An algorithm is a formula that solves a problem in a number of steps. If you, as a content marketer or other type of marketer, want to beat Facebook's algorithm, you first have to understand why content is placed in your timeline. In March 2019, Facebook started being more transparent about what you see in your timeline, and above all why you see it. Facebook's algorithm was changed to make your friends’ content more visible. "The new Facebook algorithm is a process that ranks all available posts that can be displayed on a user’s news feed based on how likely that user will have a positive reaction to it."
Come again?
Facebook released its news feed algorithm in 2019. This algorithm decides what is displayed in your news feed. Your news feed is designed to display the posts most relevant to you, and which you will most likely react positively to. Facebook ranks content to decide what is relevant to you, and literally organizes the content in your news feed based on four factors:
Inventory All the posts available to display. In other words: What have your friends posted or what have the pages you follow posted? Facebook first creates a complete overview of these posts.
Signals Your news feed is also determined by signals. Signals tell Facebook what each post is, so it can make decisions. They are composed of a whole range of pieces of data,such as: The age of a message, who posted it, the speed of your internet connection, and the kind of phone you use. Other aspects looked at include: How often you’ve liked a post from a friend, page or group. The frequency with which you react to videos, etc. Facebook uses feedback on these signals from the entire Facebook community, and also uses this to determine unwanted content, such as graphic images, spam, clickbait and fake news.
Predictions Facebook analyses all the signals together to make predictions, as a result, Facebook monitors: The likelihood that you will share or react to content. The likelihood that you will hide or report content.
Score Facebook analyses all these predictions and assigns a score. This is a final number based on the likelihood you will respond positively to a piece of content in your ‘inventory’. All content is then ranked according to its score. This process applies to all Facebook users, to all your messages, and every time you open your news feed.
In summary: Theoretically, you should see lots of content from friends, pages and groups that you follow and like. Facebook uses a range of factors to predict what you might find most interesting and defines a ranking of what you see and when.
However, posts from friends or pages that you like or follow aren’t the only things displayed on your news feed. Content in your news feed is ordered according to three signal categories; who you interact with, the type of medium, and the popularity.
For example, I notice in my news feed that my colleague Simon has liked a video from Adformatie (a Dutch website for Marketeers):
I don’t follow Adformatie on Facebook, at least not yet,
and Simon himself didn’t share the post.
So why is Facebook showing it to me? It could be the result of various signals gathered earlier.
Simon and I are friends on Facebook, we both studied communication, and we’re currently working together in a marketing department (interaction)
Adformatie is a marketing and communication company, an area in which both Simon and I share an interest. (Interaction)
The post has already been liked by 50 people (popularity)
I often watch videos (type of medium)
With the help of these signals (and probably lots of others) Facebook predicts that I will be interested in the content liked by Simon. Facebook is right too, as I like the post and Adformatie’s page so that I don’t miss any future content (#nonspon).
Conclusion
The new Facebook algorithm is complex and depends on a whole range of factors. A good understanding of why and how Facebook displays content in your news feed can help you sharpen your own content strategy. In the second part of the Facebook Algorithm blog, we highlight several tips that will make your content more visible on Facebook.
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Beat the LinkedIn Algorithm: Tips to Reach More People with your Content
There are two main things to understand about the LinkedIn news feed:
It mainly contains native, organic content.
It’s based on an algorithm, not the recency of a post.
Much like Facebook and Instagram, the LinkedIn algorithm prioritizes content that is relevant to you and that you’re likely to find interesting. The LinkedIn algorithm filters the content you post and uses an automated, continuous 4-stage process to calculate its quality and reach. For a more detailed look, LinkedIn Engineering published this graphic that visually explains how their algorithm works.
Stage 1
When you post content on LinkedIn, the algorithm assesses the category of your content: text, image, video or link. Your message is then tagged as: ‘spam,’ ‘low-quality’, or ‘good-to-go’. Obviously you want your content to be tagged as good-to-go.
