Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to The Sprout Social Index™ , consumers across age groups agree the most memorable thing a brand can do on social media is respond to customers. Evolving your social strategy to meet consumer demands requires you to listen better, scale your customer care efforts and integrate your social and customer data.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Let’s break down the February social media trends. While on the surface this may seem like something only California residents and businesses need to pay attention to, the law affects any company that can serve a resident of California. Pinterest Launches Program to Verify Retailers. Photo by Merakist on Unsplash.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Conversational AI can be a major asset to your social media presence. If you’re active on social media and talk to customers on your social channels, that statistic applies to you too. What is conversational AI? Conversational AI applications are often used in customer service.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Social media is a fun and dynamic place where nothing remains constant. One day everyone is obsessed with a silly social media challenge and the next day everyone forgets about it and moves on to something else. In this post, you will learn about 9 of the biggest social media trends to watch out for in 2021.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2020

You’ve had your social media marketing agency for a while. Check out our tips for experienced social media managers who want to energize their agencies. Recently I published a detailed guide on How to Start a Social Media Marketing Agency: Step by Step. But now, it needs a little power boost.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 29, 2023

With exciting new tools like conversational AI, it’s already here, and it’s changing the way we work for the better. At surface level, conversational AI operates through virtual agents that can alleviate customer care team load and streamline the user experience. Table of contents—feel free to skip ahead: What is conversational AI?

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 23, 2020

One week ago today, we wrote a blog post on how to think about social media marketing during the COVID-19 outbreak around the globe. Social Media Use, Engagement and Paid Efficiency are Way Up. Brands that aren’t answering those questions are getting skewered in social media posts. It’s a worthy debate.

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Adam Cohen

AUGUST 24, 2010

How many people at your company are trained, equipped and empowered to talk to customers? How many customers does your company have? No doubt the numbers stack up in a heavy ratio against people inside the company that are trained to engage them. The third is a consumer goods company. How about potential customers?

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

To stay on top of the latest trends and maintain a more accurate pulse on your audience, you need to incorporate social media market research into your strategy. What is social media market research? Social media market research is also: Affordable. 7 market research insights you can get from social media.

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Pixlee

JUNE 16, 2021

Retail and ecommerce faced significant shifts in the past year, driven by store closures, no-contact shopping and myriad other challenges. Take a close look at these statistics to get a better idea of what’s happening in ecommerce and retail in 2021 and how it might affect your business in the near future. Host Social Media Contests.

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Likeable

APRIL 2, 2019

Last month, Likeable held a one-day client summit focused on digital innovation to share best practices and insights around how retail brands should be preparing for the future of social media. No matter how much social media evolves, one thing will always be true: great content wins. We’re stuck in our own bubble.

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 30, 2020

Please see prior posts: Social Media Marketing in the Midst of COVID-19 (Mar 16); and Social Media Marketing During COVID-19: March 23 Update. Like most things in social media, the answer is, “It depends.” on Social Media Right? The conversion rate actually increased to higher than ever.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 17, 2024

Multi-platform integration Customers engage with businesses online in many ways, such as through messaging apps, social media and websites. A high-quality chatbot builder should offer customization options, covering everything from the chatbot’s appearance and conversation style to its workflows and responses.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 31, 2019

Ignite Social Media received the Audience Honor at the Shorty Awards for both of the categories we applied for: Retail & E-commerce and Large Media Buying Strategy. Shorty Award Audience Honor: Retail & E-commerce. Our Retail & E-commerce Audience Honor was for the work we did with Altar’d State.

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Sprout Social

MAY 15, 2020

Use these social media benchmarks to get a feel for how your brand is stacking up to peers in your industry. This data can help you level-set across your organization to be a better advocate for social, and help your marketing team focus resources where you might be falling behind the competition.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2020

While it may seem like sustainability is fashion’s newest trend, a deeper look at social media shows that consumer demand for more sustainable fashion is here to stay. And while the retail industry has weathered significant change lately, sustainability is one trend that just keeps rising. View this post on Instagram. ????

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Buffer Social

MARCH 19, 2020

Sometimes, it’s best to just start a conversation. Social media is such an important communication tool in 2020, and we know as we all try to navigate unexpected and unprecedented challenges, many of your customers and teammates will turn to social media for some form of support. We’re still figuring it out.

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Socialmedia.biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In 2011, 60% of consumers with purchasing intent were using various social media platforms for researching products, learning more about a specific retailer and reading product reviews. According to Sean Jackson , CFO of Copyblogger Media – “Social media marketing is never going to produce an ROI.

