Ignite Social Media

MAY 16, 2016

Why is your brand on social media? Hopefully the answer to that question is “to be social.” With social media being considered by many brands as part of the traditional marketing mix, it may be tempting to constantly push a commerce message, but that approach will kill your social media engagement.

Engagement 109

Engagement Social Media Class Loyalty 109

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 6, 2014

The Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference is fast approaching, coming up on Thursday, May 22, in Duluth, Minnesota. Lisa Buyer ( @lisabuyer ), smart and engaging online public relations pro and author of the phenomenal new book, Social PR Secrets. See you there!

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

No matter what you call the game, it’s certainly a huge day for marketing, both in commercial spots during the game and on just about every social media channel. Before the Patriots and Eagles square off, let’s take a look back at some great social media Super Bowl content from previous years. lowsscorinh 5_0.

Social Media 106

Social Media Insurance Eventful Hashtag 106

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

For years, social media was primarily a text-based circumstance, and social media directors were often people with a background in writing. Our 2014 report on the employment histories of guests on my Social Pros podcast found more than 50% of that unscientific sample had degrees in PR/journalism/English).

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Social Media Skills UGC Sample 164

Laurel Papworth

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Shares Hiya, I’m running my last 3 Day social media intensive for this year, in December. A very practical course with small group (about 10 people) – bring your laptop to set up tools for improving Facebook, Twitter, blogs, social media press releases, measurement, strategy, campaigns and so on.

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Social Media Press Release Class Course 69

Ignite Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Black Friday and its online bestie Cyber Monday are a great time of year for brands to implement a social campaign to support traditional marketing efforts. There’s a variety of ways for social media to complement your marketing plans for the holiday season; here’s a snapshot of some top approaches to consider for your brand.

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Campaign Social Media Retail Discount 156

Firebelly

MAY 11, 2015

I’m surprised at the number of brands who keep making this common social media mistake. Despite years of warnings, and even some embarrassing revelations (think “Great Instagram Purge of 2014″), brands continue to be seduced by a shortcut that gets them nowhere in the long run. What am I talking about?

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Community building Analysis 100

Hootsuite

JUNE 25, 2019

A little inspiration goes a long way when it comes to brainstorming social media contest ideas. And to make things easier, we’ve sorted them by objective, from increasing engagement to generating leads. PS: before launching your social media contest be sure to make sure it doesn’t violate the platforms’ T&Cs or R&Rs.).

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Examples Social Media Instagram Hashtag 111

Ignite Social Media

JULY 31, 2017

The focus of our webinar was around the changes we have witnessed in the social space over the past decade, the current trends, and our predictions for the years to come in social media. The Past 10 Years in Social Media. The Current State of Social Media. In 2015/2016, organic reach was down to 2.6%

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Social Media Trends Community building Hosting 84

Convince & Convert

JUNE 26, 2014

In partnership with PR News , Cision polled the PR community on their social media usage to find out how they engage, which platforms they utilize, and where they spend ad dollars. And chances are, they’ll be more likely to engage with your message since the platform has less brand noise. What does this mean?

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Study Social Media Research Survey 152

Pixlee

APRIL 17, 2019

In recent years, brands have increasingly put social media and social media managers at the center of their overall marketing strategies — and for good reason. Social media allows brands to build strong communities and drive sales, fine-tune campaigns and get insight into market trends.

Social Media 74

Social Media UGC Social Media Management Authentication 74

Socialmedia.biz

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In today’s technologically advancing world, social media is transforming the way we share news and information. More than 300 million people spend at least 5 hours every day on different social networking platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube and Instagram. Sentiment Analysis.

Social Media 88

Social Media Sentiment Analysis Study 88

Twist Image

AUGUST 1, 2014

I would argue that the vast majority of brands engaged in digital marketing have left the fundamentals behind them. You can pick a brand (any brand) and benchmark them against these 7 deadly sins of digital marketing in 2014, and you will see where the real gaps truly lie. Here are the 7 deadly sins of digital marketing in 2014.

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Marketing Analytics Mobile Paid Search 105

Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Our ever-growing global network of Local Social Media Managers around the world helps us ensure contextually relevant content through social listening, content production and response management. Statistics from Internet and Mobile Association Of India reveal the growing number of India’s population using social media.

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Activities Social Media Film Mobile 100

Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Social Media & Voice: In the Attention Economy, if your content is boring (or at least not educational in some way) your engagement is going to suck. And if engagement sucks, social media pays it no never mind. — Garth Newton (@Garth_P_Newton) September 3, 2014. Take SCHMACKOS for example.

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Social Media Meme Education Communities 83

Ignite Social Media

MAY 24, 2016

music festival in 2014 (according to Nielson Music), and of that number, 14. It’s no secret that there is brilliance behind Coachella’s social media marketing & branding strategy. Creating a unique branded hashtag will maximize brand exposure and garner momentum for a company and/or social media campaign.

Engagement 110

Engagement Brands Hashtag Eventful 110

Convince & Convert

JUNE 13, 2014

” Customer service is evolving with the integration of social media. But in order for that to happen, the customer service representatives need to be empowered to solve problems – both in social media, and in real life. . “We can buy from anywhere, and prices are relatively the same,” he says.

Social Media 142

Social Media Tumblr Loyalty Study 142

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 23, 2014

From more than 57 million tags of #selfie on Instagram, to being named the Oxford Dictionaries’ 2013 word of the year , the term is now ubiquitous among social media users. But, why should social media users have all the selfie fun? Have you seen any creative uses of brands leveraging selfies in social media creative?

