/posts\/arPFFRcdhg2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How can you save time using social media? What are your favourite shortcuts?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/109557071626047687618\/109557071626047687618\/posts\/hKDPctrgWLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How do you make your brand\/business look and sound consistent on social networks?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/109557071626047687618\/109557071626047687618\/posts\/TZgTGAyJVRp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What\u2019s your best tip for getting followers?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/109557071626047687618\/109557071626047687618\/posts\/DVXBivquMEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Challenge yourself with a social media resolution. What\u2019s your pledge?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Facebook debates<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heartinternet\/posts\/431759986855785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Which are the best social networks for small businesses and what\u2019s your top tip for using them?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heartinternet\/posts\/432341676797616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How can you make your Facebook page look great and represent your brand effectively?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heartinternet\/posts\/433449546686829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Have you got a Facebook page? Share the URL with us and check out the others posted below.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Twitter tips<\/h4>\n<p>Each day had a particular task and theme, and we\u2019ve pulled out some of the best tweets so you can see how these people positioned themselves as authorities, offered advice and engaged.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Local business? Search facebook for local sales groups. A good source of local work. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a>\u2014 Telford Computer Doc (@TelfordComputer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelfordComputer\/status\/214668821582188544\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-18T10:40:10+00:00\">June 18, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWho takes advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523followfriday\">#followfriday<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523ff\">#ff<\/a> ? Try it this friday to increase your Twitter following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523twittertips\">#twittertips<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a>\u2014 Phil Johns (@pjstudio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pjstudio\/status\/214670289102049280\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-18T10:45:59+00:00\">June 18, 2012<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Integrate social media into your site using official widgets <a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/about\/resources\/widgets\/widget_profile\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4osuGyo5\">twitter.com\/about\/resource\u2026<\/a> <a title=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/plugins\/\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BYCESuZS\">developers.facebook.com\/docs\/plugins\/<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523twitter\">#twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523Facebook\">#Facebook<\/a>\u2014 Ian Hazeldine (@dcman007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcman007\/status\/214680901811056641\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-18T11:28:10+00:00\">June 18, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a> &#8211; Why not follow other designer tweeters and keep in the loop with whats new in the web design world!\u2014 HostSphere Hosting (@HostSphere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HostSphere\/status\/214742734098014210\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-18T15:33:52+00:00\">June 18, 2012<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Remember that using Hastags can help get yout tweets noticed (as long as its relevant!) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a>\u2014 Phil Midgley (@philmgsy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philmgsy\/status\/214705083034771456\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-18T13:04:15+00:00\">June 18, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a> don\u2019t be shy as a blogger, tweet a company or two and who knows they may want to work with you and your fab blog! :)\u2014 Helen Grounds (@petitmew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petitmew\/status\/214851900619767808\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-18T22:47:39+00:00\">June 18, 2012<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tip for using Twitter &#8211; Be yourself. Don\u2019t auto tweet, or set advanced tweets. Say what you feel &#8211; here, now! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a>\u2014 P R Systems (@prsystems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prsystems\/status\/215188809778860032\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-19T21:06:24+00:00\">June 19, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBrand consistency is key. Make sure your Twitter page background matches your brand like we\u2019ve done with @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pjstudio\">pjstudio<\/a> and @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMTreehouses\">CMTreehouses<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a>\u2014 Phil Johns (@pjstudio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pjstudio\/status\/215021636305420289\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-19T10:02:07+00:00\">June 19, 2012<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/channelonline\">channelonline<\/a> have really used their twitter background image well!Nice pictures covering 50 years of broadcasting! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a>\u2014 Phil Midgley (@philmgsy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philmgsy\/status\/215069769290883072\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-19T13:13:23+00:00\">June 19, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%25235days\">#5days<\/a> Who can recommend some new businesses\/people for us to follow in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%2523plymouth\">#plymouth<\/a> area?\u2014 Phil Johns (@pjstudio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pjstudio\/status\/215758752643690496\" data-datetime=\"2012-06-21T10:51:09+00:00\">June 21, 2012<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Social media blog posts<\/h4>\n<p>If you missed any of the blog posts last week, here\u2019s a quick recap:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/5-days-of-social-media-day-1-your-social-media-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day 1 \u2013 Your social media strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/5-days-of-social-media-day-2-successful-social-media-branding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day 2 \u2013 Successful social media branding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/5-days-of-social-media-day-3-24-resources-for-increasing-your-social-media-followers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day 3 \u2013 24 resources for increasing your social media followers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/5-days-of-social-media-day-4-social-media-mythbusters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day 4 \u2013 Social media mythbusters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/5-days-of-social-media-day-5-the-bumper-social-media-roundup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day 5 \u2013 The bumper social media roundup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You submitted a lot of fantastic tips and suggestions over the course of last week\u2019s \u20185 Days of Social Media\u2019 contest, so we thought it would be a good idea&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}