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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

3 social-first fashion trends that made waves in 2021. Social can turn everyday consumers into stylists with massive followings. Through outfit of the day (OOTD) pics, outfit idea videos and must-have product reviews, they’re driving peer buying habits faster than most media outlets can keep up with. Follow the memes.

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Break the “just post this” habit: How the right social media mix enhances multichannel campaigns

Sprout Social

A social media manager’s job is to provide expertise, build strategy, craft engaging platform-specific content, and decide if that content fits into the current overall conversation on social media–not to just blindly post when someone says “post this.”. Social provides a view of culture at large.

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For financial services brands, social media is a risk mitigation friend—not foe

Sprout Social

SVB wasn’t the only bank to experience a social media-induced run this year, with First Republic Bank following suit and collapsing two months later. Coupled with the unpredictable nature of social media and the looming economic downturn , many weary financial services executives see social media as a threat.

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6 Things to Know About Building Your Brand Voice as a Government Agency

Social Media Strategies Summit

[We’re] trying to take small steps and gain confidence, as we aren’t seeing the backlash that we would have seen even just a few months ago,” she says about their social media content in May of 2021. Information overload is a genuine concern in a world where we publish over 9,500 tweets every second.

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The little library that could: Lessons from Orkney Library on being a little fish in a big pond on social

Sprout Social

It’s easy to assume that flashy brand campaigns, celebrity musings and of-the-moment memes wear the crown on social media. — Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) August 24, 2021. — Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) July 16, 2021. — Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) July 8, 2021.

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7 Proven Social Media Promotion Ideas That Don’t Suck

Hootsuite

Why promote your business on social media? For starters, the number of social media users worldwide grew by 13.2% from 2020 to 2021 , an increase of 490 million humans. That means over half of Earth’s entire population now uses social media. Memes are an easy and popular way to be funny on social.

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Experiment: Can Post Timing Improve Your Instagram Engagement?

Hootsuite

Before we go all-in on the “ did I get shadowbanned ” conspiracy theories, it’s important to note that there are a lot of different reasons that social media managers might be experiencing a bit of a drop. As COVID restrictions loosened in fall 2021, people started using social media in different ways.