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Examples Social Media Content Film 163

Josh S Peters

JANUARY 9, 2013

Social media can be the perfect catalyst for telling your brand’s story and activating new customers or it can be a huge waste of time, money and resources if it’s mismanaged. Taking a look at the pyramid above we can see what social media is the best at and what should be the base for your social media activities.

Social Media 188

Social Media Reputation SEO Engineering 188

Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It’s our own ever-growing global network of Local Social Media Managers around the world who help us ensure contextually relevant content through social listening, content production or response management. million users it had in 2014. The social channels rose up to bridge the communication gap.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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Social Media Class Conference Research 100

Social Media Network Marketing

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The Main Features and Functions remain the same reason being the basic purpose of Networking Sites is so that people can Socialize, Share and generally engage. Ofcourse Social Media is a space that needs to be walked on with utmost caution at Business level and at Personal Level as well.

Sites 92

Sites Social Media Social Networking Issues 92

Buffer Social

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Just a year later, in 2014, it would reach only about six percent of its fans. That means for every 100 fans of a Page, an organic post will reach, on average, only five or fewer people 1 These data are from a research by Social@Ogilvy. Is it the end of organic reach on social media? I don’t think so.

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Organization Flipboard Social Media Company 108

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Social media is all around us, but what does “being social” actually mean? And who’s being social? Bringing the Social Back to Social Media. The New Demographics of Social Media. How Social Media Impacted the 2014 Indian Elections. ” 2.

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Consultant Flickr Social Media Resources 183

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

So I’m taking advantage of WUL to shine the social media spotlight on them. I got to know Adam several years ago through social media, and then encountered him and His Lovely Wife (he doesn’t capitalize it, I do) in Orlando not long thereafter. Adam Toporek. Bess Winston. Who could resist that?

Social Media 100

Social Media Consultant Flickr Communities 100

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

But spending on digital marketing programs is projected to rise three times as fast, and over the next five years, the share of budget dollars dedicated to social media marketing will more than double. Social media benefits are unclear. For B2B media companies, the biggest share of revenue comes from events, totaling $12.2

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B2B Social Media Marketing Survey 110

Rebekah Radice

JULY 20, 2015

Do you want to improve social media productivity? Daily activities separate successful social media marketers from their peers. In this article I’ll share six social media habits to improve your marketing. 6 Habits of Highly Successful Social Media Marketers. #1: Thank you Nicole and team!

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Social Media Marketing Study Activities 133

Buffer Social

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Posts with unusual engagement patterns (a like-baiting signal). To help you grow your Facebook Page reach, we’ve written a few guides that you might like: Post Less, Boost Top Posts, and More: 14 Ways to Increase Your Facebook Page Engagement. The Simple Facebook Posting Strategy That Helped us 3x Our Reach and Engagement.

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List Facebook Feed Feedly 190

The Realtime Report

JUNE 10, 2014

The anonymous donor allegedly began hiding the cash as a way to give something back to the community — and now the idea has taken root in multiple towns and cities across the U.S. The @HiddenCash account has over 470,000 followers, and numerous imitators are adding followers at a rapid rate. — Hidden Cash (@HiddenCash) June 10, 2014.

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Twitter Brands Trends Campaign 175

Rebekah Radice

APRIL 13, 2015

As a business owner or entrepreneur, using social media to connect and appeal to consumers isn’t always as easy as it seems. This includes a daily content and social media plan , as well as an effective means for management and monitoring. Kickstart a Social Media Strategy. Don’t believe me?

Social Media 130

Social Media Strategy How To Real Estate 130

Likeable

MARCH 23, 2021

Instagram made it clear that users and brands will still be able to see the amount of engagement their content gets, but the metrics will not be publicly displayed in the feed. Overall engagement may drop. Will users be less likely to like a piece of content if it does not already have high engagement numbers?

Instagram 91

Instagram Metrics Influencer Campaign 91

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 20, 2014

For a long time, there was a perception that social media marketing was free, or at least very inexpensive. In reality, social media marketing has never been free. Most brands now know the real costs of social media marketing are not as great as the opportunity costs of bad social media strategy.

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Social Media Compete Cost Syndication 104

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Business-to-business social media marketing is no longer just an innovative way to boost sales—it’s essential to your organization’s survival in the competitive B2B market. In fact, a recent survey found 92% of B2B marketers use social media as a content marketing tactic to drive sales.

Social Media Management 76

Social Media Management B2B Social Media HootSuite 76

The Realtime Report

MARCH 11, 2014

The museum tapped digital agency Possible to create @Art140, and their goals are big: David Stocks, a senior planner at Possible, told Adweek that “We want it to become the most engaged art community in the world.” MoMA is already successful in social media, with 1.6 million Twitter followers and 1.5

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Conversation Hashtag Sentiment Campaign 181

Social Media Marketing

APRIL 3, 2013

Each week at Ford, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep the wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Social Media Flipboard Storify Reddit 160

Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 23, 2014

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Oct 10, 2014 at 4:50pm PDT. Look closely at the images and the engagement stats are crazy impressive. The posts are also being shared on Twitter, where considerable engagement is being generated as well. A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Oct 10, 2014 at 3:56 PDT.

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Campaign Instagram Case Study Upcoming 167

Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19 , social media managers have had to reevaluate their strategies and content plans to account for changing consumer behavior. But even in a pandemic-free world, things change and businesses are thrown curveballs—and social teams are on the front lines of communicating and reacting to those changes.

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How To Social Media Management Metrics Team 124