Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Building brand reputation and loyalty is the top business priority for leaders in the current economic climate, according to the 2023 State of Social Media report. Influencers play a growing role here—these digital trendsetters help brands establish credibility with target audiences while extending their reach.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to influencer marketing , C-suite execs want more than just good engagement. While the impact of influencers in shaping consumer behavior is undeniable, translating it into benefits that resonate with the top brass is key to getting the budgets you need for your influencer program. It has to be strategic.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Social media networks, and the way users interact with them, evolve quickly. This year, plan for more changing audience preferences and deeper social media fragmentation. Every pot has a lid Today’s social media ecosystem is made up of many networks with unique algorithms, content formats and audiences.

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In a groundbreaking collaboration, Mindshare, the media services company under the WPP umbrella, and technology giant Snapchat have delved into the intricate world of social media behavior, revealing the subconscious associations that users have with different platforms. ” The study didn’t stop there.

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 26, 2022

Social media marketing is always changing, but one thing is for sure — it’s here to stay. Adopting a future-proof social media strategy will help you stay ahead of the curve. Adopting a future-proof social media strategy will help you stay ahead of the curve. Follow these 5 steps.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 26, 2023

If you’re considering running an influencer marketing campaign, it’s a good idea to have a basic understanding of the industry, platforms to use, access to influencers and more. The influencer marketing industry is expected to reach $21.2 billion worldwide in 2023 The influencer marketing industry was worth just $1.7

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 18, 2023

And social listening can unearth these game-changing insights…if you know how to use it. Listening is like mining social data to get to the buried gold insights, so you can put social data into action. Social listening can help you unearth relevant influencers to partner with.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Survey Reveals That 41.3% Over 120 B2C startups were interviewed and surveyed at Seed and Series A funding rounds. This survey, called “Startup Marketing Research: Challenges and opportunities in digital promotion”, was conducted by Zorka.Agency marketing team together with SOLYANKA. Of Startups.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Social media intelligence could be the answer. This information can be used to shape a data-driven strategy. If you’ve been daydreaming of the possibilities that social media intelligence can bring, here’s your guide to what it is and why you need it. What is social media intelligence?

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. It’s time for B2B brands to embrace the power of influencers. What is B2B influencer marketing?

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That’s the question we set out to answer when we surveyed 1,623 consumers from the US and the UK. The results are telling: According to our Q4 2023 Sprout Pulse Survey, respondents believe the average social media manager is: white (65%), female (73%), 25-40 years old (55%), and a part-time employee or freelancer (40%).

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Social media advertising is a great way to quickly generate new customers and create a social media buzz around your (new) product. Social media strategy needs constant tweaking, analyzing, and learning from your or your competitors’ successes and failures.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 30, 2023

Brands Spent a Whopping $673B on Social Media Ads in Five Years By Jastra Kranjec With 75% of Gen Zers and almost half of Millennials making purchasing decisions influenced by social media ads, it`s no wonder brands and companies continue pouring money into this type of advertising. billion this year, up from 4.59

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Social Media Brands Statistics Comparison 91

Sprout Social

JULY 22, 2021

Social media usage is on the up and up. Our Sprout Social Index™ 2021: UK & Ireland Edition report found 76% of consumers have used social media more in the past year, and 63% have bought from it. Brands caught on to this upward trend and are engaging social media users to drive awareness, clicks and sales.

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Social Media Survey Influencer Buy 140

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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Sprout Social

JUNE 17, 2021

Accelerated by the events of 2020, this wave of transformation marks a turn of the tide in how businesses and consumers view, use and value social media—and we’ve got the data to prove it. For businesses wondering when to start making greater investments in social, the time is now. Not convinced?

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Statistics Social Media Marketing Survey 145

Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

It’s practically impossible for a business to operate in today’s market without a social media presence. Despite this fact, many business owners and marketing teams are missing the experience or resources to internally manage their social media presence in a strategic way. Source: The CMO Survey. Source: Upwork.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

But something about 2024 makes me think it stands poised to redefine the social media landscape and the creator economy.  So, I can’t really speak to what might be, based on data, the new reality of this year. And it’s true – we don’t stay stagnant, and neither do the industries in which we work.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

From social media mentions to searches, these metrics reveal the extent of your brand’s presence and influence. That’s the power of brand awareness—it shapes both recognition and perception and influences every customer interaction. How exactly do you quantify the impact of your brand in people’s minds?

