Ignite Social Media

JULY 13, 2021

Social media is meant to be one thing and one thing only – and that’s social, right? This may not be surprising if you work in social media since this trend with needing customer service on social has been growing very quickly, especially over the past year.

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Social Media Brands Startup Loyalty 210

Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

hours on social media. In this new reality, brands must humanize and connect with their audiences more meaningfully. Enter brand storytelling. Brand stories help otherwise faceless organizations build an emotional connection with their audience, leading to higher engagement, loyalty, and sales. Image source.

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Campaign Brands Influencer Collaboration 304

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Social media has revolutionized B2B marketing. Now an essential tool for all marketing efforts, it has changed how brands reach their customers, build awareness, and foster connections with their audiences. And businesses recognize the power of social media in driving tangible results.

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B2B Trends Social Media UGC 117

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In marketing, brand awareness is a significant focus—in fact, it’s likely one of your main goals. This is where customer marketing comes in. Customer marketing is one of the most powerful ways you can forge and feed connections with your current audience base. What is customer marketing?

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Strategy Brands Content UGC 121

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Most marketing professionals constantly grapple with two questions: What do our customers actually want and how can we turn them into our biggest champions? Without a deep understanding of their audience, even the most seasoned marketers, at times, find themselves in a cycle of guesswork and reactive strategies. Here’s how.

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Social Media Sentiment Loyalty Microsoft 107

Hootsuite

MARCH 2, 2022

Let’s talk about why it’s important to understand social media marketing for retail brands. Nearly three-quarters ( 74.8% ) of the world’s population over the age of 12 use social media. Those people are engaging with retail brands on social. Treat social media as part of your sales funnel.

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Retail Social Media Brands Tips 104

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 21, 2022

say strengthening their brand is a top business objective. However, while most focus on brand awareness, it’s crucial to understand that brand awareness alone doesn’t create conversions and sales. Brands compete for the attention of their customers in real-time, across various channels. Image credit: HubSpot.

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Influencer Brands Policies Privacy 288

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. 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. What is B2B influencer marketing?

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B2B Influencer Brands Marketing 116

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?

Social Media 116

Social Media Brands Marketing Meme 116

Sprout Social

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Consumers have endless options when it comes to the things they want to buy and yet 90% still report being brand loyal. Brand loyalty will build ambassadors and help you retain customers long term. Read on to learn how you can bring the concept of brand loyalty into focus through your marketing.

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Loyalty Brands How To Discount 87

agora pulse

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Need a good social media marketing book that fuels your learning and your career? Here’s our list of favorite reads for different aspects of social media. To monitor social media algorithm updates, feature rollouts, and new tactics, you probably read blogs or watch explainer videos.

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Skills Social Media Marketing Influencer 195

Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to The Sprout Social Index™ , consumers across age groups agree the most memorable thing a brand can do on social media is respond to customers. Consumers want to feel like your brand is speaking directly to them, addressing their unique preferences and needs. And not just respond.

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Social Media Sentiment Data Team 122

Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

Brand awareness is like a mental shortcut. You see a logo, hear a jingle or spot a particular color and instantly particular brand associations spring to mind. How exactly do you quantify the impact of your brand in people’s minds? They capture the subtle yet significant impressions your brand leaves. tangleteezer

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Brands How To Sentiment Metrics 107

Ignite Social Media

JUNE 14, 2023

Finding it hard to compete with social algorithm changes using hashtags? Here are tips to make sure you can outsmart social media search and get in your audience’s feed. Given that, we need to think about in a search engine optimization (SEO) mindset as we create social content.

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Hashtag Social Media Strategy UGC 152

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the last few years, as Instagram has reached 1 billion monthly active users , the platform has become a goldmine for marketers. Today, over 25 million businesses invest time and effort into creating Instagram marketing strategies for their companies to raise brand awareness, increase brand loyalty, and find potential customers.

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B2B Examples Company Instagram 259

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What is social media technology? At its core, social media technology is software designed to manage a company’s social media profiles across multiple platforms. From emerging networks to well-established platforms, audiences have a nearly insatiable appetite for social media content across channels.

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Social Media Team Social Media Management Report 100

Likeable

AUGUST 13, 2020

You may think that social media and email are at opposite ends of the marketing spectrum, and even that they’re “rivals,” but that actually isn’t true! Neither one diminishes the effectiveness of the other—in fact, if both are done correctly, they can absolutely work together to drive leads and build brand loyalty.

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Social Media Marketing Loyalty ROI 144

Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Social media networks, and the way users interact with them, evolve quickly. This year, plan for more changing audience preferences and deeper social media fragmentation. Every pot has a lid Today’s social media ecosystem is made up of many networks with unique algorithms, content formats and audiences.

