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Airbnb Social Media Strategy: Sharing Stories, Building Community

Keyhole.co

By blending collaborative consumption with experiential tourism and replacing impersonal hotel stays with a sense of community. million listings and a community of reliable hosts around the world ready to welcome guests with open arms. Founded in 2008, Airbnb struggled to build trust in its unique business model initially.

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How (and why) a tech company shifted their social strategy from product- to community-focused

Sprout Social

About a year after BentoBox invested in organic social media by hiring a social media manager, we shifted from a product-driven strategy to a community-driven one. Community is a vague word though. Now, let’s talk about what community means. What does it all mean? And is it really worth it? Scientists? Makeup aficionados?

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Atly Unveils ‘Ask Around’ Tool, Empowering Influencers to Gather and Share Recommendations from Followers

Bill Hartzer

This feature enables influencers to rapidly expand their topic-based maps and effortlessly share these valuable community insights with their social media audience. It makes it so easy to gather community knowledge. I love to use the feature when I travel, so that I have a list of options right when I arrive in a new city.

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Building a New Kind of Cruise Community

Waxing UnLyrical

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. , so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts.

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The Preliminary Cybersecurity Guide To International Travel

Forbes Social Media

This article examines the precautions to take from a Cybersecurity perspective before traveling internationally. I examine the considerations and analyze the advice provided to me from the information security community.

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How Government Agencies Can Launch an Influencer Program from Scratch

Social Media Strategies Summit

In this article, we’ll share insights from Port of Seattle’s Social Media Program Manager Abbey Lampert , who speaks about: How to manage an influencer program on a small budget Tips for building relationships with local influencers Best practices for hosting influencer events Her learnings benefit what Abbey calls “less sexy organizations” (i.e.,

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10 Ways Government Agencies Can Increase Their Engagement on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

Provide Community News & Updates. Arguably the most obvious use case of social media for government agencies is providing news and relevant updates to your community. A post shared by Travel Tips & Dad Joke Hits (@tsa). Use Community & Event-Specific Hashtags. Treat Social Media As a Two-Way Conversation.