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Social Media 101: A How-To Guide

Social media makes it easy to: 

  • Increase your brand awareness and website traffic 
  • Share educational information 
  • Connect with your community and build relationships 
  • Highlight your organization’s events and work 

Our brief Social Media 101-To Guide equips you to start and manage your social media presence. If you're already a social media pro, you might find a few tips and tricks to bolster your online presence.

The guide breaks down social media posting into four easy-to-follow steps and gives clear examples.

Final takeaways and best practices

  • More isn’t always better—overposting can hurt you just as much as not posting
  • Quality and variety of content matters
  • Consistency is key
  • Get to know platform specific algorithms and embrace platform specific search engine optimization (SEO) practices • Have fun and be creative!

Download the full Social Media 101: How-To Guide

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