Convince & Convert

MARCH 5, 2024

The stats are bleak: 71% of consumers switched brands at least once over the past year, hunting for better deals, better product quality, or better customer service among many other reasons. Reddit: A Case Study in Switching Behavior Reddit is a particularly powerful community to study switching behavior. How can this be true?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They have witnessed marketing and promotional roles transitioning onto Instagram (as well as other social media channels); 70% of shoppers now turn to Instagram for product discovery. According to the 2019 Influencer Marketing Global Survey by Rakuten Marketing , 99% of consumers discover new products because of their influencers.

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This feature operates with a cost-per-click (CPC) cap in place, ensuring advertisers get the best value for their investment. This move aligns with Reddit’s goal to create a more competitive advertising ecosystem, attracting businesses looking for effective and efficient ways to convert users into customers.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 27, 2017

A product launch is one of the most stressful decisions an entrepreneur can make. That was the case with my first product nearly five years ago, when I launched a Power Editor training course. Five years later, I still struggle with product launches. Do I have enough interest to launch a community for entrepreneurs?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2012

One that could have a vibrant Facebook community, if they could just get to that point. Run traditional advertising campaigns, and include either a call to action, or show the link, for the Facebook Page. Have a product, service, business that will make it more natural for people to find you as they are conducting searches.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 14, 2021

Plan on Buying Influencer-Promoted Products. Brands must strive to connect with influencers that genuinely align with their products to achieve a successful partnership. Rather than product placements and advertisements, social media users are drawn to informative content that provides insight into a subject of interest.

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Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The following post is part of the Mindjumpers Network series and written by our Community Manager, Sara Hansson. For international brands and companies, it can be a challenge to control and maintain product perception worldwide. Talk to your fans in their language.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 15, 2019

If you have absolutely no idea how to approach your Facebook advertising strategy these days, you aren’t alone. In this Facebook advertising guide, we’ll break down the best practices of running ads on Facebook and what you need to know to get started. It’s no secret that Facebook’s organic reach has taken a nosedive. Custom Audiences.

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Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

We have been working the past year on a game changing online social media training academy and member community to help solve your biggest problems and challenges related to social media marketing, digital marketing, and branding. Step 2: Enroll / buy your virtual seat and you will be inside the academy and community within minutes!

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Pixlee

JANUARY 12, 2022

Today’s generation of tech-savvy consumers is less receptive to traditional methods of advertising and marketing. In fact, 96% of Americans believe brand advertising is done to intentionally mislead. The Human Connection in Community-Driven Brands. What is a Community-Driven Brand? The times have changed.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

APRIL 26, 2021

TikTok also offers branded hashtag challenges as an advertising option. Influencers create their own orginial content highlighting your products, services and brand conferring an authentic 3rd party endorsement. TikTok is a fast-moving community and trends come and go quickly. Engage With Your Community . Be On Trend.

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Akamai Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Two of those words are “audience&# and “community.&# The maestro directs, he coaxes, he makes the orchestra the best it can be, that’s what a good community manager’s job as well. Why should you care if you have community vs. audiences? Interested in a community vs. an audience? Guess what?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Specifically, would women of color be interested in a dedicated social community? To solve for this need, OWN recently launched The Know: An OWN Community. The Know: An OWN Community. Fortunately, their research also revealed their audience doesn’t mind being advertised to, so long as it’s relevant.

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Pixlee

JANUARY 3, 2022

Those efforts to convert social shoppers to loyal customers fall flat when the social ad directs to an ecommerce product catalog that’s lacking. Unlocking the rich power of social commerce requires a community presence for your brand, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. How an Ecommerce Product Catalog Fuels Social Commerce.

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Jon Loomer

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

That’s what made Facebook advertising so insanely profitable in the early days. Well, the first thing you’ll notice if you dive into TikTok advertising is that the TikTok Ads Manager is obviously inspired by Facebook Ads Manager. I’m not going to claim to be a TikTok advertising expert. Puff – Hany Beats.

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SocialFish

MARCH 9, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Community: GoPlow.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

There’s no doubt that your community manager knows your social audience best. After all, they are in the community, engaging with your fans daily. Social media platforms are constantly changing, and as a community manager, it’s critical to stay on top of the changes. Or maybe the business goal is to drive product purchase.

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OnlineRockersHub Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

If this sounds like you, then you may need to offer promotional products so that your business will be competitive and indeed be a success. How promotional products can boost your Business? Clients Will Remember Your Brand Because of Your Promotional Products! Brand name recall is always positive in business.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 21, 2022

For example, a customer might: Discover a product while browsing videos on YouTube. Use their work desktop PC to search for more information about a product on Google. Order the product on their home laptop. Moreover, brands today can use their websites to build a community around their product or service.

