Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What is social media technology? At its core, social media technology is software designed to manage a company’s social media profiles across multiple platforms. From emerging networks to well-established platforms, audiences have a nearly insatiable appetite for social media content across channels.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 9, 2018

Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News. This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. Facebook privacy: Survey suggests continuing US loyalty. followers .

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Brand loyalty will build ambassadors and help you retain customers long term. This might seem like a tall order, but you can break this down into attainable tactics and goals that can become part of your social media marketing strategy. What is brand loyalty and why is it important? Provide stellar customer service.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Social media hit historical highs in the CMO budget this year. In fact, spending on social media marketing spiked by 74% to reach 23% of marketing budgets according to The CMO Survey , and marketers anticipate spending will remain close to this new high level as we enter the new year.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 24, 2024

When gratitude is authentic, it fosters affection and loyalty. Maybe it’s filling out a feedback survey, sharing their top takeaways on social media, scheduling a one-on-one consult with you, or registering for your next event. Highlight specific moments or insights they shared. Plus, it’s just good manners!

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Sprout Social

MAY 16, 2023

It’s been two years since we last partnered with The Harris Poll to understand how leaders view the state of social media and its impact on an organization. At that time, social as a channel and profession was undergoing a major evolution. Today, it’s clear that constant change is simply a part of the job.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 3, 2011

Tweet Written by J-P De Clerck , who is an experienced content, conversion and social media consultant. Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. This post is not about movies but about “the loyalty&# of fans, followers and all those other labels we give to people on social media.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 26, 2023

Having accurate, insightful information gives you the chance to deliver the best products, write the best messages, and build engagement and customer loyalty. That’s why marketers regularly conduct market research, investigating industry trends, gathering feedback, and surveying focus groups to try and glean whatever information they can.

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Hootsuite

MAY 10, 2021

Social media for big companies has become about as commonplace as human resource departments. Unless you’re Apple, you’re on social media. Even the tech giant, which abstained from traditional social media marketing for light-years by Internet standards, now posts regularly across multiple accounts and channels.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 17, 2021

Accelerated by the events of 2020, this wave of transformation marks a turn of the tide in how businesses and consumers view, use and value social media—and we’ve got the data to prove it. For businesses wondering when to start making greater investments in social, the time is now. I love when brands engage with you on social.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Social media is a powerful tool for finding new customers and moving them through the sales funnel. While all businesses should have a social media presence, the value of social media for small business cannot be understated. Choose the Right Platforms. Choose the Right Platforms. Source: Disney Parks.

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Socialmedia.biz

JULY 8, 2020

Social media marketing is way more than posting a pretty picture and watching the likes roll in. Done correctly, social media marketing can build brand loyalty and, ultimately, drive sales. Done correctly, social media marketing can build brand loyalty and, ultimately, drive sales.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The social media world is full of crazy terminology, and the terms keep adding up the more the industry evolves. Throughout this post we’ve outlined some of the most important social media definitions you need to arm yourself with to be dangerous. Social Media Definitions. morning, afternoon, evening, etc.).

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ah social media. As social media platforms have changed over the years (RIP, Vine), so too have the pros and cons of social media. Not so long ago, brands and executives were still wondering whether they should be on social media at all. Why social media is good. It’s corn. ??

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Sherrilynne Starkie

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week’s Top Five social media ‘must know’ news stories includes new Facebook search ads, Instagram’s audio messages, Google’s For You tab, YouTube’s Stories and news from Pew Internet Research on media consumption habits. This is according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

DECEMBER 14, 2023

And not just because content marketing offers a great way to reach, engage, and convert audiences (as well as nurture loyalty). But, more impressively, exceptional B2C content unlocks a natural way to capture audience attention, seeing that the average person spends 7 hours and 34 minutes (per day) consuming digital media.

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agora pulse

MAY 5, 2020

Need to post something to your social media channels but don’t know what? Consider these popular types of social media posts to get your creativity flowing. Maintaining a social media editorial calendar can be exhausting. Therefore, asking questions on social media is such a good idea.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 8, 2020

To make the most out of your video marketing strategy , you’ll need to figure out which video length is best for your goals and social platforms. General social media video best practices. For the most part, people on social media have short attention spans. Optimize for social media.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

From social media mentions to searches, these metrics reveal the extent of your brand’s presence and influence. In particular, measuring brand awareness helps you: Evaluate your marketing efforts Are you seeing a higher conversion rate from targeted social media ads compared to last quarter?

