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Why social media teams will be at the center of conversational commerce

Sprout Social

In this article, we’ll dig into what conversational commerce is and what it isn’t, how brands should approach their commerce strategies and why they need to involve their social teams from the get go. Social teams sit at the heart of a brand’s conversational commerce strategy. What is conversational commerce?

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Top 15 Social Media Marketing Blog Posts Of 2015

Firebelly

The 15 most-read posts on our social media marketing blog in 2015! IS IT TIME TO REMOVE SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS FROM YOUR WEBSITE? Those little social media icons—they may stand alone or be adorned with a message like “Let’s get social”—are found on almost every website these days. Here they are. For some brands—yes.

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I Asked 13 Buffer Leaders for Advice on Succeeding in My New Role

Buffer Social

I’ve seen the value of going beyond and connecting with other teams. For example, a Customer Advocate will do a much better job of delighting customers and solving their problems if, first, they connect with the rest of their team. Social Media is always changing, and platforms come and go.   4. Åsa

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How Serious Is Snapchat’s Power, Really?

Convince & Convert

Now the Edison team is back with a new edition of their annual Infinite Dial research (they partner with Triton on it) and they’ve found another disruptive force: Snapchat. Between 2015 and 2016, Snapchat went from 17% to 23%. Snapchat Is the Number-Two Social Network in the U.S.

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A Long List of Social Media Advertising Stats

Hootsuite

It feels like every month a social network unveils a new social media advertising tool. Even though social media ads only represent 13.9 Seventy percent of marketers expected to spend more on social media ads in 2015 than in 2014. percent global increase on spending for social media ads.

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All the Founders Around Me Were Raising Money — Here's Why I Didn't

Buffer Social

When I started Tech Ladies in 2015 as a coffee meetup in New York City, I could immediately see the potential for it to grow into something larger. As a woman in tech myself, I craved a network to support me through the unique challenges I faced in the workplace. I always wanted to build something big.

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10 Types of Questions That Get Shared on Social Media Like Crazy

Rebekah Radice

Are you struggling to improve social media engagement ? Does interaction across each social network feel like a never-ending challenge? If you’re ready to beef up your social presence, visual marketing is the answer. Because images create the most engaging social media posts. Am I helping someone?

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