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Instagram Reels 101: Everything Your Brand Needs to Know to Get Started

Social Media Strategies Summit

Instagram is the world’s fifth-largest social media site. The viral video platform burst out of nowhere to become one of the hottest properties in social media marketing, and it’s having a marked impact on Instagram. Social media has always been a fantastic way for brands to demonstrate their personality.

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The ‘Creative Desert’: Brainstorming Social Content Ideas During Slow Days

Social Media Strategies Summit

To help you out when you’re lost in the creative desert, we gathered a panel of social media experts to discuss how to run effective brainstorming sessions for social media campaigns, create the mental space to induce creative thinking, and use KPIs and goals as a guide for what you want to achieve with your posts.

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How to Repost a Reel on Instagram (to Feed, Stories, and Reels)

Hootsuite

Remix a Reel. This takes more time than a simple repost since you have to create content for your part of the remix, but this can turn a share into a potentially viral Reel of its own. Of course, ensure the Reel you remix fits your content strategy and brand, and that your response is biz-appropriate. Free 30-Day Trial.

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12 of the Best Free Stock Video Websites for Great Footage

Hootsuite

But you don’t need a professional videographer to create professional-grade video content for your marketing or social media accounts. Read on for a list of websites for stock footage you can repurpose, remix or reimagine, without any stress about copyright infringement. You just need a good list of free stock video resources.

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How We’re Successfully Repurposing Content at Buffer

Buffer Social

We’ve been using this strategy at Buffer for the past few months with great success - we’ve found that a lot of our repurposed content has been our top performing content when we pull our monthly social media reports. percent, so this repurpose was definitely a success!

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All About Threads: What You Need to Know About Instagram’s New App

Buffer Social

Threads is a social media platform owned and operated by Meta (to be specific, Instagram) that many have said is reminiscent of how Twitter (or X as it’s now called) used to be. Still, that’s not very helpful advice if you’re looking for a way to incorporate it into your social media marketing strategy.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Because tools will change.