April, 2023

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Big Change to Meta Ads Location Targeting

Jon Loomer

Well, this was a bit of a surprise. Meta made an unannounced and rather drastic update to location targeting. Let’s review how things were before, how things are now, and how this impacts advertising. How Things Were Before It’s possible you still have this. If not, this was how location targeting worked in the “good old days.” The default was “Living in or recently in this location.” In other words, if you didn’t make any changes to that drop-down, you&

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Strategic Partnerships: The Key to Unlocking Growth Opportunities for Your Business

The Social Media Hat

Strategic partnerships offer numerous benefits for businesses that are looking to grow and expand. The post Strategic Partnerships: The Key to Unlocking Growth Opportunities for Your Business appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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Sink or Swim? How SMBs Can Overcome Digital Marketing Challenges

The Realtime Report

Sink or Swim? How SMBs Can Overcome Digital Marketing Challenges While digital marketing can provide targeted access to buyers at budgets within reach of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), potentially leveling the playing field, it can also result in quickly escalating costs with little to no results. In the United States, 33.2 million small businesses account for 99.9% of all U.S. businesses, yet volatility is astronomical.

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5 ways automation can keep social media managers sane

Social Media Today

The pressure to build communities across multiple social media platforms has skyrocketed. Are companies providing social media managers with the tools they need to succeed?

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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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How brands can use Pinterest to get closer to their audiences

Audiense

If you’re looking to roll out a paid ad campaign or want to take a deep dive into the needs of your audience — where’s the first place you look?

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WisTL Launches WisTLing App to Explore The Filming Locations of TV Series and Movies

Bill Hartzer

WisTL Corp has launched a web-based app to help you explore the locations of where TV series and movies were filmed. Through a global map and through “WisTLing-distance”, you can see where stars filmed scenes from your favorite television series or movies. Where Was Iron Man Filmed? I used the WisTLing app to explore a few of the movies that they have uploaded to the database of filming locations.

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5 Steps to Building Strong Relationships on LinkedIn

The Social Media Hat

Learn how to make the most of your time on LinkedIn. The post 5 Steps to Building Strong Relationships on LinkedIn appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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15 Social Media Etiquette Blunders (And How To Avoid Them)

Hootsuite

We’ve all cringed at a brand’s tone-deaf post or hashtag fail. These social snafus often come down to a misunderstanding of unspoken social media etiquette. Social media can seem informal, but if you’re not posting on your personal account, you still have to follow a few rules of engagement. Social media etiquette is more important than ever, especially now that brands are expected to be “human” and “authentic” online.

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Twitter’s Verification Process: A Brief History [Infographic]

Social Media Today

Here’s a look at how Twitter’s verification process has evolved, and is evolving, over time.

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Elon Musk Paints Over ‘W’ On Twitter Sign At San Francisco HQ

Forbes Social Media

When a photo appeared online last week showing the ‘W’ covered up on the sign outside Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco, many assumed it was a photoshopped image. But CEO Elon Musk appears to have confirmed it was real on Sunday night and he’d like Twitter to be known as “Titter”.

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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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Facebook Won’t Verify My Identity for Meta Verified

Bill Hartzer

It looks like I won’t be getting Meta Verified any time soon. I saw that my Facebook Profile is eligible to be Meta Verified , meaning that once I verify my identity, I can pay them $12.98 (includes tax) for being Meta Verified. However, Facebook failed to verify my identity, so I won’t be verified. I’m verified on Twitter. I’m actually eligible to run political ads on Facebook.

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Meta Fixes Video Views Custom Audience Bug

Jon Loomer

I have good news. It appears that Meta has finally fixed a Video Views Custom Audience bug related to Facebook Reels engagement. Not excited? I am. I’ve been checking every day for over a month and a half, waiting for this to be fixed. And I’m already seeing the positive impact of that fix. Let’s take a closer look at what happened and how I’m using this to my benefit… The Bug When you create a Video Views Custom Audience, one of the steps is to “Choose Videos

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How to Use LinkedIn for Influencer Marketing: A Comprehensive Guide

The Social Media Hat

Don't ignore the LinkedIn gold mine of contacts and prospects. Build your influence today! The post How to Use LinkedIn for Influencer Marketing: A Comprehensive Guide appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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Reach vs. Impressions: What’s More Important to Track in 2023?

Hootsuite

All social media marketers share an important goal — to get our content seen by as many people as possible. That’s what we measure our success with metrics like reach and impressions. Both of these important social media metrics track how much your content has been viewed, so you can understand your social media growth — but they don’t do it in exactly the same way.

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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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Twitter Implements its 50% Ad Reduction Incentive for Twitter Blue Subscribers

Social Media Today

Twitter has announced that its 50% ad reduction offering is now live - though it’s not quite 50%.

