James Lane

When it comes to posting on social media, it's always important to remember that your content doesn't reach (isn't seen by) all of your followers. Due to algorithms (sets of rules) on each platform, your post might only find its way to as few as 3% of your overall community. Which is no good if you're trying to promote your business, product, or service! Luckily for us, there are ways in which we can make sure our content gets more exposure, and so reaches more of our customers. In this episode, Amy and I chat about the ways in which a business can increase their post reach on social media, and whether or not the metric should be used to determine the success of a piece of content or not.

It's important to remember that not all Facebook reactions are treated equally, different emotions are weighted both psychologically and when we measure how popular a piece of content is (and therefore who else to show it to). In a time when all businesses are trying to get as high of a reach as possible (getting content in front of more people), we look to engagement as a measurement of quality (amongst other things) to see how people are responding to your content. In this episode, Amy and I chat about the different emotions, what they are and how they can (should?) be used.

This week we're talking about Facebook's organic (free) reach - what affects it, what doesn't. We explore what you can do at no cost on this mammoth platform!