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Annual Social Media Budget Planning For Companies And Bloggers

SocMed Sean

NOTE: I originally wrote and published this article back in November of 2011 and it has generated a lot of interest over the years. Regardless of whether you have a team of 25 or are a team of one, these resources might include: 1) Time allocated to social media listening, community engagement, content creation, and customer service.

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How to Discover Irresistible Content Ideas Using Reddit, YouTube, Quora, and Online Communities

Buffer Social

This week on The Science of Social Media , we’re sharing a simple, yet proven formula that you can use time and time again to discover irresistible content ideas using Reddit, YouTube, Quora, and other online communities. Part IV: Other communities and social networks for content discovery. Let’s kick it off!

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Viral video: Jim Carrey’s take on gun control

Sherrilynne Starkie

The classic example is Jonathan Swift’s 1729 essay ‘A Modest Proposal’ in which he suggests eating the Irish children as a solution to the country’s famine, thereby mocking the heartless attitudes among the rich people of the day towards the poor. With this video Carrey follows the traditions of Shakespeare, Dickens and Swift.

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L.L.Bean’s social team went off the grid: Here’s how you can do it, too

Sprout Social

What would your boss say if you proposed taking a month off of social media? We’re always looking back to plan ahead, and May presented an opportunity to do that without the pressure of publishing content. From these new fans to legacy customers, we enjoyed engaging with our community and boosting awareness of what we stand for.

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How B2B influencer marketing will grow your brand

Sprout Social

Most social platforms have their own professional communities, both formal and informal. It might look like a Facebook group geared toward career development in a specific industry, or a hashtag community on X (formerly known as Twitter). There’s even the WorkTok community on TikTok, if you want to experiment with short-form video.

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Last month on social: Puns, pizzas, and more pop culture

Unmetric

Their pun protesting the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s proposed deforestation of the Aarey Colony won hearts on social. Amul Topical: Appeal against proposed cutting of 2700 trees in Aarey Colony, Mumbai. Memes are how the internet communicates these days, so obviously, brands participate in them too.

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It Sucks When You Don’t Win

Waxing UnLyrical

Like the MUTHA of all proposals. And even though the prospect was “very impressed” with the proposal (it was/is beeyootiful) and a really cool video we I put together for the presentation… we didn’t win. Which means that all those hours that went into the proposal weren’t wasted. It was big.

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