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Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

Facebook Groups provide a unique opportunity for brands of all sizes to build community, increase brand awareness, generate leads and even increase sales of products or services. How to build and grow your community using a Facebook Group. How to promote your Facebook Group and Community. SoundCloud.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The post Creating Products: Before You Even Think About Creating Products, Think About This appeared first on ProBlogger. Darren Says: T oday we ’ re continuing our ‘ creating products ’ week here at ProBlogger by looking at some of the areas of groundwork you might need to do before or while creating a product.

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Pixlee

MAY 8, 2019

Building relationships with current and potential customers is a cornerstone for social media marketing in the digital age, and creating thriving communities has to be the center of your marketing strategy. But what is community-driven marketing and how can brands use it successfully? What is Community-Driven Marketing?

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 4, 2023

Advertising that doesn’t “fit” the job of the platform can be similarly be off-putting or risk being ignored. Considering your brand / product and the message, what platform(s) logically fit? In their mind, these connection-focused posts “don’t fit with why they’re using LinkedIn.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Goldfish Crackers Combines Storytelling Advertising & AR. All while keeping its product front and center of the messaging. Importantly, this isn’t just a one-and-done exercise for McDonald’s, which runs a host of programs designed to support its communities, crew, and customers. Dominos Adds Its Product to an Existing Story.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 20, 2024

Create a separate Facebook group and community page Your first task is to set up your Facebook business page. One Facebook marketing strategy is to create a group for your business, where fans, customers, and anyone with an interest in your brand can come together and form a community. But the business page isn’t the end of it.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Jon Loomer

JANUARY 16, 2023

I wanted to find a relevant way to use it for advertisers. What is the product? What are the benefits of the product? Here’s the prompt that I created to promote my Power Hitters Club – Elite community: ChatGPT then developed a strategy based on those things. ChatGPT did not disappoint. You can do this, too.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 15, 2013

Jake explains that the outdoor recreation department is huge for Gamin, and Jeff speculates that the people who are a part of the outdoor recreation community are extremely serious about their hobby, which makes them very special customers for Garmin. billion was spend on outdoor, or out of home (OOH), advertising, while only $4.1

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 26, 2020

When should you lower your ad spend or stop advertising entirely due to a drop in advertising effectiveness or overall revenue? These are questions that many businesses and advertisers are facing right now. Should You Change Your Product Offering? These are examples of altering your product offering.

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Hootsuite

JULY 6, 2022

Instagram eCommerce refers to using Instagram to promote the selling of products for your eCommerce business. ’ It means buying and selling goods, products, or services over the internet. Instagram eCommerce tags, or Shopping tags, are tags on products featured in content. Other folks on Instagram can tag products too.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

From paid advertising to social selling and analytics, the value you can extract from social platforms is endless. YouTube: Allowing you to upload long videos, YouTube is perfect for educating your audiences with Q&As, webinars, and video tutorials for product walkthroughs. 7 Top B2B Social Media Trends 1.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2021

As social media experts, we know how to network properly to generate quality leads, and as humans, we know how unwelcome unsolicited, pushy advertisers are in personal spaces. Jesse Walker , Community Manager. Sara Trzemzalski , Community Manager. Meghan Hardy , Director, Community Management. In-authentic Brandstanding.

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This post is the first in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. First, I’ll say that I am involved in 3 major communities. #1

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Threads Facebook Post Display & Branded Content Tags Threads is integrating with Facebook by displaying posts and testing branded content tags, expanding its reach and advertising potential. Scheduled Chats for Communities A new feature under testing allows scheduling chat events in communities, fostering organized interactions.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The post How to Use Advertising to Promote Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Have you ever considered advertising your blog? I’ve concentrated my own limited experimenting with advertising in two types of advertising: Google Ads – An oldie but a goodie. Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash.

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Jon Loomer

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Facebook is rolling out Advantage Custom Audiences to advertisers, which will potentially expand your targeting when a custom audience is selected. A couple of similar audience expansion features have been rolled out to the Advantage product line during the past year. ” and showcase that product. When Should You Use It?

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Swipe Up feature was clearly designed so that with Instagram stories, business organizations and communities could leverage it to drive traffic, engage with their community and advertise their businesses more efficiently. One-third of Instagram’s most viewed stories are created by brands and/or verified accounts.

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