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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. Create internal benchmarks by platform and across all media channels to identify areas of investment that are not worth continuing. Compare your team’s existing skills with the skills required to execute your marketing strategies effectively.

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7 Essentials for Paid Media Plan with Examples

Oktopost

Paid media has become a non-negotiable in demand generation. The data paints a clear picture – paid media is here to stay, and businesses are increasingly aware of its power. If your competitors aggressively invest in paid platforms, chances are – you should be, too. billion spent in the previous year.

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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

Social media is a cut-throat world. But it’s not all bad news because those same rivals can be a major source of inspiration for your own social media strategy, helping you identify new opportunities and close gaps in your content calendar. Read on to learn how to run an effective social media competitive analysis.

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How a social media consultant can help your business

Sherrilynne Starkie

When you figure that nine out of ten Canadian adults use social media, it’s clear where the best marketing opportunity is. Many organizations are on social media, yet they don’t see tangible business advantages. It can seem like social media is a waste of both time and resources in a world of competing priorities.

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Nine Benefits of Using Social Proof in Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

This psychological phenomenon has further expanded thanks to the growth of social media. Consumer comments have (often far) more weight than paid ads. You can utilize photos and videos your customers share on social media and post them on your accounts. Grows Your Brand’s Social Media Following. Uncertainty. Similarity.

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Boosted Posts vs. Ads: Tips for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn

Hootsuite

Except, it will have a “sponsored” or”promoted” label in the viewer’s social media feed. A social ad is any content you pay to distribute to a specific audience on social media. They are created and measured quite differently from other forms of social ads, so they are considered as a separate category.

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31 free social media templates that will elevate your workflows

Sprout Social

There are social media templates available for virtually any task you can think of—from content production to reporting to team onboarding. Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy.