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Pumpkin spice and everything nice: 5 seasonal marketing takeaways from fall flavors fever

Sprout Social

With social, the world’s largest and most open focus group, brands can see innovation differently. While these products might not have the staying power of the PSL, the novelty might be enough to drive purchases, meme-able social posts options and user-generated content. badbeveragesonly.

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How to Bring Humor to Community Management

Convince & Convert

A new extension of Ikea Singapore’s “ Improve Your Private Life ” campaign does just that. Although a seemingly simple idea, what makes this campaign shine is the clever use of memes and puns both in the Facebook post creative as well as the comments. So, why not let them have a little fun?

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14 Social Listening Tools for Effortless Brand Monitoring

Hootsuite

Back in the day, marketers had to dedicate substantial budgets to consumer and competitor research through surveys, focus groups, and market testing. Spot competitor campaigns as they launch. From memes to larger social trends, social listening platforms are like an advance alert system for what’s happening in the social sphere.

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Why it’s time to break up with your biannual brand survey

Sprout Social

Some even made memes. Like LinkedIn, these surveys reach a test and control group to calculate the impact a Facebook ad has on brand awareness and perception. These tools are particularly useful if you’re wondering how well an awareness campaign is resonating with a target audience. I feel you @SlackHQ.

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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

From stories of triumph to funny social media memes , social has the power to spark a smile. Before Sprout, I managed a viral social media campaign at Shedd Aquarium that was so widespread, it reached all seven continents—yes, including Antarctica. ?? Social media is an always-on focus group. Social media can bring joy.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

They (should) know how effective every ad, campaign, point-of-sale item, direct mail, email, tagline, product and other marketing investment has performed. Tried and True Methods to Solicit Customer Feedback Industries are changing rapidly, and the need to conduct focus groups, surveys and gather feedback is too.

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How to assess which cultural moments are right for your brand to act on

Sprout Social

The constant feed refreshing, the group DMs, the memes—it all combines to create a uniquely gripping spectacle that’s impossible to ignore. Think of it as a speedy alternative to a focus group. Why it worked : The conversations around Squid Game fell into two primary buckets: global critiques of capitalism and memes.

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