Stage 2
Yes! Your content has been tagged as good-to-go, and will be temporarily displayed in the newsfeed and shown to a small group of people. This works as a kind of approval test, during which the algorithm bots will assess your network’s reaction. If your content generates likes, comments, clicks or shares, it’s a good sign and the content will probably move on to stage 3. However, if your network marks your content as spam or people click ‘hide message’, it’s a sign that the content is irrelevant to your network and won’t be shared further.
Tip: the more interaction and comments your message generates, the better.
You can choose the best time to post content by carrying out your own analysis, or clicking best times to post.
Stage 3
The algorithm then assesses the quality of your content, your profile and the quality of your previous posts to decide if your post can be kept active and shown to more people. LinkedIn may hide your post, label it as spam, or show it to more people, depending on your connections and how they react.
Stage 4
In the final stage, your post is subject to human evaluation by LinkedIn editors who try to find out the reasons behind the success of your post. The insights obtained are used to improve the algorithm.
If your content is still generating shares, comments or likes, the algorithm continues to share it. That’s why you sometimes see posts in your news feed that are several weeks old. This doesn’t matter to LinkedIn, the only thing that counts is that the content displayed to you is relevant at that particular moment.
How Do You Increase the Reach of Your Content?
LinkedIn's algorithm filters your content according to its quality, so use this knowledge to generate more reach. The 5 tips:
Make sure you have your basics in order, in other words your profile. Make sure your profile has both a photo and a header. In the summary, enter your location and what you do. Remember to update your company page in the same way. This makes the services you provide immediately clear to everybody. In any case, fill in your last 3 jobs, and make sure your resume is as complete as possible, with photos and videos if applicable. The more you show and the more complete your profile, the sooner LinkedIn's algorithm will identify both you and your content as authentic and assess you as good-to-go.
What comes around, goes around: share your expertise! It’s a kind of online karma: you get back from your network what you give out. LinkedIn is a platform where people look for work, try to advance their careers, or want to learn something, so share content relevant to them. Remember that how-to posts score better than questions on LinkedIn, and that interaction is essential. Get engaged, and respond to comments to your posts. Remember, more engagement will immediately increase the size of the network that sees your content, so before asking your network if they’ll share your job vacancy, give them something in return first! That could mean writing your own original content that your target group will want to share!
Post your own native content. LinkedIn Pulse was designed by LinkedIn for members to share self-published content with their audience much more easily. Articles are now at the top of the profile, where images and videos can also be uploaded easily. There are good reasons for this. LinkedIn prefers content placed on the platform by members over content with links that divert attention from the platform. Once again, this is to safeguard quality. Longer posts and articles on LinkedIn generally score better, for example. This is simply because longer posts and articles contain more useful information. Boost your content with articles containing 1,700 to 2,100 words.
As with all social media, post images and videos, preferably native content. Videos on LinkedIn get good results, but links to YouTube or other video channels are given much less reach and consequently get fewer views.
Use your connections. Most of the content presented to you is from your immediate network. Content from personal profiles also scores better than content from company pages. LinkedIn is all about people and personal connections. Company pages achieve an average reach of 2% to 6%. If you’ve created some interesting content on behalf of your company, ask your colleagues to help share it widely.
Basically: if you’re interested in generating interaction with your posts on LinkedIn, create high-quality content and invest your time in the platform and your connections. Get engaged in the conversation and use the platform for what it was designed to do; build networks.
Fase 3: Bereik een groter publiek
In deze stap wordt gekeken naar de connectie met de ontvangers, de relevantie voor deze groep en de kans op interactie. Deze drie ranking signalen kunnen LinkedIn doen beslissen je post niet meer te laten zien, alsnog als spam te markeren of juist aan meer mensen te tonen.
Door zelf actief te blijven reageren op reacties, vergroot je de kans dat jouw post door het algoritme als relevant wordt bestempeld en verder verspreid wordt. Kortom, zorg ervoor dat jouw LinkedIn post ook achteraf een extra boost krijgt.
