Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Social media marketers understand the power of community more than most. Brought to life in March 2022, The Arboretum (Arb), a virtual community powered by Sprout, has become a thriving hub for social and marketing professionals—from practitioners to C-suite executives. We set out to change that. Here’s a look at some of them.

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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

To say that it was a successful tweetchat is an understatement, but what really pushed the chat over the top was the last question in which she asked for quick tactics to encourage corporate social media adoption. 1) Create a Social Media case study of who is talking about your company both in good & bad ways.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Debbie Gioquindo and Keryl Pesce , co-founders of Happy B h Wines , join the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the powerful story behind their brand’s origins, the crowdsourcing approach that helped their business bloom, and some wacky giveaways that have earned them some well-deserved attention. Listen Now .

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Atom Thought

MARCH 16, 2009

The latest report from FORRESTER (Q4, 2008 SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE SURVEY) outlines a very clear trend: 53% of the marketers are determined to increase their social media budget during the recession. Very clearly 95% of the marketers are positively inclined towards investing in Social Media, even during recession.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 22, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Social media is bridging the gap between health and healthcare. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. What about information security?!?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2020

Learning to stay on top of new trends, networking with other professionals and creating relevant content are just some of the goals marketers have planned for 2020. So it’s little surprise marketers resolve to make more time for professional development and grow their expertise in things like mastering video on social.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Posted in Crowdsourcing Gaming Innovation. For example, let’s say you need to make choices on where you’re going to invest your marketing dollars across various social media challenges. Related posts: 3 Ways Social Media can Boost Sales Success A new RAIN Group report proves otherwise and shows that.

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 25, 2011

It seems like Facebook is constantly picking up on online trends and launching new products to match user needs. Used in the right way, the Questions feature can therefore be used as a a simple crowdsourcing tool. Latest with Places to match location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla. How it works.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Wall Street should be monitoring social media. The example below is from Tesla community but I betcha we could crowdsource Outsider Trading information on any product or brand or company… (Note: Australian Companies MUST report social media discussions that impact stock ). This is social media.

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Laurel Papworth

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I think we are crowdsourcing this unIndustry association in an adhoc movement of anti-marketing anti-PR communities. It is now one of Twitter’s top 10 trending topics, which spells trouble for Paperchase. Have YOU got a social media copyright story? My Plagiarism story. I presented at WebDirections. Related posts.

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Hootsuite

JULY 6, 2022

Social commerce is a subset of eCommerce. It involves buying and selling over social media. And to crowdsource sentiment on your brand. Brands on social media have the added benefit of giving people a place they can easily contact you and where you can reach out to them. What are Instagram eCommerce tags?

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Sprout Social

APRIL 7, 2020

Marketers have never managed social media during a global pandemic and there is no guidebook detailing what to do in certain situations. So we’re left wondering what is appropriate to share on social media, how businesses can contribute to the conversation and what this means for brands moving forward.

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Pixlee

APRIL 27, 2020

Crowdsource topics, themes, and content. Jenine Wing is a professional academic writer at an EssayPro and an expert social media marketer with years of experience. Being an expert in marketing on social media, she keeps up with the most recent industry trends. . digital event.

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Atom Thought

JULY 6, 2010

So, today there is no trend in terms of which type of Group Buying site will prosper in future- hyperlocal or Gadgets! Social Authority Marketing- Getting deeper into Social Media! The Story and Strategy of Money Portals in India CrowdSourcing- The New Social Media Mantra to Sell Better!

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 11, 2010

One of the key findings from WJEC2 was that social media has become an integral part of journalism and must be included in the curriculum. Social media sites, including blogs, are now essential items in journalists’ kitbags. Social media and digital PR training should be high on your list of priorities.

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Writtent Blog

JUNE 25, 2013

Humans have an innate craving for trending news and breaking stories. Being the third or fourth business blog in your niche to cover an industry-related trend will probably win you a small surge of traffic, but it’s far superior to be the first. The trending topics aren’t always safe-for-work. Probably not.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

YouTube marketing is often overlooked by social media marketers. Some think YouTube counts as a social media network. Take a look at YouTube’s trending videos. Take a look at Google Trends and Google Ads’ Keyword Planner , too. Add social media links to your banner. Include relevant keywords.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JANUARY 11, 2018

The ability to tell good stories well will be THE disruptive marketing trend for 2018. Why is good writing important for social media success? In owned media, the writer will produce blog posts, social media updates, web content, speeches, video scripts and more.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Tweet Threadless – everyone’s favorite T-shirt purveyor and example of crowdsourcing and customer community success – recently published a terrific 10th anniversary book that combines company history with dozens of its best designs. The 3 "Ly"s of Social Media. More from Convince and Convert.

