‪#‎Instagram‬ ads are here, and available in your Facebook Ads Manager now! We have been posting about this for over a year...well it's finally here! If you need some help or advice, please Comment below. This is something marketers CANNOT miss!

This will be an invaluable tool. The integration is nice, with the ability to create and target ads right through facebook's ads manager. 

Will you be using the ads?

Our ‪#‎TBT‬ falls an an awesome day! Five years ago today, Talking Finger, Social Media Marketing Agency became "legally official" when our LLC was approved. It took many months of hard work, planning, failing, experimenting, and sacrifice leading up to that day with my good buddy and co-founder Erik Granato. Thanks to our friends, family, clients, supporters and everyone else that made it possible! 

Thank you!

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Our ‪#‎tbt‬ is my cat Marley checking out his profile. Anyone remember this old version of Facebook from 2010? Comment if you were on the network back then!

This is it! WIN WIN WIN!! 

Our "Welcome to Summer Sweepstakes" has begun! Prizes from SportsCenter Connecticut, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Solun Restaurant, Bar & Tapas, By the Sea Day Spa, Splash Car Wash, and so many more to choose from! The full list will be posted up in the next few days, but be sure there is a wide variety of prizes available!

To enter is simple! Click the link to our FACEBOOK PAGE to enter!!

RESTRICTIONS: Since the businesses are located in Connecticut, only local CT residents are eligible. 21 years of age and older. You can SHARE and COMMENT once per day for multiple entries (total of 9 entries for best chance of winning!) 

Enjoy!

 

ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES!

Instagram Getting More Marketing Friendly

#Instagram continues to vastly improve it's platform for marketing! resh from announcing ‘Buy Now’ buttons to enable users to shop direct, and new, Facebook-esque targeting for advertisers, the photo sharing app has announced another upgrade, this time to its search functionality.

Read more: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-networks/adhutchinson/2015-06-24/instagram-announces-major-search-upgrade-challenge-twitters

LOCAL BUSINESSES!! IMPORTANT!!
 If you own a local business, and want people to easily find you, request a Facebook Beacon NOW! 

Easy application to fill out (see link below). The idea is that beacons — small devices that can send a signal to a person’s smartphone when they get within a certain proximity — can be used to push information and deals to people while they’re in a prime position to make a purchase.

Apply for yours now: https://www.facebook.com/business/a/facebook-bluetooth-beacons#request

More about Beacons: http://recode.net/2015/06/08/facebook-is-handing-out-free-beacons-to-retailers/

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Day two of the Facebook Developers Conference: F82015. Watching on the big screen in our conference room, continuing from yesterday. So many great new products for marketers coming to facebook! 

Looking forward to the new available ads manager dashboards, Parse, Messenger for Business and much more!

Where is everyone? Pew Research Center has released a comprehensive four-page report on adult use of social media sites: "Demographics of Key Social Networking Platforms". This is GOLD for those wanting to understand where their audience is. If you use social media for your marketing, you MUST (repeat...MUST) look through the reports. Any questions or thoughts, post below. Comment if you actually looked through it!!

LINK TO REPORT CLICK HERE 

We told you it was a matter of time. We posted about a year ago to look out for Pinterest to allow paid advertising. Launched today, #‎pinterest‬ now has what is called Promoted Pins. Go see if you have been invited yet! 

Post up any q's or thoughts below. I am playing with it all now. Will you use this network more now that you can target advertising?

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 All who look through and Comment will get a chance to win a $10 Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts or iTunes card, chosen at random!!

Thank you!

Link: http://www.talkingfinger.com

Touted as perhaps one of the worst blizzards for our area (Connecticut) in history, most people around here will be off today. Some bosses are jerks....so enjoy! 

Geek Central: My Apple Collection

Some of the various old Apple/Macs I have piled in my office to play with and work on/upgrade/be nostalgic about. Every one of them boots up smile emoticon I have 5 or 6 more at my house to bring down here. I''m thinking about decorating the new office with these spread out around, all on and operating to play with. What do you think?

Happy New Year to You and Yours!

Thank you to all of our friends, fans and family for another great year at Talking Finger!

May the next year be YOUR best yet!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Enjoy your time with friends and family!

Some pics of the new office in Woodbridge. All painting is done, furniture is in and computers are set up (albeit sloppy with wires now, but we need to get some projects done!).

Suggestions for decor? Any thoughts on a motif? Let's hear it!

270 Amity Road

Woodbridge CT 06525

This Saturday, support your local small businesses! Instead of going to the mall, drive around your town and visit some local stores that maybe you haven't been to in a while, or never even explored. Instead of Home Depot, visit that local hardware store. 

Where will you shop? 

And if you are a business owner, check out some ideas and grab some tools to make YOUR Small Business Saturday a Success. 

Click HERE to go to the AMEX website 

Instagram News!

In the newest update, you can now edit posts on #instagram! I have some cleaning up to do on Talking Finger's posts!

This is a long time coming. I never really understood why you couldn't edit posts on some social networks. 

Link to our Instagram, Follow us!

Where are the Teens Going?

Where are the teens going? They are leaving Facebook (as the older crowd continues to join and use more often) and hopping on Instagram. However, Facebook owns Instagram, and there is a rumor that ad delivery is coming soon to Instagram...in which when creating ads, you can cross promote in the ads manager between Facebook and Instagram...big things happening!

Read more and discuss on our Facebook Page!

Working on a proposal while I watch The Social Network. Ever see this movie? (It's awesome!) Anyone else up?