Dave Fleet

MARCH 1, 2014

Over the last few years, social media has evolved away from this – away from personal interaction, and towards what is increasingly push marketing. This early focus on relationships, reputation and engagement led social media to naturally lean towards driving loyalty and affinity with brands over time. Is this a good thing?

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 4, 2019

Communities have been around for centuries, however online communities have only been around for a few decades. According to Computerworld the first “online community” came about in 1973 when Talkomatic for the PLATO time-sharing system released a text-based group chat. Let’s get right to it, how to build your brand’s community.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 5, 2024

The Challenge of Building Customer Loyalty If you’re a brand leader today, it can feel like it’s harder than ever to build loyalty with customers. Blame Amazon, Tinder swiping, influencer culture or the infiltration of advertising into every corner of our lives, but the reality is that consumers are never NOT in the market to upgrade.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Brand loyalty will build ambassadors and help you retain customers long term. This might seem like a tall order, but you can break this down into attainable tactics and goals that can become part of your social media marketing strategy. Read on to learn how you can bring the concept of brand loyalty into focus through your marketing.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 9, 2023

Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. Having clarity on marketing goals is an important first step, but creating a realistic plan for achieving them is essential. These are among the key questions for marketers to ask when determining how best to reach their goals.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In marketing, brand awareness is a significant focus—in fact, it’s likely one of your main goals. This is where customer marketing comes in. Customer marketing is one of the most powerful ways you can forge and feed connections with your current audience base. What is customer marketing? In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

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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. Two out of every three customers will choose to purchase from a company where they feel they have brand loyalty.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 1, 2013

She did so by engendering immense loyalty from her fans through her music, her message, and the community she has built around them. To anyone in the business community, this sounds like a classic case of loyalty marketing and customer cultivation. Build Community. Embrace Shared Symbols.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 20, 2024

As any small business owner knows, marketing can be pricey. Big businesses can throw massive budgets at expensive marketing strategies, but small businesses just don’t have that luxury. So how can a small business create an achievable marketing strategy that gets results? The answer is Facebook marketing.

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Pixlee

MARCH 28, 2022

As the metaverse continues to grow and brands begin designing marketing strategies that align with it, it’s important to remember that social media is not the only approach to community-building. Hence, it is of the essence that you build your brand community closest to conversion. Channel-Agnostic Marketing.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to influencer marketing , C-suite execs want more than just good engagement. In this article, we dive deep into the benefits of influencer marketing, and ones that matter the most to your C-Suite. Plus, the three critical components of an effective influencer marketing strategy you need to know.

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

The Community Managers (CM). I’ll try to give you an introduction to the benefits of having a CM – and what you should look for in a Community Manager. The corner stones of community management. Getting a community involved and engaged needs a lot of planning. 1: Organise and publish. 2: Be one with your brand.

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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?

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 29, 2019

Become a Fearless Online Community Leader. Online communities are powerhouses of collaboration that demand fearless leaders to succeed. Yet, with the demand for new communities and the never-ending desire to increase engagement, such best practices for moderation become overlooked. By Bruce Fikowski. Leadership.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. In this guide, we’re diving into the essentials of B2B influencer marketing. What is B2B influencer marketing?

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Pixlee

JANUARY 28, 2021

Repeat buyers are an ecommerce marketer’s dream. But building that loyalty is increasingly difficult in modern times. Traditional top-down marketing strategies and sales pitches will fall flat with modern audiences. . Given that, what can brands do to boost that loyalty? Engage Your Broader Community.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s time to take your first steps into social media marketing. But whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or a seasoned pro stepping into the digital landscape for the first time, we know that starting a social media marketing strategy from scratch can feel intimidating. Your mind is ready. Your body is ready. More than 4.95

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 28, 2010

If you ask the members of my leadership team – they will tell you I keep talking about how I think we have B2B Marketing backward. We focus a lot of energy on the acquisition part of marketing looking for new customers and getting them up the awareness to consideration to purchase cycle. Let me explain …. Email this to a friend?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 19, 2013

I recently received a notification from another influencer marketing tool seeking to engage me by flattering my ego, which will inevitably re-stir the frenzy of excited tweets, criticism , and everything in between. Their new face now portrays a friendly, vibrant, community-focused advocate for the common good. apologies, Shonali!).