Fase 4: De levensduur van jouw LinkedIn post
In de laatste fase wordt je post niet meer echt beoordeeld door het algoritme, maar door redacteurs van LinkedIn. Ze willen begrijpen waarom je post zo goed werkt en nemen deze kennis mee voor het optimaliseren van het algoritme. Wanneer jouw content nog steeds wordt gedeeld, reacties of likes krijgt, dan blijft de post door het algoritme verder verspreid worden. Hierdoor kan het zijn dat je soms posts in je tijdlijn ziet die al weken oud zijn. Voor LinkedIn maakt dat niet uit: zolang het voor jou op het moment van vertoning maar relevante content is.
Zo behaal je meer bereik en interactie op LinkedIn
Nu je weet hoe het algoritme van LinkedIn content filtert op kwaliteit, is het tijd om deze kennis toe te passen om meer interactie en bereik te generen. Dit zijn de 6 tips:
1. Een sterke basis: zorg voor een compleet bedrijfsprofiel
Zorg dat je de basis op orde hebt: een compleet en up-to-date bedrijfsprofiel. Dat geldt net zo voor je LinkedIn bedrijfspagina: zorg dat deze up-to-date is. Op die manier ziet jouw doelgroep in één oogopslag waar ze jou voor kunnen benaderen. Hoe meer je laat zien en hoe completer een bedrijfsprofiel, hoe eerder het algoritme van LinkedIn jou (en je content!) ziet als authentiek en jou in het kwalitatieve good-to-go-hokje plaatst.
2. Deel relevante en wardevolle kennis
Het is geven en nemen! Zie het als internet-karma: wat je geeft aan je netwerk krijg je ook weer terug. Daarbij geldt dat LinkedIn een platform is waar mensen op zoek zijn naar een baan, zich willen ontwikkelen of iets willen leren. Deel dus content waar mensen daadwerkelijk iets aan hebben.
Interactie blijft ook hier superbelangrijk. Ga het gesprek aan en reageer op reacties onder je eigen posts. Nogmaals: hoe hoger de interactie, hoe groter het netwerk dat jouw bericht te zien krijgt. Dus voordat je vráágt of jouw netwerk bijvoorbeeld je vacature wil delen, geef eerst iets! Schrijf bijvoorbeeld eigen content en originele content, die je publiek massaal wil delen!
3. Plaats native content
Video’s op LinkedIn zorgen voor meer bereik en interactie, maar linken naar bijvoorbeeld YouTube of andere videokanalen zorgt voor beduidend minder bereik en views. LinkedIn doet er alles aan om je op het platform te houden en daarom scoren links minder goed.
4. Berichtlengte
En ook hier gaat het weer om kwaliteit. Zo scoren langere posts op LinkedIn over het algemeen beter, maar dit geldt ook voor langere artikelen. Niet per se omdat ze langer zijn, maar omdat je in lange artikelen nu eenmaal meer nuttige informatie kwijt kunt. Artikelen tussen de 1700 en 2100 woorden zouden je content een boost moeten geven.
Nóg meer organisch bereik met je social media posts? Het ligt binnen handbereik. Je collega’s hebben namelijk een ontzettend waardevol netwerk, wat een ontzettend groot bereik oplevert. Sterker nog, onderzoek wijst uit dat een bericht dat gedeeld wordt door een medewerker 561% verder reikt dan een bericht vanuit het bedrijfsaccount.
Heb je namens je bedrijf interessante content gemaakt? Vraag je collega’s om hulp en laat ze deze content breed verspreiden.
Kortom: wil je goed scoren met berichten op LinkedIn? Zorg dat je kwalitatieve content maakt en tijd steekt in het platform en jouw connecties. Ga het gesprek aan met je doelgroep, want op dit zakelijke platform zorgt interactie voor een extra boost op jouw bereik.
Hoeveel resultaat behaal jij nu écht met jouw content & social media?
