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Fall seasonal marketing: A guide to the (other) most wonderful time of the year

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It’s an opportunity to leverage seasonal marketing to connect with your audiences. Bringing a little autumn coziness into your marketing strategy is a great way to keep your content fresh and engaging. In 2003, Starbucks released the classic Pumpkin Spice Latte, creating a new generation of pumpkin spice enthusiasts.

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Common Social Media Questions and Answers All Marketers Should Know

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What are the most common social media questions marketers get asked? We put the question to our LinkedIn community and based on the responses one thing is clear: There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know what social media marketers do. Questions marketers get asked often include: So do you just scroll around Facebook all day?

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Social media and the rise of fantasy sports

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million in 2003. So in early 2003, we’ve got over 15 million people playing fantasy sports online. They’ve used hashtags. We’ve written a lot on how powerful the right hashtags can be for your brand. Check out Ritetag to find popular hashtags in your niche. Because people could place bets online.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. As the story goes, Twitter early adopter Chris Messina, proposed the hashtag for organizing tweets.

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Marketing to Gen Z: How to Get It Right in 2023

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Read on to find out how to effectively market to this unique demographic with ever growing buying power. Marketing to Gen Z vs. Millennials. In the past, Gen Z and Millennials have often been grouped together as “digital natives” when it comes to marketing. How to market to Gen Z: 7 best practices. Put values first.

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6 Tips for Building a Successful LinkedIn Company Page

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LinkedIn started its life in 2003 as a resource for job seekers and recruiters, but in the intervening years, its functions have multiplied considerably. companies doing business in today’s markets, don’t get to be coy. . That said, B2C businesses shouldn’t feel discouraged from using LinkedIn as a marketing tool.

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A Brief History of Social Media [Infographic]

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The Top 8, Birth of Facebook, and 140 Characters: 2003-2009. In 2003, Myspace launched and took off across the web. In the same year, Chris Messina invented the hashtag – the first method of categorizing social media posts, which then became a central feature of Twitter’s platform. We can only guess, and time will tell the rest.