Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

There isn’t much that gets consumers more excited than seeing a collaboration between their two favorite brands. Marketers are learning more about their target audiences and some of the most valuable information is what other brands they have their eyes on. What is a brand collaboration? How do brand collaborations work?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Social advocacy empowers employees to amplify your brand message in a way that’s consistent with your business’s voice and tone. Kick off your process by taking inspiration from these four brands that have mastered the art of employee amplification. And yet, social advocacy examples continue to be the exception.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This is especially true of its newly minted Top Community Voices tier — a badge a whole lot easier to nab and just as impressive. Now, however, there are two different ‘tiers’ of Top Voice badges: Top Voice (1) and Community Top Voice (2). LinkedIn, however, has gone the other way.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even the most well-known legacy brands need to adapt to attract audiences over the years. A strategy that made a brand successful years ago may be obsolete in the future, that’s why building brand awareness remains critical for established and upcoming businesses alike.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 13, 2020

She is a firm believer that business owners should make good money doing what they love and she spreads this message through her role as a thought leader in the industry. Lynn Abate-Johnson is an endlessly curious community builder (on and offline) as well as a holistic business consultant who cares deeply about doing business from the heart.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. It’s time for B2B brands to embrace the power of influencers. Most social platforms have their own professional communities, both formal and informal.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 4, 2023

When a brand is able to create positive buzz around their brand by just mentioning a product enhancement or product drop, you know they have a great marketing strategy behind them. But how are some brands, like Apple, able to attract new customers and elevate their positioning in the market with a simple announcement?

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Sprout Social

JUNE 7, 2023

But an ever-crowded space filled with brands and creators means your relevancy is always at risk. When a brand experience is consistently good, it champions powerful brand recall, turns customers into advocates and builds credibility that ultimately increases your repeat business. What is brand experience?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We unpack how your brand can use these examples to spark your own scroll-stopping ideas—while maximizing your budget and doing more with less. According to The Sprout Social Index™ , the most memorable thing brands can do on social is respond to their customers. The play: Social customer care isn’t just for digital-first brands.

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Pixlee

AUGUST 2, 2021

Well-researched and authentic content will always get more followers than pitching products. How Can Podcasts Help Your Brand? The best brand podcasts aren’t simply descriptions of your industry or what products you have to offer; they follow industry-related topics episodically to educate and entertain listeners.

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Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2022

The cannabis industry is booming, which means more brands are leveraging social media as a channel to promote their products, share educational information about cannabis use, and advocate for decriminalization, social justice and destigmatization. Because of this, I looked to other industry professionals for their insights.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

And it’s true – we don’t stay stagnant, and neither do the industries in which we work. So, in this article, join me in exploring five themes for social media in 2024 through the lens of industry experts, unraveling their predictions and the reasons behind them. “This year is going to be transformative!”

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This platform empowers users to receive exclusive benefits such as discounts, special offers, cashback rewards, and unique experiences simply for advocating brands to their friends, family, and followers. Already, RedKangaroo has forged partnerships with renowned beverage brands, such as Frazy and HOP WTR. million in pre-seed funding.

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Pam Moore

AUGUST 11, 2018

It's even more challenging if your business is in a highly regulated industry such as healthcare, financial, insurance or government. Unfortunately too many marketers give up on creating exciting, engaging, empowering and entertaining content as they feel their products, services and industry are too “boring.” Soundcloud.

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Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

Do you have social media, digital marketing and branding problems? 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. Still need more information?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As more concerns of performative activism arise, consumers are watching to see if those same brands are staying true to their word or if they’ve already moved on and are investing less in their DEI efforts. Cultural heritage months like Black History Month are a cornerstone to many DEI initiatives for brands.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“Who do consumers think runs brand accounts?” Which means the industry is primarily made up of Millennial white women. What does it say about the way brands co-opt BIPOC culture? How can we make a place in the industry for people from different generations? Even the majority of our own team fit within that demographic.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

They simultaneously hopped on blink-and-you’ll-miss them trends, while championing authenticity. In 2023, we saw new platforms enter the scene and shake ups in platform preferences that changed the face of the industry, while other tried and true networks held consumer attention. Retailers go all-in on Instagram and TikTok.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Simply because of the vast amount of data they provide about your brand, your audience, and your competitors in real time. Now, all you have to do is set up a social listening tool to track the details that matter most to your brand, and the information comes directly to your computer screen. What is social listening?

