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What The Trend?! What Is ClubHouse? (Episode 1)

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Clubhouse is an exclusive app meant for using your voice to instead of your face. The user is able to create sound bites to post into chat rooms. These soundbites could be informative, inspirational, or humorous; the main point is to chat with others. Users can enter different chat rooms (think back to the AOL days) and can discuss different topics by posting them to said rooms. This new style of social media has grabbed the attention of some very big names like Elon Musk, Drake, and even Rhianna. As of now, the app has over 8 million downloads and is valued at over 1 Billion dollars. While the number of downloads is impressive, not all of those people have access to the app. Clubhouse is invite-only at the moment, which builds the hype of this app.

Born in the chaos of the pandemic, the Clubhouse founders Paul Davidson and Rohan Seth developed a platform that allowed a closer peri-social connection than its predecessors. The founder’s main goal was to have a better way to network in a time were social connection was strained. This productivity mindset that started this app can be seen in most of the topics talked about, such as Bitcoin and investment pitching. Considering they started in Silicon Valley, it is no surprise that their number one feature has to do with productivity.

Like any new empire, it has its blind spots. One feature that has not been set up yet is User Safety.  As of now, they do not have any protocols in place to handle misconduct, harassment, or hate-speech. Since the app is founded on the idea of speaking and sharing information, the lack of regulation regarding what is said in these chat rooms can be concerning. While these regulations have not arrived with the initial launch, it can be assumed that this will come later when the platform is open to the public.

While it might be fun, this app is meant for networking at its core. This can be very useful for adverting and business. Clubhouse’s being audio-based interface will allow for a resurgence of radio-espue advertising, similarly to a podcast ad. This will give business and ad-agencys another outlet to promote on. Clubhouse is on its way to becoming one of the most successful apps on the market and will give not only business, but the “average joe” another way to become closer to people via the internet.

 

4 Tips On Mastering Instagram Algorithm

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Let’s dive deep into the Instagram algorithm.

Since the 2016 change of the chronological Instagram feed, many might have noticed a decrease in post engagement. Every year it seemed as fewer people were reaching posts, leaving businesses and brands frustrated and confused. For years, rumors had gone around that only 7% of users followers were able to view posts promptly. Leading Instagram to finally break their silence via Twitter on January 22, 2019, stating

“We’ve noticed an uptick in posts about Instagram limiting the reach of your photos to  7% of your followers, and would love to clear this up. What shows up first in your feed is

determined by what posts and accounts you engage with the most, as well as other contributing factors such as the timeliness of posts, how often you use Instagram, how

many people you follow…”

So how can YOUR brand step up to the top and master the algorithm? It’s pretty simple. Let us break down some tips your business can implement immediately.

Tip 1. High-Quality Content

 

High-quality content is probably one of the most important factors in beating the algorithm. You should want your followers to enjoy what you’re producing. If you haven’t noticed, the explore page is filled with the highest quality of photos. You can improve your content by doing the following:

  • Think outside the box. Make your content different.
  • Shoot with a high-quality camera
  • Enhance your photos with easy editing software or apps. For example, Lightroom CC, VSCO, or Photoshop.

Tip 2. Be Consistent

Consistency is key! Post often, but don’t overdo it. Aim to post about 4-5 times a week on your main feed and about 2-3 times daily on your story. Instagram favors users who are on the app more often. Additionally, creating video content for your channels, be consistent with your props and outfits.

Tip 3. Captions – Keep it Simple!

 

Make your captions short, sweet, and to the point! No one is going to want to read 3 large paragraphs. Ask questions! That allows more engagement with your followers.

Tip 4. Respond to Comments in the first hour of posting

The first hour following an Instagram post is crucial when beating the algorithm. It shows Instagram a higher engagement, which means your picture will get ranked higher and displayed at the top of the feed to more of your followers. Also, Keen recommends making sure your replies are at least 4-5 words long or else Instagram won’t count it as engagement.

What is Social Advertising?

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What Is Paid Social Advertising?

Paid Social Advertising is the process of creating advertisements that are embedded within the social space. Whether that’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or YouTube, paid social advertising helps you achieve your business goals and objectives.

Why Do I have to Pay?

A few years ago, you could leverage social media to collect our fans on brand pages and continue to engage with them with your posts. However, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter decided to minimize the reach of organic posts (posts without advertising dollars). This is how they make money.

Prior to 2012, businesses were able to reach so many fans with organic posts on Facebook. Research from Social@Ogilvy has suggested that some brand pages reach as low as 2% of a brand’s fans.

What Type of Ads Can You Create?

Each social platform has a unique set of ad products. Here’s a list of some of the many ad types offered on each platform.

How Much Do They Cost?

The beautiful thing about paid social advertising is that it is an affordable advertising option when compared to other forms of advertising. Signs, posters, billboards, radio are all traditional ways of advertising, however, they can be expensive and you may never be able to fully measure your return on investment without conducting a marketing survey.

With paid social advertising, you can monitor your spending and analytics in real-time. You also have the ability to adjust your spending during your campaign.

Instead of asking yourself, how much does it cost, the better question is how much is in your budget? Once you have an allocated a budget each month, you will have a better idea on how much you will need to pay to achieve specific goals.

Paid Social Advertising is a bidding system. You are bidding against other businesses who are also bidding on similar targets, so you the amount of spend will always from one campaign to the next.

Here are a couple of ways in which your business can be charged across different platforms:

  • Link Clicks – Cost Per Click (CPC)
  • Impressions – Cost per 1 Million Impressions (CPM)
  • Engagements – Cost per Engagement (CPE)
  • Video Views – Cost Per View (CPV)

To give an example of how this may work, if you buy your ad on a cost-per-click, you can pay as low as $0.30 for a click or it can be as expensive as $5.00 per click depending on how many other advertisers are buying your specific target. There are multiple ways to bid on each social platform and multiple variables that effect cost.

How Can You Target?

Each social platform has unique capabilities when it comes to targeting your customers. However, as competition increases, their targeting options begin to look similar and similar. The wonderful thing about paid social advertising is the ability to laser target. After, paid social advertising has better targeting capabilities than a TV spot!

Here are a list of ways you can target on each social platform:

Let’s make this simple, shall we? You’re a local Mexican restaurant. With Facebook, you can laser target your customer with the following parameters:

  • Males
  • Bilingual Hispanics
  • 25-45 years of age
  • 10 Mile Radius of your city
  • Interested In: Food & Beverage, Mexican Cuisine
  • With the behavior of eating out often

You can even create separate campaigns that can re-target people who visited your website!

Learn more about paid social advertising here: https://www.keensocial.com/social-advertising-paid-social/