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How to Find Your Audience on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

You spend time planning and creating content for multiple social media platforms. When HubSpot asked social media marketers about their biggest challenges, “ reaching our target audience ” came in second place, only behind “ creating engaging content.” Start with the basic stuff: demographic information.

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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

Social media is a cut-throat world. But it’s not all bad news because those same rivals can be a major source of inspiration for your own social media strategy, helping you identify new opportunities and close gaps in your content calendar. Read on to learn how to run an effective social media competitive analysis.

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The Higher Ed Social Media Tips and Tricks You Can’t Google

Social Media Strategies Summit

The internet is packed with advice for social media managers. The trouble is, only some of those articles consider the unique challenges faced by higher ed social media teams. Create Graphic Templates for Your Team Accessing high-quality visual assets is a common headache for higher ed social media marketers.

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

Brands need the context social media metrics provide to meet today’s dynamic consumer space and take their business to the next level. That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights.

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Using Google Trends to Identify Social Media Opportunities

Jon Loomer

Marketers should utilize available data sources — particularly free sources — to better understand how the social platform landscape is shifting. We can use Google search data (via Google Trends) to identify social media opportunities – especially related to advertising. What is Google Trends?

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5 Top Social Media Marketing Trends for 2023

Social Media Strategies Summit

It’s hard to imagine anyone not using social media today. Yet the industry continues to expand, with the global number of social media users climbing to almost 4.6 But not all social networks enjoyed equally strong years in 2022. We’ve rounded up five key social media trends for 2023 to help you do that.

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The Biggest Social Media Moments of 2023

Social Media Strategies Summit

It’s fair to say 2023 has been a busy year in the social media world. Cockroach Slays at Met Gala Many major social media moments are entirely predictable. Sadly, it also proved to be one of the shortest-lived social media moments of 2023: It is with deep sadness that we must report the #MetGala cockroach was stepped on.