{"id":14087,"date":"2016-04-18T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog?p=14087&#038;preview_id=14087"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:50:16","slug":"social-media-marketing-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/social-media-marketing-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop vs Longhand? Social Media Facts, Trends and Tips [April 17]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need a trusted resource for your small business to keep you up to date on important social media news? We\u2019ve got you covered. Our weekly roundup is here to help you stay on top of all the latest in social media and other interesting facts, trends, tips and questions.<\/p>\n<p>This week featuring:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_Media_News_Growth_Hacks\"><\/span><strong>Social Media\u00a0News &amp; Growth Hacks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1 &#8211; Facebook:\u00a0<a title=\"Facebook's Instant Articles now support video ads\" href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/03\/31\/facebooks-instant-articles-now-support-video-ads\/\">Facebook&#8217;s Instant Articles now support video ads<\/a><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">From a user&#8217;s perspective, Facebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/05\/12\/facebook-instant-articles-nyt\/\">Instant Articles<\/a> are a no-brainer. Just tap the relevant link in your News Feed and the piece is visible immediately. Brilliant. For publishers, however, the feature is a little more complicated.\u00a0There&#8217;s a trade-off between performance and control which not all news rooms are comfortable with. To tempt them across, Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/media.publishers\/permalink\/857529017702593\/\">is introducing video ads<\/a> to Instant Articles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2\u00a0&#8211; Pinterest: <a title=\"Pinterest debuts step-by-step How-to Pins from 25+ brands to help keep users around longer\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/03\/29\/pinterest-debuts-step-by-step-how-to-pins-from-25-brands-to-help-keep-users-around-longer\/\">Pinterest debuts step-by-step How-to Pins from 25+ brands to help keep users around longer<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pinterest unveiled a new kind of dynamic <a href=\"https:\/\/business.pinterest.com\/en\/rich-pins\">Rich Pin<\/a> called a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pinterest.com\/en\/introducing-how-to-pins\">How-to Pin<\/a>, which provides step-by-step instructions for cooking, crafting, grooming and other activities shown off in the Pin. The &#8220;How-to&#8221; can be seen, followed and shared without ever leaving Pinterest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14168\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pinterest-How-To-Pin.png\" alt=\"Try it yourself with how-to Pins on Social Media\" width=\"500\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pinterest-How-To-Pin.png 850w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pinterest-How-To-Pin-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pinterest-How-To-Pin-768x1232.png 768w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pinterest-How-To-Pin-638x1024.png 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3 &#8211; LinkedIn:\u00a0<a title=\"How I Increased My LinkedIn Profile Views By 1950% In A Month\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-i-increased-my-linkedin-profile-views-top-2-among-dustin-lund\">How I Increased My LinkedIn Profile Views By 1950% In A Month<\/a><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By using a simple psychology hack and a little effort, I\u00a0am getting profile views from people in my target market.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you want to dramatically increase your profile views do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Spend 30 mins per\/day looking at profiles of people in your target market.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spend 10-15mins\u00a0mins per\/day Updating\u00a0your status 3 &#8211; 5 times.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spend\u00a010-15mins\u00a0mins per\/day posting, commenting\u00a0and sharing content in groups.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14169\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Increase-LinkedIn-Profile.png\" alt=\"How I Increased My LinkedIn Profile Views By 1950% In A Month on Social Media\" width=\"760\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Increase-LinkedIn-Profile.png 926w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Increase-LinkedIn-Profile-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Increase-LinkedIn-Profile-768x265.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4 &#8211; <a title=\"HOW TO REPURPOSE YOUR BLOG POST INTO A BEAUTIFUL EBOOK\" href=\"http:\/\/bloggerbabes.com\/repurpose-blog-post-beautiful-ebook\/\">HOW TO REPURPOSE YOUR BLOG POST INTO A BEAUTIFUL EBOOK<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">An ebook can be a valuable asset to your blog\u00a0for a\u00a0handful of reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It makes your content <a href=\"http:\/\/bloggerbabes.com\/gain-credibility-by-publishing-and-promoting-your-book\/\">seem more legitimate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You offer readers something tangible to take away from the post.<\/li>\n<li>You create an opportunity to add readers\u2019 emails <a href=\"http:\/\/bloggerbabes.com\/learning-library\/monthly-trainers\/ekit4\/\">to your email list<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You have another kind of content that you can share with different networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_Media_Productivity_Tip\"><\/span><strong>Social Media Productivity Tip<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This article specifically addresses students. However, it holds very true as a productivity tip for anyone attending a meeting or taking notes during a business call, etc.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/04\/17\/474525392\/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away\">Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today. Typing your notes is faster \u2014 which comes in handy when there&#8217;s a lot of information to take down. <strong>But it turns out there are still advantages to doing things the old-fashioned way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14170\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laptop-vs-Longhand.png\" alt=\"Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away (hard to do with Social Media)\" width=\"760\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laptop-vs-Longhand.png 978w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laptop-vs-Longhand-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Laptop-vs-Longhand-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>___<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have any social media trends, tips or tricks to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read any interesting social media facts recently?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run across any fascinating infographics?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need a trusted resource for your small business to keep you up to date on important social media news? 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