“A lack of response is actually a response. It’s a response that says, ‘We don’t care about you very much’.” - Jay Baer, Social Media Expert
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The Magic of Photoshop: Content Fill
We’ve all been there. You take the picture, all smiles, then ecstatically shove the SD card into your computer to...
4 Tips To Improve Your Video Editing Workflow
These tips and tricks can help make you a faster, more efficient editor.
Optimizing collaboration with Microsoft 365
Finding the right tools to optimize collaboration can be tricky, but Microsoft Teams and Planner are here to help.
How to Create a Facebook Custom Audience from a Customer File
If someone sends you an Excel spreadsheet with thousands of cells worth of data, here is how to format it to create a Facebook Custom Audience.
10 Tweets to 10 Brands: The Importance of Interacting With Your Audience
Are brands listening to my tweets? I wasn’t sure. So, I started paying attention. Let’s take a look at what happened when I tweeted 10 times to 10 brands over the past several months.
Upgrade Your Social Toolbox for 2019
These tools exist to help check those tasks off the to-do list (or better yet, checks those tasks off for you).
Checklist: Maintenance for Social Media Accounts
Do your social media account need a quick refresh? We've got you covered.
100 Inspirational Designs for 2019
Hand-crafted art, simple lines, bold colors, slab serifs and modern retro designs - which other design trends will we see in 2019?
Instagram Stories: Getting Started After Effects Guide
Why do we use Adobe's After Effects for Instagram Stories when there are already animations and typography built into the Instagram platform? Because we like to stand out.
Learning Video Production
Last fall, I made my first video for CSU Social Media. And I learned a lot.
How to Pull Off a Surprise Video
If you want to surprise someone and film it, here are a couple tips.
Why #CSUSocial is Using Animoto to Create Story-Style Social Videos
The cat's out of the bag, social videos are hot. So let's talk about video marketing... right meow.
When it’s Not a Good Idea to Post a Facebook Event…and Why
If you read the title of this blog and thought to yourself, “Why would it not be a good idea...
5 Key Takeaways from AMA Higher Ed 2018
After a few days of networking and soaking up as much information as possible at AMA Higher Ed 2018, I left Orlando and came back to Fort Collins with five key takeaways.
Instagram Highlights: How To Guide
Take a look at #CSUSocial's Instagram Highlights strategy.
6 Things to do When Starting a New Instagram Account for the First Time
New to Instagram? This blog is for you.
Two Reasons To Post When Your Athletics Team is Losing
A look into how when the score isn’t on your side, the content still can be.
Promote Events Using Instagram Story Highlights
Instagram feeds are for pretty pictures. Story Highlights are the perfect place to promote events.
10 Ways to Make Social Media Channels More Inclusive
Ways to make social media channels inclusive.