Social Media for Small Businesses with Peg Fitzpatrick

Peg Fitzpatrick is a social media expert who follows fascinating people on social media regardless of the number of their followers. Peg specializes in visual marketing and creating content on Instagram and Pinterest. She is also the author of the best-selling book The Art of Social Media.
Peg joins me to share the advantages and drawbacks of using three of the most popular social media platforms - Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. She compares them and shares what small businesses can do to take advantage of these social media channels as they build and promote their business.
 
"People are building a community, and they want to talk to people they're interested in." - Peg Fitzpatrick


In This Episode of The Sigrun Show:

Reasons for quickly unfollowing someone
The beginning of Peg's journey as a social media expert
The challenges Peg faced in learning and using the different social media platforms
Why Peg always posts how-to blogs for beginners
Why Instagram is the natural segue after establishing your Facebook account
Why you, as a local business owner, have a significant growth opportunity on Instagram
The go-to platform to reach more and new people
How you can keep your branding on Instagram
The number one traffic generator among all social media platforms
Creating templates for varying posts on Pinterest
Advertising programs of Pinterest
Why Peg turns social media notifications off



Key Takeaways:

Continue educating yourself because there is always something new on social media.
Most Instagrammers like it when you share their content as long as you tag them and give them credit.
Post on Pinterest consistently by scheduling your pins.



Resources Mentioned:

Regram
Planoly
Tailwind
Canva
Photoshop



Connect with Peg Fitzpatrick:

PegFitzpatrick.com
Peg on Instagram
Peg on Pinterest
Peg on Twitter
Peg on Facebook



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