January, 2019

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The KISS Method For Determining Social Media ROI

SocMed Sean

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean The KISS Method For Determining Social Media ROI Attend any corporate meeting on social media initiatives and it’s likely that you’ll hear a question or two along the lines of “how is this selling us more product” or “what’s the ROI on these activities”? Unfortunately, many social media strategists get caught up in the numbers that relate specifically to social media and they forget about the numbers that are meaningful to

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Strategic Planning for Our One Very Brief and Precious Life

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest Post by Patrice Tanaka. We are often more strategic in business than in our personal life. At work we wouldn’t think of beginning any important assignment without first carefully determining and articulating the goals and objectives. Only when we have a clear understanding of the desired results, what success looks like, the timeframe for delivering these results, the budget and resources available to us and the parameters within which we must operate can we begin to develop a plan to achi

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How to Encourage Your Team to Use Marketing Automation

Social Media Today

As you look to utilize more advanced marketing automation tools, you're likely to face some pushback within your organization. Here are some tips to help alleviate concerns.

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How to Create 26 Pieces Of Content From A Facebook Live

The Social Media Hat

If you are struggling to regularly create rich content for your blog and all of your social channels month after month, this technique will blow your mind - and drive real business results!

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Social Usage Trends to Consider in 2019

Ignite Social Media

The start of a new year is an opportunity for marketers to evaluate what’s ahead for their brand with fresh eyes. A good starting point in this process is to check in on target consumer’s behavior – an ever-changing element in the social media space. To assist you in staying on top of these 2019 social media usage trends, we pulled out key insights from GlobalWebIndex’s latest Social Media Flagship Report.

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First Day in PR: 6 Essential Tips for a PR Newbie from a Seasoned Pro

Meltwater

First day jitters are real. New employees frequently experience a mixed bag of emotions when they start a job, ranging from excitement to anxious anticipation. Often, those embarking on a… Read More >>>.

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How to Measure Your Social Media Performance

Rebekah Radice

When was the last time you clicked over to Facebook or Instagram and scrolled through your feed? How did it make you feel? Was it cringe-worthy or were you pleasantly surprised? It can be a scary proposition to analyze your social media performance, but without an audit, there’s zero room for improvement. So how do you get started? What data should you track?

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5 Tools to Help Boost Social Media Productivity and Coordination

Social Media Today

In working with a range of clients across several industries, I’ve noticed a common major impediment to these organizations maximizing the value of their digital marketing performance. With priorities ranging from business development to film production and screenwriting, marketing is of.

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A New Resource For Bloggers Everywhere

The Social Media Hat

Over 100 articles, resources and guides to help bloggers new and old have been migrated, organized and assembled. All-new planners and posts are available too!

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Top Tools to Create Amazing Content

Ignite Social Media

Creating amazing content sounds like the easiest, yet most difficult task you could attempt. Some would assume you just sit in front of a computer screen and cool content just appears in an hour. Well, that rarely happens. If you want to create amazing content, most people need specific tools and inspiration in the process. Instagram’s Explore Page.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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PR Collaboration: Don’t Be Afraid to Take the Lead

Meltwater

If you work in public relations, you’re not a lone wolf. Chances are, you collaborate with any number of other departments within a company or client’s organization.The question is, how… Read More >>>.

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10 Audience Intelligence trends for 2019

Audiense

Happy New Year! We are starting 2019 the right way; refreshed, full of energy (and mince pies) and of course talking with our friends about social data and audience intelligence ! Below, 10 marketing professional superstars share with us their 2019 tips and predictions for creating the most powerful trends using social data and audience intelligence.

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How to Create Engaging Videos for Social Media

Rebekah Radice

Does your video content captivate and engage your social media audience? Is it entertaining, educational, and igniting conversation? With 84% of consumers saying they’ve purchased a product after watching a video, video content marketing is no longer a maybe, but a must-have for your business. But I get that creating video content isn’t always easy.

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Netflix Adds New Instagram Stories Sharing Function, a New Marketing Consideration

Social Media Today

Streaming giant Netflix has added a new option to share the latest show or movie you're watching to your Instagram Story, which may become a popular consideration for more brands.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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You May Be Missing Critical LinkedIn Comments

The Social Media Hat

One of the most important metrics and actions that can result from social media activity is engagement - primarily comments. But what if you're getting comments and you don't know it?

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Fast Food Companies on Instagram

Ignite Social Media

It’s 9:00am on a work day and I’m already thinking about lunch. Since naturally it needs to decided now, time to go onto Instagram to see who could lure me to their fast food restaurant based upon their feed. Using QSR’s list from 2018 for inspiration, I even looked at those that aren’t local to our Michigan office and here were my favorites based upon their social presence on Instagram.

