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12 CEOs You Should Be Following on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

And for another, the business community seems to like it too. More often than not, Wolfe Herd uses her social platforms (particularly Twitter) for campaigning and promoting social justice-related issues. Strive Masiyiwa is a Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist who founded the telecommunications firm Econet Global.

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What is hashtagging and how to use it effectively

Sprout Social

According to 72% of our LinkedIn community , hashtagging impacts the overall performance of social media content. The term was first used in 1971 when telecommunications companies introduced the # symbol to the touch-tone dialing keypad. For brands, hashtags can help social marketers reach niche audiences and build community.

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#1: Mistakes Companies Make on Twitter TIMELINES VELOCITY

Laurel Papworth

Entering online communities is easy (mostly) but working effectively is hard. Optus, one of Australia’s main telecommunications carriers, have made a classic social media error: Social Media Timelines. Diagram 1 is Traditional media (where you throw a lot of $$ at a campaign to get traditional media interest). Plan ahead.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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What Makes Customers Loyal to Brands?

Convince & Convert

To find out what brands can do to make sure their customers stay loyal, international telecommunications provider Toll Free Forwarding surveyed a sample of US consumers. There is now a greater desire for accountability with business practices, but also in supporting communities outside of the financial side of the business.

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16 unexpected ways to use WhatsApp for business

Sprout Social

Vodafone , a German telecommunications company, has embraced WhatsApp for customer messaging, reaching more than 200,000 customers via this channel each month. It also improved the reliability and security of wire transfers for the financially excluded communities it serves across the continent. Marketing campaigns.

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Likeable’s Greatest Hits of 2021

Likeable

GAF: Community Management Results. Time for a community management shoutout! Likeable provides around-the-clock community management for roofing company GAF across all owned channels. For Roscato, we ran a “How We Holidaze” giveaway campaign (psst, if you’re reading this before December 19, you can still enter!)