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10 Examples of Brands Hopping on Social Media Trends (That Worked)

Social Media Strategies Summit

But for every high-profile failure, there are countless instances where brands got it exactly right when hopping on social media trends. This article will focus on the second camp, sharing 10 of our favorite examples of brands that used trending subjects to generate social engagement.

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Three Creative Ways to Use Social Media to Promote your Event

Webbiquity SMM

Social networks have become the primary means of keeping friends, family members, and business contacts up to date on what’s happening in our lives. 77% of all Americans have at least one social media profile. Social media is a powerful tool to build buzz around your event and drive attendance.

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Praying and piggybacking: Who is Nesamani and why are brands talking about him?

Unmetric

The world yesterday realized that meme culture is well and truly alive in South India, for all of a sudden, social users everywhere were praying for a fictional South Asian character. A user on a Facebook memes page asked a harmless question about hammers, leading to a Tamil user making a reference to Nesamani. Who is Nesamani?

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What Are You Looking Forward to in Social Media in 2020?: Experts Round-Up

agora pulse

We asked some of our favorite social media experts to share what they look forward to seeing in social media for 2020. Here’s what got them bright-eyed and excited … Jay Baer: “2020 is going to be the year that brands stop random acts of social. Back to social, and a retreat from media.”

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Social Networking Stats: Tumblr Serves 20 Billion Page Views Per Month, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

via SmartBlog on Social Media. Posterous: 15 million monthly users. via Posterous. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Instagram: 100 million users. via TechCrunch. Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users.

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What is Reddit, and Should Your Brand Be Using It?

Hootsuite

Reddit is a social network with a forum-style discussion structure. Every thread has an OP (original poster) who started it. For entertainment via memes, humor subreddits, or to discuss TV or movies. For example, instead of saying “the memes subreddit,” I’d say “r slash memes.”. What is a subreddit?

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Why Tumblr Might Be The Perfect Vehicle For Your Brand

Small Business Mavericks

Aside from the fact that web properties like Geocities and Posterous have been cut off from the World Wide Web – and it could happen to Tumblr too – Tumblr might actually be a good way to help you attract new readers for your blog and new customers for your business. Blogging for Small Business SEO Social Media Tumblr'

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