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Here are some cool jobs, hand-picked by me, that you can find via the SocialFish job board ! We focus on jobs in social media , marketing , communications , PR , advocacy , and digital. .
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In our Social Innovators series, we highlight leaders who use data and creativity to build world-class social marketing organizations. Here’s Melissa Thompson’s story. What are the first three tabs that Melissa Thompson, Social Media Lead at Brooks Running, opens in the morning? Her social media editorial calendar. Her budget-in-flight deck (paid social media tracking + how much she is spending daily). Her Simply Measured social analytics dashboard.
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There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of online marketing tools available to help you plan, manage, execute, and measure the effectiveness of your digital marketing campaign. Conversations to Conversions: How to Measure Anything on Social Using Simply Measured Download. All of them claim to be the best, and many of them claim to be the “only tool you need” to succeed, but that can’t possibly be the case.
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When you get down to it, social media marketing is one of the most effective marketing platforms in today’s world, and we have the statistics to prove it! Over 50% of small businesses are increasing their social media spend this year. Yet, social media is still seen by many as being less than a necessity, and is left in the hands of interns or other nonprofessionals. When in reality, social media nets a positive ROI for up to 92 percent of businesses that use it properly.
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