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Why social media vs. traditional media is not the debate you should care about

Sprout Social

For years, people pitted “traditional” and social media against one another. Some harbor the misconception that as social budgets increase, traditional media budgets have to decrease to balance the books. But the conversation shouldn’t be about social media vs. traditional media.

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It's a Subscription Model Market, Facebook's Pivot to Professionals, X Targets Streaming: Monday Social Media News Roundup

Buffer Social

Get the need-to-know highlights from the social media industry that happened the week of October 2-6. Reviving Interest in Threads Meta explores new options to reignite interest in Threads, alongside Instagram's focus groups with creators. Top Reads on Social Media and Creator Economy 1. Twitter/X 1.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. People are the fuel behind social media, which is really just tools and tactics. Do they use social platforms and if so, how often and why?

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14 Social Listening Tools for Effortless Brand Monitoring

Hootsuite

Social listening tools are some of the most important for any social media marketer to master. Back in the day, marketers had to dedicate substantial budgets to consumer and competitor research through surveys, focus groups, and market testing. Why do marketers need social listening tools?

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On Research, Measurement’s Oft-Forgotten Sibling

Waxing UnLyrical

On how to decide which research method to use: Steve said that they use a mix of tools on almost every project, with surveys, focus groups and interviews being the most common. When statistical significance is needed. However, a problem with online research, as Steve pointed out, is “the lack of statistical significance.

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Working with Social Media Data: Content

Net-Savvy Executive

In thinking of what you can do with social media data, I find it helpful to think about three buckets of social media data : content, activity, and people data. If you look at social media from one angle, that's what it is: lots of content. Analyzing Content Data Remember consumer-generated media?

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The Value of Social Listening in B2B Digital Marketing

Oktopost

Somewhere on social media, somebody is talking about a feature they wish your product offered. But you’ll never know what they’re saying – unless you employ social listening as part of your social media strategy. The importance of social listening for B2B marketing. Granular sentiment analysis.

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