The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Fast forward to 20 September 2010 i.e. today where I just finished reading Kapil Ohri’s latest write-up on afaqs.com which talks about Poken – a USB enabled pen drive type social business card device. The device allows users to exchange their contact details and social networking profile within a few seconds.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

APRIL 6, 2018

Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts. In this week's top 5 must-know social media news, we see major social networks rolling out initiatives to protect privacy and increase transparency. Facebook news feed update helps USA users identify fake news. Sherrilynne Starkie. followers .

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 1, 2012

Tweet Linkedn is strengthening their approach as a platform for brand marketing with the new ability for companies to add a ‘Follow Company’ button to their websites. The ‘Follow Company’ allows people to stay up-to-date on companies’ news and career opportunities. Benefits for brands.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 21, 2019

If some or all of your target market speaks a language other than English or resides in a non-English majority speaking country, they might be active on a non-English social network. In that spirit, here are some of the most popular social channels for non-English speakers. Its over 1.1 Source: WeChat. Source: iTunes App Store.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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The Way of the Web

MAY 13, 2013

Are you setting up social network profiles for your business? Or maintaining social media which already exists? When designing a Background Image, remember that the navigation menus on a Twitter profile will take up significant space beside the Twitter feed. So we’ve compiled the requirements in once place.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The fourth most-popular social network for Canadians is Instagram. Forty per cent of Canadians is on Pinterest, an image-based social network and a third of those use it daily. Today Owned Media includes digital content, and the central hub is usually the company website. Most employees have social media accounts.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 26, 2017

This post was originally published in 2016 and has been updated with the latest tips and tricks to grow your following on every social media network. It also includes the latest podcast episode from The Science of Social Media! . You’ve got a social media strategy in place and a plan in mind. Invite your friends.

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Socialized

JULY 6, 2010

So you have a blog, maybe two, a couple of Twitter feeds, a YouTube channel and a Facebook page. Your company is truly social, isn’t it? But none of these things equates to being truly social. Being social, or being engaged with consumers, is a deep cultural attitude that a company either has or doesn’t have.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 11, 2011

One of the big mistakes I often see with companies when they are setting up a Page on Facebook is they spend more time planning “the wedding than they do the marriage” as I like to say. This is the algorithm that controls what you see in your News Feed when you log into Facebook. And you would be surprised what I hear.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 8, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How To Leverage Your Social Networking Sites When Visiting Influence Centers & Referral Sources While this post is specific to my friends at Senior Helpers , the underlying principle is applicable for all businesses – so read on!

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Saying It Social

MARCH 18, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in Outlook 1st Ta sk: Downloading the Icons to Your Desktop Go to [link]. eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy.

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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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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 11, 2022

If people were talking about your brand on social networks, you’d want to know about it, right? Whether you’ve noticed or not, if you have any kind of social presence at all, your brand is likely receiving social mentions. How to track social mentions. Manually search social media mentions.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 13, 2017

One last thing: How exactly should your image look so it fits in the News Feed, timeline, or stream? There’s so much to consider in creating great images for social media —for me, the size and shape tend to get locked in before I even realize what’s happened. Sharing to your LinkedIn Company Page.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Rather than limiting social media to corporate profiles, this strategy involves sales teams utilizing their personal accounts to reach new prospects, share insights, and engage in meaningful conversations. Expanded reach: People follow people rather than companies.

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Buffer Social

MAY 12, 2016

Instagram changed its logo on Wednesday, and as with almost any significant change to a popular social network, the internet was split. The Facebook-owned company moved on from its old-fashioned camera icon and embraced a new, minimalist design across its suite of products: Instagram, Layout, Boomerang, and Hyperlapse.

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Saying It Social

MAY 6, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Are You Skipping the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking Maintenance? Daily Social Networking Tasks: It’s not all about content blasting. « Saying It Socia… [.] link] [link] [.]

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 18, 2023

At this point, you’ve likely heard of Bluesky Social, the budding Twitter alternative. It’s one of a few text-based social networks that have cropped up as Twitter, now X , makes the shift to becoming an “everything app” under its new leader, Elon Musk. What is Bluesky? How does Bluesky work?

