Hootsuite

MAY 13, 2020

Considering influencer marketing ? Even if you aren’t, it would be a mistake to ignore influencer marketing trends. Beyond their role as effective brand ambassadors, influencers are also just good marketers. There’s a reason the influencer marketing industry is booming. Marketers may want to follow suit.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 7, 2022

Maybe you think you’re in a happy relationship with your current brand survey routine. Commissioning a five-figure biannual brand perception survey—and spending multiple months on data collection and analysis—means the research you conduct will always be stale. What is a brand survey? But what about the rest of the year?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With an economic downturn looming, it’s not surprising around 75% of CMOs report being asked to do more with less in a Gartner survey. Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging.

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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 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

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the business world, AI automation equips companies to create impactful product and marketing strategies and enhance operations to increase productivity. AI automation has revolutionized how brands approach their business and marketing strategies. Thus, making you time-efficient while enabling campaign management at scale.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Retaining your existing consumer base is also, as noted above, much more cost-effective than concentrating entirely on expensive marketing campaigns in hopes of acquiring new customers. It will uncover what your target market likes about your competitors and gauge their preferences. Identify trending topics.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 9, 2023

Identifying and targeting your ideal customer is one of the most important steps you can take in developing an effective marketing plan. This will allow you to reach the right people with the right message and make sure your marketing efforts are as effective as possible. Identify the goals and objectives of the target market.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2024

As artificial intelligence evolves rapidly, its profound impact on go-to-market (GTM) strategies cannot be overstated. From revolutionizing customer segmentation to optimizing marketing campaigns, AI is reshaping how businesses approach every aspect of their GTM efforts.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

They’re expected to make every marketing dollar count and deliver maximum impact on a limited budget. Unfortunately, this trend is forecasted to continue as we move into 2024. It also requires constant monitoring and optimization to ensure that the budget is aligned with marketing goals and delivers maximum impact.

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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 not just a trend—it’s a proven strategy. In this guide, we’re diving into the essentials of B2B influencer marketing.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 22, 2021

As we head into 2021, marketers are reflecting on how much consumer behavior has changed over the course of the last year. These trends, likely to have a lasting impact on the way we do business, can be leveraged by organizations currently reevaluating their audience outreach, messaging, and relationship-building strategies.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 4, 2023

What was the ROI of your influencer campaign? How are people responding to a campaign? But these are questions you have to answer; not just for your team and strategy, but for your leadership and teams beyond marketing. One of their stand-out use cases is how they use their Tagging strategy for marketing campaign reporting.

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yMarketingMatters

JANUARY 19, 2012

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I watched and experienced first-hand the marketing and social media landscape change, consolidate, focus, develop and evolve all at the same time. As I’ve said before, social media needs to be INTEGRATED into your overarching marketing plan. It’s not the magic pill.

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OnlineRockersHub Marketing Blog

MARCH 20, 2020

Facebook also accounts for 2 million advertisers, and thus, it is considered a crucial part of formalizing your marketing strategy if you are actively using Facebook as a channel to reach out to your audience. Thus, to ease your job, here we have squeezed out the 10 most effective Facebook marketing tools from plenty of tools.

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Keyhole.co

AUGUST 16, 2023

Running a successful marketing campaign requires a dynamic approach that attracts your audience and keeps them engaged. The secret lies in leveraging multiple marketing channels. On their own, both marketing channels have unique strengths and weaknesses. In this blog post, we’ll discuss two: social media and email.

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 26, 2022

Social media marketing is always changing, but one thing is for sure — it’s here to stay. But there are a few things you can do to make sure your strategy is ready for anything — even for the future of social media marketing. Keep Up with the Latest ‘Relevant’ Platforms and Trends. Follow these 5 steps.

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The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Instagram Influencers with Up to 100K Followers have the Highest Average Engagement Rate of 6.89% Marketers are willing to dig deep into their pockets to promote on Instagram. However, working with the right influencer is critical to engage with the target audience and run a successful Instagram marketing campaign.

