SOCIALMEDIAEXAMINER.COM — Do your blog posts need a little pizzazz? Have you considered using video to enhance your articles? Combining YouTube videos with your written content can help you stand out from your competitors. In this article, you’ll discover how to enhance your blog posts with YouTube videos. How to Improve…

MOZ.COM — At least once or twice per month, I talk to a small e-commerce store owner who wants to invest in content marketing. Often times, I have to break it to them that they’re not ready for content marketing. You see, before you spend a bunch of time generating traffic from your target audience, it’s…

SOCIALMEDIAEXAMINER.COM — Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week Facebook Releases Facebook Stories in Ireland: Facebook rolled out Facebook Stories in Ireland for the…

SOCIALMEDIAEXAMINER.COM — Do you want more sales? Is content marketing a part of your strategy? To explore how to create content that sells, I interview Marcus Sheridan. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy…

LAWFAREBLOG.COM — The malevolence of President Trump’s Executive Order on visas and refugees is mitigated chiefly—and perhaps only—by the astonishing incompetence of its drafting and construction. NBC is reporting that the document was not reviewed by DHS, the Justice Department, the State Department, or the…

JEFFBULLAS.COM — Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman is an expert in the psychology of judgment and decision, and his research has challenged assumptions of human rationality as a driver in economic decision-making. He has said, “Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.” No pressure there, right?

THEATLANTIC.COM — I am not surprised by President Donald Trump’s antics this week. Not by the big splashy pronouncements such as announcing a wall that he would force Mexico to pay for, even as the Mexican foreign minister held talks with American officials in Washington. Not by the quiet, but no less dangerous bureaucratic orders, such as kicking the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff out of meetings of the Principals’ Committee, the senior foreign-policy decision-making group below the president, while inserting his chief ideologist, Steve Bannon, into them.

BLOG.HOOTSUITE.COM — If Instagram marketing is a medieval battlefield, you, the social media pro, are the gallant knight and the hashtag is your trusted sword. Wield it well and you will bring honor (brand awareness) to your noble kingdom (company). This guide will teach you how to be as prolific with the Instagram hashtag as Sir Lancelot was said to be with his sword.