How The Metter Media Team Is Staying Connected

As we’ve adjusted to working entirely remote over the last two months, the Metter Media team has had to get creative to maintain our company culture and stay connected. We’re all craving human connection right now and if we can’t be in the office together, we’ll settle for the next best thing — virtual meetings and hangouts. We’ve always said “Get Online or Get Left Behind” and that’s true now more than ever.

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#MMinspo: Covid-19 Social Media Ideas (Part 5)

It’s time for the fifth weekly roundup of our team’s favorite COVID-19 related social media posts! We launched this series to feature some of the great content seen in our feeds about how to make the most of this time, provide helpful advice, spread positivity, and encourage helping others.Continue reading

Client Spotlight: Tile Showcase

Meet MM client Tile Showcase — a local leader in the home design industry. They are a long-standing tile supplier with the most extensive selection of ceramic, porcelain, natural stone, and glass tiles in New England. For over 60 years Tile Showcase has been providing products, service and expertise to contractors, designers, architects and homeowners. Continue reading

#MMinspo: Covid-19 Social Media Ideas (Part 4)

It’s time for the fourth weekly roundup of our team’s favorite COVID-19 related social media posts! We launched this series to feature some of the great content seen in our feeds about how to make the most of this time, provide helpful advice, spread positivity, and encourage helping others.Continue reading

TIKTOK IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD — HERE’S HOW BRANDS + BUSINESSES ARE HOPPING ONBOARD

Over the past two years, the one social media platform that has grown exponentially in popularity and retention is TikTok. In 2019 alone the app garnered 739 million downloads and shot to #7 on the world’s most downloaded apps of the 2010s. Currently, Tiktok has approximately 500 million active monthly users and social media fans everywhere are looking at this app for viral success.

What is TikTok? What makes it so enticing for Generation Z and Millennials? And what will this new rising app bring forth from social media marketing?

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#MMinspo: Covid-19 Social Media Ideas (Part 3)

It’s time for the third weekly roundup of our team’s favorite COVID-19 related social media posts! We launched this series to feature some of the great content seen in our feeds about how to make the most of this time, provide helpful advice, spread positivity, and encourage helping others.

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Dear Metter: How Often Should I Be Posting On Social Media Right Now?

Dear Metter,

I know it’s important to be active on social media, but with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, how often should my brand really be posting each week?

— Socially Confused

For the time being, all industries are being forced to adapt their social media approach. From restaurants and hospitality to corporate companies, insurance industries and nonprofits, everyone has had to pivot their social plan to match the tone of social media right now — and that includes how often and when posts are published. But, during this time of social distancing, many of us are turning to social media to stay connected to one another. In fact, there has been a 40% increase in Facebook and Instagram usage right now, showing how important it is to remain present on these virtual platforms. 

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#MeetMetter: Kim Valentine, Account Manager

In this month’s #MeetMetter, we’re introducing barre/pilates/stretching/and social media superstar Kim Valentine. Kim has been with Metter for about 9 months now, and in that time has blown her clients away with fun, creative content and her genuine dedication to them and their businesses.

We’re especially proud of Kim’s efforts during the pandemic — from bringing the MM team together with virtual pilates classes to supporting MA Restaurants United, a social media initiative in which more than 500 independent restaurant owners in MA are coming together to make sure restaurants are a top priority during relief efforts, and can keep their doors open. We’re also proud of her work for the Central Square BID, who are working tirelessly on advocating for relief efforts for small businesses in Central Square, MM’s home base.

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26 Free Resources You Need for a Day in the Quarantine Life

Over the past few weeks, our lives have been drastically changed due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and the government’s preventative measures. With the stay-at-home advisory issued by Governor Baker, the majority of us are staying home almost 24/7. Without spending time commuting and traveling to places, we suddenly found so much time on our hands. So how do we optimize the time to make the best of it? Here is a list of all the resources online organized in a day’s schedule. Whether it’s learning something new, picking up a new hobby, or just simply trying to relax, you will definitely find something to make your quarantine life a little better. Best of all? Everything mentioned in this list is free! Continue reading