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How (and why) a tech company shifted their social strategy from product- to community-focused

Sprout Social

Your first instinct when implementing an organic social media strategy for a technology company would be to showcase your tech, right? About a year after BentoBox invested in organic social media by hiring a social media manager, we shifted from a product-driven strategy to a community-driven one. Community is a vague word though.

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Marketing, community, support or all of the above?

Dave Fleet

Something has been gnawing at me for a while, and after a great conversation over brunch with Ferg Devins today I’m feeling inspired to throw this out there. Like many other people at the time, I was interested in the humanizing effect that social media could have for companies. Marketing, community or both?

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Unraveling Threads: Instagram’s Venture into Expanding Conversations

Oktopost

Threads is designed to be a space for sharing text updates and joining public conversations. It’s like taking the best of Instagram’s photo and video-sharing capabilities and expanding it to include text-based communication. But what really sets Threads apart is its tools for enabling positive, productive conversations.

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How 4 Wellness Brands Use Instagram to Build Community for Women

Ignite Social Media

Once social media marketing came around, we began hearing phrases like “community-first” social media marketing. This is a similar approach to consumer-first, but community-first is important to consider when building out a social media strategy that’s meant to fuel brand growth and build long-term relationships with customers.

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Annual Social Media Budget Planning For Companies And Bloggers

SocMed Sean

Whether you work for a Fortune 100 company or a blogger who relies on revenue from your content to supplement your income, it’s important to think about what goes into your social media headcount. Social Media Community Managers need listening, publishing, and analysis tools.

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Is a Discord community right for your brand?

Sprout Social

Discord is the future of online communities. Today the seven year-old company has grown to more than 300 million registered users. Gen Z, in particular, is opting to spend time in smaller, private online communities. Instead, it is a community platform. This adoption of Discord is part of a much broader trend.

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How Companies Can (and Should) Approach Diversity & Inclusion: A Conversation with Essence Souffrant

Likeable

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen social media serve as a powerful platform for people and brands to take a stand against systemic racism in support of the Black community. . Understand what having a diverse company truly means. What steps will you need to take to ensure diversity within your company? Win with the 80 percent.

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