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How to Use a Content Calendar to Plan and Schedule Your Posts

Do the words “content calendar” induce an anxiety attack or make you roll your eyes? Although it may seem like an extra step, using a content calendar to organize and plan your posts and can help you think ahead and share content that’s relevant to your audience all year long. Most of all, using a content calendar allows you to reflect on your efforts and measure the effectiveness of your work so that you can improve over time. Here are some considerations to think through when choosing a content calendar for your creative business.

3 Organic Ways to Grow Your Instagram Following

The key to organic growth on Instagram is to identify your goal, your audience, and tell your brand’s story through interesting captions and genuine community involvement.

Strategies for Encouraging More Reviews

Whether you choose to collect reviews organically or take a more active role in tracking customer feedback, here are some honest and helpful strategies for reminding people to take the time and write a review.

Outsourcing Social Media Work: Tips Before You Hire

Pinning to Pinterest, posting to Instagram, and sharing to Facebook Groups can take hours and hours per week. When your business expands to the level that you’re able to hire outside help, you may consider outsourcing this kind of social media work. But how do you find a social marketer who understands the craft business and train them to communicate for your brand?

Best Practices for Using Pinterest Promoted Pins

Most Pinterest users who have upgraded to a free business account can purchase ads in the form of Promoted Pins. These ads can help boost traffic and brand awareness in a way that caters to creative business owners.

7 Tips for Pinning Seasonally

As the holiday season nears, many creative business owners are making plans for how they’ll reach their customers online. Pinterest is a great place to connect with customers and build brand awareness, and taking time to develop a seasonal pinning strategy could boost engagement during the busiest shopping season of the year. Here are seven tactics to reach your customers with seasonal pinning efforts.

The Benefits of Limiting Your Time on Social Media

Although getting hacked is a horrible experience, there could be a silver lining of sorts. Some creative business owners find that easing up on social media frees them up to focus on their primary handcraft, and allows them to plan, strategize, and research effective business practices, while still marketing effectively enough.

Make Videos that Capture Attention

Social media strategist and video creator Jennifer Priest will lead you through workflows and methods for creating video content on a budget and in very little time. In this webinar, we’ll discuss live video, social media video, and other ways to create and share video content in the context of your business.

Should you Host an Instagram Takeover?

You’ve put a lot of time and effort into your Instagram marketing. A takeover might be a great next step to increase the impact of your Instagram account.

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