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Q: Which social networking platform should you use in your social media marketing campaign?

A: All of them!

Being a social media marketer is a busy lifestyle. New trends, social networks, features, and more are constantly changing which can make social marketing difficult to keep up with on a daily basis. For example, think about how your Facebook looked a year ago compared to now. Just completely different wasn't it? Who knew what a Timeline for business pages was, not me that's for sure!

 If you have ever managed a social media platform, then you know that there are times when things can go horribly, horribly, (did we say horribly?) wrong. You wake up, head to work, log in to your computer, and there it is. One of the unholiest of unholy posts you have ever seen. Your hands start to sweat, your blood pressure rises, and all you want to do is hide away in a dark cave where the internet can never find you.

Have you ever found yourself at the dinner table with your family totally overwhelmed by conversations about social media? As you sit there nodding as if you understand, your children - who may not even be in their teens yet - chat back and forth about hashtags and likes and statuses. What does it all mean?

Last week Instagram and Facebook launched their new video service, Instagram video, in order to compete with Twitter’s Vine app. Instragram’s video offers the user 15 seconds to shoot a desired subject and is completely editable. So, while we’ve provided you with tips on how to use Instagram video for your marketing advantage, should you continue with Vine? Will users stay loyal to the infantile platform or switch over to Instagram, which was delivered to them in a simple app update?

The latest revision of page terms for the social media mega-giant Facebook makes it even easier to draw in consumers for your business. In the past, page owners had to follow stringent rules on cover photos, which meant avoiding calls-to-action, contact info or references to price/purchase information, and images with no more than 20% text. Yep, Facebook was definitely not an inbound marketer's dream. But alas, the lead generating Gods have smiled upon Facebook business users and changed its strict guidelines. Now, the rules have changed and it's time for all you inbound marketing geniuses to reap the benefits from your Facebook marketing strategy.

It's a Brave New World

Step 3a.) Reinforcing Your Page With Content

Becoming a member of any social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn will only help your business grow if you know how to use those assets properly. With approximately 526 million daily active users, Facebook is not only the most visited website in the world, but the most useful for personal connections, organizations, internet sharing, and business. Having the know-how to navigate Facebook accurately and tastefully will allow your business to become updated, broadened, and more relevant in today's online world. Although Facebook prides itself in being fast and easy, there are some tools that require a bit of experience. These simple steps will help you gain an all around good sense of the website and how you can use it to fully optimize your business. If you already have an account on Facebook, skip to step 2.

If you've read any business oriented content on the web these days, you've probably run into the term 'inbound marketing' more than a few times. If you know what this term means, then skip ahead. If you don't, listen up.