We just went through a series on using social media on your blog or business and today we are wrapping that up with a Q&A on social media. 

So far we've covered: developing a social media strategy for growth, how to develop a Pinterest strategy for massive growth, strategies for launching and growing your blog or business. 

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Here are the questions we answer on the episode today:

1. How do you use Instagram as a business platform?
2. What is the point of social media followers? How can I convert them into paying customers?
3. Is it worth it to pay for social media advertising (fb ads, etc)
4. At what point in my company's growth should I outsource the social media management?
5. "My...

Last week we discussed how to develop a social media strategy. I did an overview of how I handle social media on my main blog, Young Wife's Guide. 

Today I'm back to discuss how you can use Pinterest specifically for massive growth! Pinterest is an amazing way to build up your community and reach a massive audience. And Pinterest doesn't have to take very much time at all.  

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How to get traffic from Pinterest

We get traffic from Pinterest in two ways:

1) Through my own personal Pinterest account for my blog.

This is where I pin my own content and other people's content. I typically follow the 80/20 rule. 80% of what I pin is other people's content, 20% is my own....

Some of the most common questions I get are about social media. Which social media you should be using, how this fits into the larger picture in your business, etc. 

Social media is constantly changing and so is my strategy. But in today's episode I am going to briefly share my own personal social media strategy for our full time business over at Young Wife's Guide. 

Listen to the Podcast:

We also recorded this blog post as an audio podcast. If you want to listen in instead of reading, click play below or do a combination of both. 

And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.

Right click here and save-as to download this episode.

My Social Media Strategy

Facebook

Facebook has over 1.8 billion monthly active users. If you are looking for an audience to reach, they are on Facebook! Yes, Facebook organic reach has been down but if you are strategic with it, you can still reach your ideal customer or reader through Facebook.

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