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Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 26, 2011

It's the social media water cooler , where there's always something interesting but rarely anything I can't afford to miss. I ran a trend report on state-specific hashtags (#ncwx, #scwx, #vawx, #mdwx) to see if it showed the storms' advance, but what it showed was a lot of activity in NC—which was hit hardest that day.

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Later

APRIL 24, 2019

One of the biggest trends in Instagram influencer marketing this year is brands giving more “independence” to their influencer partners. You can easily poll your audience, crowdsource ideas with a question sticker, or even use an emoji slider to rate how they feel about a certain topic! .

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

With the breadth and depth of social media services out there, it’s no wonder that we often find ourselves lost in the vast array of services. Shannon Paul is a social media manager at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and blogs on social media for business at Very Official Blog. Jason Falls.

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Atom Thought

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Foursquare knows where I visit frequently , and perhaps can eventually decipher the time and trend of visits- and push relevant ads for those locations only. This is perhaps better than a local search engine or a yellow page- because now there is a local-social integration and recommendation opportunity built-in. . . . . .

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Proactive Report

OCTOBER 18, 2009

A thoughtful post from Gina Chen , a 20 year veteran journalist, lays out clearly how mainstream media newsrooms should use social media today. Use crowdsourcing. They are looking at news feeds, tweets, blog posts and comments to spot trends and find news ideas. Can you be part of their crowdsourcing?

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 29, 2012

The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences. Robert Green of Harvard Medical School told NPR: ”You know social media has changed the rest of our lives – there’s no reason why social media and the Internet can’t revolutionize some aspects of medical research as well.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce. Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. One of the most well-developed areas of crowdsourcing services on the Internet is graphic design. 22 Comments.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. RSS feed: We write on web technology and social media tools for non-profits - charities, associations, clubs and other organizations. and Social Media trends. crowdsourcing. Comments (required).

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Jeff Esposito

MARCH 11, 2011

I am also still doing the crowdsourced social media tips for small businesses so feel free to grab me if you see me or leave comments here. The most underestimated social media asset – Scale may be the hardest thing that any social media person faces, but how do we overcome this? Definitely read it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The introduction of social feeds by Facebook, Twitter and other social networks changed the way that people discovered content. This crowdsourced, automated method of discovering popular content was a drastic improvement in how we found interesting information and media on a daily basis.

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 30, 2012

And they’re essential regardless of personal specialisation, cutting across direct marketing, SEO, Social Media, Content Marketing to name but a few. What methods are available for crowdsourcing and crowdfunding? And do you know how your analytics and reporting tools are setup and what they should be highlighting to you?

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Socialmedia.biz

AUGUST 13, 2018

With 27% of the total internet time being spent on social networking platforms, it comes as no surprise that small, medium and large businesses are investing time in improving their online presence for brand positioning, data crowdsourcing, lead generation and customer relationship building opportunities.

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 3, 2010

Tags: Digital Culture · Videogames [link] Doubledown Tandino Mashable has always been a very close-minded source, especially considering the hypocrisy that they are in the social media & new media world, which is supposed to be about open lines of communication & crowdsource collaborative knowledge.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

From responding to questions and comments to crowdsourcing content ideas, the benefits of an active channel can’t be overstated. As your social media users consume more and more video content, having a YouTube presence is more than just a box to check in your broader social strategy. Let’s dive in. Define your goals.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 17, 2017

Tracking social media activity is one of the biggest struggles companies have faced since the early stages of social media marketing. One study showed 39% of businesses don’t measure their social media ROI due to a lack of analytics, resources or expertise. Why Hashtags? And guess what?

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Net-Savvy Executive

MAY 9, 2012

The first is Can You Trust Social Media Sources? Catching and deleting spam and other garbage in social media data is one side of an arms race, just like email spam and computer viruses. If you're reporting on broad trends, you might get better results through sampling, or by focusing on high-quality sources.

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Buffer Social

MAY 13, 2019

We’ve spent time digging into the rise of Spotify as a social media platform , used by today’s hottest brands. Where Spotify fits in today’s social media landscape. There’s another community that is right on the heels of these social media giants. Maybe YouTube? Maybe Reddit?

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Hootsuite

AUGUST 27, 2019

That’s why tutorials or how tos crush it on social media. Sharing thought leadership is a great way to establish your brand as a leading source of great ideas and trends. Jump on a trend. Trends, memes, and challenges are great ways to inject some fun and relevance to your brand. View this post on Instagram.

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