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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 is Reddit, and Should Your Brand Be Using It?

Hootsuite

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.”. Reddit is a social network with a forum-style discussion structure. What is a subreddit?

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Three Creative Ways to Use Social Media to Promote your Event

Webbiquity SMM

Don’t forget to include it on all relevant social posts across your platforms and on any physical promotional materials such as bags, t-shirts, posters, and presentation templates. • Better yet, create a short but engaging video clip that drives viewers to your event page or website.

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

TBT or Throwback Thursday posts can be selfies, audio or video recordings, or even text describing a memory or a past event. Go retro In fact, if you’ve got any kind of old-school photos or videos kicking around from you, your life or your brand, it’s always a great idea to dig them out for TBT.

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

agora pulse

Unless you catch lightning in a bottle with some sort of meme-worthy one-off, it is very, very difficult to sustain social media reach and engagement with a content approach that is non-episodic. The shift to video and Live has enabled people to connect across geographic areas via social media in ways we never could before!

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“I want a Twitter for All the Various Parts of the Government”

Social Media Strategery

Video Set-up: I asked Chris for his thoughts on this whole concept of Government 2.0 Blogroll Andrea DiMaio Andrew Wilson's Posterous BlogWrite for CEOs Business As I See It Buzz Bin Chris Brogan Clay Shirky Common Craft Corporate Hallucinations Digiphile Dion Hinchcliffe DorobekINSIDER Enterprise 2.0

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20 Social Media Post Types That Perform Well (and How to Use Them)

agora pulse

Native videos are well-known to attract attention. There’s a well-educated theory (which I believe in) that to encourage users to upload videos (instead of sharing a link to one), social media platforms would somehow push them in users’ feeds. You can upload all kinds of videos, from funny ads to customer testimonials.

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