Social Media Strategies Summit

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a massive issue for many brands. When HubSpot asked social media marketers about their biggest challenges, “ reaching our target audience ” came in second place, only behind “ creating engaging content.” Sound familiar? Read on for all the tactics, tips, and tools you need to find the right audience on social media.

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Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

Novel formats, channels, and technologies like TikTok and ChatGPT are now driving forces behind buyer interest, opening up new ways for B2B brands to raise awareness about their products. 59% of marketers attribute revenue growth to marketing-generated leads , so demand-generation tactics remain a non-negotiable among marketing teams.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They need brands to provide quick and effective solutions to their problems. 51% of Memorable Brands Respond to Customers According to the 2023 Sprout Social Index, over 50% of brands that stand out on social media respond to their customers. Jay Baer created a brand-new report of this key data. Image via Khoros 9.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

What does it take to build brand awareness? Today, we have brand mascots faking forbidden romances, sponsored dance challenges and internet beefs over—ironically enough— chicken sandwiches. Building a memorable brand takes some big swings but you have to walk before you can run. What is brand awareness? Our advice?

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Sprout Social

JULY 7, 2021

The next frontier of ecommerce is already here—regardless if consumers and brands are ready or not. What started out as a conversation between a six-year-old girl and the family’s Amazon Echo Dot turned into an order for a dollhouse and four pounds of sugar cookies. What is conversational commerce?

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing multiple marketing projects on social media can be challenging. In this post, I have shared some tips on how social media marketers can manage multiple projects efficiently. Always Have a Plan The importance of planning for your social media marketing projects cannot be overemphasized. Let’s get started.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

To test what works for you and best integrates into your sales and marketing strategies. All the big solution providers (Salesforce, HubSpot, Demandbase, etc), and a few new ones, are working to build the all-in-one Sales AI solutions. Conversational Marketing Conversational toolsets are set up perfectly for AI augmentation.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Posted in Conversion Conversion Optimization. When you think about it, the Darwinian idea of evolution is not a far cry from the way we as marketers adapt and change to new technology. When it comes to site optimization, the fittest brands aren’t just surviving—they’re thriving.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 23, 2013

Posted in Advertising Applications Branding Content Marketing Customer Experience Facebook Inbound Marketing Listening Personalization Social Media. So, you’re one of the seemingly millions of brands out there using Facebook to lure people over to your website. 4. Inconsistent or lazy branding.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 28, 2023

Not only is it fundamentally shifting how we work but AI marketing tools are also reshaping marketing now and in the future. Whether you’re looking for marketing automation or to write email copy, there’s an AI marketing tool that meets your needs. And social data is at the center of many marketing transformations.

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Sprout Social

JULY 14, 2023

An effective way to achieve this is through sales and marketing alignment. The new reality is that sales and marketing are continuously and increasingly integrated. Marketing needs to know more about sales, sales needs to know more about marketing and we all need to know more about our customers.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In today’s competitive commercial landscape, marketing professionals increasingly depend on digital channels for assistance. In the US alone, research from Statista shows that B2B marketing spend has already decreased by over 50% in early 2020. Today, the focus will be on Linkedin and how it can help B2B brands.

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Oktopost

JULY 15, 2020

Not a bad zinger, but here we are four years later and LinkedIn is widely acknowledged as an invaluable resource not just for headhunters and job seekers, but for marketers and sales professionals too. For B2B marketers, the importance of LinkedIn cannot be overstated. Why LinkedIn Lead Generation is Perfect for B2B Marketing.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 1, 2022

From putting an organization on the map to churning out revenue, marketing functions each play a unique role in an organization’s larger goals. At times, it might seem that social media managers are stuck in silos, focused more on brand awareness than direct revenue impact. Lifecycle marketing. What is lifecycle marketing?

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 1, 2022

For today’s blog, let’s walk you through how you can leverage social media marketing for events, especially when hosting them virtually. Social Media Marketing Tactics to Increase Event Attendance . While 58% of marketers use social media to promote before, during, and after the event. Read more here.

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Twist Image

JANUARY 6, 2017

This is why content marketing will continue to struggle for brands. Brands are being sold a false bill of goods. Brands believe that the more content they produce, the more people that it will connect with. Now, a list of the top 20 marketing podcasts can come out, and Six Pixels of Separation won't even make the cut.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 29, 2013

HubSpot last week released its 2013 State of Inbound Marketing report, this year weighing in at a massive 175 pages. But as always, the report is crammed with useful facts, interesting stats, and vital tips, tools and techniques for inbound marketing success. To get the full story, download the HubSpot report here.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 17, 2022

Thing is, those engagements are invaluable to your brand. According to the Sprout Social Index™ , 60% of brands analyze their social data daily. These engagements include @ mentions , comments, #hashtags and keywords related to your brand. . Brands should track everything from shout-outs and reviews to questions and complaints.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Posted in Commerce Facebook Interactive Marketing Sales Social Media Social Networking Strategy. According to HubSpot, ninety three percent of adults on the Internet are on Facebook, yet only 1% of a brand’s Facebook fans will ever make their way to the company’s main website. So, why aren’t brands able to capitalize on that?

