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# Shift4Shop eCommerce Blog | Social Media

[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [What Impact Can Social Media Communities Have on Your Business?](https://blog.shift4shop.com/impact-social-media-communities-business)

 By [Juned Ghanchi](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/juned-ghanchi) [February 21, 2024](https://blog.shift4shop.com/impact-social-media-communities-business) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/impact-social-media-communities-business#comments-listing)

[![Woman using laptop to access social media communities](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1609592194.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1609592194.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/impact-social-media-communities-business)

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Social media is an intrinsic part of every top brand’s business strategy. With the right approach, you can get your target market talking about your product, gather customer insights, drive traffic to your website, and boost sales.

In short, how well you can portray your brand on social media decides your business’s success.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 11 min read

## [9 Effective Ways to Use Short-Form Videos for eCommerce](https://blog.shift4shop.com/short-form-videos-for-ecommerce)

 By [Gaurav Sharma](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/gaurav-sharma) [September 13, 2023](https://blog.shift4shop.com/short-form-videos-for-ecommerce) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/short-form-videos-for-ecommerce#comments-listing)

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What comes to your mind when you think “short-form videos?”

If you’re thinking of lip-syncing or dancing videos, you wouldn’t be wrong — but they can be so much more.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 12 min read

## [7 Instagram Statistics That eCommerce Businesses Need to Track](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-statistics-ecommerce)

 By [David Pagotto](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/david-pagotto) [August 16, 2023](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-statistics-ecommerce) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-statistics-ecommerce#comments-listing)

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With almost two billion users, Instagram is a social media platform that eCommerce businesses can’t afford to ignore. It’s not just the platform’s reach that makes it a vital marketing platform. Its features, such as Shoppable posts and Instagram Live, allow you to promote your products easily and interact with potential customers. Used the right way, Instagram can propel your business to success.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [How To Use Social Media Data For Your eCommerce Brand](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-data-ecommerce-brand)

 By [Harry Flynn](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/harry-flynn) [May 10, 2023](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-data-ecommerce-brand) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-data-ecommerce-brand#comments-listing)

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Your social platforms are an extension of your business. Within them lies countless amounts of consumer data.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [Social Media for Business Owners: You Must Do These 13 Things](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-for-business-owners)

 By [Cody Arsenault](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/cody-arsenault) [September 22, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-for-business-owners) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-for-business-owners#comments-listing)

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Social media can be overwhelming, especially for business owners trying to grow their businesses. It's hard to know where to start regarding social media — and it’s even harder to keep up with the latest changes and trends.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 13 min read

## [10 Steps To Create a Social Media Strategy for Your Business](https://blog.shift4shop.com/10-steps-to-create-a-social-media-strategy)

 By [Guest Author](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/guest-author) [September 13, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/10-steps-to-create-a-social-media-strategy) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/10-steps-to-create-a-social-media-strategy#comments-listing)

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People often ask about social media marketing and whether their business needs to build an online presence. Usually, the question is posed by someone who only sees social media as an evolving fad that will eventually become tired and obsolete. This could not be further from the truth.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [How to Start Social Selling for Your Online Business](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-selling-online-business)

 By [Kelly Moser](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/kelly-moser) [July 12, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-selling-online-business) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-selling-online-business#comments-listing)

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Social media has taken this world by storm.

As of 2022, the average daily time spent on social media by internet users worldwide was 147 minutes, according to Statista. Your business needs a strong online presence to capture consumers' attention in this digital era.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 13 min read

## [17 Most Successful LinkedIn Marketing Strategies for Brands in 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/linkedin-marketing-strategies)

 By [Guest Author](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/guest-author) [March 24, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/linkedin-marketing-strategies) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/linkedin-marketing-strategies#comments-listing)

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With over 810 million registered users today, LinkedIn is an essential social media platform to leverage for marketing. Compared to Facebook, it generates leads 277% more effectively. In fact, according to Kinsta, LinkedIn accounts for 80% of B2B leads.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 8 min read

## [How to Use Twitter to Drive Traffic to Your eCommerce Website](https://blog.shift4shop.com/twitter-drive-traffic-ecommerce-website)

 By [Rachael Verret](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/rachael-verret) [February 24, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/twitter-drive-traffic-ecommerce-website) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/twitter-drive-traffic-ecommerce-website#comments-listing)

[![Twitter](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1162179692.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1162179692.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/twitter-drive-traffic-ecommerce-website)

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To anyone watching the numbers, it’s apparent that Twitter is overtaking Facebook as the preferred social media platform of millennials (born between 1986-1996) and Generation Z (1997-2012). If your business relies on this demographic, then you may want to start taking advantage of this short-form social media platform to drive traffic to your website. 

