Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Dark social is sharing content or mentioning brands on private social media channels, including through direct messaging, email, private groups, and more. The term “dark social” was invented in 2012 by Alexis Madrigal, former editor of The Atlantic. Common examples of dark social are: Private messaging apps (e.g. What are dark posts?

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Firebelly

JANUARY 23, 2012

Today is the 3rd annual Community Manager Appreciation Day ! A Worldwide Salute to Community Managers. By Jeremiah Owyang It’s the third annual Community Manager Appreciation Day (every fourth Monday of Jan) and I’d like to salute the folks working on the front lines at companies big and small leading the charge.

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Diva Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Also, let me say that focus groups have their own problems when a strong personality becomes the group leader, which often happens. Kim Dedeker from Procter expressed the opinion that research as we know it will be on life support by 2012 and Donna Goldfarb from Unilever said, “My God, we’re all having the same conversations!”

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S.

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