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Laura Porcincula
Community Manager
Laura PorcinculaCommunity Manager
published in Social Networks
📆 RSVP - The Power of Instagram Reels: Publishing & Boosting with Meta

On Wednesday, September 25th, we're partnering with Meta for a can't-miss event, The Power of Instagram Reels: Publishing & Boosting with Meta. This session is designed to equip you with practical knowledge to maximize your impact with Reels and Boosted content. Get insider tips on crafting compelling Reels, boosting your content for greater reach, and effectively measuring your results. Join us as we discuss Reel strategies, expert insight into boosting your content, and tips for measuring your success.By attending, you’ll walk away with:Key strategies for creating engaging Instagram Reels Best practices for boosting your content How to track ROI and measure your success  Register now to save your spot:  Meet the Speakers:Joana Rocha - Senior Technical Partner Manager, Reel Ads, Video & Threads at MetaDevin Marsh - Director, Partnerships at Sprout SocialLaura Porcincula - Community Strategist at The Arboretum by Sprout Social  

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Laura Porcincula
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Annie DohertyFrequent User
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Can you merge instagram and facebook pages?

We have aquired a company, and wanted to see if we could merge their business Facebook page and Instagram pages with our business Facebook and Instagram pages. Is this possible? I know we can add their pages to our business portfolio, but I wanted to know if we can merge them together (followers, etc.). I thought it was a few years ago, but may have changed. Thank you for any help - I always get the best resources here and I am so helpful!

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Laura Porcincula
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ssosa12Frequent User
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TikTok Collaboration

Has anyone figured out how to use the collaboration feature on TikTok? Still not seeing it on my end.

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6 days ago
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Trisha AsharNew User
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Business Instagram Hacked — How can I recover / what are my options?

Last Tuesday, one of the accounts I manage was hacked and the email and phone number were changed. I contacted Meta Support Pros and they have been telling me the issue is ‘under investigation’ but nothing more. Stakeholders are now asking me to consider other options.What other options do I have?Has anyone else successfully recovered a hacked account? Are you able to petition for your username back and verification from Meta once you start a new account? 

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Limiting business social channels next year? Which ones are you discontinuing?

I keep reading that the trend will be that companies will hyperfocus their channels and not be “everywhere”. My hunch is that the easy one to discontinue is Twitter/X, but will you stop others? Have you left already?How has your experience been @sarah.root after leaving (posted on @sara.costello’s feed about X)? Has it improved your brand’s efforts, after losing potential exposure?

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15 days ago
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Acquiring Company LinkedIn Page

Has anyone had experience with “sunsetting” a company page that was acquired?My firm acquired another firm last year. We have posted about the acquisition on both pages and kept up regular posting but their brand will officially be under our name. So I will be running a campaign reminding people to follow the parent company. If you have experience in this, what is your best advice and/or what was your process?

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15 days ago
kelly.bean
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kelly.beanFrequent User
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LinkedIn Live Advice

Hi everyone,  I’m looking to run my very first LinkedIn Live for the business I work for, and would love to hear from this community on best practice or any learnings from running LinkedIn Lives?  Thanks!Kelly 

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18 days ago
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Mary Ellen ShoupFrequent User
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How do you handle excessive troll behavior?

Hello! I’m curious how your different organizations deal with trolls and hostile comments, specifically on X where the environment has become more volatile. I’m referring less to the one-off negative comment that we’ve just ignored and not engaged with and more to the pile-on behavior of dozens of accounts. We had a situation recently where one of our posts (which we’ve shared before) got picked up and retweeted by an account that caused a slew of 100+ negative comments, retweets, and just general misinformation. We typically don’t engage with these accounts and very rarely do we block accounts because of how it might reflect on us as an organization to silence comments or limit access to our account (and not to mention ignite more hostility). But this recent example of troll behavior has us rethinking our approach and if it’s worth exploring more proactive strategies to limit the toxicity and prevent future troll behavior directed at our account.Has anyone had similar experiences of t

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18 days ago
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lisa.barnettNew User
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Help with Facebook Verification

