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Big Research Smarts for Small Budgets

Waxing UnLyrical

Happy Sunday! As you catch up on your reading, I thought I’d point you to a very interesting read on using Twitter to extract meaningful insights. It’s a post by Andrew Hutchinson on Social Media Today , which has been languishing in my inbox for a while. It’s quite a long read, but well worth it. In particular, look at #1, and the example Andrew gives of how the U.S.

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Social Media Comic: I Don’t Get Snapchat

SocMed Sean

As you may or may not know, my social media comic strips come from actual conversations that I have had with friends, family members, and clients. This conversation in this comic strip about Snapchat has happened quite a few times, so I thought I’d capture it in cartoon format. Snapchat continues to be a bit of an enigma and the future of the social network remains to be seen.

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Entrepreneurs: Life’s Too Short

Jon Loomer

They say you should hustle. They brag about working all hours of the day and night, about slaving away on weekends and not recognizing holidays. Overworking is seen as a badge of honor, as something that should be revered. Life’s too short for that mess… Entrepreneurship can easily become a game, if you’ll let it. You’re always watching the Joneses, trying to keep up and do what they do.

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How To Write Social Media Content People Actually Share

Rebekah Radice

If you use social media to market your business, writing great content is a must. Valuable content can elevate awareness, encourage interaction, and drive engagement. But the challenge for most companies is getting started. So how do you write social media content your audience actually wants to share… And do it consistently? By understanding their needs, appetite, and willingness to consume.

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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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Is Facebook Discouraging Business From Creating Content?

agora pulse

I’m teaching a class and the question comes up again. “How many Facebook posts per day is a good amount?” The question may be the same but my answer has changed over the years. Facebook has changed too and recently I’ve started to suspect they’re trying to tell us something. Namely, could they be encouraging us to post less frequently to our Facebook business pages?

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Security Experts Believe That ‘Vault 7’ Represents A Common Public Hack

The Realtime Report

Security Experts Believe That ‘Vault 7’ Represents A Common Public Hack. It has been alleged that the CIA created software and tools with the possibility that the agency could hack into people’s smart devices like televisions, appliances and other household gadgets. This is based on a document that was released by WikiLeaks. However, secure data recovery experts maintain that this technology (although the public has just been made aware of it) was discovered and possibly even used years earlier.

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How to plan social media coverage during summer vacation

Ignite Social Media

Ahh, summer. The weather is warm, kids are out of school, and your favorite vacation spots are calling your name. Time to take some time off work! You can certainly wrap up your work early and everything else can wait until you’re back in the office, right? But what about if you work in social media, where communication never stops and a potential crisis is always one tweet away?

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Avoid These 7 Rookie Influencer Marketing Mistakes

agora pulse

Influencer marketing takes many shapes, from sponsored blog posts all the way to product placement in Instagram shots and YouTube videos. The concept behind it is pretty simple. A business teams up with an individual who has social clout. The influencer promotes specific products or services to their audience. Both win. This new take on word-of-mouth marketing can be incredibly effective.

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How to Rise Above Social Media Algorithms

Sprout Social

Depending on where you stand, social media algorithms are either the best thing since sliced bread or the bane of your existence. For the casual user who’s tired of sorting through dozens of Facebook posts from brands they followed five years ago and no longer care about, algorithms are amazing. For the social media marketer who’s reaching half the amount of their audience as they did five years ago, they aren’t so great.

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The New Social: How Social Media Is Changing the Job Market

Meltwater

Social media is changing the world; it affects how we communicate and share news, how… Read More.

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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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April Fools’ Day: Best in Class

Ignite Social Media

April Fools’ Day is great if you have an affinity for pranks and letting your inner child out. Some brands know how to capture this better than others. Here is a look at the best in class of brands on social media: April Fools’ Day edition. Mountain Dew. The concept of this video is great, even though it has been done before. Mountain Dew decided to tweak the idea of celebrities surprising fans by ending this video by surprising their celebrity spokesman, NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, wit

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The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Quora Ads

agora pulse

When it comes to deciding where to advertise online, the first platforms you’ll probably think of are Facebook and Google. The data speaks for itself. eMarketer expects 78% of total US search ad revenues to go to Google and 73% of total US digital display ad revenues to go to Facebook this year. Although these figures vary for different countries, the trends are similar for the majority of us, given that 1 in 4 people on the planet uses Facebook or Google (or both).

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Ultimate Guide to Social Media Competitive Analysis

Sprout Social

The early days of social media marketing were like the Wild West. Everyone was on the same level, trying a million different tactics to find the secret sauce. Whether it was spamming people to death, Tweeting 50 times a day or trying to figure out the all of the social media image size guidelines , nothing was off limits. We just wanted to know what worked.

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How to Build a Successful Influencer Strategy on the Right Social Channels

Meltwater

You’ve heard about influencer marketing, but you may not be sure how to build a… Read More.

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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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How I Prepared for My First Business Conference: 7 Important Takeaways

Oktopost

Heading into my first business conference in the buzzing city of London was quite overwhelming! So many things to plan, consider, and organize before I even got a chance to arrive at the conference! Luckily I was teamed up with four colleagues (and great mentors) who are well-versed in this world.