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Pixlee

MAY 24, 2021

Over 2020, the travel industry lost approximately 1.3 A report published in May 2020 even estimated the loss of over 100 million jobs in the travel industry (as per the World Travel and Tourism Council). Enter influencers and user-generated content (UGC) – the community-driven method for rebuilding trust in travel.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

With its ability to get in front of a wide array of consumers, social media may be the darling of retail and B2C brands, but it is increasingly difficult for ANY business to ignore the power of social media marketing. This is likely due to the fact that decision makers across industries are active on social media.

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Pam Moore

APRIL 11, 2018

It's even more challenging if your business is in a highly regulated industry such as healthcare, financial, insurance or government. Unfortunately too many marketers give up on creating exciting, engaging, empowering and entertaining content as they feel their products, services and industry are too “boring.”

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Later

MAY 28, 2021

With over 756 million users , it’s full of opportunities for brand marketing. In this blog post, we’re sharing five ways you can use LinkedIn to market your brand and reach relevant audiences. How to Use LinkedIn for Marketing Your Brand . Share Your Brand Voice. Ready to get started? Let’s dive in!

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Pixlee

AUGUST 21, 2020

Your brand exists in a world of diversity, and it’s time for your marketing to reflect this. As the diversity in your creative increases, you’ll form deeper connections with formerly underrepresented consumers and expand your community as more people see themselves represented in your marketing efforts.

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Sprout Social

MAY 4, 2022

Perfect for building awareness and encouraging awesome user-generated content, brands are rightfully scrambling to find TikTok hashtags for their own challenges. Below we break down TikTok challenges work and the best practices for brands looking to leverage them. This branded hashtag challenge resulted in 2 billion video views and 1.3

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Years ago, in the early days of social’s prevalence in society, brands recognized their buyers were spending more and more time on social, and they asked the obvious question: “What’s everybody saying out there?” Brands and products: 75%. Industry terms and trends: 61%. Industry/brand influencers: 60%. Competitive.

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Pixlee

APRIL 25, 2019

While surprise sets are now the norm at festivals, the experience isn’t just about the music or even the FOMO (fear of missing out) anymore, as music and culture festivals have evolved into the place for brands to connect with their hard-to-reach millennial fans in a meaningful way. When FOMO Died. Year-Round Influencers.

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Pam Moore

MARCH 8, 2018

A brand is not a logo, colors, fancy tag line or even a fancy Super Bowl commercial. A brand is not your Facebook page cover video, Twitter background or set of beautifully designed Pinterest boards or images on your Instagram profile. The truth is your brand is all of these things and more. The Living, Breathing, Human Brand.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Which Industries Do the Best on TikTok When It Comes to Marketing? While TikTok is a rapidly growing marketing platform, some industries can capitalize on this better than others. The hashtag #smallbusiness currently has 25+ billion views on TikTok, so small business owners are using it for brand recognition in new audiences.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Brands who embrace diversity in their campaigns, content, and hiring practices are representing a wide range of races, genders, orientations, and abilities, to name a few things. More than ever before, consumers are holding brands accountable to make key marketing changes to showcase different faces and voices. ThirdLove .

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

3 elements to a successful influencer marketing strategy An influencer marketing campaign uses individuals with a strong social following to promote a brand. Align with the right influencers Align with the right influencers for your brand. When you do, your brand’s message resonates with an already engaged audience.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

“Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.” The answers to these questions reach beyond brand and even marketing. The answers to these questions reach beyond brand and even marketing. But social—unlike most communication channels— offers an equally, if not more effective solution.

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Pam Moore

OCTOBER 25, 2020

SocialZoomFactor · Personal Branding: 5 Pillars to Build a Brand of Authority and Influence. Do you need a personal brand in business today? Personal branding is a requirement for any business leader in any niche. You have a personal brand regardless if you consciously designed it or not. . The answer is yes!

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Pam Moore

JULY 6, 2020

SocialZoomFactor · Brand Personality 6 Ways to Give Your Brand Personality. Have you ever thought about your brand personality? Does your brand have a personality? Here is the thing… your brand definitely has a personality regardless if you have thought about it or not. What is a brand personality?

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Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2021

While I like the idea celebrating the Asian and Pacific Islander community, it’s hard not to feel like APAHM is another box for organizations to tick on their laundry list of diversity milestones. For brands who do push through with their APAHM plans, I’d offer this as a word of advice. Let the community speak”.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 16, 2023

But refraining from social media altogether only creates more room for crises to snowball and brand health to plummet. More than ever, financial services brands must take steps to use social media as an essential part of their risk mitigation and brand safety strategy, instead of downplaying its impact or fearing it.

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Pixlee

MARCH 8, 2018

The idea of community has become a major focus of brands in many verticals. traditional methods of marketing still have their place, community-building is now a. critical part of any holistic branding strategy. within existing networks of consumers, as modern brands are no longer simply about. who are buying them.

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