Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

In a previous blog post , Jonas made a summary of a report called “The State of Social Media Marketing” from January 2012 in which he outlined the key points and conclusions drawn from the report. Interesting is that for next year, 66% of survey respondents are planning to invest in increasing presence across all social media platforms.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Without conversational commerce , this happens online all the time. Learn how to take your customer service digital with conversational commerce. Delight your customers and improve conversion rates. What is conversational commerce? Conversational commerce takes your customer service digital. You leave empty-handed.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MARCH 6, 2024

When HubSpot asked social media marketers about their biggest challenges, “ reaching our target audience ” came in second place, only behind “ creating engaging content.” At this point, it’s worth stopping to sense-check your findings by surveying your existing customers. This is a massive issue for many brands. Sound familiar?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the business world, AI automation equips companies to create impactful product and marketing strategies and enhance operations to increase productivity. AI automation has revolutionized how brands approach their business and marketing strategies. The bigger the data, the more accurate the model will ultimately be.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I spoke with Peter Kennedy, Founder and General Manager, Influencer Marketing for Tagger by Sprout Social, to discuss how leaders can measure and maximize their influencer marketing return on investment (ROI) at each customer journey stage. Let’s cover three reasons why influencer marketing ROI matters: 1.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2024

As artificial intelligence evolves rapidly, its profound impact on go-to-market (GTM) strategies cannot be overstated. From revolutionizing customer segmentation to optimizing marketing campaigns, AI is reshaping how businesses approach every aspect of their GTM efforts.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 5, 2023

Are you a business marketer looking to maximize your efforts? By understanding these metrics and analyzing them accurately, you can better determine which marketing efforts are working and which need to be improved. It is important to be aware of the metrics that are key to understanding and improving your marketing initiatives.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 29, 2023

With exciting new tools like conversational AI, it’s already here, and it’s changing the way we work for the better. At surface level, conversational AI operates through virtual agents that can alleviate customer care team load and streamline the user experience. Table of contents—feel free to skip ahead: What is conversational AI?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With an economic downturn looming, it’s not surprising around 75% of CMOs report being asked to do more with less in a Gartner survey. Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Invigorate your strategy with insights from marketers at TikTok, Glossier, Zillow, lululemon, and more Convince & Convert started the Social Pros Podcast back in 2012 as a way to get to know the “real people doing real things” in social media. So it’s really about connecting with those people and brands joining the conversation.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing multiple marketing projects on social media can be challenging. In this post, I have shared some tips on how social media marketers can manage multiple projects efficiently. Always Have a Plan The importance of planning for your social media marketing projects cannot be overemphasized. Let’s get started.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As the digital market space rapidly evolves, customers are seeking authenticity and human connection from brands like never before. To meet this rising demand, your marketing team needs to be agile, think out of the box and keep up with deadlines—all while operating within limited budgets and constrained team bandwidths.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to influencer marketing , C-suite execs want more than just good engagement. In this article, we dive deep into the benefits of influencer marketing, and ones that matter the most to your C-Suite. Plus, the three critical components of an effective influencer marketing strategy you need to know.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 14, 2023

According to a Q2 2023 Sprout pulse survey, 42% of marketers plan to stop working in social media within the next two years, and 20% want to change careers within the next 12 months. Here are three reasons social media managers plan to move on, even in the face of a competitive job market and shaky macroeconomic conditions.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2014

As content marketing explodes, so too, does the volume of noise. And, according to a global Nielsen Survey of Trust in Advertising conducted in September 2013 (58 countries), almost half (47%) of respondents said that humor resonates more than any content approach. These conversations are something every B2B company can do.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 5, 2024

Blame Amazon, Tinder swiping, influencer culture or the infiltration of advertising into every corner of our lives, but the reality is that consumers are never NOT in the market to upgrade. I’ve analyzed millions of conversations debating a variety of products, and the most surprising finding is that there is no answer!

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

In particular, measuring brand awareness helps you: Evaluate your marketing efforts Are you seeing a higher conversion rate from targeted social media ads compared to last quarter? Knowing where you stand exposes market gaps and opportunities. Are you the go-to choice or do you need to do more to climb the ranks?

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

They’re expected to make every marketing dollar count and deliver maximum impact on a limited budget. To maximize marketing impact on a limited budget, CMOs need to adopt a strategic approach that analyzes past results, identifies gaps, and enables data-driven decisions on where to allocate resources.

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Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2023

And the world of marketing is going through a tremendous change right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) marketing is taking on a bigger role with the advent of intelligent marketing tools and generative AI like ChatGPT, creating an abundance of opportunities for marketing teams to do more of what they already do best.