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Unmetric

MARCH 22, 2016

In a blog post , the social network mentions that users miss almost 70% of the content on their feeds and to improve user experience, the new curated feed is being brought in. With fans now seeing only certain posts on their feed, brands will have to compete (read: pay up) to get their content delivered to more people.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The following is for those who want to be found on social networks, or for the networks on which they want to be found. Social Media Dataflow. Why You Want to Be Found on Social Networks. Think of your profile and activity on social networks as creating brand recognition. Name Branding.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 28, 2024

With over a billion members in 200+ countries and territories worldwide, LinkedIn is one of the most popular social networks for brands looking to reach a professional audience. But with millions of posts flooding users’ feeds daily, how do you make sure your content gets noticed? Hashtags may be the answer.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Short-term profits become less important as companies adopt long-range planning to maintain steady growth. A handful of companies, such as Facebook and Google, dominate global markets. Eroding hierarchies give way to social networks as a way of solving community problems. NAFTA is under threat. No change here.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For example, in the first half of 2018 alone, Facebook reported five major changes to the News Feed (and there are probably many more small tweaks that were not reported). So how does each of the social media algorithms work? Timeliness: Recent posts will tend to appear higher in her feed than older posts. Facebook algorithm.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 30, 2016

The goal of Facebook’s News Feed is to show people the stories that are most relevant to them. Now, Facebook has announced one of their most significant News Feed shuffles. These changes are likely to mean that content posted by brands and publishers will show up less prominently in News Feeds.

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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. Today Owned Media includes digital content, and the central hub is usually the company website. Company employees as ambassadors, for example.

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Socialized

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Social media is a breathing body. Thousands of people publish everything every minute, not even just their personal lives, on social media networks. The most messages are about products, brands, companies, and CEOs than you would think. Check Out the Feeds you are Mentioned. are displayed.

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WebInKnow

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Social networks, like those developed by Facebook and Google, have tremendous power to allow people around the world to connect and share. However, the increasing reliance of social networking companies on algorithms to determine what we see in our feeds has become a tremendous problem.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 17, 2011

A media company. We’ve talked about social media so much that I think you know how I feel about that. But what does it mean to be a media company? It could be an industry social networking website, it could be an industry wiki or encyclopedia site, or it could be a simple blog. And I fully agree.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 10, 2019

The new Groups tab will now show a personalized feed of activity across all the groups you’re a member of and recommend similar groups based on your interests. Facebook will be showing more Group content in News Feeds (hinting at a probable algorithm tweak). If your strategy is in need of a refresh, we would love to help!

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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Among them is Bluesky , which is a decentralized, invite-only social network built on an open-source protocol  (I’ll explain what this means even though I barely understand it myself). Bluesky is a decentralized social network created by Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO who started it while still in the role.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 12, 2022

LinkedIn is great for promoting yourself, keeping up-to-date with your favorite companies, and creating and maintaining valuable professional relationships. While social media sites work smoothly most of the time, even the biggest and most popular of them can have issues, and LinkedIn is no exception. LinkedIn Feed Not Refreshing.

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Dave Fleet

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In essence, Richard argues that while Hillary Clinton took a top-down, hierarchical approach to communication (via the mainstream media), Trump’s use of social media enabled him to go direct to his base and to communicate without the filter of the media. Corporate Social Media ≠ Personal Social Media. Echo Chambers Prevail.

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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 shows up in my Feed on LinkedIn, and why? What kinds of content should you be posting to LinkedIn?

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Socialized

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are few tricks to help the company thrive on Twitter and join the big league. Twitter only permits one account per email address, meaning you would need to use another for your company account if you’re using an existing Twitter account linked with an email address. How to Build an Account on Twitter. Create a Fixed Goals.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

The company recently missed earnings estimates for the second time in four quarters, and had to strike a deal with activist investor firm Elliott Management which had “been trying to push (Jack) Dorsey out as part of an overhaul to Twitter’s business.” Though 90% of B2B software companies are on Twitter , barely half are active.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 30, 2018

Today’s guest post comes from Eric Czerwonka , an entrepreneur and co-founder of Buddy Punch , a software company founded in 2013 that provides time tracking solutions for startups, companies with employees, as well as anyone with a remote team to manage.

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