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Why Your Business Should Use Facebook Chatbots For Messaging

agora pulse

The following guest post is written by Murray Newlands of Chatty People. Everybody in the tech and marketing worlds is talking about chatbots. Before I go into how social media managers and marketers can leverage chatbots, I’m going to explain why you should use them and why chatbot marketing is the must have still you need to learn. 1. Improve Your Customer Care Services.

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What Lines of Credit Are Available To Entrepreneurs?

The Realtime Report

What Lines of Credit Are Available To Entrepreneurs? One of the most desired forms of financing by small business owners and entrepreneurs is a business line of credit. Why? Because this type of financing offers flexibility that cannot be found in any other type of business financing. For example, a traditional business loan will give you a certain amount of money that you will be required to pay over an agreed timeframe.

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6 Tips On Working With Much Younger Colleagues

Meltwater

I restarted my career five years ago, after a decades-long hiatus. Previously, I’d been editor-in-chief… Read More.

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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 Best Music Websites for Music Marketing

Devumi

The Internet has provided many up and coming musicians with opportunities to showcase their talent. With that many options, deciding on where to start your music promotions can be confusing. To help you figure that out, we have listed some of the best music websites for your tunes. Best music websites: SoundCloud With more than […]. The post The Best Music Websites for Music Marketing appeared first on Devumi.

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How To Write Social Media Content People Actually Share

Rebekah Radice

If you use social media to market your business, writing great content is a must. Valuable content can elevate awareness, encourage interaction, and drive engagement. But the challenge for most companies is getting started. So how do you write social media content your audience actually wants to share… And do it consistently? By understanding their needs, appetite, and willingness to consume.

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Spring Colored Web and Print Designs

The Realtime Report

Spring Colored Web and Print Designs. It’s common practice for many designers to offer a sense of continuity of a business by engaging seasonal changes. For example, some sites will shift from a cool blue and cold climate layout for winter to a more festive and spring colored design in April. In many ways, these changes connect with visitors and offer a kind of interactivity.

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Finding Great Mentors

Meltwater

Like most, I was lost and confused my freshman year of college. I had moved… Read More.

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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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The Amazon That You Don't See (That Google And Facebook Are Watching)

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Amazon is a media beast. Amazon is just getting started. In 2012, I published an article titled, Is Amazon The Future Of Media? From the piece: "While people wax poetic about the retail prowess and clout of Amazon, I am always quick to point out that they are one of the most fascinating media companies that has ever been created. Marketing professionals and luddites alike typically stare at me the way that a dog does when you try to talk to it.

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5 Google Chrome Extensions Every Digital Nomad Needs

Koka Sexton

As a nomadic worker, our “office” for the day isn’t always the most productive environment. Whether it’s in an airport, a bustling cafe or the lure of a YouTube black hole, remote workers can struggle to focus and maintain high levels of productively. Thankfully, Google Chrome has a number of extensions that can help you create an optimal digital environment that will block out distractions and keep you on track to make that deadline.

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Apple And Google Services For Cell Phone Tracking

The Realtime Report

Apple And Google Services For Cell Phone Tracking. Though there are several third-party apps available to track your cell phone , both Google and Apple also provide their own services for the same purpose. The advantage here is that you will not need to install anything else or create any new accounts because these services are integrated into Android and iOS.

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Social Sidekick 4.23-4.29: Social Holidays, Themes, and Noteworthy Events

Meltwater

If social media be the food of engagement, Tweet on! This week kicks off with… Read More.

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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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Why I Started Subscribing To The New York Times (It's Not What You Think)

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This week I started my digital subscription to The New York Times. It's not what you think. I did not subscribe because the publication is aligned with my political views. I did not subscribe because I wanted to support the cause of journalism. I did not subscribe to thumb my nose at the current political parties in power. I did not subscribe to support their mission.

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#SproutChat Recap: How to Be Successful on All Social Platforms

Sprout Social

Many social platforms have launched, but few have stuck around long enough to boast active users or maintain a brand’s marketing resources. During this week’s #SproutChat , we discussed ways to ensure a consistent voice and experience across each communication touchpoint. We also covered off on reasons why your brand needs to allocate time to different platforms.

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Paths To Manage A Successful Online Business

The Realtime Report

Paths To Manage A Successful Online Business. Running a business on the internet can give modern entrepreneurs a range of advantages over using offline business practices. After all, when you run a company online, you do not have to worry about issues like overhead costs and renting out actual office space. Online companies can also give entrepreneurs the freedom to run their businesses at their own convenience, choosing their own hours, and vacation days.

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#154: 7 Content Creation Ideas to Use When You’re Feeling Uninspired

Amy Porterfield

Don’t you wish for a button you could push to get your creative brain synapses firing when it seems like they’ve gone on vacation? While we’re waiting on that magic, I’ve got something to bring you back into the light because we’re all human, right? You may be the most creative person EVER, but for […]. The post #154: 7 Content Creation Ideas to Use When You’re Feeling Uninspired appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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Internet Providers Will Sell Your Soul, More Password Hacking Concerns And More On This Week's CTRL ALT Delete Segment On CHOM 97.7 FM

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Every Monday morning at 7:10 am, I am a guest contributor on CHOM 97.7 FM radio out of Montreal (home base). It's not a long segment - about 5 to 10 minutes every week - about everything that is happening in the world of technology and digital media. The good folks at CHOM 97.7 FM are posting these segments weekly on iHeart Radio , if you're interested in hearing more of me blathering away about what's going on in the digital world.

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