article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Airbnb Social Media Strategy: Sharing Stories, Building Community

Keyhole.co

By blending collaborative consumption with experiential tourism and replacing impersonal hotel stays with a sense of community. million listings and a community of reliable hosts around the world ready to welcome guests with open arms. The company also recorded a whopping $2.2 But today, Airbnb boasts 7.7 or “Belong Anywhere.”

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Increase YouTube engagement: 10 ways that actually work

Sprout Social

Is your YouTube engagement where you want it to be? And like any other type of social media engagement , competition on YouTube is fierce. Below we explain how YouTube engagement is calculated, plus we provide 10 ways to increase your YouTube engagement rate. What is YouTube engagement? What is YouTube engagement?

YouTube 97
article thumbnail

8 Facebook Marketing Strategies For Small Business To Increase Engagement & Sales

Keyhole.co

In this article, we’ll go over some Facebook marketing strategies you can try to increase your customer engagement, build brand awareness, and drive sales. Create a separate Facebook group and community page Your first task is to set up your Facebook business page. And you could be one of these brands. Their Facebook group has 3.2

article thumbnail

How to Create a Brand Community: A Step-by-Step Process

Social Media Strategies Summit

Build a strong brand and you will get yourself a strong community of loyal customers and brand advocates. Some might argue that a strong community is what makes a brand stronger and loyal customers are the best way to promote a brand. But what is a brand community and why do you need one? What is a Brand Community?

Process 162
article thumbnail

Marketing, community, support or all of the above?

Dave Fleet

Like many other people at the time, I was interested in the humanizing effect that social media could have for companies. While companies were previously faceless, anonymous entities, suddenly they could have a face, and interact with the people who cared about them. Marketing, community or both?

article thumbnail

Annual Social Media Budget Planning For Companies And Bloggers

SocMed Sean

If your or your organization is actively engaging in the social media space, you need to analyze your current budget allocation and either confirm or increase that commitment to social media in your budget planning activities. 2) Listening and Engagement Tools like Hootsuite, Curata, Sprout Social, Brandwatch.

Blogger 266