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Why AAA Should Be Worried About Getting a C- From Me

Waxing UnLyrical

A couple of days ago, I received a membership renewal notice from AAA. This #inyourface graphic was right at the top: Whoa!!! Panic stations, people, move out of the WAY, Lola, I need to grab my wallet now now now NOW. But before my anxious little (and still sore from the 5 stitches I got last week) fingers could plug in my credit card info, I remembered something.

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Big Announcement! THE Social Media Training Academy and Member Community for Business is Here!

Pam Moore

Do you have social media, digital marketing and branding problems? Good news is we have real answers! We have been working the past year on a game changing online social media training academy and member community to help solve your biggest problems and challenges related to social media marketing, digital marketing, and branding. I am excited to announce that TODAY we officially open the public doors to our brand new Social Profit Factor training academy and member community!

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Facebook Ads: Create a Value-Based Lookalike Audience

Jon Loomer

One of the primary struggles for new advertisers with a small audience is uncovering the most effective groups of people to target. Facebook is providing yet another tool for advertisers with the addition of the value-based Lookalike Audience. As I type this, Lifetime Value (LTV) Custom Audiences and value-based Lookalike Audiences are available to select advertisers.

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19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics

Rebekah Radice

Ever sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, ready to write the next blog post, but have no idea what to write about? It happens to the best of us. That blank screen call feel daunting. But today I have good news. If you’ve struggled to come up with blog post topics, there’s a lot of ways to brainstorm. You only need to know where to look and how to prompt your brain on those less than creative days.

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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 One Business Refused to Shrug Off Fake Reviews

The Social Media Hat

Fake Reviews of businesses and products is increasingly becoming a problem - so much so that solopreneurs are now at risk.

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Facebook Groups for Business in a Nutshell

Pam Moore

Facebook Groups provide a unique opportunity for brands of all sizes to build community, increase brand awareness, generate leads and even increase sales of products or services. You may be a member of a neighborhood or personal Facebook Group. Have you ever thought about how you can tap into the power of Facebook Groups to grow your business? Or maybe you have a Facebook business Group but it's not delivering any value for your business.

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‘Covfefe’ And Trump’s Twitter Mistakes: Retweets & Popularity Save Him

Devumi

Donald Trump is a well-known active Twitter user from long before he got elected to office. He also been infamous for saying weird things in his tweets. His latest blunder has America collectively going “What the heck was that?” This is the oddness known as “covfefe.” One has to wonder how he keeps getting away with it… We […]. The post ‘Covfefe’ And Trump’s Twitter Mistakes: Retweets & Popularity Save Him appeared first on Devumi.

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How to Listen to Social Media Conversations for Your Best Content

Ignite Social Media

You’ve heard the term social media listening , but is your brand doing it? Does your team even really know what it means? You’re probably already listening to what your customers and prospects have to say within other marketing channels, but what about on social? Social listening is essentially monitoring and searching within social communities to see what’s being said about your company/industry/competitors and other relevant topics of interest.

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Teaching Modern PR to Students

Meltwater

One of the challenging parts of teaching modern PR and social media is the fact… Read More.

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4 Twitter Analytics Tools You Can’t Ignore

agora pulse

Don’t count Twitter out. In addition to marketing your business and connecting with customers, Twitter is the best social media channel to spy on your Twitter competition. Whether you use Twitter for publishing, monitoring, or customer service, you need to measure your efforts. Luckily, there are a variety of Twitter analytics tools to help do this.

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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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The Best Father’s Day Social Media Marketing Campaigns

Devumi

Father’s Day is when everyone marks their calendar to make time with their dads. Brands are also scrambling to get their social media campaigns ready for Dads. In anticipation, and to celebrate it in our way, let’s look at the best Father’s Day social media marketing campaigns of the past. Touching Father’s Day social media […]. The post The Best Father’s Day Social Media Marketing Campaigns appeared first on Devumi.

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#BotsInAction: Hobbynote talks customer service

Audiense

This is a guest post written by Benoît Lewandowski, CEO, Hobbynote. At Hobbynote , we’re committed to creating innovative and creative uses of Twitter at scale. We’ve produced hundreds of bespoke campaigns for the top brands around the world, and we always are looking at new ways to improve how brands and businesses can interact with their audiences by enhancing the conversational experience.

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Word of Mouth Marketing Is Important: This Is Why

Meltwater

Influencer, referral, and social media marketing are not synonymous, but they are all key aspects… Read More.

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4 LinkedIn Tools that Will Change the Way You Think About LinkedIn

Razor Social

If you are in B2B marketing or otherwise tasked with sourcing leads for your company, LinkedIn is one of the most powerful platforms you can use to grow your business. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say that they have a presence on LinkedIn, but they’re not seeing the results they’re after. If you’re one of those people, then you probably don’t have the system and the tools in place to attract new prospects and build quality relationships.

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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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17 Ways to Get More Views, Engagement, and Shares for Your Facebook Videos

Buffer Social

This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated with the latest Facebook video tips and information. Over 8 billion videos or 100 million hours of videos are watched on Facebook every day. These stats were reported early last year so imagine how much larger the numbers are today as Facebook continued to grow and double down on videos.

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Dinner is Served: Social Media for Restaurants

Devumi

Restaurants and diners are some of those businesses that always have a steady stream of customers all year round. That doesn’t mean, though, that they can’t benefit from a marketing strategy. On the contrary, social media for restaurants is part of a thriving online campaign. Read on to learn more about how you can harness […]. The post Dinner is Served: Social Media for Restaurants appeared first on Devumi.