Wil je ook de algoritmes op andere social media kanalen verslaan? Met Coosto creëer je social media posts aan de hand van datagedreven, realtime advies. Onze suggesties zijn gebaseerd op wat dit moment werkt. Zo presteer jij aantoonbaar beter met de verspreiding van jouw content!
Maar dat is niet alles. Met Coosto monitor, publiceer, reageer en rapporteer je vanuit één platform. Zo laat je niets aan het toeval over, en behaal je meer resultaat in minder tijd.
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Coosto expands the integration for Salesforce with a powerful app for Salesforce marketing cloud
Eindhoven, February 28, 2023 - Coosto announced today the launch of Coosto for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the second Coosto app available on the Salesforce AppExchange. These powerful Coosto apps enable customers to effortlessly manage their online content and social media presence directly within Salesforce.
Coosto: The content & social media marketing tool
Coosto delivers a cutting-edge content and social media marketing tool, providing practical solutions for every stage of the content marketing process. Our loyal customers rely on Coosto to generate and distribute exceptional content, expertly manage their online community, and track and analyze their results with ease.
Coosto offers an outstanding alternative for Salesforce customers who previously used Salesforce Social Studio, as this product is being phased out by Salesforce. By utilizing the Coosto for Salesforce Marketing Cloud app, customers can seamlessly access the full range of Coosto's features directly within the Salesforce Marketing Cloud platform.
Coosto for Salesforce Marketing Cloud is currently available on AppExchange.
This new app is a valuable addition to Coosto's existing Salesforce app, Coosto for Salesforce Service Cloud. Together, these apps allow customers to gain real-time insights on social interactions and engage with their customers directly from Sales & Service Cloud. Coosto for Service Cloud is available on AppExchange.
Toine Verheul, CEO of Coosto, stated: 'We are proud to have strengthened our partnership with Salesforce, providing customers with the tools they need to fully manage their online content and social media directly within the Salesforce platform. With both Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud apps now available on the Salesforce AppExchange, we are excited to offer our customers a seamless and streamlined experience.’
I am participating because I would like to raise money for a future where cancer no longer means certain death. Cancer is all around us and two hands are no longer enough for me to keep count of all the cases in my surroundings. Sooner or later everyone will have to deal with it in some way, so I am happy to support research into ways to cure, alleviate or prevent cancer.
Going to run up that mountain is quite a challenge. To prepare, I train three times a week. An endurance run to be ready for a long effort. An interval or high tempo run to improve my performance and a training with altitude meters, which I can only do by running up and down the former garbage dump in Nuenen. In terms of nutrition I am mainly focused on recovery during and after training: fluids and carbohydrates. For muscle building sometimes some extra protein because I hardly eat any meat.
So far the training is going well. I'll get there, but my target time of 2 hours may just become 2.5 hours or more....
I expected this day to be a bit weird, maybe even difficult, emotionally charged. However, it turned out to be not as challenging as I thought. I think we were too tense, anticipating what was to come. Throughout the day, we were confronted with many images of people who died from cancer and their loved ones remembering them by lit candles. We went to see the mountain by car, and the route was surprisingly steep. Even in the car, it took quite a while to reach the top. Along the way, every conversation revolved around how we were going to tackle the challenge the next day.
I also experienced a sudden knot in my calf today. Fortunately, there were volunteer physiotherapists present, and one of them was able to massage it away, although not without some pain.
We decided to start at different times: Stan at 4:30, myself at 5:00, and Toine at 6:00. So, it was an early bedtime for all of us.
The Alpe d’HuZes
Ready, set, go!
I woke up at 4:00 due to messages from Stan and Tariq in our group chat. Trying to go back to sleep didn't help. So, I opened the window to hear the crowd gathered at the start and to feel the cold temperature of 9°C.
Yesterday, I prepared and laid out everything. Getting dressed and having breakfast was all I needed to do. I ate my brought-along milk and Brinta and headed towards the start. I had agreed to meet Tariq at the start, and fortunately, I found him quickly.