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Depending on your business objectives, social media marketing can wear multiple hats. Quantifying customer care and the value of community management can be a bit more… avant-garde; however, we have a measurement solution that might help you justify allocating resources to customer care on social media.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 21, 2012

Having a community such as a Facebook brand page equals engagement! The key element is not only to promote your brand or a new product launch, because if you had no community, where would your business actually be? Managing a community can thereby contribute to improving your business in the following way: Gain feedback.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2022

TikTok has become more than just an entertainment platform — now fueling the creator economy and cultivating communities. Here are 7 surefire TikTok Marketing strategies. However, if you’re starting out on your TikTok Marketing Strategy, we have listed down here our top 7 strategies that are sure to give you results.

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Later

MAY 29, 2020

Creating an Instagram community for your business is one of the best ways to gain brand loyalty, boost engagement, and stay connected to your customers. In this blog post we’re sharing how and why you should build an Instagram community, as well as 6 tips to help you get started: Why Build an Instagram Community.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2016

A dog is known, not only as man’s best friend, but for its enduring loyalty. When we, as consumers, feel understood and cared for, a similar reaction occurs, resulting in our own loyalty to the brands that we feel really speak to us, and our wants and needs. Get to Know and Understand Your Audience. Kill ‘em with Content.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Social marketers rate influencer marketing as having a significant impact on their brand’s marketing efforts including customer loyalty (87%), awareness (89%) and reputation (87%), according to our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey of 307 social marketers in the United States. What is an influencer marketing campaign?

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Social media has revolutionized B2B marketing. Now an essential tool for all marketing efforts, it has changed how brands reach their customers, build awareness, and foster connections with their audiences. 60% of US B2B marketers named social media the most effective B2B channel for driving revenue in 2023.

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Writtent Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To compete on the same level but with a smaller budget, you have to market smarter. Start by brainstorming with your business partners and connections to come up with several cheap outside-the-box marketing tricks. 60+ Creative Marketing Ideas For Small Businesses.Then, if you’re really feeling stumped for ideas, consider these 1.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 24, 2019

And in Instagram, GoPro has found the perfect channel on which to build the kind of loyal community that keeps it top of mind for adventurous consumers across the globe. Goals: Awareness and loyalty, which, like with any strong UGC program, are linked.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Building brand reputation and loyalty is the top business priority for leaders in the current economic climate, according to the 2023 State of Social Media report. Let’s cover three reasons why influencer marketing ROI matters: 1.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 9, 2012

At Mindjumpers, we spent a lot of time on constantly optimising and developing our own take on community management. In the centre of any good community management approach is of course the identity of the brand. Personality creates loyalty. Editorial Planning for Facebook Marketing. Time to get personal.

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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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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 15, 2019

During the last couple of years, several trends have impacted the way businesses carry out social media marketing. Generally speaking, marketers tend to focus on high-quality images and videos, alongside posts that have the potential to go viral. Alex Slichnyi, community manager at 99firms.com , is an avid learner of all things IT.

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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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Pixlee

JULY 19, 2021

One of the core social media marketing tactics businesses rely on is influencer marketing. After all, influencer marketing is the fastest-growing channel for customer acquisition, and 76% of marketers consider influencer engagement effective in garnering customer loyalty. Use Existing Influencer Content in Emails.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 12, 2024

This includes the importance of social media for discovery, reputation management, community building, and brand awareness and engagement. So if we know how important social media is to connect with consumers and bring them along the social media marketing funnel, why do we find it difficult to prove ROI to leadership within an organization?

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Later

MAY 29, 2020

Creating an Instagram community for your business is one of the best ways to gain brand loyalty, boost engagement, and stay connected to your customers. In this blog post we’re sharing how and why you should build an Instagram community, as well as 6 tips to help you get started: Why Build an Instagram Community.

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 18, 2023

  Summer is historically a slow season for us, so we decided to save our ad budget for Q4 and instead spend the summer experimenting with other marketing approaches. All of that helps drive sales—our conversions attributed to email marketing are up 130 percent over last year.

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