Four days into the new year and how are you doing on your new year’s resolutions? Feeling like you might have bit off more than you can chew? Let us help you break it down. Here are simple strategies, per social media platform, to transform your content in 2017. Blog: Reduce the number of times … Read More
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7 PR and Social Media Habits to Leave Behind in 2016
As we wrap up a surreal year, we gladly say good-bye to the low points and set our sights on resolutions and hopes for the new year. It’s not our place to tell you to add burpees to your fitness routines or do more charity work, but we will definitely be back to share some … Read More
How-To Transfer Likes From A Facebook Page
Recently a client asked our team if it was possible to transfer Followers from a personal Facebook page to Likes on a business page. This client leveraged a network of personal connections to grow their business and they wanted their Facebook business page to reflect that. The short … Read More
5 Ways To Be Irrelevant
In a world where we can’t escape marketing messages even in a restroom stall; where breaking news is no longer a big deal, it’s a given; where celebrities are the ultimate influencers and influencers are the ultimate celebrities; relevance is currency. If you are not relevant, you won’t show up – you can’t even begin … Read More
Going Global: Taking a Page from YouTube’s Playbook
By Sarah McDonough After working with enough brands – and very different brands at that – I don’t feel like I’m going out on a limb by proposing that it’s safe to say most every brand has a common goal of world domination …but you know, in like a fun and positive sort of way. After … Read More
Snapchat: Can You See The Future?
Snapchat, the social media platform for the younger set, just got cooler, or maybe just younger, or maybe that’s the same thing. The social site, which boasts an estimated 150 million users every day, just changed its name to Snap, and rolled out a new pair of sunglasses called Spectacles. Now before you start with … Read More
Social Media Don’ts
At Double Forte, we spend a lot of time advising people on what to do on social media. Do be consistent. Do be authentic. Do be relevant, etc., etc., etc. But what about the don’ts? What are the things you should never do on social media? There’s the obvious list: don’t be vulgar, don’t … Read More
Announcing the Double Forte Podcast: Everything Speaks
At Double Forte, we love podcasts. From Serial to Cliff Ravenscraft, we can’t get enough. No really, we can’t. That’s why we decided to launch our own. We are thrilled to present, Everything Speaks, a podcast for millennials and young professionals looking for practical, actionable career advice. If … Read More
Social Media: The Algorithms Are A Changin’…
By Sarah McDonough Social media platforms are constantly evolving 1) to stay technologically current 2) to stay interesting and 3) to earn more revenue. OK, I can’t prove the second one. It’s just my hunch as a skeptical PR pro because, let’s face it, these changes get covered in the news A LOT – everything … Read More
6 Steps to Social Media Maven-dome
By Natalie Perkins I’ll admit it – as a millennial, I thought that building and maintaining a social media profile for a brand would be a piece-o-cake. I grew up with this stuff, so I thought I’d know how to do it. Just sign up, start posting stuff that looks cool (AKA puppies, brunch, photos … Read More