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Hashtags are a great opportunity for businesses to send a message across multiple platforms quickly. By utilizing trending hashtags, students who don’t already follow your social media accounts can easily discover you. Using hashtags in your social media posts can drive store recognition, improve reach, and engage with your students. The hashtag is one of … Continue reading
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The dynamic of college stores is constantly changing based on the evolving needs of students and the growing popularity of online outlets. With digital content available for nearly all instructional materials, college bookstores are facing multiple challenges to provide the materials needed by students at a reduced cost to compete with the multiple retail sources … Continue reading
The technical revolution of Artificial Intelligence is here to stay and there are continual developments allowing retailers to effectively use it to advance their stores. Tech company Cloverleaf has recently created ShelfPoint, dynamic high-definition LCD strips that wrap around the retail shelves. These digital screens easily slide into existing shelf brackets have proven to increase … Continue reading
It seems like social media updates are endless and it can get exhausting; just when you get used to things the way they are, features get moved, changed, and modified. In order to keep up with these latest updates, we’ve got the most recent image sizes you’ll need for all of your social media accounts. … Continue reading
Snapchat’s tremendous growth is powered by its unique combination of storytelling, creativity, and communication. People and brands can freely express themselves through Snapchat stories, photos, and various fun filter options. Snapchat has more than 150 million daily active users worldwide and there are 10+ billion video views every day. Snapchat continues to take lead among … Continue reading
Starbucks and Airbnb have started beta testing features that give brands more creative control over their profiles. This new tool called featured tweets allows brands to pick around 10 tweets and a few photos to promote at the top of their page. Below these two new promoted sections you can find the brand’s tweets in … Continue reading
Maintaining social media accounts can be challenging and it’s difficult to know what to post where. Since each social media site excels at a different function, the same post doesn’t work on every site. You have to play to that platform’s strength if you want your students to take notice and respond accordingly. Take a … Continue reading
