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Social Media Marketing Goals and How To Achieve Them — Five Tips

Webbiquity SMM

Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. Having clarity on marketing goals is an important first step, but creating a realistic plan for achieving them is essential. What are the potential benefits, and how will they be measured?

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

And how do you show the true impact of your metrics with effective data storytelling for executive buy-in? Google Analytics (GA) offers solutions to these multi-pronged questions around social media analytics. Read on to find out how Google Analytics for social media helps with stronger reporting.

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How to Find Your Audience on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

When HubSpot asked social media marketers about their biggest challenges, “ reaching our target audience ” came in second place, only behind “ creating engaging content.” Understand Interests and Pain Points Now you know the basics of your audience — who they are and how many exist. Google Analytics can be an unlikely ally here.

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How to Use Google Tag Manager to Manage the Facebook Pixel and Events

Jon Loomer

For the past couple of years now, I’ve used Google Tag Manager to manage the Facebook pixel and events (both standard and custom events). In this post, I’m going to walk through exactly how I do that. Within the Google Tag Manager workspace for your domain, go to Tags. Install the Base Pixel Code.

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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

Read on to learn how to run an effective social media competitive analysis. Step #1: Identify Your Social Media Competitors Google might seem like an odd place to start a social media audit. For this step in the process, we’ll use the Google Adwords Keyword Planner to find sites ranking for similar keywords.

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How to Create the Best Google My Business Posts

Hootsuite

If you’re a brick-and-mortar business you’re probably already familiar with the ups and downs of turning digital marketing into real foot traffic. Today, we’re looking at one of the simplest and most direct ways to stay in touch with your customers: Google My Business posts. How to post to Google My Business.

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How to gain a competitive advantage by analyzing marketing initiatives by competitors

Sprout Social

Digging into your competitor’s approach through a marketing competitor analysis is critical to putting together or updating your brand’s marketing strategy. It is the key to your business’s future success because when you look more closely into your competitors’ marketing, you learn from their successes and mistakes.

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