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Janet Fouts

JULY 24, 2017

Scraping the web, surveys, competitive research, all give us loads of data, but is it the right data, and how do we parse that data for the truth? Maybe we have loyalty to a specific brand because of a particular memory association. Listen to social. We did the research, so why aren’t they buying? We “feel it in our gut”.

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Hootsuite

MAY 17, 2021

You’ve been there: your boss asks how the business’s social media strategy is doing and you know a high-level rundown just won’t cut it. When it comes to measuring and proving your brand’s social media success, data speaks volumes — and that’s where social media KPIs come in. What are social media KPIs?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to a survey from Vanilla Forums , 58% of brands say their communities improve customer loyalty. Multinational beauty retailer Sephora started Beauty Insider as a straightforward loyalty program in 2007 before pivoting to a full-blown community ten years later. 46% will remain loyal even after a negative experience.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Executing on a social media marketing strategy is like completing an obstacle course. Managing social through down markets requires an additional layer of focus, rigor and empathy. Keep reading to find out what you need to know to successfully navigate social media marketing through times of economic contraction.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 2, 2022

Let’s talk about why it’s important to understand social media marketing for retail brands. Nearly three-quarters ( 74.8% ) of the world’s population over the age of 12 use social media. Those people are engaging with retail brands on social. For retail brands, social commerce opens up a new pathway to purchase.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 19, 2024

Sprout’s 2023 State of Social Media report confirms these advantages, with 9 out of 10 business leaders acknowledging the indispensable role of AI in enhancing market competitiveness, understanding customer preferences and driving innovation. At the same time, text analytics can monitor public concerns on social media.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Image credit: Mohammad Metri on Unsplash Effective customer retention methods can enhance loyalty and generate better word-of-mouth advocacy, ultimately boosting profits. This post outlines 10 key steps in using social listening to satisfy and retain more customers. Some key conversations may even slip through the cracks.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 29, 2021

A new survey, “ The State of Social Media Investment ,” conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Sprout Social has shown how the events of the last year have accelerated both American consumers’ and business’ use and expectations of social media. Do you regularly update your social media profiles?

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Hootsuite

APRIL 14, 2021

It often takes something special to stand out as a brand on social media. We’re all operating at the whim of the market—perpetually concerned over intangible variables like brand perception, share of voice, and customer loyalty. Here’s a look at why you should let your social media managers be weird.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In general, audience engagement, and social media engagement in particular, isn’t easy to come by. Social media users’ feeds are flooded with content competing for their attention. But when you hit the right chord, you can expect increased brand health, higher-quality leads and an active social following.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2023

This is where the strategic utilization of social media comes into play. While some businesses still put social media in the categories of brand awareness or community management exclusively, research claims that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make buying decisions.

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Sprout Social

MAY 10, 2022

Thanks to social media, the goals of brand marketers are within reach. Having a social presence is a top priority. Nearly one in two businesses consider social media their primary channel for external communication while 58% anticipate it becoming their primary channel in the future. What is brand marketing?

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The Realtime Report

MAY 22, 2023

Everything You Need to Know on Real-Time Engagement Platform The real-time engagement conversation platform empowers people, managers, and leadership with frequent, simple pulse surveys that may be completed in two or three minutes. Speed and agility are necessary to make the most of your social media interaction platform.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Social media. The number of US social media users is expected to surpass 308 million in 2023 (up over 6 million from 2022 projections). So brands—now’s the time to build a social customer care strategy (if you don’t already have one). How do customers use social media for support?

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Building brand reputation and loyalty is the top business priority for leaders in the current economic climate, according to the 2023 State of Social Media report. The who: Influencer identification Our Pulse Survey data shows finding the right influencers is the top influencer marketing challenge.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 25, 2023

Source: Trustshoring.com Encourage Brand Loyalty When it comes to nurturing leads and driving conversions, brand loyalty is the MVP of the game. So, how do you transform your company blog into a loyalty-generating powerhouse? This project management tool has mastered encouraging brand loyalty through blogging.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It was originally developed by Fred Reichheld , a business strategist who researches and writes about loyalty. Reichheld spent about two years researching survey questions that would link customer behaviour, such as referring and purchasing products, with business growth. The NPS survey is really as simple as that.

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Keyhole.co

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Engagement rates have become the yardstick of success for email and social media campaigns. To truly understand the art of maximizing engagement, we’re going to dive into the core elements that make email and social media campaigns shine. That’s the magic of high-engagement email campaigns.

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