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Social media analytics & reporting guide

Sprout Social

Once you’ve started a social content strategy, you need to know how well your content performs and what’s working best. There are a lot of different terms, reports and metrics to know about when it comes to social media marketing. The metrics you should measure. But not to worry.

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9 Things About PPC You Should Know

Small Business Mavericks

When an online marketing expert like Neil Patel asks “ Is Paid Search Ineffective for Online Marketing? Here’s a very quick look at what Neil Patel has to say about PPC: 3 Good Things About Paid Search. Paid search lets you target ads to specific searchers. 3 Things To Improve Your Paid Search.

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How To Conduct An In-Depth YouTube Audit

Keyhole.co

In an audit, you examine your videos in depth and analyze critical areas of your content, including watch time, click-through rates, and so on. This will help you identify the direction that you need to head to and will also help you understand how your YouTube channel and content are performing. Audience retention is important.

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Paid, owned and earned media: What they are and where social fits into the mix

Sprout Social

Plus, we’ll give you the metrics you need to prove it. Defining paid, owned and earned media. Before we get into where social fits in your paid, owned and earned media strategies, let’s do some level setting. Paid media examples. Paid search. Paid social. Sponsored content. Display advertising.

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Anyone with a New Idea is a Crank Until the Idea Succeeds

Webbiquity SMM

While “search plus social plus content” is inarguably inelegant, it was suggested that other terms such as “online marketing” or “inbound marketing” already covered the concept of web presence optimization (WPO). Content Marketing. Search Engine Optimization (SEO ).

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Create your social media campaign plan for 2019 (with editable worksheets)

Sprout Social

Oh, and we also saw a notable shift in social content marketing. As predicted, brands are going all-in on video and ephemeral content in lieu of more “traditional” posts. 2019 goal setting and metrics to match. Here at Sprout, we’re all about metrics. Awareness metrics. Engagement metrics.

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10 Content Marketing Metrics to Track (+5 Experts on the Ones that Matter to Them)

Buffer Social

Let’s be honest: you probably didn’t get into content marketing because you love working with numbers.    But I’ve worked in media and content marketing for over a decade now — long enough to know that keeping a close eye on the numbers is essential if you want your content marketing efforts to pay off. 

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