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Social Media Recap: May 2017

Meltwater

The last few weeks have been busy for the social media world. Instagram and Snapchat… Read More.

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Profits and Losses: Keeping Your Business Supplied Without Losing Money

The Realtime Report

Profits and Losses: Keeping Your Business Supplied Without Losing Money. Even if your business is going through a bit of a slump, you have to keep up with your supplies without losing money. Here are some tips to keeping your business supplied with equipment and materials without losing profit: How To Save Money When Purchasing Equipment. When it comes to buying equipment for your business, every dollar counts and you need to make the most of it.

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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 Simple Facebook Posting Strategy That Helped us 3x Our Reach and Engagement

Buffer Social

In October of 2016 we dramatically changed our Facebook posting strategy. A gradual, but noticeable shift in many social media algorithms and an influx of brand advertising on Facebook meant that it was important for us to either start experimenting or we’d continue to see a decline in organic reach and engagement. Getting your content seen on Facebook is no small task.

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Why I Blog – and Happy 10th Birthday

Ari Herzog

May 2017 marks the 10th birthday of my blog! It’s seen four URLs and numerous layouts. You can visit the archive and read my initial blog posts about apartment life, later posts about digital marketing, and ultimately about minimalism and productivity. For instance, here’s a piece from May 2007 critiquing a website. Today, I’d write that differently and include screenshots or a video.

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Everything We’ve Learned from Making 4,000 Infographics

Meltwater

With over 4,000 under our belt, we’ve learned a lot about how to make infographics… Read More.

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Understanding The Value of Investment

The Realtime Report

Understanding The Value of Investment. More and more business people are utilizing the internet as a valuable resource to conduct business, with a great number eschewing traditional methods and going 100 percent online now. The benefits of conducting business, such as online trading, are many. Online trading has seen considerable growth as ease of access, speed, and information is right there in front of them, mere clicks away on any site they access.

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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 Network on LinkedIn: Endorsements for Discoverability

Devumi

LinkedIn is now the most important social network in the professional world. Learning how to network on LinkedIn properly will boost your discoverability. One of the best ways to do that is to optimize your LinkedIn profile by better managing your skills and endorsements. Networking on LinkedIn: Endorsements & Skills LinkedIn recently announced that the platform […].

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Why I Blog – and Happy 10th Birthday

Ari Herzog

May 2017 marks the 10th birthday of my blog! It’s seen four URLs and numerous layouts. You can visit the archive and read my initial blog posts about apartment life, later posts about digital marketing, and ultimately about minimalism and productivity. For instance, here’s a piece from May 2007 critiquing a website. Today, I’d write that differently and include screenshots or a video.

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19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics

Rebekah Radice

Ever sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, ready to write the next blog post, but have no idea what to write about? It happens to the best of us. That blank screen call feel daunting. But today I have good news. If you’ve struggled to come up with blog post topics, there’s a lot of ways to brainstorm. You only need to know where to look and how to prompt your brain on those less than creative days.

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7 Steps To A Better Interview

Twist Image

Candidly, there's a lot more than seven, but its a start. I can't tell you how many interviews I've been involved with since the mid-eighties, but it has got to be in the thousands. This is not meant to brag. It's a fact. Just look at my Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast (which has been running for over a decade with close to 570 episodes) or Groove - The No Treble Podcast (which has been happening for over two years).

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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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Summer Challenge Reading

Net-Savvy Executive

Have you set a reading challenge for the summer? This is something different: challenge reading, not a reading challenge. Four books I've read recently that challenge our assumptions and normal ways of working in today's data-centric world. Have fun. Programmed and dangerous First up is Cathy O'Neil 's warning of the unintended consequences of giving decision-making authority to algorithms, Weapons of Math Destruction.

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World Leaders Use Twitter Most, Study Shows

Stay N' Alive

As brands decide what platforms they will invest their marketing budget in, too many are skipping out on Twitter. However, if you want your brand to have international reach and influence, this platform is still where you need to be. Here’s a few facts: Twitter is used by 276 government leaders across 178 countries, and represents 92% of the United Nations, states a “Twiplomacy” study by Burson-Marsteller.

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The 2017 Internet Trends that Brands Need to Know

Pixlee

Mary Meeker is ready with her 2017 internet trends report , which she delivered at this year’s Code Conference in California. At 350 pages, there’s a ton of data, but here are the five takeaways that all brands need to know. 1. Brands are finding new ways to collaborate with customers to strengthen their marketing. Increasingly, brands are regramming Instagram content from customers to increase engagement and to reach a wider audience online. 2.

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How Does The New Generation Experience Brands?

Twist Image

TL;DR: they see a brand message. If it resonates, it worked. It it doesn't resonate, it didn't. Maybe that's an over-simplification, but it feels true. Does this "new generation" of consumer not see the billboards as they cross through Time's Square? Are they blind to their Facebook feed? Do they not do searches on Google and see the paid search results?

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Online Newsrooms: the Secret Sauce for Media Relations

Proactive Report

There is a saying that they more things change, the more they stay the same. Take media relations. Despite the major changes in the media landscape, it’s still a core part of PR and there are still reporters, editors and producers we have to reach out to. So although there have been major changes in the media landscape, the fundamentals of media relations are still the same.