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Social media and the rise of fantasy sports

Sprout Social

You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to know how much sports fans love to share updates about their teams on social media. Fantasy sports have played a huge role in shaping fans’ communities and conversations on social platforms. What are fantasy sports? And what did social media and fantasy sports?

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5 Reasons Twitter Should Continue To Be Part Of Your 2022 Marketing Strategy

SocMed Sean

Twitter’s broad use base provides a significant opportunity for companies to reach their audiences, and tools like hashtags allow businesses to target niche groups. Over the last couple of years especially, much of the conversation has been in response to politics. Hashtags can also be the beginning of conversations.

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Player Turned ‘Master Business Facilitator’ Now Bolstering Other Pro-Athletes Post-Career Business Plays

The Realtime Report

Little did he then know that his knack for “disruption” would extend well beyond his athletic career and help not just himself, but also other pro sports retirees, realize professional success outside of the game.

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15+ social media platforms your customers are using in 2021—and why you should be using them

Sprout Social

Largest age group: 25-34 year olds. Largest age group: 15-25 year olds. Rawlings Sporting Goods, a retailer known for manufacturing baseball equipment, regularly publishes short videos on YouTube to promote the launch of new products like baseball gloves or bats. Largest age group: 25-34 year olds. Key Stats: Over 2.8

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What it Means to Create “Fit Content”: A Story of Brand Identity

Oktopost

Before joining Acrolinx, Christopher held leadership roles in marketing, creative, technical, and business development at companies including Perfecto, Pyxis Mobile, KPMG-CT, ModelGolf, and Cambridge Technology Group. Christopher is also a CrossFit coach and passionate about physical health, as well as sports discipline and team-building.

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Facebook’s little secret…

Sherrilynne Starkie

It’s based on how I helped one company start its journey into social media by creating a Facebook secret group. The idea was to restrict this skittish company’s FB presence to the secret group as proof of concept so the management team could get used to the idea of social media. Originally published January 12, 2011).

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How to Get Started With One-to-One Social Media Engagement

Oktopost

Christina Garnett, strategist at social media management company, ICUC explains: “Anytime you have a conversation with someone, whether it’s online or in person, there needs to be a give and take. The converse is true as well. “When customer service becomes public, it becomes a spectator sport. Want more inspiration?