Sprout Social

AUGUST 15, 2023

not to mention brand makeovers, like Twitter rebranding to X—marketing teams are forever playing catch up. Fortunately, AI marketing techniques like sentiment analysis and machine learning (ML) enable marketers to overcome shrinking bandwidths and harness social listening for business intelligence.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

However, the harsh truth is that creating winning social media content for your brand can be challenging. So, if your marketing goals include optimizing your brand’s social media presence, here are the seven crucial considerations you have to make to produce winning content guaranteed to wow your potential customers.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s time to take your first steps into social media marketing. No matter your industry—accounting, consulting, dog-food manufacturing, wig-weaving—this is a captive, active audience that your brand can’t afford to ignore. Some brands use social to offer customer service; others are there to build brand awareness.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 15, 2021

Build a strong brand and you will get yourself a strong community of loyal customers and brand advocates. Some might argue that a strong community is what makes a brand stronger and loyal customers are the best way to promote a brand. But what is a brand community and why do you need one?

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Sprout Social

MAY 10, 2022

Similar to the sports world , brand marketing is a highly competitive arena. With new trends, channels, and the promise of virality, technological goal posts constantly shift for communications and marketing professionals. Setting your brand apart from the competition is essential for success. What is brand marketing?

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Hootsuite

MARCH 2, 2022

Let’s talk about why it’s important to understand social media marketing for retail brands. Those people are engaging with retail brands on social. Nearly a quarter ( 23% ) of social media users follow a brand or company they already purchase from. follow companies and brands they’re thinking of purchasing from.

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The Realtime Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Brand Awareness and Visibility. Looking for ways to increase your brand’s visibility? We’ve got some simple – tried and true – strategies for increasing brand awareness that you should already be doing. They’ll help you get the most out of your marketing and grow your brand’s awareness.

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The Realtime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Brand Awareness and Visibility. Looking for ways to increase your brand’s visibility? We’ve got some simple – tried and true – strategies for increasing brand awareness that you should already be doing. They’ll help you get the most out of your marketing and grow your brand’s awareness.

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Strategy Brands Loyalty SEO 91

Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2023

And the world of marketing is going through a tremendous change right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) marketing is taking on a bigger role with the advent of intelligent marketing tools and generative AI like ChatGPT, creating an abundance of opportunities for marketing teams to do more of what they already do best.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 23, 2019

Once someone has converted, the next ideal step is for that customer to turn others on to the brand or product. Loyalty & Advocacy Content for the Customer Journey. Use call to actions that encourage the customer to post with your branded hashtag or develop contests that reward people for their images.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Social marketers rate influencer marketing as having a significant impact on their brand’s marketing efforts including customer loyalty (87%), awareness (89%) and reputation (87%), according to our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey of 307 social marketers in the United States. What is an influencer marketing campaign?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to influencer marketing , C-suite execs want more than just good engagement. In this article, we dive deep into the benefits of influencer marketing, and ones that matter the most to your C-Suite. Plus, the three critical components of an effective influencer marketing strategy you need to know.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Welcome to the Social Spotlight, where we dive deep into what we love about a brand’s approach to a specific social campaign. From strategy through execution and results, we’ll examine what makes the best brands on social tick — and leave you with some key takeaways to consider for your own brand’s social strategy.

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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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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2022

Brands have got to listen, TikTok is staying. And yet, in spite of that, many brands are still hesitant to join. But with the growing influence of video content, at Ignite Social Media, we believe that most brands need to be taking a hard look at the platform. Here are 7 surefire TikTok Marketing strategies.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 7, 2023

At the end of the day, we want to cut through the noise and leave a lasting impression that grabs market share. But an ever-crowded space filled with brands and creators means your relevancy is always at risk. What is brand experience? Choose what narrative you want to build and follow it through in all your communications.

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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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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 20, 2024

As any small business owner knows, marketing can be pricey. Big businesses can throw massive budgets at expensive marketing strategies, but small businesses just don’t have that luxury. So how can a small business create an achievable marketing strategy that gets results? The answer is Facebook marketing.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As the digital market space rapidly evolves, customers are seeking authenticity and human connection from brands like never before. To meet this rising demand, your marketing team needs to be agile, think out of the box and keep up with deadlines—all while operating within limited budgets and constrained team bandwidths.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2023

In a world where star ratings can make or break a brand, review analysis is your north star. It gives you deep insights from customer feedback so you can uncover trends, make targeted improvements to your business and build a richer brand management strategy. Why should brands carry out review analysis? Let’s take a closer look.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 26, 2024

Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and clothing brand Skims started in 2019 as an over-hyped venture many people thought wouldn’t last long. Less than 5 years later, the brand is worth USD 4 billion and is one of the most widely recognized and sought-after fashion brands. The brand instead put an uncompromising focus on inclusivity.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And this is the potential that ecommerce brands are capitalizing on. Plenty of small brands were built for Instagram, or rather, it was Instagram that helped build them in the first place. As a digital marketer, you want to benefit from everything this platform has much to offer. An estimated 75.3% There’s more.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Image credit: Mohammad Metri on Unsplash Effective customer retention methods can enhance loyalty and generate better word-of-mouth advocacy, ultimately boosting profits. Social listening, and more broadly online brand monitoring, is essential. Monitor brand mentions. What do you need for better customer retention?

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 22, 2023

In doing so, they have leveled the playing field for brands of all sizes and industries. Within these tools, conversational analytics harnesses the power of customer conversations and discussions by identifying and tracking hidden brand insights. Here is a closer look at the key benefits.

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Brands are using it not just to listen and engage but also as a powerful marketing tool. In fact, some of the biggest brands in the world are still using Twitter to reach their customers. We have listed here a few names, but before so, let’s figure out if your brand should STILL be on Twitter.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Audience engagement is all about the connection your audience feels with your brand and the actions they take as a result of it. But when you hit the right chord, you can expect increased brand health, higher-quality leads and an active social following. This action furthers their connection with your brand.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 19, 2022

There isn’t much that gets consumers more excited than seeing an “X” 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. Altogether, the TikTok hashtag “#EyesLipsFamous” garnered 41.8M

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Later

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Trying to stand out on an app with over 1 billion monthly users is no easy task – but Instagram hashtags make it easier! . That’s because hashtags are great at increasing the discoverability of the content you share. In fact, according to our research , influencers who post with 10+ hashtags get an average engagement rate of 6%! .

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Pixlee

JANUARY 28, 2021

But building that loyalty is increasingly difficult in modern times. Traditional top-down marketing strategies and sales pitches will fall flat with modern audiences. . The reality many brands are facing is simple: consumers trust brands that are authentic, transparent, and most of all, well-recommended by other consumers.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 25, 2024

In the dog-eat-dog world of social media content, many marketers and creators will do anything to stay ahead. Content curation is when you source and post content from other brands and creators. Plus, you can align yourself with brands you admire or your audience loves by sharing their posts. But it doesn’t have to be so hard.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 26, 2023

Referral marketing is a powerful tool that can help you leverage your existing customers and fan base to build relationships with new ones. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about referral marketing, its benefits and how to create a successful referral marketing program.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

When Tommy Williams was growing up in Austin Texas, he probably didn’t think his love for cooking and local farmers markets would lead to starting a nationally-recognized food brand. Tommy’s Superfoods needed a way to simultaneously increase brand recognition and brand loyalty. But that’s exactly what happened.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 12, 2022

Customer conversations are among your most valuable marketing assets. This is especially true for brands in crowded industries (think: ecommerce, SaaS) where it’s so simple to bounce to a competitor. What is word of mouth marketing, anyway? How to build a word of mouth marketing strategy: 8 tactics and examples.

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Twist Image

MARCH 17, 2012

It's disruption marketing at its finest. Companies are now using hashtag marketing strategies as a way to create attention by rewarding those who are willing to shill for them (more on that here: DigiDay - Has Hashtag Marketing Arrived? ). Tweet this, get that. The issue is one of filtering. It sounds complicated.

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Pixlee

AUGUST 25, 2021

From influencer marketing to video-sharing, Instagram now offers marketers creative space to grow brand awareness on a channel their audience already loves. 90% of brands have a business account on Instagram, which means that this platform is really the center for building a successful brand.

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Oktopost

MAY 12, 2021

It turns out that creating a brand community for your B2B company can give you that type of mouthwatering ROI. . Creating a branded community helps combat these issues, which is probably why 4 out of 5 founders believe that they are essential to B2B success. What is a Brand Community? Why You Should Build a Brand Community.

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B2B Communities Brands Loyalty 121

The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Beyond the usual spectacle of groundbreaking gadgets and visionary tech, this year’s event also highlighted important marketing trends. The Intersection of Edutainment and Social SEO Improving the SEO of your social media marketing is based on optimizing content for enhanced discoverability and shareability on your chosen platform.

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