Hello can someone help to get my Facebook Page verified?We have tried 3 times but have been rejected without any reason. We've had a number of fake accounts set up in our name so we want to get verified asap as our customers are being asked to share their personal details.The issue I think is that we were set up by the UK government and do not have any articles of incorporation, only the Order and Rules that were issued in the Pensions Act 2008, which we have supplied. Any thoughts how we can get verified?And we don’t have a FB Account Manager as we don’t advertise enough.ThanksLisa

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19 days ago
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tiffany.cookeEngaged User
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Instagram forcing portrait photos

Hello! Just checked my Instagram DMs for the umpteenth time today to discover that our grid suddenly no longer features squares and that all photos have been converted to portrait size. Has anyone else experienced this yet, or could I just be in testing? I feel like I would’ve seen that this change was coming…

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tcsandoval
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28 days ago
vshankar
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vshankarNew User
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Which Social Media channel according to you is popular among life sciences/biotech/pharma audiences, esp. VCs? (Please comment references)

In a presentation today, I heard an opinion that Twitter/X remains popular among life science/biotech/pharma news consumption/discussion (esp. VCs focus on X!). I'm curious to know what the hive here thinks!

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vshankar
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1 month ago
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ashley.casarellaFrequent User
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Anyone Managing Nextdoor for clients?

Hi Everyone!  Is anyone managing Nextdoor for clients?  We have a client who’s locations get discussed a lot on the platform - so much so that we may need to start engaging there.  Would love to get feedback on any experiences when it comes to management, monitoring, etc. 

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Tyler Wardrop
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1 month ago
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jisellewongNew User
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LinkedIn photos

I thought this feature would have been long gone on LinkedIn, but I guess it’s here to stay. Has anyone seem their numbers go down on LinkedIn since LinkedIn has made a photo linked to a URL super small? What other LinkedIn features are you using instead to keep engagements up? I’m considering some content to LinkedIn Newsletters. 

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1 month ago
reid.zura
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reid.zuraFrequent User
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A huge increase in spam on Facebook and X - any tips on how to reduce?

Okay, I hope I don’t sound crazy and this is a good place, but, over the past few weeks, I have noticed a lot of extra spam coming into the social media channels for my company. It’s mostly in two forms. On Facebook: I either get something in Messenger or a wall post from an account posing to be some sort of Meta authority figure claiming the page will be permanently deleted for violating some sort of guidelines and I can request a review by clicking their sketchy link (Obviously I know it is a scam) Here is an example:    On X: I get MULTIPLE tags for these spamming crypto bots somehow. They don’t seem to end and come in a lot. They’re also tagged with a bunch of other random accounts, so I’m simply not sure how my company’s account is picked. Here is what those look like: Now obviously, social media has and always will have scammers and spam. I have a decent radar and digital literacy to know where not to click and what to ignore, but it seems like these have gotten worse -- sometime

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1 month ago
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megan.smithFrequent User
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Facebook company page or store location page

Hi, we have a main Facebook company page with 12 store location pages underneath for the brands. But we need to set up another page and I’m not sure whether to do is as it’s own company page or a store location page? Does anyone have any thoughts for which one is the best approach?

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1 month ago
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rebecca.spearsFrequent User
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Having trouble connecting Instagram account in account center

One of my employees is having trouble getting logged in to one of our Instagram pages. She keeps getting this error message:   She can not find it in the Account Center. Any advice? 

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1 month ago
Laura Porcincula
Community Manager
Laura PorcinculaCommunity Manager
posted in Social Networks
Discussion: TikTok Editing Features

Happy Monday Everyone! Just curious, what is your favorite editing feature on TikTok and why?

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1 month ago
Heather
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HeatherFrequent User
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HELP - Instagram account suspended

To make a long story short – our original corporate IG handle (@KaseyaCorp) was permanently disabled in July for no rhyme or reason. We reached out to Meta support, submitted appeals and nothing was successful in getting the handle back. We talked to our ad rep - who was no help. Fast forward to this week  and the new handle we created (@KaseyaGlobal) was just suspended as well -- and they are accusing us of impersonation. Our content is very clearly for Kaseya and its products. Before we submit another appeal - which last time was denied in 30 seconds - wanted to see if anyone else has dealt with this or has an actual human being we could talk to at Meta.  Thank you! 

