Social Performance Measurement For Agencies
2023 promises for a social media manager
Sahail Ashraf posted on 4 January 2023
This year looks exciting in social media marketing. Our guide digs into some things we can promise social media managers will be in the news. Our first promise looks at the formerly all powerful social media platform. In the last couple of years we have seen Facebook lose the shine it seemed would have forever. […]
Meta talks consumer decision-making
Sahail Ashraf posted on 14 December 2022
Meta has just created a new report about consumer decisions. It’s a useful piece of research, and we dig into it below. No matter what the brand has faced when it comes to problems in recent times, Meta is still a huge social media powerhouse. So when it starts to make noises about the industry […]
10 Steps to successfully launch a new Facebook page for your business
Sahail Ashraf posted on 9 December 2022
If you haven’t launched a Facebook page for your business, here are 10 steps you can take today to make it all go smoothly. If you’re looking to set up a Facebook Business Page and don’t know where to get started, there is a 10 step process that will help you launch quickly and effectively. […]
Snap targets AR and the potential for marketing
Sahail Ashraf posted on 7 December 2022
Chances are, you’re not using AR to its full potential at the moment. Now’s the time to get going. Snap has released a new report that proves it is a key growth area for social media marketing. Snap has been a pioneer in the way AR (augmented reality) is used on social media. So it […]
Instagram allows scheduling of posts…finally
Sahail Ashraf posted on 30 November 2022
If you’re used to using third-party apps to schedule posts on Instagram, we’ve got good news. A new update will allow you to schedule posts months ahead. Instagram has done what it should have perhaps done a long time ago, and has decided to allow users to schedule posts months in advance. While it’s not […]
2023 social media predictions
Richard Knowles posted on 22 November 2022
2022 has seemingly flown by, with plenty of things to keep us on our toes post Covid. But what does 2023 hold for everyone, in particular using our social media channels. Will Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter create opportunity for that platform or is it a case of everyone simply surviving? One thing is for […]
What’s happening to Twitter?
Sahail Ashraf posted on 16 November 2022
Twitter has just been bought by Elon Musk. Everything has changed, including some fundamental features. Can we trust Twitter? And should we use it as marketers? It’s hard to get a handle on what is happening with Twitter right now. That’s because so much is happening. In fact, you can expect updates pretty much on […]
New live event series on Instagram shows brands how to market for holidays
Sahail Ashraf posted on 7 November 2022
With the holidays approaching, marketers need all the support they can get. It’s difficult to be on top of the work you need to do to create high quality campaigns for Christmas. Instagram has just announced something admirable in this area. A short series of live events is about to be broadcast on Instagram from […]
TikTok launches new educational hub for marketers
Sahail Ashraf posted on 4 November 2022
TikTok helps marketers again with a brand new educational platform that highlights ways to improve your TikTok game. TikTok has always been known as the kind of social media platform that cares about its creators and brands. It has made considerable effort to help businesses leverage the tools it offers, and this has obviously paid […]
The 5 best brand Instagram accounts in USA right now
Sahail Ashraf posted on 2 November 2022
Instagram continues to be a powerful vehicle for brands. But some have accounts that are huge. Which are the best of these right now? There are many successful brands on Instagram in the USA. They have a healthy number of followers, and plenty of great content that keeps those followers engaged. But there are also […]
How will social media evolve in 2023?
Sahail Ashraf posted on 31 October 2022
With the new year approaching, we thought we would take a look at what we think will happen in social media in the next phase of development. Here we are at the end of the year again. Once Halloween is out of the way, we can look forward to Christmas and plenty of reflection. Another […]
TikTok resurrects its commerce offering
Sahail Ashraf posted on 27 October 2022
TikTok has brought out a special infographic that aims to encourage and support brands that can benefit from TikTok commerce TikTok has always been up for helping its users, and it’s just put together an infographic that helps brands get the most out of live-streaming. Live-streaming is a huge part of TikTok’s Chinese iteration (known […]
Twitter moves closer to TikTok
Sahail Ashraf posted on 17 October 2022
Twitter has added two updates that mean the platform will start to become more like TikTok. This is of course not a bad thing, but will the updates really improve the video experience on the platform? Twitter has edged closer to becoming very similar to TikTok with two new updates that have just been released. […]
Top Tips For Instagram Reels
Sahail Ashraf posted on 7 October 2022
Instagram Reels are still relatively new but it’s proving to be a big weapon for brands in the social media wars. Follow these tips to make sure you’re getting the most out of it. Instagram Reels are short form videos that have grown from strength to strength. With the power of Meta behind it, they […]
Brands Killing It On TikTok
Sahail Ashraf posted on 29 August 2022
Certain brands just know how to do it. Here is a list of brands that we think have mastered TikTok, and how they do it. It’s the newest and brightest social media channel around. TikTok has become possibly the fastest growing and most recognisable social media platform since Facebook. Brands are doing their best to […]
LinkedIn continues to morph into ‘normal’ social media
Sahail Ashraf posted on 24 August 2022
LinkedIn is now pretty far from what it was a few years ago. But its most recent testing phase shows that it feels it has to change even more. Wherever you stand on LinkedIn, you can at least agree that it’s huge. Just dipping into the platform now tells us that there are 830 million […]
Engaging social media content ideas
Sahail Ashraf posted on 19 August 2022
A little while ago we published a piece on social media post ideas. It was hugely successful. In this post, we are going to look at what you can to do maintain engagement in 2022. A few years ago we published a post on engaging social media post ideas for business. Since then, a lot […]
BeReal and Instagram
Sahail Ashraf posted on 17 August 2022
BeReal has glitches, but it is growing rapidly. What is it, and why is Instagram copying some of it’s features? If you haven’t heard of BeReal yet, it’s an app that is rapidly growing in popularity. Every day, it sends you a notification asking that you share what you are doing via your camera. You […]
Instagram Reels are now available
Team Locowise posted on 26 July 2022
In case you missed it, Meta has launched Instagram Reels API data for external use and we couldn’t be happier ? What does this mean? You can now keep track of all your Instagram posts, including Reels, in one place! All Locowise users now benefit from Instagram Reels data within reports. Insights are provided as an […]
How to monetise Twitter
Sahail Ashraf posted on 8 July 2022
It’s official: brands can use Twitter to make money. But monetisation is not that simple, and can be dependent on where you are and how established you are on the platform. Twitter has moved into general monetisation relatively recently. This hasn’t always gone down well with core Twitter users, who have sometimes felt that the […]