Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Social media networks, and the way users interact with them, evolve quickly. This year, plan for more changing audience preferences and deeper social media fragmentation. Every pot has a lid Today’s social media ecosystem is made up of many networks with unique algorithms, content formats and audiences.

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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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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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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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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

With its ability to get in front of a wide array of consumers, social media may be the darling of retail and B2C brands, but it is increasingly difficult for ANY business to ignore the power of social media marketing. This is likely due to the fact that decision makers across industries are active on social media.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

According to a Q1 2023 Sprout pulse survey, 74% of consumers believe that social media has increased accountability for brands. We’re discussing both the icks and ideals for Women’s History Month social media ideas. For some women, like Alexa Heinrich, Social Media Manager at St.

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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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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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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

What Services Do You Need to Start a Retail Website? For many entrepreneurs, the idea of starting a retail website seems like a fairly simple proposition. The very first service you will need to get your website started is a domain registration company. The post What Services Do You Need to Start a Retail Website?

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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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Ignite Social Media

JULY 31, 2019

Social media marketing is one of the fastest changing forms of marketing online and this past month was no exception! There has been a whole host of new features and updates that have rolled out so without further ado let’s dive into some of this month’s social media trends. Facebook Makes Ad Targeting More Transparent.

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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? How Should We Respond to Sensitive Comments on Social Media?

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Hootsuite

JUNE 29, 2023

Social media guidelines for healthcare professionals serve a similar purpose. This blog will walk you through generally accepted social media guidelines in healthcare. Bonus: Download your free, customizable healthcare-focused social media guidelines template to quickly and easily create guidelines for your team.

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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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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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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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The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a guest post by Rupa Ganata, co-founder of men’s grooming online retailer Yes Sir , and of Brand us Social (BUS). From fashion to food, an increasing number of businesses are exchanging goods and services for tweets and Instagram posts in the form of modern day Social Media pop-up shops.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The post How Retailers Can Use Pinterest To Boost Holiday Sales appeared first on Firebelly | Social Media Marketing & Management Company. I snapped the above photo during a recent trip to Lowe’s for holiday decorations—don’t forget to tell customers about your boards while they’re in your store.

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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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Firebelly

JANUARY 26, 2016

We’re excited to announce that we have recently started working with 450 North Brewing Company. 450 North Brewing Company is a brewpub with a full-service restaurant in Columbus, Indiana. Firebelly will be providing a combination of social media strategy, social media management and social ad management services.

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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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Buffer Social

MARCH 19, 2020

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. So what does social media management look like over the coming weeks and months?

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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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Ignite Social Media

JULY 24, 2020

The 2019 holiday shopping season became the first-ever trillion-dollar retail season in US history. The 48-hour experience continues to push large sales for the retail giant year over year. Add to that the 5,300 US stores that have closed just this year, proving that the retail apocalypse that began in 2010 is far from over.

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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

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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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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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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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In fact, mobile commerce — or m-commerce — is likely to make up nearly half of all US retail m-commerce sales by 2025. Social media shopping apps. The retail app currently ships to 240+ countries around the world and supports popular payment methods like PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, and major credit and debit cards.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Incidentally, for the brand managers and agencies reading this — if your favorite company took two hours to answer the phone when you called, how would you feel about them? We know retailers that monitor complaints for their competitors, then offering those customers immediate help. The Oracle Debacle.

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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

APRIL 19, 2022

Let’s dive into what conversational marketing is and how it will help your social media strategy evolve. Conversational marketing and social media: How to adapt your strategy. More than two-thirds (68%) of people agree social empowers them to interact with brands and companies. Get the conversation started.

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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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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You get hit with the same canned response multiple times, which leaves you so exhausted you vow to never waste your time or money with this company again. Many companies prioritize customer service. The social media market is saturated with different integrations, which is why Sprout is thoughtful about our approach.

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 25, 2014

Out of websites in 33 industries, social media sites provide the least satisfying experience, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index’s (ACSI) first-ever website benchmark. out of 100; social media websites rank at the bottom of the barrel with an average of 68. Specialty Retail Stores 79.

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