Climb 1
At 4:53, I started my first climb. It was still dark. I passed many hikers with flashlights and lights dangling from their backpacks. The only thing on my mind was not to go too fast; there was still a long way to go.
The cyclists from my starting group had already raced ahead. The first ascent towards turn 21 was already quite steep: 10%. I saw many cyclists struggling to make their way up. Quite a few managed to stay ahead of me (sometimes just barely), but I overtook the rest! The fastest ones were already at turn 20 or even further. I kept checking my sports watch every minute to make sure I wasn't exerting myself too much.
After the battlefield of the first few kilometers, I found a rhythm where most cyclists steadily passed me while sometimes offering encouraging words. The slower cyclists and hikers were usually focused on their own challenges. I kept jogging, keeping my heart rate low in Zone 3.
Apparently, it had become light without me noticing because around 6.5 km, I saw a beautiful view of Bourg d'Oisans. I stopped here briefly to take a photo and share it. It was already 05:49, and I was almost at turn 11. I realized I was already halfway there, and things were actually going quite well. I had already tackled the steepest part. I stopped briefly again for another photo at turn 9.
I continued running until I was surprised just before turn 3. The route was different from the one we took by car yesterday. In my delusion, I thought the exit we took with the car was a shorter route, but that wasn't the case, and it hit me. Suddenly, I saw countless people zigzagging up the landscape in front of me. I decided to walk a bit. Then suddenly, Stan came flying by on his descent, and I managed to shout congratulations to him on his birthday. With this boost, I started running again!
After turn 1, there was still nearly a kilometer of climbing through the village, and I tried to maintain my pace. People were cheering me on, and the atmosphere was incredible. I felt tired, but it didn't affect my mood at all. My first climb was completed at 07:03. At the top of the mountain I had planned to meet up with Tariq, he had warm clothes for me. However, he was not there yet, as the gondolas to get to the top did not start until 07:00.
On the top of Alpe d'Huez
At the top of Alpe d'Huez, it is 6°C. So I just bought some long pants here and watched the other finishers. They all crossed the finish line with different emotions. Happy, crying, with pictures of loved ones and some focused only on achievement.
Suddenly I see Toine flash by, he immediately goes on for the 2nd lap. Moments later, Tariq was also on the mountain. We talked together about how the event was and how my climb had gone. I see that everyone is going through, I decide not to wait for the ‘saamhorigheids’ climb, but to go again right now! I still feel surprisingly good and also my muscles were not yet stiffened.
To get down, it took me 1.5 hours. I had to take three gondolas and a bus. I chat with others and everyone is still going up that mountain. At the hotel I put on sunscreen and make my drinks.
Climb 2
At 10:47 I started running right in front of the hotel. In fact, this is where the start was early in the morning (moved to the beginning of the mountain in the meantime). I don't pay attention to my speed and a few turns after the steep start I feel that it is going a bit less. I walk for a while and start running again. Someone hands me an apple. I bite down and notice that I cannot eat this while running. Walking again. It is hard for me, the banners with statements of patients who have died are also suddenly more present.
I decide to walk until the next turn, then run again, alternating that way. This happens a few times, but when I end up in a traffic jam of walkers after turn 7, I only manage to run for about 100m.
It's not a race, just getting to the top, so don't give up!
I accept that I have to do it walking and continue until I reach turn 1. The part through the village I manage to run, but it takes a lot from me. At 13:25 I cross the finish line. Tired. Very tired, but satisfied and this is actually what I expected from the first attempt. The ‘saamhorigheids’ climb is no longer an option for me. The same goes for Toine and Stan who complete their 3rd and 4th climbs after me respectively.
Times & Funds Raised
Climb 1: 02:10 hours Climb 2: 02:27 hours
Personal contribution: €2.625,04 Total funds raised by Coosto Warriors: €10,982.04
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