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10 Inspiring Examples of Amazing Brand Communities

Social Media Strategies Summit

Building a brand community isn’t about improving vanity metrics like engagement and follower count. According to a survey from Vanilla Forums , 58% of brands say their communities improve customer loyalty. Nine in ten consumers read reviews before making a purchase, so building review functionality into your community makes sense.

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How “MeeMaw” Helped VDOT Northern Virginia Create a Highly-Engaged Social Media Community

Social Media Strategies Summit

As Ellen points out: “People that have better mental health when they come to social media are seeking to find happiness and joy and uplifting and lighthearted social media content. Building a Social Media Community Think about your own network for a second: how many loved ones do you communicate with via multiple platforms?

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How to Build and Maintain an Engaged Facebook Community Group

Social Media Strategies Summit

Another way to reach and engage audiences on Facebook is through Community Groups. What Is a Facebook Community Group (& Why Should You Care)? More Organic Reach: Community groups are more likely to have more engaged and interested users, especially if you set it up as a closed group (more on that later).

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7 examples of influencer marketing campaigns

Sprout Social

But influencer marketing isn’t as simple as picking any creator, creating one-off content and reaping the benefits of their loyal following—our report found 81% of social marketers describe influencer marketing as an essential part of their social media strategy. What is an influencer marketing campaign?

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How Government Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. The first step to using Facebook to communicate with your followers is to create a Facebook Page for your government agency. Example of Page Verification Checkmark. Image Source: Facebook GPA.

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5 LinkedIn Best Practices and 5 Examples for Government Agencies on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

With that in mind, we’ve rounded up five LinkedIn Page best practices for government agencies and picked out five real-world examples of high-quality government LinkedIn Pages. The section has a 2,000-character limit, but the text truncates at around 320 characters, as shown in the above example. Share other people’s content.

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Tips and Best Practices for Enhancing Your Social Media Community

Ignite Social Media

2020 has created many challenges for the average person, but it may have created even more challenges for social media community managers across the nation. As stay-at-home orders went into effect, consumers took to social media to express themselves and engage with others in their communities. The Importance of Community Management.