ways to write social media updates?
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Combined, there are a litany of ways to compose, style, and organize a social media update, even in just the words we use in our updates.TRANSCRIPT
Ways to write Social Media Updates?
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25 Ways to Write a Facebook Update
Start the update with a question End the update with a question Include a fill-in-the-blank question Use a short URL Use a full URL
Use a custom URL (e.g., kiss.ly for KISSmetrics)
Do not include a URL (example below)
Sign the update with “- Your Name”
Use an image with text overlay
Use an image without text overlay
Write your headline in title case (e.g., capitalize all the main words)
Write your headline in sentence case (e.g., capitalize the first word and proper nouns only)
Write your update in all lowercase
“Headline: URL”
Share a link, then remove the link attachment (example below)
No text at all (example below)
Insert a horizontal rule
Place hashtags inside the update
Place hashtags at the end of the update
Use emoji
22 Ways to Compose a Tweet
Place your comments before the headline or retweet
Place your comments after the headline or retweet
“Commentary –> tweet”
“Commentary + tweet”
“Commentary > tweet”
“Commentary :: tweet”
“Commentary - tweet”
“Tweet [commentary]” (example below)
“Commentary || tweet”
Place hashtags inside the tweet
Place hashtags outside the tweet, at the end
Attribution after “via”
Attribution after “by”
Acknowledge others with an “HT” (stands for hat tip)
Manually retweet with an RT (stands for retweet)
Manually retweet with an MT (stands for modified tweet)
Insert hard returns so your tweet appears on multiple lines
Title case for capitalization
Sentence case for capitalization
All lowercase
Use custom shortening URL (e.g., kiss.ly for KISSmetrics)
Use the full URL (Twitter will truncate around the 30- character mark)
4 Ways to Compose an Update on LinkedIn
Include a link after the update
Remove the link after the update
Post as a link
Post as an image
8 Ways to Compose an Update on Google+
Leave the update blank and only share a link (example below)
Use bold formatting for the headline (example below)
Use italics for the headline (example below)
Use bold formatting for words inside a paragraph
Place hashtags inside the update
Place hashtags at the bottom
Place everything in the same paragraph
Place things on separate lines
8 Ways to Compose an Update on Instagram
Place hashtags inside the update
Place hashtags at the bottom
Place hashtags in the comments
Place everything in the same paragraph
Place things on separate lines
Tag other users inside the update (example below)
Tag other users at the end of the update
Use emoji
4 Ways to Compose a Pin on Pinterest
Craft a custom message (example below)
Use title tags and meta info from the original site
Hashtags inside the pin
Hashtags at the end of the pin
