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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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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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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Firebelly

DECEMBER 21, 2015

The 15 most-read posts on our social media marketing blog in 2015! IS IT TIME TO REMOVE SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS FROM YOUR WEBSITE? Those little social media icons—they may stand alone or be adorned with a message like “Let’s get social”—are found on almost every website these days. Here they are.

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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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agora pulse

JUNE 21, 2019

In business since 2005, Legacy Housing also continues to build high-quality homes at a substantial value to its network of independent retailers, company-owned stores, and their customers. And with that growth comes greater marketing efforts and social media campaigns. Kira Hovancik. Q: How did you discover Agorapulse?

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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. Like the wine?

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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. Sprout Social Sprout Social is a social media management platform with an integrated chatbot builder.

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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. Maybe even a bit more.

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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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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Social media is officially part of the business environment. Your customers expect you to be active online and available to answer any questions they have and your employees are already visiting social channels on a daily basis. 47% of employees now use social networks to connect with customers.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The directory features a range of marketing agencies and other companies that provide a variety services, including popular ones like creative, commerce, sound and campaign management services. Fantastic Furniture is an Australian retailer that’s a favorite for furniture and bedding. Case study: Fantastic Furniture .

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Oktopost

MAY 11, 2020

It seems absurd, but even this time around, many companies were caught completely off guard across all departments – from operations to public relations. As many as 24% of companies recently surveyed by Continuity Central admitted that they were just now starting to draft emergency operation plans. Crisis communications.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 25, 2019

After all, businesses have their hands full when it comes to social media and customer expectations. Here’s a quick glimpse from Sprout’s 2019 Social Index. With so much on our plates, it’s no wonder why brands are looking for helping hands who’ve walked the walk on social media. OK, fair question.

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agora pulse

APRIL 28, 2020

Learn from these gifted and experienced social media managers about what it takes to be successful in the social media industry. Are you hoping to become a social media manager, either for your own business or as a consultant to others? And this, my friends, is an opportunity for you.

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Hootsuite

JULY 2, 2019

Or, it can mean that employees share the company culture online. Employee advocacy can take many forms, but the most common and effective channel is social media. Your employees already have social media profiles. It’s not just the company that benefits. The reasons why are simple. Job seekers (i.e.,

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

According to the National Retail Federation, we’re looking at a record-breaking November and December this year, with total sales reaching a staggering $966.6 Outdoor apparel retailer REI has led the charge here, opting out of Black Friday for years on the trot. The company reportedly made over $70,000.

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2023

Operating on social media without brand safety tools is like browsing the internet without malware protection. Brand safety tools are automated solutions that protect your brand from threats on social media and other digital channels, including major reputational risks such as your ads appearing alongside distasteful content.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 30, 2015

The first month of 2015 comes to a close with another great round of guests on the Social Pros Podcast. In January, we heard from JetBlue’s social media customer support leader; the social media manager of outdoor-gear retail chain Cabela’s ; and the LinkedInExpert herself. We sell fun.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2022

Using social media automation tools like chatbots to handle your Instagram messages is one of the best ways to successfully handle customer service and sales. When you’re researching tools to help with your social media management, look for case studies, customer reviews, and other evidence that the platform is high-quality.

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Sprout Social

MAY 19, 2021

Now, customers are shifting to social for praise, complaints and everything in between. Creating a social media interaction strategy is essential for long-term customer satisfaction. Most consumers expect brands and companies with a social media presence to interact with their customers in meaningful ways.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 12, 2020

Check out these highlights from the 2020 social media agency guide from Pinterest. From introducing brands to new customers to selling products and growing loyal communities, Pinterest is designed to help companies of all kinds grow. The social media site is home to over 240 billion Pins on more than 5 billion boards.

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Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2023

Social media listening When social marketing is powered by AI, it increases your efficiency by taking social listening to a whole new level. AI algorithms use aspect-clustering to identify and extract relevant details from social listening data that can span millions of data points in real time.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Welcome back to the Post Performance Report (PPR), a series where we compile and analyze social media posts and campaigns inspiring us, and breakdown what makes them so genius. According to The Sprout Social Index™ , the most memorable thing brands can do on social is respond to their customers. The opposite is true.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 7, 2022

For an outsized impact, let social media be the secret sauce that elevates your strategy from “good” to “great.” Social’s role in investor relations has blossomed over the past few years, making it a go-to channel for listing day communications. Social media doesn’t just move markets on its own.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For instance, a software company may require a more specialized support tier structure compared to that of a retail brand. Creating effective social customer service tiers starts with deep collaboration between customer service and marketing departments. From there, you can set criteria for case creation.

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agora pulse

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When you think of paid social, do you think of Reddit ads? Here’s a look at all the reasons why Reddit ads can be a secret ingredient in the social media manager’s mix. Let’s talk about paid social ads. Get your FREE social media calendar packed with ideas and examples.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Social Media Solutions (SMS) is a Qatari digital communication agency that builds and manages reputations for nonprofit, retail, healthcare and retail clients. Problem: Hard to find their shiny needle in the social media tool haystack. Social Media Qatar (@socialmqa) August 16, 2016.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

NLP and sentiment analysis Natural Language Processing (NLP) and sentiment analysis enable businesses to understand and interpret human language, making them essential tools for analyzing customer feedback, social media content and other textual data while automating report generation.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 17, 2011

Tweet At the moment, there is much discussion going on about the actual ROI of a social media presence. Many businesses going social are not sure how to measure their social media efforts and this makes them question how much to invest online. million in equivalent media over a year.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 22, 2019

In an interpersonal scenario, active listening means you’re really trying to understand the person speaking to you, and it’s no different when we’re talking about social media marketing. Keeping an eye out for mentions and Google Alerts and the like is just social media monitoring, and you can miss out on a lot of nuance and context.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 24, 2019

As we evolve our agency offering and build on the learnings and collaboration we’ve had with our founding members, we want to take a moment to recognize these agencies, who offer excellence to their clients in social media day in and day out. Bien Media. Here is a list of the agencies who helped found the program. Bloomerang.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 15, 2020

How would you feel if a company sent a sales pitch your way right now? as a company, our end goal will always be selling product, but rather than promoting ads overtly crafted to sell during this crisis, we are committed to: 1.) Our baristas are the face of our company, without them we are nothing.

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Sprout Social

JULY 30, 2020

While nearly everything came to a halt in early 2020, social media never slowed down. In fact, roughly half of consumers report using social more since the coronavirus pandemic began. Retail is an industry that has faced major disruptions during 2020 like store closures, production plant shutdowns and drops in sales.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

With the growth of smartphones, companies are focusing to increase their brand visibility and sales through smartphone apps. Here are some innovative apps that can legitimately increase a company’s brand presence as well as sales. Yelp will allow company owners to keep track of whatever information is being posted about the company.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 10, 2019

For those of you who’ve never heard of Google My Business (GMB for short), it’s a free easy-to-use tool that allows businesses with physical retail locations to manage how they appear on Google Search and Maps. One aspect of Detroit that I found intriguing was the difficulty in finding various cafes, shops, bars, clubs and retailers.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Whether you’re a retailer or ecommerce brand, publishing product photos is a no-brainer to reach your followers and digital window-shoppers alike. Healthy snack company, Graze did just that. And on the flip side, research shows that promotional photos containing actual people perform well on social media.

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