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Five Marketing Metrics that are Definitely NOT “Worthless”

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter Followers. The post contends that counting Twitter followers is “a completely pointless exercise…Up to half of all Twitter accounts are inactive, while many are just spambots. It is estimated that two-thirds of the Twitter fans of many celebrities and politicians are fake. ” True!

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Meet Team Sprout: Shweta, Senior Software Engineer

Sprout Social

She has a knack for taking complicated data ideas and translating them in a way that her audience can understand, whether that is another engineer or a less tech-savvy person, such as myself. Name: Shweta Kapur Department: Engineering Started at Sprout: February 2017. I’m a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Ingest squad.

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Do Google +1s and Shares Help Search Engine Rankings?

Bill Hartzer

The whole idea of this study was to figure out whether or not Google +1s actually help search engine rankings. But they only count when they’re combined with other search engine ranking factors. So, that begs the question here: Do Google +1s and Shares Help Search Engine Rankings? Let me explain. You bet they do!

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Twitter Advanced Search: A Comprehensive Guide for 2023

Keyhole.co

While Twitter’s basic search features help you get most of the job done, gathering highly specific information requires more — Twitter’s advanced search. So, if you’re a marketer trying to analyze their competitor’s account or if you’re trying to identify new customers, you must learn how to advance search on Twitter.

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We Need a Better Definition of "Native Advertising"

Twist Image

Beyond best practices, research, education and advocacy, the IAB managed to achieve a common ground in the area of creative standards and measurement guidelines, but this could all go away if marketing professionals can't agree on a clear definition for "native advertising." " We do need a unified definition here.

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Search Engine Optimization: 5 Important SEO Ranking Factors

Bill Hartzer

It would appear that many search engines are trying to gauge the relative influence of Facebook and Twitter users, and as the report puts it: “These changes could lead to likes becoming as important as links in the algorithms.” Since 2010, Google has officially started making the speed of a website, an important ranking factor.

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B2B vs. B2C Influencer Marketing: Platforms, Practices, and Packaging

Webbiquity SMM

I think and talk and work a lot on the “big four” of the social networking world: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. Same thing for Instagram with photos and now, of course, all content formats: TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, they all follow that same playbook. Twitter Spaces has a pretty compelling value proposition.

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