Tips from the Amazon Small Business Accelerator e-learning programme for using Instagram, LinkedIn and social media analytics.

Three ways you can get started on social media

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Your social media presence as a small business helps you to communicate with customers, build your reputation and boost your sales.  Whether you are selling a product or service, social media activity can increase traffic to your website leading to potential purchases.

There are many ways you can utilise social media for your business. Here are three videos from 

the free Amazon Small Business Accelerator e-learning programme

 with top tips from Enterprise Nation adviser members:

Social media expert Lucy Hall introduces using Instagram for your business. She discusses the steps for setting up a business profile on Instagram including choosing a username, selecting a profile image and adding company information.

LinkedIn trainer and My Super Connector founder Jennifer Corcoran shares tips on growing your community on LinkedIn. She explains how to use key features of LinkedIn including the LinkedIn home feed and messenger as well as how to use groups and setting up your own group.

Emma Haslam, founder of Borago Insights, explains how to measure the impact of your social media activity. She covers how to define your objectives and monitor social media activity in Google Analytics.

The free Amazon Small Business Accelerator e-learning programme is advice from more than 30 business experts in 218 bitesize videos.

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Tips for using Instagram, LinkedIn and social media analytics.&nbsp;



Samantha is a Twitter expert and verified account holder with over 67k engaged followers. Samantha is a trainer on social media, particularly Twitter, Linkedin, building brand advocates and raising your profile. Samantha will get your business noticed. Samantha also provides social media account management services for campaigns e.g. an upcoming event and is excellent at idea creation and ways to get your audience more engaged. She will help you with valuable connections and useful introductions along with PR opportunities
Samantha is program director with <a href=&apos;https://www.womensinspirenetwork.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Wedo Women&apos;s Inspire </a>network, a global network for Female business owners and she also has a <a href=&apos;https://www.tweetinggoddess.com/6-step-transformation-program&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>6 week program </a>to raise your profile, leads and sales online which is extremely popular.&nbsp;
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Twitter expert, author, Women's Inspire Network

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Shaz Muradova

Shaz Muradova is a senior marketing strategist with over a decade of marketing experience across a diverse set of industries, brands and products. Having launched her own startup during the pandemic, she is familiar with the daily joys and challenges of running the business and the importance of having a sustainable marketing strategy in place that is aligned with the company&apos;s objectives and growth ambitions. Currently, she works with ambitious startups, helping them launch thei

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