http://www.buildingsocialproof.com - In this presentation I show you a simple trick to get up to 94% more engagement on your social media status updates. Make sure to use this trick if you are using Social Media to grow your business.

1. How To Get 94% More
Social Media
Engagement, Shares, and
Likes
www.buildingsocialproof.com

2. Today in this video

3. I am going to show you

4. a simple way to get more

5. engagement

6. shares

7. ..and likes

8. for all your social media updates

9. so let's get started...

10. take a look at any of your
social media accounts

11. which status updates or tweets
jump out at you?

12. Isn't it the ones with
nice graphics and pictures?

13. We all respond to visuals

14. when it comes to social media

15. But it's not just you!

16. Everyone thinks this way

17. Look at a study done by eMarketer

18. You can see images are
easily the most

19. shared and engaged with content on
sites like facebook

20. Then there are entire
social networks

21. that just work through Photos

22. like Instagram

23. Photos are super popular
on Twitter too

24. Media Blog looked at
2 million tweets

25. and found that photos increased

26. retweets by 35%

27. You have probably heard
the old saying

28. "A picture is worth a thousand
words"

29. Well on sites like Twitter
where you only

30. have 140 characters

31. "A thousand words"

32. Is a very big deal

33. Here is even another study from the
MDG Advertising Blog

34. They found that you can get as
much as 94%

35. more views by including a
compelling image.

36. Pictures can communicate a lot of
meaning

37. very quickly

38. so we need to be using
them all the time

39. with each and every
social media status update

40. Here are some tips to get

41. more engagement by using photos:

42. Include photos in all your status
updates

43. Add captions to your photos to get
even more

44. shares and comments

45. Use free online tools to create your
photos.

46. You do not need expensive complex
software

47. Like Adobe Photoshop.

48. PicMonkey is a great tool to edit
your own photos

49. even if you are not very good with
graphic programs

50. Check it out at PicMonkey.com

51. For really quick pictures
I use a new tool called

52. Pablo

53. www.bufferapp.com/pablo

54. It lets you add captions to your
photos in just 30 seconds

55. like this one

56. Just taking impromptu pictures off
your smart phone

57. and adding them to your
social media channels

58. is great too for building engagement

59. it will get you more likes, shares,
and comments

60. and for us that's a good thing!

61. If you want more tips like this

62. Head on over to

63. www.buildingsocialproof.com

64. where I show you

65. How To Create Your Own

66. Social Media Marketing Strategy

67. in 7 days or less