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The Ugly Side of Social Media Sharing

Waxing UnLyrical

Susan didn’t even know the image had gone viral until she saw another Facebook friend shared the meme on April 22. Not sure how they got it. ” After she saw the meme, Susan started reporting the image and private messaging pages on Facebook with a request that they take down the image and/or meme.

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How to Know If Your Brand Should Hop on a New Social Media Trend

Ignite Social Media

While some social media trends are family-friendly, such as #FirstDayOfSchool, other trends are decidedly less so, like memes relating to Harambe. Some hashtags, trends and memes, while popular, have the potential to be lost on – or offend – your brand’s audience. The Internet is a weird place. What are the origins of the trend?

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What Marketers Need to Know About TikTok

Ignite Social Media

Its origins here in the West can be traced back to 2014’s Musical.ly Sounds: The primary feature of TikTok that you need to know and understand are sounds and how to use them. A mixture of behind-the-scenes moments and odd memes have made them the “boomer darlings” of the youth-focused app.

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2014 Reboot: Find Motivation and Inspiration to Blog Better This Year

ProBlogger

Today we go all the way back to the early days of ProBlogger.net, where Darren encouraged us to put our best effort into our blogs, showing us how to find motivation and interest in the most inspiring of places. Meme it Up - another way to get yourself a little more interested in and energised by your blog is to start some sort of Meme.

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Lego’s Social Media Strategy: Constructing On Collabs & Pop Culture

Keyhole.co

And in 2014, when LEGO released The LEGO Movie , people hailed it as Hollywood finally catching up to the charm of this filmmaking style. While LEGO’s content strategy is not overly meme-based or purely humor-based, the brand still attracts audiences who appreciate thematic content and smart references.

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All the Social Ladies: Advice From 18 of the Smartest Women in Marketing

Likeable

Our CEO, Carrie Kerpen, who started the podcast back in 2014, passed the torch this season to two of Likeable’s awesome employees, Jenn Burgess and Michelle Greenbaum. She says there’s no manual for how to parent in today’s digital world—but this mom could definitely write one. Titania Jordan of Bark. Claire Knebl of Ritual.

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I Read More Than 20 Instagram Studies so You Don’t Have to. Here’s What I Found.

Buffer Social

When studying the Instagram accounts of the top 100 global brands in 2014 , Simply Measured found that 88 percent of their posts include at least one hashtag. Here are the other tips that News Whip shared: Use relatable or pop culture memes relevant to your audience. Using both hashtags and location tag drives the most engagement.

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