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Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each month, the phrase “SEO is dead” is searched about 210 times, providing evidence that a smattering of marketing professionals aren’t entirely sold on the benefits of using search engine optimization to increase website traffic. For each dollar marketing professionals spend on influencer marketing, they produce $6.50

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 4, 2019

So how can you, as a communications professional, leverage the power of community building for your brand? Now the hard part, building those relationships to reach your prospects and build brand advocates (your fans who will share your messages on their own networks). Let’s get right to it, how to build your brand’s community.

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Oktopost

MARCH 26, 2024

In a world where authenticity, transparency, and efficiency are not just valued but expected, direct communication between brands and their customers is the heartbeat of modern-day business. It adds a message button to your Company page and an inbox to the admin center, so page admins and super admins can view and respond to members directly.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 30, 2013

Many brands initially diverted QR Codes from its initial purpose by jumping on the bandwagon as something new and exciting that allowed them to leverage the exploding mobile market to interact with real world products. One place, however, that we are seeing increasing aversion to QR Code use is among consumer-oriented brand marketing.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 4, 2022

Social Proof is a series chronicling how ambitious individuals intentionally craft and grow their personal brands to inspire anyone hoping to do the same. For the second edition of Social Proof, we interview one of the prime examples of crafting a personal brand — Steph Smith.

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 9, 2023

If you’re looking for a social media listening tool in particular—one that can track what people are saying about your brand—then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a full roundup of the top social listening tools for marketers and agencies, updated for 2020: 1.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 11, 2024

From email marketing to social media and sales outreach, there are various ways in which you can continuously generate demand for your product. Therefore, it may not be surprising that 39% of businesses are looking at marketing automation to drive their demand-generation efforts. What is a Demand Generation Tool?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2017

As marketing technology has improved over the last few years, marketers have fallen back on uninspired tactics like formulaic outbound emails and lackluster drip campaigns. Last year, Econsultancy reported that only 22 percent of companies were satisfied with their conversion rates. B2B companies have an attention problem.

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agora pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

How do you measure your brand’s progress on social media and make sure you’re on track to reach your marketing goals? Discover how to create effective reports and find the best social analytics tool for your brand. The most important social media metrics for your brand depend on what your team wants to accomplish.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 11, 2016

While we are on the subject of March Madness, it was interesting to see how brands took to social media during last week’s NCAA championship game. Their marketing strategies are cross-functional. As seen below, the majority of the conversation is around the author’s “tech takedown.” Rls: https://t.co/YKh7VtrNkv

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 15, 2024

With Google promising to prioritize "helpful content" going into 2024 and studies showing that as little as 5 percent of all content assets generate 90 percent of customer engagement, helpful, engaging B2B content is a north star B2B marketing teams must strive for. Interview them. Learn their language. Listen intently.

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Pam Moore

JULY 13, 2023

HubSpot CRM: From lead scoring to content personalization, it's your AI toolbox all in one place. Bring on the weekend, Brand with Soul Tribe! I've covered this in past editions of the Brand with Soul newsletter. Let's keep the conversation flowing and the sales soaring! The synergy of man and machine.

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Audiense

JULY 16, 2018

Intelligent conversation systems are no longer a trend but an undeniable reality: chiefmartec.com has included it in its Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic 2018. Much more functional marketing. Consumers spend more and more time on these platforms and it’s only natural that brands want to be there as well.

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Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

Brands need the context social media metrics provide to meet today’s dynamic consumer space and take their business to the next level. Google Analytics enables you to measure your social metrics holistically and adds context to your regular reports so they align with your broader marketing goals.

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Oktopost

APRIL 26, 2021

Nicole Votolato Montgomery, Associate Professor of Marketing at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia agrees: “The number one thing that brands are doing wrong on social media is trying to push product. It’s the same thing with brands. It means that those people are going to stop engaging with the brand.

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Keyhole.co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Do you lie awake at night worrying about what PR disaster will derail your brand image online? So, it’s fair to say that a positive online brand reputation is a business’s greatest asset today. Your brand reputation management must consistently improve to sustain a good name. You are not alone. For that, follow these steps: 1.

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Twist Image

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

How well do marketers truly perform when it comes to social media? It''s a question that Jason Keath not only speaks and consults about, but he also gathers very serious marketers to attend his well-known Social Fresh events. Enjoy the conversation. digital marketing. digital marketing. marketing blog.

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Twist Image

AUGUST 17, 2014

I was there before Google existed, and I watched the birth of search engine marketing as it''s entire evolution to today. To think that brands still don''t understand the power of performance-based marketing and look quizzically at marketing automation is astounding. Enjoy the conversation. digital marketing.

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