How To Stay Up To Date with Social Media Trends
Technology changes today are happening faster than ever before. There is always a faster internet carrier, the latest CGI techniques in movies, and there seems to be a new phone coming out every 3 months. Staying on top of social media trends, which seem to change even faster, is even more challenging.
Here are some of the tools we use to stay up to date with social media trends and news!
Newsletters:
Feedly:
A somewhat oldie, but a goodie, Feedly helps stay on top of the hundreds of newsletter emails clogging up your inbox daily. Feedly just sends ONE email a day with the top newsletters you are already subscribed or interested in! You can organize your content, add new ones, and preview articles without having to open and read the entire thing! A huge time saver and organizer!
Check it out and sign up for yourself!
Later:
Feeling a bit behind on the ins and outs of Instagram? Later has the *best* blog and newsletter for tips related to Instagram, Instagram Stories, and content creation in general.
You can subscribe to their newsletter and read their blog!
Tailwind:
Tailwind is like the Later of Pinterest, and it automatically posts your scheduled pins at the optimal times for your audience and offers free webinars on other Pinterest hacks!
They also send great emails that contain updates on Pinterest and how you can better your strategy to adhere to them.
You can get started for free!
Social Media Today:
Social Media Today is a newsletter strictly focusing on social media news, updates, strategies, and more! If you don’t know where to go for advice on content creation, influencing, and social media marketing in general and don’t want to go through the same articles, this is the tool for you! They are also the first to report on updates to social media algorithms, new features, and more.
You can subscribe to their newsletter!
Podcasts:
Podcasts are great to hear stories and advice directly from professionals and people who have been walking through your shoes and have been there! It’s also a great way to make morning and evening commutes not so boring and long! Here are some amazing podcasts for social media news that any blogger, brand, or influencer can use!
SOCIAL MEDIA PODCASTS TO SUBSCRIBE TO:
The Influencer Podcast (great for bloggers/influencers)
2Bobs - Great for agency owners!
The Science of Social Media by Buffer
Fohrcast - Great for influencers and brand partnerships
Magazines:
Knowledge can still come from paper and not just a phone screen! Magazines are a hidden gem of tips and advice, including social media!
A really great combo subscription deal to Fast Company & Inc. can be found here! Although they don’t deal with social media directly, they always have several articles on the subject and how companies can utilize social media to help their businesses. Inc. is a great magazine focusing more on start-ups than just teaching someone how to own a business.
With these easy and convenient tools, navigating the ever changing world of social media trends should be a breeze! Let us know what you try out!
In the meantime, we’ll catch ya on the ‘Gram and in our weekly social media newsletter. Chat soon!
xx, The Homies