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 8 min read

## [Instagram Marketing Mistakes to Avoid for New eCommerce Owners](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-marketing-mistakes-to-avoid)

 By [Anand Srinivasan](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/anand-srinivasan) [January 25, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-marketing-mistakes-to-avoid) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-marketing-mistakes-to-avoid#comments-listing)

[![Instagram marketing mistakes](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-842883252.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-842883252.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-marketing-mistakes-to-avoid)

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Showcasing interesting eCommerce product images can give your Instagram account visibility. However, if you're new to Instagram and trying to build an eCommerce brand, there's a lot more you can do.

You can begin by avoiding the mistakes of other eCommerce stores, making it easy to skip directly to the good part of positioning your product, defining your audience, creating interesting videos and stories, and working on persuasive product-focused copy.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 8 min read

## [10 Ways to Gather More YouTube Subscribers for eCommerce Businesses](https://blog.shift4shop.com/gather-more-youtube-subscribers-ecommerce)

 By [Rachael Verret](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/rachael-verret) [January 06, 2022](https://blog.shift4shop.com/gather-more-youtube-subscribers-ecommerce) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/gather-more-youtube-subscribers-ecommerce#comments-listing)

[![YouTube subscribers](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1146031907.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1146031907.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/gather-more-youtube-subscribers-ecommerce)

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Our world is becoming more visual by the day. That means an explosion of easily shared audiovisual content being spread throughout the world. While, naturally, there are a variety of platforms useful for posting video content, YouTube is still the undisputed ruler of sharing videos of all subject matter and length. You can make your content educational, entertaining, and have a certain level of creative freedom to truly express your brand’s voice. All the while, your videos can be shared in a\[...\]

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [8 Tips for Using Images in Facebook Ads](https://blog.shift4shop.com/using-images-in-facebook-ads)

 By [Guest Author](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/guest-author) [December 16, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/using-images-in-facebook-ads) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/using-images-in-facebook-ads#comments-listing)

[![Facebook ads](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1309036582.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1309036582.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/using-images-in-facebook-ads)

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Facebook ads are an unavoidable part of a digital marketing journey. With the social media channel boasting billions of active users, there is a good chance your potential customer is already residing on the platform. And advertising effectively will give you an excellent opportunity to create awareness, connect with the audience, and acquire leads that will help increase your sales.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 8 min read

## [Top 5 Facebook Ad Creatives That Convert (Examples & Explanation)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-ad-creatives-that-convert)

 By [Sydney Switzer](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/sydney-switzer) [September 10, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-ad-creatives-that-convert) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-ad-creatives-that-convert#comments-listing)

[![Facebook ad creatives](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1190654841.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1190654841.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-ad-creatives-that-convert)

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If there’s anything about Facebook ads that will make or break your results, it will be the Facebook ad creatives themselves. There are some really great ads out there, while others may fall into what we like to call the not-so-great category. Ultimately, ads in the first category are the ones that will convert.

We also understand that creating ads in the hopes of gaining conversions can sometimes become a painstaking guessing game of trial and error (emphasis on the errors). As masters of that\[...\]

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 20 min read

## [How to Make Money on YouTube](https://blog.shift4shop.com/how-to-make-money-on-youtube)

 By [Christianna Cannon](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/christianna-cannon) [September 09, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/how-to-make-money-on-youtube) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/how-to-make-money-on-youtube#comments-listing)

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YouTube offers lots of opportunity for content creators through the process of uploading and monetizing video. It provides a valuable way for you to build and reinforce your brand, and even become an influencer. Plus, ads aren't the only way you can make money on YouTube. You can set up multiple income streams, increase sales of your own products, and much more.