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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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Keyhole.co

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

67% of companies increased their influencer marketing budgets from 2022 to 2023. This trend is expected to continue into 2024. However, the focus of influencer marketing is shifting towards actual influence, not just likes and followers. This blog post is your guide to the key influencer marketing KPIs you need to track in 2024.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

As marketers, it’s our job to know our target audience’s needs and preferences. It’s why we conduct market research every year to better understand what our customers want and uncover new business opportunities. But sometimes market research alone isn’t enough, especially when consumer preferences can change overnight.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

In particular, measuring brand awareness helps you: Evaluate your marketing efforts Are you seeing a higher conversion rate from targeted social media ads compared to last quarter? Knowing where you stand exposes market gaps and opportunities. Surveys give you unfiltered insights straight from the source—the customer.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence-driven analytics tools sift through massive datasets to identify patterns, trends and insights humans might overlook—allowing brands a distinct competitive edge by making strategic decision-making easier and improving customer experiences.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

From understanding audience interests to pinpointing the right collaboration for a campaign, there are many intricacies to influencer marketing. Influencer- brand collaborations can take many different forms, but our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey of 307 social marketers in the United States reflects some interesting trends.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you’re considering running an influencer marketing campaign, it’s a good idea to have a basic understanding of the industry, platforms to use, access to influencers and more. The influencer marketing industry is expected to reach $21.2 billion worldwide in 2023 The influencer marketing industry was worth just $1.7

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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. Small businesses don’t have the budget for national ads, hiring celebrities, or creating flashy campaigns. The answer is Facebook marketing.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 17, 2020

Planning a social media marketing strategy may sound overwhelming. Are you planning to boost your social media marketing performance? Or maybe you are going to start your very first social media campaign? Step 1: Identify your social media marketing goals and metrics. How do my competitors respond to trends?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In business, artificial intelligence (AI) is more than just a trend; it’s a crucial tool reshaping how we approach marketing and customer engagement. According to our research , nearly 9 out of 10 business leaders are gearing up to boost their investments in AI and machine learning (ML), especially in marketing.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 20, 2017

Or are you bursting with creative ideas for your social media campaigns, but stumped about ways to validate these ideas? Here are five ways you can come up with more creative campaigns to achieve your business goals today, no matter where you are in the campaign planning process. We marketers fall into this trap an awful lot.

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2023

During this period, a substantial 38% of surveyed teens identified TikTok as their preferred platform, while only 2–3% expressed the same sentiment for Facebook. Notably, more users reported monthly engagement with Facebook than with other supposedly trending platforms like Discord, Reddit, and Twitch.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Want to know why social media listening should absolutely, 100% be part of your marketing plans right now? Having found where those conversations are happening and what’s being said, marketers use social listening to make smarter decisions. In other words, they’re an ideal market for a brand like Tylenol.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 11, 2023

Navigating Content Marketing Challenges and the Need for Operational Excellence Content marketing is a key component of today’s online marketing strategies and is essential for creating a sustainable competitive advantage. Content marketing is a powerful tool for creating an ongoing dialogue with customers and prospects.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Social media intelligence is the practice of gathering data from social media conversations to inform your future marketing actions. Unlike social listening , which involves simply monitoring conversations, social media intelligence takes it a step further and uses patterns and trends in data to inform decision-making.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Akeeme Hogg Social Media and Email Marketing Lead, ServiceMaster Brands. The classic marketing funnel looks straightforward but in reality, every customer journey is different and some can be much longer than others. Brand surveys. Unfortunately, these surveys take weeks (if not months) to design and distribute.

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Sprout Social

MAY 23, 2023

Rather than replace social media pros, the adoption of AI in marketing has the potential to make human creativity and strategic thinking more important. And social media marketers have always had to evolve how they work. Social media work is about more than just creating on-trend posts.

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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. Thanks to social media, the goals of brand marketers are within reach. What is brand marketing?

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Firebelly

DECEMBER 16, 2013

In a marketing and public relations world that is constantly evolving, it is imperative to keep up with the latest terms, lingo and vocabulary associated with the current trends. Influencer Marketing is turning out to be one of those terms that people should pay attention to, especially from a social media standpoint.

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