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Battling burnout as a social media manager

Sprout Social

It’s a common misconception that social media jobs are glamorous and as simple as posting entertaining, witty Tweets or colorfully curated Instagram posts. It can be frustrating when friends, family and even colleagues oversimplify your role as a social media manager. . How social platforms are combating burnout.

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What’s next? 8 career paths for social media managers

Sprout Social

Social media managers wear many hats, filling necessary and strategic roles ranging from marketing specialist to customer care provider. Fortunately, working in social media builds a broad range of transferable skills. Community management. Communities aren’t limited to only your customers, either.

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8 tips for writing a clear, effective social media manager job description

Sprout Social

The idea that social media is “something the intern can do” is about as outdated as saying the internet is all cat videos. And yet, you don’t have to scroll too far through #MarketingTwitter before you find social media managers venting about feeling overworked and undervalued. The future CMO/CCOs.

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10 Social Media Predictions for 2019

agora pulse

For social media managers this time of year is less about decking the halls with boughs of holly and more about planning for 2019. The social media landscape is changing fast and with tougher KPIs, changing technologies and new techniques, it’s more important than ever to stay ahead of our game.

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The Social Media Manager’s Top 5 Priorities for in 2019

Pixlee

In recent years, brands have increasingly put social media and social media managers at the center of their overall marketing strategies — and for good reason. Social media allows brands to build strong communities and drive sales, fine-tune campaigns and get insight into market trends.

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9 Popular Instagram Trends of 2019 (So Far)

Later

Summer has finally hit, and while most brands are taking a vacay, now’s the time to level-up your Instagram strategy and jump on some of the hottest Instagram trends in 2019! Being more “authentic” on Instagram has been on the rise for quite some time now – in fact, it was one of our top expert predictions for 2019 !

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How social media jobs are evolving (and how you can advance them)

Sprout Social

Our global audience seemed to like a look into how we were handling our internal messaging and prioritizing our community, and my guess is, learning from it as well. Those who were considering coming to MIT or working at MIT were also given a chance to see how we rallied around our community during these unstable times.