Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Influencer marketing has grown beyond getting a viral moment. It has become a core element of marketing and sales strategies. Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy.

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Oktopost

MAY 12, 2021

It turns out that creating a brand community for your B2B company can give you that type of mouthwatering ROI. . B2B businesses need to foster a strong spirit of community to serve their clients and customers better. Let’s take a deeper look to learn how you can build a beneficial community around your B2B brand.

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Oktopost

MARCH 4, 2024

In this highly competitive and saturated market, SaaS companies must continuously meet their KPIs, drive customers down the B2B funnel, and ensure they stand out from their competition. 60% of B2B SaaS companies reported their biggest marketing problem is a lack of time and resources. What is B2B SaaS Marketing?

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Sprout Social

JULY 21, 2022

If you want to improve your social media marketing strategy , you need to know about the different types of social media content and how or where you share that content. And, once you have your content, how do you want to roll it out? You could post on community review sites or live-stream it to the masses.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2022

If one thing remains true, it’s that there will always be a need for content. Think of content as the connection point between brands and consumers. As companies grow their brands, the need to communicate with consumers and attract new customers puts the demand for content at an all-time high. pic.twitter.com/5fPFA6fG2S.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I spoke with Peter Kennedy, Founder and General Manager, Influencer Marketing for Tagger by Sprout Social, to discuss how leaders can measure and maximize their influencer marketing return on investment (ROI) at each customer journey stage. Let’s cover three reasons why influencer marketing ROI matters: 1.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 26, 2023

Referral marketing is a powerful tool that can help you leverage your existing customers and fan base to build relationships with new ones. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about referral marketing, its benefits and how to create a successful referral marketing program.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. Sometimes referred to as the PESO model (I avoid using this name because it puts paid first when it should be a lower priority.),

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

For years, Oprah Winfrey was referred to as “The Queen of Talk Shows”. Video content was also repurposed and monetized on social. Their research also revealed people didn’t mind seeing commercials during this content, so long as they’re relevant. Lastly, they realized some people wanted to consume content on the go.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. Do your research You need to be aware of the market conditions to allocate the right marketing budget.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 22, 2019

People are forming real relationships on this platform—but managing all those relationships within a community of peers, employees, potential job applicants, and potential clients can be tricky and overwhelming. Personal and Professional Profiles: Why Both Make Up Your LinkedIn Community. Check Reporting to See What Content Is Best.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 21, 2023

AI has actualized dreams of increased efficiency, with many brands already leveraging AI marketing over the past few years. In this article we’ll define what AI ethics are, why brands should be concerned and the top ethical issues facing marketers, including job security, misinformation and algorithmic bias.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 14, 2023

Given that, we need to think about in a search engine optimization (SEO) mindset as we create social content. Here is how search tactics are making their way into the world of social media marketing and the benefits they bring to the table. What are Search Tactics in social media?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Ah… content marketing. “Let’s do some content marketing!” When content marketing lets you down. The content is primarily New Jersey-focused. Well: If I like their content, I might refer them to someone who might indeed hire them. The hot new kind on the PR block.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 8, 2013

In a recent session with a client, Mindjumpers talked about the shift in thinking centered around campaigns, to thinking centered around the idea of Always-On content. We thought we would share some insights on how brands and agencies are building content strategies around this idea of Alway-On. 5 Always-On elements from Kraft Foods .

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agora pulse

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Here’s an overview of the different ways you should be making money as a social media marketing agency. Whether you’re getting ready to launch your first marketing agency or you want to expand your current offerings, you have tons of options for generating revenue. Services Your Social Media Marketing Agency Can Offer.

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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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Buffer Social

MAY 25, 2023

“Entrepreneurship came before content creation. I first identified as an entrepreneur and founder, and upon realizing that much of the advice circulating wasn't quite beneficial for many people, I felt compelled to step into the realm of content creation,” he explains.

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Sprout Social

MAY 24, 2022

Today, social media marketers aren’t solely focused on strategizing content for posts and social feeds. You get a sense that you’re being taken care of—you don’t necessarily get that with chatbots or even customer service calls, “ says Krista Doyle , Global Content Marketing Manager, Twitter.

