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Social media management costs for businesses in 2022

Sprout Social

Investing in social media management increases your brand’s awareness, generates leads, drives traffic to your site and boosts community engagement. While that sounds great to executives and stakeholders, they may not understand how the costs associated with social media translate to business objectives.

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8 tips for writing a clear, effective social media manager job description

Sprout Social

The idea that social media is “something the intern can do” is about as outdated as saying the internet is all cat videos. And yet, you don’t have to scroll too far through #MarketingTwitter before you find social media managers venting about feeling overworked and undervalued. It really has gotten out of hand.

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8 ways to leverage short-form video (and how to get buy-in)

Sprout Social

But first, let’s get into a few highlights about short-form video, and ways you can get buy-in. Thanks to social platforms like Instagram and YouTube offering their own short-form video feeds, this content has become easier to repurpose across platforms—which saves you time and energy.

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80% of consumers agree brand awareness makes them more likely to buy on social

Sprout Social

We surveyed 1,000 US consumers to better understand what’s driving perceptions and behaviors around social commerce (i.e., did TikTok really make me buy it?). According to our data, 65% of participants have already made purchases directly through social media. Consumers use social commerce to treat themselves.

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9 social media marketer predictions for 2022

Sprout Social

Over the past year, social has increased its influence on trends , industries and even markets. As its impacts continue to grow, social media managers have taken their roles in new and innovative directions. The social media field is becoming more complex as it expands. This is not an easy job.

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Instagram automation: Strategy and tools to do it right

Sprout Social

Buying likes and followers is also frowned upon. Sprout Social Sprout Social is an all-in-one social media management tool that helps with a number of automation aspects and making Instagram management as seamless as possible for your team. These nine tools can help give you a head start.

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Social Media Secrets of Duke Men’s Basketball Any Marketer Can Learn From

Ignite Social Media

.” For brands where social media is often restricted to being a direct marketing channel, this level of fan-first, brand-building ethos is extremely powerful and effective. It frees you up to create the type of entertaining, storytelling content that resonates most on social.