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‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Quits Twitter After Elon Musk Places Restrictions On Substack

Forbes Social Media

Matt Taibbi, a journalist who worked on the "Twitter Files" series of articles about old business decisions at Twitter, has said he’ll no longer use the social media platform.

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The power of brand advocacy and its uses

Sprout Social

When a brand is able to create positive buzz around their brand by just mentioning a product enhancement or product drop, you know they have a great marketing strategy behind them. But how are some brands, like Apple, able to attract new customers and elevate their positioning in the market with a simple announcement? One way is through brand advocacy.

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Are Meta Conversion Events Overcounting?

Jon Loomer

I often hear from Meta advertisers who think their conversion events are overcounting. It typically starts with a distrust of Meta. But if conversion events actually are getting overcounted, there’s almost always a reasonable explanation. Let’s go through the steps to help you troubleshoot and correct this so that your events will fire correctly.

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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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Why So Many Brands Fail At B2B Influencer Marketing w/ Lee Odden

The Social Media Hat

Partnership Unpacked, Episode 16, with Lee Odden The post Why So Many Brands Fail At B2B Influencer Marketing w/ Lee Odden appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So sit back, relax, and join us while we look back at what once was the future. The 33 most important moments in the history of social media The first social media site was born (1997) On one of the first true social media sites, SixD

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White House Recruits TikTok Influencers to Reach Young Voters with Key Messaging

Social Media Today

The White House is looking to recruit hundreds of social media influencers to seed key messages.

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Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label To NPR Account Putting It On Par With Russia Today

Forbes Social Media

Twitter added a warning to NPR’s Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” a label that’s typically been reserved for foreign media outlets that represent the official views of the government, like Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua.

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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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How to work with social media agencies (and where teams always go wrong)

Sprout Social

Most companies employ a social media agency to fill some sort of gap: the company does not have enough in-house resources or lacks the in-house expertise. Or perhaps it just makes sense from a budget or long-term planning standpoint to employ an agency vs. hiring a full-time resource. Whatever the reason, companies using agencies for social media work often botch both the relationship and the work.

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Slow Burn: A Strategy for Scaling Facebook Ads

Jon Loomer

One of the most common questions I get is related to scaling Facebook ads: Once you get good results, how do you increase your budget while continuing to get those good results? If it were easy, I wouldn’t need to write this blog post. It’s a common problem. Once you increase the budget, it’s possible that you’ll get much worse results.

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How to Scale Partnerships and Collaborations Using SOPs w/ Umair Mansha

The Social Media Hat

Partnership Unpacked, Episode 18, with Umair Mansha The post How to Scale Partnerships and Collaborations Using SOPs w/ Umair Mansha appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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LinkedIn Groups: How to Create, Join, or Manage Them

Hootsuite

If you’re the sort of person who likes to both work hard and play hard, LinkedIn groups are going to be right up your alley. While your LinkedIn page or profile is a place to get down to business, LinkedIn groups are a chance to (digitally) mix and mingle. This is where you loosen your digital tie and kick back with industry colleagues or like-minded entrepreneurs to collect wisdom, share your own two cents, or get into a spirited online debate.

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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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Facebook Ad Systems Error Causes Significant Overspend on Many Accounts

Social Media Today

A glitch in Meta's ad systems could have caused your ad sets to exceed their daily budgets.

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Top Secret Pentagon Documents Were Leaked To Online Forum About Minecraft: Report

Forbes Social Media

The Pentagon has been trying to figure out how highly classified documents were leaked online, according to new reports from the New York Times and Washington Post. But the websites where these Top Secret military documents were leaked is making the mystery even weirder.

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How the relationship between influencers and consumers is changing (and what marketers need to know)

Sprout Social

Influencers are a powerful force. Well-planned influencer campaigns are an excellent source of publicity. Consumers transfer their feelings about influencers onto your brand, whether that’s trust, excitement or relatability. It’s no wonder that influencer marketing is one of the most popular forms of social media marketing. The influencer-consumer relationship is evolving right alongside social media (and just as rapidly as the networks themselves).

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Do Not Use URL Equals for Meta Events and Audiences

Jon Loomer

I’ve heard from a handful of advertisers recently who were experiencing issues with their Meta events not firing properly. In each case, the problem was caused by using “URL equals” when setting up events. The solution is simple: Use “URL contains” instead. In this post, let’s talk about the many times this choice comes up for advertisers.

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Managing Priorities, Projects & Tactics with Limited Resources

Oktopost

Listen to the podcast: Or catch us on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. Want to hear more from renowned B2B marketing leaders? Catch all episodes here. Episode Summary Managing priorities, projects, and tactics with limited resources has become a common challenge faced by many modern-day marketing leaders. To effectively manage these constraints comes down to strategic planning, effective communication, agile practices, and continuous optimization.

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