Keeping up with social media updates can be overwhelming, especially when you’re running a farm, food, or drink business. That’s why we’ve pulled together some of the latest updates to help you save time, stay current, and make your content work for you.
When deciding which social media updates are most relevant to you, remember your goals. Whether your social media goal is to increase your audience size through greater reach, generate more click-throughs to your website, elicit more comments and engagement from your community, or have a more visually appealing content feed, each update has its own benefits.
No more awkward cropping or dead space. Your full-frame farm or food shots can now take up the whole screen in-feed, making them more scroll-stopping. Just shoot on your phone and post, no resizing needed.
Reels are shown to non-followers first, so this is a great way for farm, food and drink brands to get discovered by new people
If you’ve been avoiding getting on camera because you struggle memorizing lines, this takes the pressure off. It’s now way easier to talk confidently about your food brand, farm, or anything else you’ve got going on.
For premium users, this helps you figure out what’s working, and what’s not. You’ll get a clear picture of what content is driving clicks to your website or newsletter, so you can spend your time on the right things.
You can now boost your videos straight from the playback screen. You can track performance, manage your campaigns, and grow your audience, all from YouTube or YouTube Studio.
This means more visibility for your updates, product drops, behind-the-scenes clips, without needing ad spend if you’re working with a budget.
Shorts are already favoured by YouTube’s algorithm. Now, post alerts will gain even more traction and reach!
If you’re building authority as a food or farming expert, that blue tick could help build trust and visibility on the app.
If you’re posting about an event, recipe, or product, leave the link in your comment and make your caption more engaging. It’s cleaner, and apparently, better for performance.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a powerful way to get your content in front of more people. With this feature turned on, your posts can reach a much wider audience beyond Instagram.
To make the most of it, be sure to include keywords related to your farm, food, or drink business and niche in your captions, bios, and hashtags.
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