Your image is all about how people perceive you, and it’s important to find a balance between how you perceive yourself and how you want others to see you. By creating content that reflects your brand as well as your unique story, you’ll be able to form more powerful bonds with your audience! We sat down with Sarah Shah, an image expert, author, blogger, speaker, and TV coach to discuss how to cultivate photos and videos that have the biggest impact on your followers. Read on to find out how you can expertly style your content for social media! Focus on your subject Your subject should be the focal point of your photo. Having a more read more...
How to Get Results for Your Brand on TikTok
TikTok has taken the world by storm and only continues to grow in popularity. Although most users are from younger generations, there’s still a wide range of people creating, discovering, and sharing content on the platform. Tania Nikitenko is a founding member and product lead at Viral Moment, a social listening tool and app that helps analyze trends in videos. If you’re a brand looking to make your TikTok debut, here are some tips from Tania on how to get started! Identify your niche Unlike more traditional social media platforms, which emphasized demographics such as age and gender, TikTok centers around communities of read more...
Capturing Nature with Media
In July, Social Media Breakfast hosted a Nature Walk at the Houston Arboretum. Actually, we hosted two as in classic Houston fashion, the first one was a rain out. Despite all the obstacles, we have a nice turnout and we wanted to celebrate some of the beautiful photos shared.
With the walk, there was a photo contest with five different categories.
Photo Contest Categories
1. Best video (In your feed, on Reels or Live, no stories)
Liatris blooming the meadow
Walter Kurt
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How to Sell on Social
Four Simple Steps to Sell on Social Media Social media sales often get a bad rap, mainly because many people don’t know exactly what it entails and how to do it effectively and efficiently. But this Social Media Breakfast, Kami Huyse demystifies the process of selling on social media with social media and sales expert Phil Gerbyshak. You can find the full video here. The process consists of four steps: The basic idea behind it is to build relationships, communicate, listen, and connect. Here, we break it all down for you. Intake First, identify the category that the read more...
The Age of Influence
Keys to Building an Influencer Program for Your Brand When brands decide to work with influencers, the first thing that comes to mind is a celebrity or other public figure. But the truth is, working with smaller influencers can be equally, if not more, effective than working with larger ones. We talked with Nick Schaffer, founder of the digital marketing consultancy PDCA Social and author of The Age of Influence, about how to build a successful influencer program for your company. You can find the full video of our discussion here. Working with a smaller influencer in the read more...