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Edgy Brands: How to Be Sassy, but Keep It Classy, on Social

Meltwater

What does it take to stand out on social media? Great content? Celebrity influencers? Adorable animals? Today, people are becoming more and more wary of inauthentic brands and content on social media. The… Read More >>>.

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Twitter Fixes their Google Search Result Problem

Bill Hartzer

Posted January 11, 2019. It appears that Twitter has finally fixed their Google search results problem. If you might recall, I wrote a while back that the Google search result for the “Twitter” search query was showing seemingly random Twitter accounts, like this one. My posting of these random search results for the Twitter search query, led me to check it over and over again for a few days, and it was random.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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8 Ways to Encourage Employees to Share Your Content on Social Media

Oktopost

What do you do if employees have lost their momentum and are no longer sharing your content? From leading by example, to demonstrating the value of advocacy, and down to tailoring the program to their needs - here are 8 ways to get them to share your content.

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The Latest Social Media Automation Rules to be Aware of in 2019

Social Media Today

As marketing automation grows rapidly, so does its misuse. Here's a look at the most significant changes made by social networks regarding automation, and what marketers need to know moving forward.

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Meet The Macedonian Software Engineer Fighting Air Pollution With An App

Forbes Social Media

Macedonia’s Tetovo and Skopje lay unenviable claim to being Europe's two most polluted cities in 2018. But a Macedonian software engineer is hoping to make vital environmental change- with an app.

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10 Influencer Marketing Advancements That Need to Happen in 2019

Ignite Social Media

This article originally appeared on Forbes.com , on December 28, 2018. By most accounts, influencer marketing is now a multibillion-dollar industry. It’s an impressive feat until you consider that the social networks will rake in $26.95 billion in ad sales in the U.S. only this year, according to eMarketer. If influencer marketing wants to move from a line item in the “experimental” budget to a line item in the media budget, the industry will need to continue to mature in 20

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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5 Common Urgent Issues That Don’t Need to Become a Brand Crisis

Meltwater

In California, earthquakes are a fact of life. We don’t know when the next one will happen, or where it will be centered. But we know we can count on… Read More >>>.

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Create your social media campaign plan for 2019 (with editable worksheets)

Sprout Social

Welcome to planning season! For social marketers, this is the most exciting time of the year. Oftentimes it’s the most stressful, too. Because coming up with a social media marketing plan means making some big decisions well before the new year gets into full swing. And after all, the social landscape took quite a few twists and turns in 2018.

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Top 10 Employee Advocacy Tools

Oktopost

Looking to tap into social influence of your employees? Look no further. We have assembled a list of the Top 10 Employee Advocacy Tools that will help you do that.

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Email Marketing Metrics: Everything You Need to Know

Social Media Today

Analyzing email marketing campaigns doesn't end with looking at the average open and click-through rates. There are many other metrics worth knowing, some of which are more actionable and therefore critical for your business.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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How WhatsApp Merger With Facebook Messenger Puts Your Privacy At Risk

Forbes Social Media

Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp are to be integrated under the hood so that messages will travel across a unified communications platform. So, what are the implications on privacy for users of these services?

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Facebook Ad Objectives

Ignite Social Media

Facebook offers several ad objectives to drive campaign performance. Within ads manager, Facebook requires advertisers to select an advertising objective. Objectives help clarify the specific goal of your campaign and encourage users to complete an action. There are 3 main categories to assist with the overall goal of your ad. These categories consist of awareness, consideration and conversion.

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5 Ways to Get More Pinterest Traffic with Visual Content

Socially Sorted

Do you want more Pinterest traffic? Looking to get more eyeballs on your content and more traffic to your website and shares of your content? In this post, I break down 5 ways you can optimize your visual content to get better results on Pinterest. and more Pinterest traffic. . // Read More. The post 5 Ways to Get More Pinterest Traffic with Visual Content appeared first on Socially Sorted.

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The Best Time to Post on Instagram in 2019, According to 12 Million Posts

Later

When is the best time to post on Instagram? Later analyzed 12 million Instagram posts and found that the best time to post on Instagram is between 9am-11am EST. . But is that the best time to post on Instagram for your business? Every Instagram account has a unique audience, with followers located in different time zones, so it’s important to find your personalized best time to post on Instagram.

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9 Instagram analytics tools to help you crush it in 2019

Sprout Social

Instagram used to be a black hole in terms of third-party marketing tools. Fast forward to 2019 and times have changed. From social listening to engagement metrics, businesses on Instagram are spoiled for choice when it comes to Instagram analytics. Zeroing in on the right Instagram analytics tools can be tricky, though. Why? Tools come and go. The platform’s recent surge in popularity coupled with frequent changes to its API makes it difficult to find a reliable, long-term solution.

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