Sat.Sep 18, 2021 - Fri.Sep 24, 2021

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Facebook Targeting Expansion Becomes Default

Jon Loomer

Facebook is making a change to force advertisers to potentially target more broadly using Targeting Expansion for some situations. It’s a big change that could lead to more results (if it works the way it’s designed), but it may also upset advertisers wanting to limit targeting to a smaller group. Note that this change is still rolling out (I don’t have it yet, but we’ve confirmed it happening for some).

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Survey Reveals That UGC Can Drive Improved Trust and Loyalty for eCommerce Brands

Social Media Today

As online shopping soars, new data shows today’s consumers want brands to create more authentic and personalized commerce experiences for them.

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How to Run a Quality Social Media Sweepstakes

Ignite Social Media

With organic reach on the decline, running a quality social media sweepstakes is one of the best ways to amplify and boost your brand. Sweepstakes are a great way to drum up excitement for your brand, because who doesn’t love free stuff? Games of chance have been around for ages and over the years their popularity has continued. However, running a sweepstakes just for the sake of running one, isn’t always in a brand’s best interest, unless done properly. .

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US Online Searches For ‘Facebook Account Hacked’ Surge 93% YTD, Almost Double 2020 Figure

The Realtime Report

US Online Searches For ‘Facebook Account Hacked’ Surge 93% YTD, Almost Double 2020 Figure. Facebook has had its fair share of security mishaps over the years, and 2021 is no exception. This may explain why a record number of people in the United States are scouring the web for information about Facebook account hacks. According to the data analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, average monthly searches for the keyword ‘Facebook account hacked’ have grown by a whopping 93% since last year.

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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 to Create Tweets That Will Get Retweeted | Audiense

Audiense

Looking for that perfect formula to create tweets that will get retweeted? Look no further. A good rule of thumb when writing tweets that will get retweeted is to make them interesting and relevant for your followers. We’ve got 22 simple tips and tricks to help craft expert tweets that should result in more retweets and better engagement from your Twitter followers.

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Facebook Shares Insight into Content that it Looks to Limit in News Feeds

Social Media Today

Facebook's Content Distribution Guidelines provide more insight into the types of posts and providers Facebook seeks to limit in News Feeds.

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17 Tips for Writing Effective YouTube Descriptions

Hootsuite

A good YouTube description can spike your audience’s interest and result in longer watch times, better view counts, and even new subscribers. Plus, it can help with YouTube SEO, allowing YouTube’s algorithm to understand your content and suggest it to new users, further boosting your YouTube stats. Writing these descriptions is an important part of your overall YouTube strategy.

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Transforming audiences into communities: Harnessing the power of personal connection

Audiense

Modern day digital marketing is all about quality over quantity. At some point in their lifecycle, every business has been faced with the dilemma of turning their anonymous social media audiences into engaged online communities.

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New Report Shows that Facebook and YouTube Lead the Way as Key Sources of News Content

Social Media Today

The latest 'News Consumption Across Social Media' report from Pew Research highlights how Americans use social platforms for news content.

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Paid Social Media for B2B: Strategies that Get Results

Oktopost

There are few things in a B2B marketer’s toolkit that can deliver as much ROI as paid social media marketing. With over 750 million professionals currently using LinkedIn , it’s easy to see how success on major social media platforms can lead to a goldmine of opportunity at your fingertips. But what if you could get more out of your current organic social media marketing strategy by using the power of paid ads and sponsored content instead?

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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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How to Use TikTok: Beginners Start Here

Hootsuite

Okay, it’s official: you can’t ignore TikTok anymore. It’s the seventh most-used social media platform in the world, with 689 million global active users , and it’s been downloaded more than 2 billion times. This isn’t a fad — it’s a social media phenomenon. And it’s time to get on board (and finally find out who on earth Charli D’Amelio is). If you’re new to the video-sharing platform, we’ve got you covered.

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[PODCAST] Your competition isn’t other people, it’s you!

Audiense

Data Stories: Leaders at Work is a weekly podcast brought to you by Audiense. Hosted by Rahul Jerome, founder of insight-intelligence.com , the series captures personal anecdotes and career highlights from some of the most talented and brightest minds in the research and insights industry.

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TikTok Outlines Rising Opportunities for eCommerce, and the Unique Potential for Brands in the App

Social Media Today

With the holiday season fast approaching, TikTok has outlined some key notes to help marketers make the most of its tools for promotion.

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Viral Marketing: The Guide You Need to Rapid Brand Growth

Sociallyin Insider Blog

Viral marketing is one of the best marketing strategies. That is because it engages people's attention to the fullest. Before we dive into how to use viral marketing in the most efficient way, we first have to understand what it is.

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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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There are no shortcuts to a sustainable social media strategy

Sprout Social

I’ve been seeing a lot written lately about growth hacks and people offering tips and tricks to quickly grow social media audiences. You’ve probably seen them too—posting a certain number of times a day, replying to your own Tweet or using a certain number of hashtags. I have to say, the headlines do grab my attention but upon further examination I’m always unimpressed.

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Darrell Alfonso on Why Marketing Ops = Special Ops!