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Sprout Social

JULY 22, 2021

Social media usage is on the up and up. Our Sprout Social Index™ 2021: UK & Ireland Edition report found 76% of consumers have used social media more in the past year, and 63% have bought from it. Brands caught on to this upward trend and are engaging social media users to drive awareness, clicks and sales.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 26, 2019

As summer winds down, back-to-school season heats up, and retailers begin to accelerate awareness in late July through early August for the second-biggest shopping season of the year. As you ready your A-game social media content, take note of these back-to-school social media trends. BTS, By the Numbers.

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

Every company should strive to be driven by data. When I think about data, I inevitably think about social media. That might be because I spend my days working with our clients’ executives to capture the voice of their customer, but I think it’s because social media intelligence is the next data frontier.

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2020

People expect the companies they shop with and the organizations they support to take a stand—in fact, 70% of U.S. consumers say it’s important for brands to take a stand on social and political issues. Brands need to go beyond a one-time statement about diversity on social media. That’s all a great start.

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Pixlee

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The way that retailers acquire customers online has changed significantly over the last decade. Companies that don’t keep up with the latest trends will have difficulty reaching their goals. Companies that don’t keep up with the latest trends will have difficulty reaching their goals. Social Media.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 27, 2020

In our internet-driven world, using social media to promote your brand is not just a good idea, it’s essential. For internet and software companies with products and services they’re proud of, social media provides a platform to reach new customers, show off those products and establish your share of voice in the industry. .

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Keyhole.co

JUNE 19, 2023

Social is a cost-effective and prompt channel for businesses to connect with their audience. Social media statistics show over 4.26 billion people are engaged in various social platforms. Social media content can go a long way in making customers happier. Let’s check out the companies leveraging UGC.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 25, 2021

There are many reasons to use social media to promote your business. But the tl;dr of all of them is: people are on social media. Research shows that interaction — even briefly — with your brand on social media leads to increased brand awareness and loyalty , and influences purchasing behavior. Guess what?

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This is thanks to increasing online purchases and the growth of omnichannel retail. Gartner predicts chatbots will be the main customer service tool for 25% of companies by 2027. Chatbots save retailers time and money by allowing them to customers at any time. Delight your customers and improve conversion rates.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

If you find yourself spending more time switching between networks and running complex manual searches for mentions than interacting with brand mentions, then you’re in need of a social media monitoring strategy. What is social media monitoring? Monitoring and listening do often partner up in a company’s social strategy.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

You get as much out of your social media channels as you put in. So it’s never been a better time to explore social media management services. When we say social media management services, we’re referring to the social media agency world—organizations that live and breathe social media.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Bonus: Learn how to sell more products on social media with our free Social Commerce 101 guide. Delight your customers and improve conversion rates. This lets retailers confidently service customers globally, regardless of their time zone. Needless to say, this is a major time saver for retailers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 11, 2012

Social media listening. Social media monitoring. Social media tracking. Social media intelligence. There are many descriptions of how we can use social media as a listening tool , to complement (or replace) our more interactive approach where we converse too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

What is the value of social media as it relates to retail ROI? Everyone is doing things with respect to social, but in e-commerce, what is the point? Can I even truly attribute social data to return on investment? of the company’s revenue could be attributed to social. conversion rate).

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Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

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Keyhole.co

JULY 31, 2023

Social media platforms help businesses to address customer queries, establish real-time engagement, and build stronger relationships. This is quickly becoming the norm, as approximately 63% of customers now anticipate companies to offer customer support through social media.

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Pixlee

DECEMBER 15, 2021

billion people use social media globally, and it is only predicted to increase to a massive 4.41 When examining brands that advertise, social media advertising was seen used by about 83% of marketers and ranked second in success behind SEO marketing. The De-Siloing of Social Commerce. billion in 2025?

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agora pulse

JUNE 9, 2020

Savvy social media managers also know how to tap into Pinterest for business for their clients. In the meantime, we want to provide tips to set up social media managers for Pinterest success.). It seems like finally there’s a social media site giving us what we want. Conversion optimization.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 18, 2011

but Charlie Sheen’s recent meteoric rise on Twitter aside (best not to rely on the perverse attraction of watching a drug-addled celebrity publicly self-destruct) here’s a shot a minimum list of characteristics that enable social media success. A social media strategy that’s all about “me me me!&#

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