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Navigating the Higher Ed Enrollment Cliff: How Social Media Managers Can Position Their Institutions for Success

Social Media Strategies Summit

She shared her findings with an audience at our 2023 Social Media Strategies Summit Higher Education Virtual Conference. To understand why , you must rewind the 2007 ā€“ 2008 financial crisis. Strategy #1: Build Collaboration With Campus Partners Social media is a collaborative environment.

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The Story of Ignite Social Media, The Original Social Media Agency

Ignite Social Media

Iā€™m Jim Tobin, the founder of social media agency Ignite Social Media (2007) and influencer marketing agency Carusele (2015). Ignite Social Media is known as ā€œ the original social media agency ā€ because we were the first social media agency created out of whole cloth in the United States.

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What marketers need to know about managing social media through an economic downturn

Sprout Social

Executing on a social media marketing strategy is like completing an obstacle course. Managing social through down markets requires an additional layer of focus, rigor and empathy. Keep reading to find out what you need to know to successfully navigate social media marketing through times of economic contraction.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. People are the fuel behind social media, which is really just tools and tactics. Do they use social platforms and if so, how often and why?

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How to Create a Social Media Business Continuity Plan

Oktopost

The COVID-19 outbreak has devastated the global economy in ways not seen since the recession of 2008. Social media offers a multi-functional and useful channel for communications. But how does social media fit in a business continuity plan? And why does social media hold the potential to be your saving grace?

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Paying Homage to the Social Technographics Ladder

Ignite Social Media

If youā€™re an OG in the social media marketing business, thereā€™s little doubt that you don’t remember the Social Technographics Ladder created by Jeremiah Owyang , Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li when they worked at Forrester Research. . Enter the Social Technographics Ladder. Social Technographics Today .

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Politics & Social Media ā€“Ā The President Joins Foursquare

Firebelly

Barack Obama has long been considered the politician to lead the way with social media. According to a 2008 New York Times article , Obama is the first president to truly understand social media. Thomas Jefferson used newspapers to win the presidency, F.D.R. used radio to change the way he governed, J.F.K.