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Social You Should Know—April Social Media Updates

Ignite Social Media

What we learned from that experience is that many people in Congress do not understand how social networks work and that Facebook has a lot of action items to follow up on. tweets over a six-week period during the summer of 2017. Additionally, bots tweeted 89% of links to popular news and story aggregation sites.

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How Companies Like Bored Panda, REI, and Vox Are Growing Their Organic Reach on Social Media

Buffer Social

By October 2017, that number grew to 116 million — mostly thanks to organic reach on and organic traffic from Facebook. Using a similar fewer-but-better strategy, we also managed to grow our Facebook reach by more than three times in 2017. Test new social media networks. Amino Apps – a network of niche communities.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

This moment essentially marked the beginning of social media influencers. Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. and really set the tone for future tweets.

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How to Build the Perfect LinkedIn Company Page

Sprout Social

But growing an engaged following on LinkedIn is apples and oranges compared to any other social network. If you’re hiring via LinkedIn, this section will aggregate and house your job listings. Unlike other social networks where posting article after article might be looked down upon, doing so is embraced on LinkedIn.

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How to build the perfect LinkedIn Page

Sprout Social

But growing an engaged following on LinkedIn is apples and oranges compared to any other social network. If you’re hiring via LinkedIn, this section will aggregate and house your job listings. Unlike other social networks where posting article after article might be looked down upon, doing so is embraced on LinkedIn.

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Social Media Engagement is the New Social Media Marketing: How To Do It Well

Buffer Social

In 2017, Buzzsumo analyzed 880 million Facebook posts and uncovered a sharp decline in engagements. This is linked to a perceived push by social media platforms to encourage brands to use advertising to boost their reach. — Joel Gascoigne (@joelgascoigne) December 16, 2017. Similar to what Mailchimp does.

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The 20 Best New Social Media Tools to Try in 2017 (And How to Use Them)

Buffer Social

As part of our State of Social Media 2016 campaign , we’ve scoured Product Hunt for the latest trending social media tools and created a list of 21 products for marketers and teams to try in 2017. Keep reading to see the full list, or click over to the Product Hunt collection with all of 2017’s best social media tools.

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