Buffer Social

AUGUST 30, 2023

Both creators and marketers alike are tapping into the power of fostering communities — and with good reason. We asked both online community experts and community-building creators to share their expertise, so you can tap into this powerful approach. What is a community? So how do you do it? And is it worth it?

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The fourth most-popular social network for Canadians is Instagram. Forty per cent of Canadians are on Pinterest, an image-based social network. Or conversely, to keep their names out of the news. It includes other influencers such as members of the public who have large or loyal social media followings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Open Community Means Collaborating with a Purpose.

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Dave Fleet

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

If you’re not familiar with the phenomenon, the top social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – all allow users to ‘follow’ other people whose content then provides the basis for what they see when they log in to those services. Sentiment and conversation trends matter. Here are a few thoughts from my perspective.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 17, 2024

Other social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook have their own algorithms, too.) Bonus: Download a free checklist that reveals the exact steps a fitness influencer used to grow from 0 to 600,000+ followers on Instagram with no budget and no expensive gear. What is the Threads algorithm? Psst : More of a visual learner?

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 3, 2023

Whether you are a seasoned social media professional or just getting started on leveraging the power of LinkedIn, it can be easy to fall prey to some of the most common misconceptions about this powerful social network. What kind of conversations make the most sense for the platform? What should I post on LinkedIn?

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 7, 2023

Nothing captured first-day-of-school energy quite like the release of Threads, a new text-based social media platform from Meta. The launch of a new social network is typically met with equal doses of curiosity and concern. Brands and the social media managers that run them took to the platform with enthusiasm.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 23, 2024

  The platform bears a striking resemblance to X, but fans are quick to point out the community-building focus. Plenty of Bufferoos have become regular users of the tool, with a handful of teammates finding success (and community) in some niches. Follow along with our transparent roadmap for progress.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In a post on his Facebook Page back in January the Facebook founder noted : “Recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands, and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.” ” The rise of Stories.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 15, 2010

Talk (And Listen) To Me We’ve all read the advice that the most effective ways to leverage the opportunities to build relationships with new people online is to be engaging and interested in them, by having a conversation that includes both listening and responding. Uh…ewww. My name is Irene. It ain’t gonna happen.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Along with David Sullivan , a Strategic Business Development Representative for Sprout Social, we reached out to our friends at Chili Piper to help us break down the art of social selling from the brand account. We’ll also explore 10 tips and tactics you can use to execute social selling like an expert. Expand your network.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2023

The velocity of change across social networks shows no signs of slowing, prompting advertisers to brace themselves for what lies ahead in 2023. While the social media marketing environment is constantly shifting, there are several social media advertising strategies that marketers may choose to focus on this year.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 17, 2009

Of course you want those conversations to be of positive nature, but if you’re doing your job in delivering a great product or service, in most cases, they are. It’s about the strategies and methods to incorporate in your communities and social spaces to facilitate mutually beneficial conversations.

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Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2022

That’s the question frustrating social media marketers today. According to 72% of our LinkedIn community , hashtagging impacts the overall performance of social media content. Using hashtags on different social networks. I designed the hashtag to thwart any one social network from becoming the dominant gatekeeper.

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The content in this widget providers users with a quick way to see what topics of conversation are trending across the entire Facebook community. Facebook Featured Social Media Tech facebook social media social networking tips usability user experience' Have another way? Feel free to share it in a comment!

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 16, 2021

As one of the world’s top 5 most popular social networks, Twitter has long been an important platform for brands to include in their marketing plans. Communities. Almost since the beginning of the social network’s life, Twitter competitor Facebook has allowed for what they call Groups.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 7, 2023

According to The 2023 State of Social Media Report , 91% of business leaders say social listening impacts their critical customer insights. Social listening involves analyzing conversations on social media and review platforms related to your brand and industry, which you can use to make better decisions.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It is Jay Baer joined today by a very special guest, my friend who is the Director of Community and all things fabulous at BlogWorld and also the author of Online Community Management For Dummies , Ms. It really is a treasure trove of advice and best practices around community management. Deb, how are you? How are you?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

2 Growth of private communities and tight-knit tribes. According to data from Pew Research , messaging apps dominated social networks in 2019. The top messaging apps now boast nearly 5 billion monthly active users combined (compared to the combined social networks which top out around 3 billion ). Source: Snapchat.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Almost 38 per cent of Canadians is on Pinterest, an image-based social network. Or conversely, to keep their names out of the news. It includes other influencers such as members of the public who have large or loyal social media followings. A balanced communications strategy is going to maximize the return on investment.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 9, 2009

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / Social Network Quality vs. Quantity: What’s More Important? Subcribe via RSS Social Network Quality vs. Quantity: What’s More Important? That’s a whole different conversation. But I say quality reigns supreme.

