Struggling with Social Media Engagement? Start with the People Around You Struggling with Social Media Engagement? Start with the People Around You The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, May 6, 2025 0 48 Article rating: 3.0 You set up your business on every major platform and polished your profiles. Now, where are you going to find engaging content specific to your business? Read more
Lazy Social Media Habits We All Should Break Lazy Social Media Habits We All Should Break The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, March 11, 2025 0 627 Article rating: 3.0 Yes, you have a lot on your plate, but is just going through the motions of your social media tasks helping your business – or hurting it? Read more
Tips for Growing Your Email List Through Social Media Tips for Growing Your Email List Through Social Media The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 14, 2025 0 649 Article rating: 4.0 Email marketing is still a top choice in the marketing world. The problem? Getting the email addresses in the first place. Using social media can make the difference. Read more
Build a Better Business Facebook Page for Marketing Success Build a Better Business Facebook Page for Marketing Success Kate Gingold / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 0 881 Article rating: 3.0 While new social media platforms pop up constantly, Facebook continues to be a formidable marketing tool deserving your serious attention. Have you followed these best practices? Read more
Twitter Schedulers Still Offer a "Free Lunch," but It's a Skimpy One Twitter Schedulers Still Offer a "Free Lunch," but It's a Skimpy One Kate Gingold / Tuesday, June 18, 2024 0 801 Article rating: 4.0 Yes, Twitter, or X, as it is now named, is an instant messaging platform, but sometimes we have to put the smartphone down and get other work done. Unfortunately, the old free schedulers are hard to find today. Read more
Wondering If These Social Media Tools Are Still Free for Small Business? Wondering If These Social Media Tools Are Still Free for Small Business? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, June 4, 2024 1 861 Article rating: 4.0 When a small business budget can’t stretch any further, the small biz owner looks for free tools to help with social media marketing. Here’s an update to some tools I reviewed in 2016. Read more
Social Selling Do's and Don'ts for Small - Or Any Sized -Businesses Social Selling Do's and Don'ts for Small - Or Any Sized -Businesses The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 0 1039 Article rating: 4.0 Social Selling absolutely is not sales pitches on social media. Instead, social selling is all about building trust and relationships that lead to a purchase. Here’s what to do – and not do – for success: Read more
A Brief History of the Facebook “Like” Button and its Effect on Marketing A Brief History of the Facebook “Like” Button and its Effect on Marketing The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, August 29, 2023 0 3000 Article rating: 4.5 They used to say a “dog year” was equal to seven human years. I suspect it’s the reverse for “social media marketing years” because of the bewildering speed of updates. How much do you recall about Facebook? Read more
What to Keep in Mind When Adding Hashtags to your Facebook Posts What to Keep in Mind When Adding Hashtags to your Facebook Posts The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, February 14, 2023 0 1207 Article rating: 3.0 Hashtags have been around since 2007, but how important are they in 2023? Read on to learn whether you should still be using hashtags in your social media marketing. Read more
How Do You Figure Out Which Social Network is Best for Your Business? How Do You Figure Out Which Social Network is Best for Your Business? The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 0 1089 Article rating: 4.0 When new social media platforms seem to pop up every minute, how do you decide which network deserves the biggest chunk of your resources? Answering these questions helps: Read more