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Brands How To Sentiment Metrics 110

Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

More business owners are using social media as a platform to generate awareness and promote their products. This is important to campaign success, but so is knowing what metrics to focus on and learn from in the social sphere. Social media data, if used the right way, can help your business succeed.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

More business owners are using social media as a platform to generate awareness and promote their products. This is important to campaign success, but so is knowing what metrics to focus on and learn from in the social sphere. Social media data, if used the right way, can help your business succeed.

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Data Social Media UGC Sentiment 52

The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 3, 2012

A recent study of 100 CMOs by Bazaarvoice reveals that nearly half of CMOs have used social data to make predictions or forecasts. The survey asked members of the CMO Club (a forum for top marketing executives) how they value social data, as reported by MIT Sloan Management Review. Do you agree?

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ah social media. As social media platforms have changed over the years (RIP, Vine), so too have the pros and cons of social media. Not so long ago, brands and executives were still wondering whether they should be on social media at all. Why social media is good. It’s corn. ??

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Social Media Crowdsourcing Privacy Comparison 140

Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 22, 2019

2018 was a year of lasting impacts on the social media industry. Even in an industry marked by fast change, 2018 will go down in history as a big year for social media and all of the marketers who use it to sell their products or services. Social Media Trends of 2019 #1. Here are our top 10 trends for 2019.

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Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Tweet Social media is the now a hot spot for all brands, though it presents an amazing opportunity to create a presence and connect with customers, but on the hind side, it is quite easy to get the whole thing wrong. The survey findings: In order to dive deeper into this topic AYTM Market Research surveyed 2,000 internet users.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 29, 2023

The way candidates research, discover and apply to roles on social media has completely reimagined job seeking and hiring. As a result, using social media for HR functions like recruitment has become standard practice, further proving that social is no longer exclusively reserved for the marketing department.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Voice of the customer is a market research term for the process of collecting, analyzing and implementing customer feedback data. Through collection methods like surveys and reviews, the data will then be analyzed and distributed to relevant departments. You’ve got the data and the analysis, now what?

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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. And yet, 79% of redditors agreed that “once I find a brand I like, I stay loyal to that brand,” also tops among social media users.¹

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Sprout Social

MARCH 8, 2017

If you hang around a social media marketer long enough, you’re bound to hear the term social media influencers tossed around in conversation. Social media influencers are the bread and butter to marketing strategies and help brands build valuable relationships on social media platforms.

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Hootsuite

MAY 13, 2020

Considering influencer marketing ? Even if you aren’t, it would be a mistake to ignore influencer marketing trends. Beyond their role as effective brand ambassadors, influencers are also just good marketers. There’s a reason the influencer marketing industry is booming. Influencer has become a bad word. “I

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 21, 2020

After all, if social media serves primarily as a promotional and communications channel, who else would run it? Hootsuite partnered with the analyst and research firm Altimeter Group to conduct a study of the quantitative value that social offers modern organizations.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

More and more teams are using AI marketing to channel their energy toward developing compelling content while efficiently managing arduous tasks like data analysis, reporting and message management. Here are the most prominent AI use cases in marketing for social media managers as they prepare for the coming year.

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Strategy Sentiment Marketing Analysis 129

Ignite Social Media

JULY 10, 2019

According to data from eMarketer, average time spent and overall engagement on Facebook is expected to continue to decline. Instagram is expanding their shopping functionality via creators/influencers. While still available to a small group, this could be huge for the future of shopping via social.

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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. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. You’ll need a plan to address top budget concerns to provide clarity and control over every dollar spent.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

AI marketing tools automate repetitive tasks with speed and efficiency and enable you to analyze vast amounts of data, such as customer or employee feedback and social conversations, at speed and scale, to surface necessary insights that can be instrumental in improving a business. What is intelligent automation (IA)?

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Buffer Social

JULY 23, 2019

They say bigger is better … but in the case of influencer strategy , we think the opposite could be true. The latest data shows that micro-influencers, influencers with 10,000 or fewer followers, are getting the best results for brands and businesses. Understanding influencer marketing and micro-influencers.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2023

This is where the strategic utilization of social media comes into play. While some businesses still put social media in the categories of brand awareness or community management exclusively, research claims that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make buying decisions.

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