The process of creating your videos and building your audience can be really exciting. However, you need to put a lot of effort into\[...\]

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [9 Common Facebook Ad Mistakes to Avoid](https://blog.shift4shop.com/common-facebook-ad-mistakes)

 By [Surya Ranjan Pandita](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/surya-ranjan-pandita) [May 10, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/common-facebook-ad-mistakes) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/common-facebook-ad-mistakes#comments-listing)

[![Facebook ad mistakes](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-597263158.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-597263158.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/common-facebook-ad-mistakes)

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Facebook is the most crowded social media network right now. There are a few marketers making the most of it, while there are some who look at Facebook as a complex platform to market their business on.

Keep in mind: 2.14 billion people can be reached through adverts on Facebook. What great potential!

Although it might be a bit difficult to organically reach maximum potential buyers due to the changing algorithm, it's not impossible. Businesses are continuing to invest their money in paid\[...\]

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 9 min read

## [10 Best Facebook Marketing Tools for Optimizing Campaigns](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-marketing-tools)

 By [Jessica Grioua](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jessica-grioua) [May 07, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-marketing-tools) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/facebook-marketing-tools#comments-listing)

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While it’s easy to make a Facebook ad, it’s not easy to turn that ad into something profitable for your business. Without any type of campaign optimization, you may end up wasting your ad budget on Facebook posts that don’t perform. Even if you don’t invest in paid ads, posting organically on Facebook without any strategy can lead to low engagement and poor results.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 9 min read

## [Social Media Marketing & The Value in Nurturing Social Media Followers](https://blog.shift4shop.com/nurturing-social-media-followers)

 By [Jimmy Rodriguez](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jimmy-rodriguez) [April 23, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/nurturing-social-media-followers) [2 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/nurturing-social-media-followers#comments-listing)

[![Social media followers](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1250126786.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1250126786.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/nurturing-social-media-followers)

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While every business has its own unique way of marketing depending on its niche and method, today it’s almost impossible to not do some sort of marketing via social media. Not only do the biggest social media platforms (like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram) have a huge reach, but they make it easy for businesses to sort through accounts and find their exact right customers based on interests, stages in life, location, buying habits, etc.

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 10 min read

## [Social Media Marketing Holidays to Inspire Your Next Successful Campaign](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-marketing-holidays)

 By [Zoe Devitto](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/zoe-devitto) [April 09, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-marketing-holidays) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-marketing-holidays#comments-listing)

[![Social media marketing on a Christmas holiday](https://blog.shift4shop.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1170380890.jpg?width=12&name=iStock-1170380890.jpg)](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-marketing-holidays)

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In the online world, every day is a wacky social media holiday.

While the ‘holiday’ season is widely known for kicking off shopping frenzy around the globe, other international holidays like the National Pizza Day are gradually becoming popular in raking in the moolah too.

You might think “why should I spend time and resources building a full social media marketing and an online sales campaign around one day that falls in a ‘non-seasonal’ period? Wouldn’t I benefit more by focusing my efforts\[...\]

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 12 min read

## [5 Smart Social Media Promotions You Should be Using to Boost Sales](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-promotions)

 By [Guest Author](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/guest-author) [January 27, 2021](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-promotions) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/social-media-promotions#comments-listing)

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Social media marketing is still a must for building brand awareness and growing your audience. But, if you’re not taking advantage of innovative sales opportunities to drive more business to your virtual doors, you could be missing out on lots of potential customers.

Social media has become a valuable sales platform for eCommerce businesses, thanks to savvy promotional tactics and features like shoppable posts on sites like Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. Even if you’re not using social\[...\]

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[Social Media](https://blog.shift4shop.com/topic/social) | 11 min read

## [The Complete Guide to Instagram Shops & Checkout](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-shops-checkout-guide)

 By [Jessica Grioua](https://blog.shift4shop.com/author/jessica-grioua) [December 09, 2020](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-shops-checkout-guide) [0 Comments](https://blog.shift4shop.com/instagram-shops-checkout-guide#comments-listing)

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Your business can't afford to ignore Instagram. Not only is the social media platform a great asset for engagement and content marketing, but it’s now an eCommerce platform in its own right.

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