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How to Find Your Audience on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

You spend time planning and creating content for multiple social media platforms. When HubSpot asked social media marketers about their biggest challenges, “ reaching our target audience ” came in second place, only behind “ creating engaging content.” This is a massive issue for many brands.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. Social media in call centres. ROI in social media. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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When Awareness Isn’t Enough: Government Social Media Campaigns That Create Action

Social Media Strategies Summit

In this article, we’ll pull out key points from a presentation given by Adam Durfee , Social Media Campaign Director at government and non-profit marketing agency Boncom , who uses case studies featuring two real-world public awareness campaigns to demonstrate how marketers can inspire change in audiences.

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Twitter Shares New Research into the Roles that Social Media Engagement Has on Purchase Activity

Social Media Today

The new study looks at how brand building efforts online can have a significant impact on consumer activity.

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Social Media Case Study: Discover Boating

Ignite Social Media

Our work with Discover Boating won Audience Honor for Large Media Buying Strategy at the Shorty Awards. You can read more about our social media case study below. Discover Boating came to Ignite looking for a partner to increase boating participation and manufacturer referrals from their social channels.

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Three Reasons We Can’t Disconnect from Social Media

Webbiquity SMM

The term “social media” implies connecting with others, socializing and sharing. While this is a reason one may engage with social media, from its earliest days other motives have driven users to partake. Image credit: fauxels on Pexels There are four core motivations for engaging with social platforms.

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Research: Influence of Personal Connections on Social Media Drives More Purchases

Bill Hartzer

Personal connections on social media drive more consumer purchases than influencers. Mintel’s latest research reveals that Indian consumers are more likely to be influenced by individuals they know personally on social media when making purchasing decisions compared to online influencers.

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