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Top 9 LinkedIn Social Media Marketing Groups

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Here is a list of my nine favorite LinkedIn social media marketing groups that I think you’ll enjoy too. They’re great places to solicit and share social media marketing advice! Social Media Marketing. Group size: 999,929 members. Social Media Marketing 2.1.

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Explaining Social Media Marketing To My Mom

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If it wasn’t hard enough explaining social media in general to my mom, having to explain my job in social media marketing was an even bigger banana to peel. And then I came at her with the mother of all break-downs: Social Media Marketing 101. We started small. Mom Insight #2: We’re watching.

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The Most Important Component Of Social Media Program Success: Executive Buy-In

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Regardless of the size of your company, the most important component of your social media program is executive buy-in. I’ve heard about social media marketing budgets being buried in other digital budgets. “Middle management in marketing is preoccupied with results. Results and outcomes.

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Social Media & Diversity: 5 Must-Reads

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This week we take a look at the issue of diversity in social media. Blinded by the White: Social Media and Diversity. By Jay Baer If social media is going to be a public “face” of organizations, and drive kinship with the populace, we have to do more than rely on a bunch of 30 year-old White people to do so.

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Millennials: The Digital Natives That Are Always ‘On’ Social Media

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The millennial generation is full of technology driven, social media fanatics. I remember a few Christmas’ ago my grandma made all of my cousins, sister, and I hand over our phones for the night – she didn’t want us consumed with our social media the whole night because thanks to mobile devices, we would be.

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Monday’s 5 Social Media Must-Reads

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Below are 5 social media must-reads that we wouldn’t want you to miss. By Neicole Crepeau Social media consultants and bloggers have long urged companies to create Facebook pages and Twitter accounts and start a conversation with their customers. Are we killing our customers with engagement?

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The Tremendous Connector & Social Media Advocate: Catching Up With Jonathan Saar

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Jonathan is a tremendous networker and advocate of social media marketing. Our friend, Mark Juleen, has this to say about Jonathan Saar “Beyond his role at The Training Factor, Jonathan is a tremendous networker and advocate of social media marketing for the multifamily industry.