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PR generalists vs social media specialist?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Can PR agencies respond to the structural changes of social media? From the time I started Strive PR in 2005, it was already evident that social media was transforming public relations practices. We don’t rely on a specialist social media team, as Simon suggests. Brands use social media for PR.

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What Brands Should Take Away from “The Social Dilemma”

Ignite Social Media

While the recent Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” hasn’t gotten as much attention as previous documentaries, it does raise legitimate concerns about what social media is doing to society. For example, Arab Spring led to a fall of all sorts of dictators and social media helped facilitate that.

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Should Your Brand Consider Reddit?

Likeable

With so many different social media platforms available to us in 2021, it can be difficult to discern which ones make the most sense for your brand. Reddit, on the other hand, is a niche social media platform that’s essentially a series of forums where users can share news, content, and interact with one another.

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Five Actionable Social Media Tips for Your Web Development Business

Webbiquity SMM

A huge proportion of brand promotion is now done online, particularly through social media. If you create online solutions for your clients but have poorly designed and managed social media accounts, it doesn’t make a great impression. 2. Use Consistent Branding Assets Across Social Media.

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Why Every Brand Should Have a YouTube Channel

Socialized

Companies and brands create video content wherever you look, distribute it on its blogs and social media. Your brand will accomplish your marketing goals by well-optimized images. Throughout this article, we discuss why the brand has to be on YouTube. Reason To Be On YouTube as a Brand. Exposure the Brand.

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Four theories on the declining trust in Canadian social media

Dave Fleet

One of the interesting notes in this year’s Canadian Trust Barometer results was that trust in social media has fallen over the last year. In fact, social media was the only one of the five media types we examined to experience a decline in trust. Meanwhile, trust in social media fell by six per cent.

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How to Use UTM Parameters to Track Social Media Success

Hootsuite

Bonus : Download a free guide and checklist to help you convince your boss to invest more in social media. UTM parameters are just short pieces of code that you can add to links — for example, the links you share in your social posts. Paste your link into your social media post and shorten it if you have not already done so.