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1 month ago
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emily.harrisFrequent User
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Instagram 2024 Algorithm

Instagram recently made changes to the algorithm. The one that we’re curious about is asking for engagement and downgrading reach. Does anyone know if you get downgraded for just “Comment below”, or will questions like “What is your favorite book?” or “What are you reading today?” also downgrade reach?

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boe.fordNew User
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Instagram Business Account Login Issues

Hi All!Looking for some help / guidance- Currently our agency manages 300+ client Instagram accounts. A crucial part of our business is posting Stories and Reels on a regular basis. However, the biggest hurdles we’re facing is trying to login to multiple IG accounts daily. The same person can't always log in to every single client account to post, plus when a new client onboards we need to login. We have always run into issues but have been able to navigate the issues. Recently, a large number of us have been blocked when trying to login to accounts we have logged into before / when we get new accounts. I'm hoping someone here has experience managing a large number of social media accounts, particularly on Instagram to see how you’ve been combatting the login issues. Any info is appreciated! :) 

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1 month ago
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michelle.polandNew User
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Linkedin For Parent Companies

Hi All -  I have a client who is wondering what the best practices are for having/using a parent company LinkedIn when the bigger brand is part of the parent company. Does any one have any strategy resources on something like this? Which should be prioritized, are there structural recommendations to be made (should employees be employees the parent company or the bigger brand page?)  Thank you! 

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raven.gill
Agency Partner
1 month ago
raven.gill
Agency Partner
raven.gillAgency Partner
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Donor Posts on LinkedIn?

Good Morning, My agency just took on a non-profit client. I’ve been asked in donation request posts perform well on LinkedIn. This is my first time doing full service for a non-profit so I don’t have any personal experience to answer this question. I’m also not finding much feedback on this online from reliable sources. Therefore, for my peers in the non-profit industry. Have you ever made donation requests on LinkedIn and what were your results. My thought process would be to design a corporate sponsorship program with them and create a landing page with the different tiers. Then post about about this program on LinkedIn. But I don’t think posting a “Donate Today” post would perform well. I could be mistaken though. 

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raven.gill
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1 month ago
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jordandvdsn7New User
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Question about setting up new company FB account

Hey everyone! This is my first post through the Arb so hopefully I do this right :)My company is in the process of deleting our current Facebook account and starting a new one (long story.) Ideally, we would have each person with admin permissions set up an individual page for themselves using their “@upgrade” email address, and then that page would be the one with admin permissions (as opposed to giving admin permissions to each person’s everyday page that they already use frequently.) We mainly want to do this for cybersecurity reasons.Has anyone tried this method before? Did it work? Did you run into any problems with Facebook, getting flagged, or anything of that nature? We’ve gone the rounds with Facebook a few times over a few different issues and their support team has been less than helpful, so we want to avoid doing anything that could get our page compromised or restricted in any way since we’re not confident in Facebook’s ability to fix problems.

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2 months ago
Anna Laura McGranahan
Agency Partner
Anna Laura McGranahanAgency Partner
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Agency/Freelancers: Do You Have Two LinkedIn Accounts?

Hi agency & freelancer folks, curious if anyone has multiple accounts to help manage LinkedIn. I’m finding that all of my client-related notifications are going to my personal email instead of my company email. I was hoping setting up a LinkedIn Business Manager for my agency would help solve this, but it unfortunately has not. If you manage multiple clients, how do you handle LinkedIn accounts?

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2 months ago
corrine.dorrian
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corrine.dorrianEngaged User
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Messaging Users from Business Page

Hi all, I just ran a giveaway contest on one of the business pages I manage but I can't message any of the participants. There was one only person who I could send a message to from the business page. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help!

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2 months ago
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