Social Media 110

Social Media Strategy Exercises Retail 110

Social Media Network Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, staying ahead of the curve is essential for businesses looking to make an impact on Social Media. Video Dominance: Short-form videos have emerged as a powerhouse in social media marketing, with platforms like TikTok leading the charge.

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Trends Social Media Meme Authentication 56

Sprout Social

JUNE 17, 2021

Accelerated by the events of 2020, this wave of transformation marks a turn of the tide in how businesses and consumers view, use and value social media—and we’ve got the data to prove it. The sooner you start embracing social media as a critical business function, the farther the strong social current will take you.

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Statistics Social Media Marketing Survey 145

Sprout Social

AUGUST 16, 2023

It was a scene out of futuristic fiction—a decades-old bank collapsing mere hours after a social media post went viral. SVB wasn’t the only bank to experience a social media-induced run this year, with First Republic Bank following suit and collapsing two months later.

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Social Media Banking Brands Sentiment 73

Convince & Convert

MARCH 5, 2024

The Challenge of Building Customer Loyalty If you’re a brand leader today, it can feel like it’s harder than ever to build loyalty with customers. TWEET: 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.

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Reddit Research Loyalty Survey 143

Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this case, we are talking specifically about social media strategies and trends for brands. What are some brand practices that need to be left behind and what are some strategies that still need improvement going forward into 2022? Let’s dive in and see what our experts here at Ignite Social Media have to say: 1.

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Social Media UGC Trends Organization 196

Social Media Today

JUNE 16, 2022

The report looks at how consumer expectations are changing, and how brands can better align with expectations.

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Loyalty Report Publishing Brands 150

Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

From understanding audience interests to pinpointing the right collaboration for a campaign, there are many intricacies to influencer marketing. Let’s explore the layers of influencer-brand partnerships so you can build and nurture successful collaborations—and create content worthy of interrupting your audience’s scrolling time.

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Influencer Brands Collaboration Authentication 100

agora pulse

DECEMBER 1, 2020

You’re passionate about your social media agency … but are you losing money or making money from it? Here’s an overview of the different ways you should be making money as a social media marketing agency. Services Your Social Media Marketing Agency Can Offer.

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Social Media How To Social Media Management Marketing 136

Pam Moore

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Oh the Places AI Can Go: A Marketing Journey with Dr. Seuss Buckle up, because we're about to take a wild and whimsical ride through the world of AI, guided by none other than the legendary Dr. Seuss! ” Authenticity is the heartbeat of your brand with soul, and AI can amplify that uniqueness! Steer your brand with soul!

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Marketing Authentication Training Consultant 147

agora pulse

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Is your email marketing on an island by itself? Consider integrating email marketing and social media to make your campaigns stronger and richer. A strong social media strategy can help your clients or company reach an impressive list of goals. What Can You Do With Email Marketing?

Campaign 150

Campaign Social Media UGC Marketing 150

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Executing on a social media marketing strategy is like completing an obstacle course. Managing social through down markets requires an additional layer of focus, rigor and empathy. Dietrich is a former CMO, most notably the head of marketing who took Atlassian public in 2015.

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Social Media Marketing Atlassian Team 111

Hootsuite

JANUARY 4, 2023

More than three-quarters of the world’s population aged 13+ uses social media. billion people are active social media users. Social media marketing provides a unique opportunity to connect with this massive audience on the platforms where they already spend their time. What is social media marketing?

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Social Media HootSuite Marketing Social Networking 76

Your Escape From 9 to 5

JULY 1, 2022

Social media is just such a trend. In fact, social media is more than a trend as it is here to stay. But because social media has grown so fast, most marketers have been forced to learn how to use it “on the job.” In this post, learn how to develop a social media strategy that pays.

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Social Media Strategy Marketing Loyalty 75

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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Sentiment Marketing Analysis Loyalty 131

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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Influencer Marketing Collaboration ROI 104

Oktopost

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Are you measuring the right B2B social media metrics? Many B2B organizations find themselves using social media management platforms originally crafted for B2C brands. As a result, these platforms often lack the nuanced insights needed to thoroughly gauge your social media performance and its impact on revenue.

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B2B Metrics Social Media Social Media Management 62

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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Strategy Brands Loyalty SEO 91

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.

Strategy 91

Strategy Brands Loyalty SEO 91

Socially Sorted

MARCH 31, 2023

The social media visuals you share online matter and in this post we share 5 reasons why visuals are so important for your marketing. Use these tips for brand visuals and you'll improve engagement, build trust and loyalty and make more of an impact on your ideal customer.

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Examples Social Media Loyalty Tips 94