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 5, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, Facebook launched their own ‘Facebook camera’ bringing smartphone photo editing to the social network that first made instant photo sharing go a mainstream. How Threadless Engages its Community on Instagram. Threadless is also a great Instagram success with more than 180,000 followers.

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Dave Fleet

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

If you’re not familiar with the phenomenon, the top social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram – all allow users to ‘follow’ other people whose content then provides the basis for what they see when they log in to those services. Sentiment and conversation trends matter. Here are a few thoughts from my perspective.

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Analytics Google Reader Social Media Sentiment 150

Sprout Social

JANUARY 31, 2024

Off-platform activity such as traffic from search engines or social networks can help you here, too. Prioritize platform and community engagement Marketers love to debate YouTube’s status as a social network. But the platforms’ ongoing Community features signal how the platform is getting more “social.”

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Pam Moore

JANUARY 17, 2018

Please register for the webinar for more details to help your business succeed on Facebook and other social networks in 2018. Organic reach will be awarded only to the absolute best content that drives engagement and conversation. They now will be forced to look again at email marketing, their blog, other social networks.

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yMarketingMatters

JULY 12, 2018

I hear this so often and just recently had this conversation with some business owners at a networking meeting. Here’s the thing: I believe that social media for business is no longer an option! ( Pew Research Center). There are now 3 billion people using social networks across the globe.

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Hootsuite

MAY 12, 2020

Don’t post unauthorized commercial communications or spam on Instagram. And here’s more from the Community Guidelines : Help us stay spam-free by not artificially collecting likes, followers, or shares, posting repetitive comments or content, or repeatedly contacting people for commercial purposes without their consent.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 5, 2011

A favorite hobby of many in this industry seems to be telling people that they’re doing “it&# wrong, whatever “it&# is in the given conversation. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t read a conversation online debating WordPress, Tumblr and Posterous. Others want to debate which has the most active community.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 4, 2023

At its core, social media marketing is about building relationships with your audience in the places they already spend their time online. Unlike traditional advertising, social media marketing allows for two-way communication between individuals and brands. Social marketers do a lot more than scroll through TikTok all day.

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Sprout Social

MAY 26, 2022

Sprout users now have the ability to schedule and publish TikTok videos, manage and reply to comments and measure how their TikTok videos are performing compared to other social networks. times more likely to purchase products on the network versus other social channels. Learn more here. Fourteen hours.

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yMarketingMatters

JULY 12, 2018

I hear this so often and just recently had this conversation with some business owners at a networking meeting. Here’s the thing: I believe that social media for business is no longer an option! ( Pew Research Center). There are now 3 billion people using social networks across the globe.

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BeingOptimist

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Many big companies still rely on Twitter to communicate with their followers on day to day basis because according to them this is the best way they can interact with the users and can easily understand the consumers’ interest and disinterest in the product & services. Focus on having real conversations instead of automation.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As social marketers, we spend a lot of time focused on content marketing conversion. It’s how leadership measures results, even as marketers we know that conversion is just the desired end result and not the whole journey. We need a complete content funnel optimized at each stage for conversion. Consistency.

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Pam Moore

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Or maybe you are trying to stomp those random acts of marketing, yet you just haven't cracked that conversion nut? Social currency on the web today = attention + action. Marketers and business owners responsible for the success of their social media, marketing and content efforts need to step up and own the results.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 13, 2009

For the past few months I’ve had the luxury of watching a new local business not only use social networking and community building to build buzz for their business, but integrate it so much so, that it is an integral part of their day to day routine. That’s true community, and incredibly powerful stuff.

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