Oktopost

Darrell Alfonso, Marketing Operations leader at Amazon Web Services, takes the hot seat today. Listen to the podcast: For more thought leadership on marketing ops, check out our Radically Transparent podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or LinkedIn. And if you’d like to join our marketing team, Oktopost is hiring! If you’re a marketing ops guru, have a look at our current open marketing operations position here.

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YouTube Launches Super Chat and Super Stickers in More Regions, Adds New Comment Translation Options

Social Media Today

The new options will enable more YouTube creators to monetize their efforts, while YouTube's also testing changes to its 'Upload' page.

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#397: {Live Workshop} Stop Living Scared, & Start Living Fully With Bevin Farrand

Amy Porterfield

How One Woman Turned Her Personal Tragedy Into A Digital Course With A Mission For Good My student, Bevin Farrand, is setting us ALL straight when it comes to the trips we’re not taking… …the risks we’ve been avoiding… …and the life we’re not living. You see, after unexpectedly losing her husband and the love […]. The post #397: {Live Workshop} Stop Living Scared, & Start Living Fully With Bevin Farrand appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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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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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

Gen Z is embracing a new style icon: Bella Swan, the main protagonist from the Twilight film franchise. If you’re familiar with the movies, you may be rightfully confused. After all, Bella’s costume design is purposefully simple. She’s meant to go unnoticed. It’s what makes a 17-going-on-107-year-old vampire falling in love with her all the more interesting.

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20 Years of Connecting The Nation: A National Conversation on The Digital Divide

The Realtime Report

20 Years of Connecting The Nation: A National Conversation on The Digital Divide. Connected Nation (CN) is marking 20 years of service in 2021 by hosting a one-of-kind, live event that will air nationally from three US cities on Wednesday, November 17 from 11am to 3pm (eastern). Registration for the live event is free at cn20.org. “We have been focused on closing the Digital Divide for more than two decades, and as we move through 2021, we recognize that this is a critical time.

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Twitter Launches New #ExtremeWeather Mini-Site to Help Maximize Climate Change Messaging

Social Media Today

The mini-site aims to help raise awareness as to how climate-related discussion evolves via tweet, which could help to improve messaging approaches.

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Facebook Reveals What Content It Will Suppress, But Not Remove — Though Crucial Details Remain Hidden

Forbes Social Media

In light of recent scrutiny on its internal practices, Facebook reiterated its content guidelines Thursday, saying it reduces the reach of posts containing clickbait, misinformation, “low quality” video and links to untrustworthy news articles.

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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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See campaigns differently: Why social is an invaluable player for the NFLPA

Sprout Social

Social media campaigns are living, breathing things. In spite of all the research and prep that marketers funnel into campaign planning, creative production or hashtag ideation, campaigns tend to chart a path of their own post-launch. Rather than resist change, the most strategic teams consider this an opportunity—using insights from social to understand the untapped potential of campaigns, extending their relevance and maximizing their impact.

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On LinkedIn, Educate and Inform Instead of Interrupt and Sell

WebInKnow

I’ve noticed that salespeople are abusing LinkedIn more and more. They connect and then immediately go into selling mode. Social selling on LinkedIn does not simply mean transferring inane interruption selling techniques onto social media!

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Twitter's Testing More Options to Help Users Avoid Negative Interactions in the App

Social Media Today

The new options would give users more ways to control their in-app experience, and avoid unwanted interactions.

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Blockchain’s Biggest Businesses: Forbes Blockchain 50 Call For 2022 Nominations

Forbes Social Media

Over the first four years of the Forbes Blockchain 50, the list of billion-dollar companies making meaningful use of the technology popularized by bitcoin, has become a bellwether of institutional adoption.

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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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Is social media outsourcing the best way to grow your presence?

Sprout Social

If you’re considering social media outsourcing, we get it. After all, the expertise and time required to run social campaigns involves more than most companies can handle in-house. This is especially true for smaller marketing teams struggling with social growth. That’s why outsourcing social media is so common for brands big and small. Because putting your online presence in experts’s hands ensures you’re seeing actual returns for your investment in social.

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Understanding the Social Media Landscape in China

Digimind

For enterprises wanting to anchor their footprint in the social media domain, China is undoubtedly a goldmine for audience growth, considering it is the largest populated country with close to a billion social media users.

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Clubhouse Adds New 'Wave' Option to Prompt Spontaneous Group Chats

Social Media Today

The option could help Clubhouse facilitate new use cases, and solidify its place in the broader social media landscape.

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Facebook Picks New Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Bosworth—A Zuckerberg Favorite

Forbes Social Media

Andrew Bosworth, who has known Mark Zuckerberg since Harvard, will focus on the company's new virtual reality projects even as it contends with renewed criticism about its core platform.

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Call it what you want, Taylor Swift is a model community manager

Sprout Social

As a social media marketer and Taylor Swift stan , I’m constantly in awe of her community management mastery. Social is at the center of how she and Taylor Nation —her fan engagement and hype team—connect with fans and share clues about what could be coming up next in the world of Taylor Swift. Taylor is an international pop icon for reasons beyond Grammy wins, masterful songwriting and award winning tours.