Now Hootsuite, I have a small bone to pick with you. I just logged in earlier last week and scheduled a few social media posts, looked through my streams on the dashboard and went on my merry way. Little did I know when I logged in today.....

Pinterest posted on their blog on October 9th that they are starting to test promoted pins with a few businesses. Pinterest's blog mentioned that promoted pins are in test mode and will look something like this:

Snapchat has gained a reputation that is not ideal for the marketing world. Mashable writer Todd Wasserman says it best, "Taco Bell was one of the few brands to adopt Snapchat, a platform that has a reputation for sexting." 

Facebook made more changes. This time? To their ads dashboard. There have been some changes over the last few months with the way that ads are made for a campaign but the most recent changes are to the reporting for ads. 

It can be difficult to get your followers to engage with your content on social media. Just because you are producing great content and your chest swells with pride when you read it, doesn't mean you've successfully caught your followers eyes and enticed them. When it comes to content, you want your followers to want to comment, "like", share or tell their friends without you telling them too. This can be done with not only exciting content but a different approach as well. 

What is ySocial? ySocial is Thrive's Newest YMCA Solution. We understand that YMCAs are busy in their day to day routines, their main concern is their members and providing them with the best possible experience. Here at Thrive, we wanted to provide YMCAs with a variety of content choices to post on their Facebook pages. 

Struggling to gain more Instagram followers? Like most social platforms there is a "time frame and best day" to post. Yes, there is research proving that certain days and times are best for postings, but there are plenty of people at other times that aren't considered ideal that might be better followers to gain than other times.

Yesterday I posted about the 2013 Facebook Changes That You Should Know About. Today I bring you the entire list of Facebook Changes that you as a user and business should know in order to better your Facebook presence. 

At Inbound 13 we saw several great speakers that made points about Inbound Marketing that many companies should start adopting. We want to add some of those people to our "Remarkable Speakers" list to watch for. 

Has social media become the new media news source? Think about it. We see and look through thousands upon hundreds of thousands of statuses and tweets a day (depending on how