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Keyhole.co

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

67% of companies increased their influencer marketing budgets from 2022 to 2023. However, the focus of influencer marketing is shifting towards actual influence, not just likes and followers. As a result, the influencer marketing metrics you track will play a crucial role in your business success. Let’s get started!

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 22, 2021

As we head into 2021, marketers are reflecting on how much consumer behavior has changed over the course of the last year. SMS Marketing is One of the Fastest Growing Channels. 78% of people wish they could have a text conversation with a business. 78% of people wish they could have a text conversation with a business.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Retaining your existing consumer base is also, as noted above, much more cost-effective than concentrating entirely on expensive marketing campaigns in hopes of acquiring new customers. Some key conversations may even slip through the cracks. What do you need for better customer retention? Customer-centric strategies.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 11, 2023

Are You on the Path to Becoming a Top Performer in Content Marketing ? Content marketing is a growing field with more businesses competing for attention and resources than ever before. It’s no surprise then that many content marketers are looking to get ahead by taking on the role of top performers.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 17, 2020

Planning a social media marketing strategy may sound overwhelming. Are you planning to boost your social media marketing performance? In other words, a social media strategy is the outline of what (and why) social media managers and digital marketing agencies are planning to do on social media. More conversions.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 12, 2021

It also makes it necessary to employ traditionally B2C-oriented marketing techniques to attract new B2B leads and retain your current customers. CX has become an intrinsic part of the B2B marketing funnel. The same rings true in B2B marketing. What is Customer Experience (CX)? What makes your CX stand out? Source: Salesmanago.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But these are questions you have to answer; not just for your team and strategy, but for your leadership and teams beyond marketing. In this article, we’ll show you how 3 brands have created a Tagging strategy for marketing campaigns, cross-org reporting and better insights. Let’s dive in.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

And while it’s an effective tool for marketers to engage their subscribers—most will agree it’s a time-consuming task. Or at least, this was true until email marketing templates came along. Let’s explore how you can use templates to make your email marketing more efficient. Simply put—because it works.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

As marketers, it’s our job to know our target audience’s needs and preferences. It’s why we conduct market research every year to better understand what our customers want and uncover new business opportunities. But sometimes market research alone isn’t enough, especially when consumer preferences can change overnight.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Want to know why social media listening should absolutely, 100% be part of your marketing plans right now? It lets you discover, learn from, and get involved in online conversations about your brand, on whichever platform they’re happening. In other words, they’re an ideal market for a brand like Tylenol. Business is booming!

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 6, 2021

Many social media platforms are making changes since they’re becoming a critical channel for marketing efforts given the global pandemic, so it’s no surprise that LinkedIn marketing is already in the works with several changes to compete with other platforms. Posts on LinkedIn: Then Versus Now. Product Pages.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2014

I recently collaborated on my friends at Formstack (a very nifty system for creating and managing smart, online forms ) on a free Webinar to help marketers see all the ways they could be improving their results with form tweaks. Marketers worry too much eyeballs and not enough about actions.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 14, 2022

Looking to tap into the marketing strategy that gets 4x more open rates than email? It’s SMS marketing—one of the easiest and most effective ways to reach your target audience. What is SMS marketing? Marketing by SMS has several advantages over other mobile marketing strategies like email marketing and push notifications.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 20, 2024

As any small business owner knows, marketing can be pricey. Big businesses can throw massive budgets at expensive marketing strategies, but small businesses just don’t have that luxury. So how can a small business create an achievable marketing strategy that gets results? The answer is Facebook marketing.

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Oktopost

JULY 15, 2020

Not a bad zinger, but here we are four years later and LinkedIn is widely acknowledged as an invaluable resource not just for headhunters and job seekers, but for marketers and sales professionals too. For B2B marketers, the importance of LinkedIn cannot be overstated. Why LinkedIn Lead Generation is Perfect for B2B Marketing.

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Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

But that’s fine because we have polls and surveys so that people can let us know what they are thinking. Today’s GSMM post is being hosted by Peter Korchnak over on his awesome Sustainable Marketing blog. Surveys and polls: Can you read people? You suck at reading people, and so do I. u have any other links.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 6, 2023

75% of X (Twitter) Users Have Used the Platform to Connect with Brands According to a Khoros survey , 3/4 of X users have interacted with different companies on the social media platform. Some prefer conversational chatbots to deliver real-time customer service for customers on Facebook.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In fact, chatbots have already changed the way many marketers think about reaching and engaging customers. A chatbot is a computer program that imitates human conversation — spoken, written or both. Chatbots can conduct conversations with people who won’t know they aren’t speaking with a real person. How an AI Chatbot works.

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