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Later

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

On the days when you’re feeling uninspired, having content pillars to reference can be a huge help! . Using content pillars for social media is a great way to stay organized, be consistent, and create high-quality content your audience will love. . How to Use Content Pillars for Social Media.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2019

There are several reasons why marketers may want to partially automate their social media campaigns. First, success with social media marketing comes with frequency (plus quality). Depending on your campaign strategy and target audience, social media marketing could be a 24×7 job. Guest post by Anand Srinivasan.

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Sprout Social

MAY 26, 2022

Between its rapidly growing global user base and its investments in brand features, there are a number of reasons to use TikTok for marketing in 2022. This article will outline how brands can architect successful end-to-end TikTok marketing campaigns (versus one-off experimental videos) to capitalize on this engagement. onlineoptimism.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

BFCM — Black Friday and Cyber Monday — is an exhilarating but often daunting time of year for business owners and marketers.  But capturing market attention is well worth doing over this high-spend period. billion in the U.S. Happy BGCM planning! 

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Likeable

MARCH 25, 2020

No matter what industry you’re in, odds are you’ve been impacted in some way—and so has your marketing strategy. So, here are a few tips for marketing during these unprecedented, anxiety-inducing, and just plain wacky times. Speaking of community, now is the time to focus on it. Reassess your pre-existing content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 7, 2018

Creating content that someone actually wants to read is extremely difficult these days. Everyone is surrounded by “noise” that they don’t have time to parse through, our attention spans are shrinking by the day and far too often, the content we do consume isn’t even truly novel. After all, as communication professionals ….

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 10, 2017

Why Transmedia Is The New Viral Gold For Influencer Marketing By Dr. Chester Branch. The old form of content marketing is dying. ’ So marketers are relying on influencer marketing as a way to break through the clutter and be heard. In doing so, he discovered a pretty simple formula for viral marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Have you ever wondered what compels people to share content on their social networks? Facebook insists it has the answer: write better content. A Harvard marketing professor named Thales Texeira has done some recent studies of content virality and sharing. In other words, the bandwidth for content consumption is fixed.

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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? A social media strategy refers to a brand’s overall game plan for reaching prospective customers on social media. Step 1: Identify your social media marketing goals and metrics.

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Sprout Social

MAY 6, 2021

Last year, the team and I launched our first people’s-choice awards program, the Sprout Spotlight Awards to recognize the teams, creators, community managers and strategists behind some of the best brands on social. Community Builder: Honored those who had a lasting impact on their audience. Community is more important than ever.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 8, 2023

But first: Why you should get others involved in social video Content formats are ever-changing. In Sprout’s 2023 Content Benchmarks report , over half of marketers cite this as a challenge when planning and scheduling posts. Lean on your team for content creation. Ring lights, camera (or, phone), action.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

But a social marketer might be referred to as a guru or their work attributed to magic, particularly when the person giving the compliment isn’t sure why a social campaign performed so well. It's marketing, communications strategy, and subject matter knowledge. " It's not magic. Hear me out….

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Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Are you tired of your Facebook cover image, Facebook advertising images, Facebook Group image, Twitter cover images, Pinterest board covers and LinkedIn images not looking as beautiful as the cool social media kids (aka visual savvy social marketers)? We didn’t stop at just creating an amazing image sizing reference guide!

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 26, 2024

Unsurprisingly, the same innovation and universality are also core to LEGO’s marketing strategy. With solid market research , LEGO is never short of entertaining and culturally relevant content for its social media accounts. And where the good content is, there people flock to, in the millions, as proven by LEGO.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When Lisa Cole, Chief Marketing Officer at Cellebrite, stepped into her role last year, these were the questions constantly on her mind. She wanted to illustrate the marketing department’s ability to drive results and improve work-life balance for employees. A common pattern emerges when marketing teams begin to adopt the technology.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

For some brands, 2020 was all about trying new things on social, while others prioritized engaging the communities they’d already built. This year also confirmed just how important social media marketers are—and the many hats they’re expected to wear. For many social marketers, 2020 was filled with burnout and stress.

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 28, 2023

Influencer marketing is that new kid on the block who has become extremely popular and for all the right reasons. With content marketing as its father and social media marketing as its mother, influencer marketing turns out to be a game-changer. Source Let’s define what this marketing phenomenon means, shall we?

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Writtent Blog

MAY 10, 2021

Temporary employment services Atypical employment relationships such as the use of leased workers from temporary employment services (commonly referred to as labour brokers in South Africa) are expressly regulated in South African employment legislation (primarily the LRA) ( here ). (f)

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