Black Rock Social Media Podcast

This week the guys are chatting about ‘Everything You Need To Know About Facebook Libra - Digital Currency.’ - NEWS - Snapchat reached 1 Billion downloads on Android. Facebook under fire for changing ad sizes. - STAT OF THE WEEK - 100 million users are using Facebook to market (however only 7 Million use advertising on Facebook feed.) - BLACK ROCK’S HOW TO - Everything you need to know about Facebook Libra. Check out Damian’s blog here: https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk/what-is-facebooks-libra-digital-currency - EMAIL OF THE WEEK - (13:52) From Caroline Trampoline - ED'S TOP TIPS - (15:24) Clear Scheduling & Structure 15:44 Trust the professionals 20:18 Reporting goes both ways 22:30 - CHALLENGE -  Go and check out some social media management companies - like blackrockmedia.co.uk and see if you yourself can do any of the things that they offer! It's a great way to invigorate your social media ideas!  - EXTRA -  Here's where you can check out the soundtrack to 'MEN IN BLACK II' (Ed's favourite!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVRCd6J2NA 👋 Come and say hi! https://www.facebook.com/blackrockmedia https://www.instagram.com/blackrockmedia https://www.twitter.com/blackrocksm https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk

 This week the guys are discussing how to stay consistent with your social media.   As mentioned in the podcast… Perform our Social Media Audit! This tool is designed to see how your current efforts are working, and whether or not there are areas to improve. Once completed, you’ll be given hints and tips as to how you might improve your results, and get your social media to work for you! Perform the test here: https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk/social-media-audit  Black Rock’s How To: Stay Consistent With Your Social Media   1. Set yourself up to succeed   2. Realistic weekly targets   3. Patterned content   4. Allocate a consistent time   5. Titles   6. Announcing your targets  7. Reports help   8. Budgets solve problems  Email of the week (13:15)  Ed’s Top Tips (14:19)  1. Allocate Time (14:50)  2. Uniform Your Socials (17:15)  3. Don’t Be A Perfectionist (20:51)  Challenge (23:02) This week's challenge is to look at your week's schedule and to reallocate your time and budget to prioritise social media. People tend to have more free time than they think, so it is crucial for your brand that you recognise these opportunities and set yourself up for success.  👋 Come and say hi! https://www.facebook.com/blackrockmedia https://www.instagram.com/blackrockmedia https://www.twitter.com/blackrocksm https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk  

Send Guy Lloyd some love by subscribing to his YouTube channel - and help him get rid of that ghastly URL slug! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBp9MZBKXoHiebMWO9TNmlw Damian’s top 10 tips for growing your YouTube: (also check out Damian’s blog on this at blackrockmedia.co.uk/blogs) 1. Titles (8:30) 2. Trends (9:30) 3. Banners (10:30) 4. Shelves (11:03) 5. Comments (11:40) 6. Consistency (12:03) 7. SEO (12:22) 8. Ask (14:10) 9. Remove Excuses (15:15) 10. Learn (15:35) Ed’s Top 3 Tips for Creating a killer blog. 1. Know your audience (17:55) 2. Educate and/or entertain (20:03) 3. Call to action (21:56) SPRATTY’S JARGON BUSTER: SEO: Search Engine Optimisation  ‘ Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the practice of increasing the number and quality of visitors to a website by improving rankings in the algorithmic search engine results.’ - https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/what-is-seo/ 👋 Come and say hi! https://www.facebook.com/blackrockmedia https://www.instagram.com/blackrockmedia https://www.twitter.com/blackrocksm https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk

🎙 'The Black Rock Social Media Podcast' 🎙 The fourth episode is available now! ----------------------------------------------------- Black Rock Social Media Podcast [Ep. 4] - 'How To Do Instagram Live' ► 🤯 Fake News (But it’s not fake news, it’s real…news), ► 🧠 Social Media Mass-Debates ► ✉ Email of The Week ► 💡 Challenge of The Week ----------------------------------------------------- Each week, we'll be tackling current social media news and events, discussing developments in digital marketing and social media, and sharing top tips to making social media work better the most from social media. Get involved with the podcast by sending us a message at hello@blackrockmedia.co.uk, or through any of our social media platforms - or by checking out the podcast page here, http://bit.ly/BRSM-podcast. 👉 Check out the latest episode here.  http://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk/blackrockpodcast 👋 Come and say hi! https://www.facebook.com/blackrockmedia https://www.instagram.com/blackrockmedia https://www.twitter.com/blackrocksm https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk

🎙 'The Black Rock Social Media Podcast' 🎙 The third episode is available now! ----------------------------------------------------- Black Rock Social Media Podcast [Ep. 3] - 'Mastering Instagram Takeovers'. ► 🤯 Fake News (But it’s not fake news, it’s real…news), ► 🧠 Social Media Mass-Debates ► ✉ Email of The Week ► 💡 Challenge of The Week ----------------------------------------------------- Each week, we'll be tackling current social media news and events, discussing developments in digital marketing and social media, and sharing top tips to making social media work better the most from social media. Get involved with the podcast by sending us a message at hello@blackrockmedia.co.uk, or through any of our social media platforms - or by checking out the podcast page here, http://bit.ly/BRSM-podcast. 👉 Check out the latest episode here.  http://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk/blackrockpodcast 👋 Come and say hi! https://www.facebook.com/blackrockmedia https://www.instagram.com/blackrockmedia https://www.twitter.com/blackrocksm https://www.blackrockmedia.co.uk