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12 Ways to Incorporate Your User-Generated Content on Different Channels

Social Media Strategies Summit

Once primarily thought of as a marketing tactic for edgy brands, user-generated content (UGC) is quickly becoming a bigger and bigger element of content marketing strategies. The focus on UGC is for a good reason; it improves customer satisfaction, helps brands understand their audience, provides a means for users to build community, and is inherently peer-reviewed, making it more trustworthy.

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Be Willing to Suck

Jon Loomer

“This is gonna suck, and that’s okay.” It was one year ago today that I said this in a video on TikTok. It was my breakthrough moment. That video did suck. But that was the whole point. I wasn’t trying to create something that sucked. I just knew that, no matter how much I tried, it was going to suck. Embracing and accepting this was pivotal to moving forward in my commitment to short-form video.

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Hidden Advantages of Custom Events to Meta Advertisers

Jon Loomer

I’ve used custom events for years now, and it’s always felt like a secret underworld of Meta advertising. It’s as if custom events are seen as being too complicated to even bother, if advertisers know about them at all. But the advantages are undeniable. In this post, you’ll learn: What custom events are How I add custom events Examples of custom events Benefits of custom events Buckle up, this is a good one… What Are Custom Events?

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Atly Unveils ‘Ask Around’ Tool, Empowering Influencers to Gather and Share Recommendations from Followers

Bill Hartzer

Atly, a user-generated social mapping platform transforming location-based knowledge sharing, has launched its innovative ‘Ask Around’ tool. This latest addition to the Atly app empowers influencers to seamlessly collect recommendations for places and experiences from their followers on a map. This feature enables influencers to rapidly expand their topic-based maps and effortlessly share these valuable community insights with their social media audience.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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How TikTok Has Exposed Celebrities And Politicians’ Closest Personal Contacts

Forbes Social Media

TikTok and ByteDance staff's easy access to the friend lists of the First Family and public figures has created national security and privacy risks ahead of the election.

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Meta Announces a Range of New AI and VR Tools, Including Celebrity-Influenced Chatbots and New Smart Glasses

Social Media Today

A range of new AI elements are coming to Facebook and IG, including new chatbots in the communications style of celebrities.

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The Secret to Consistent Content Creation

Jon Loomer

Look, I hate titles that include words like “Secret.” It feels like click bait. My titles are normally boring as a result. But, since I’ve seen so many people fail at consistent content creation, I absolutely feel like I have some secret knowledge that others do not. I have experience on the topic of consistent content creation. I started this website in 2011 and wrote 600 blog posts during the first two years.

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Influencer Marketing for Beauty Brands: Best Practices

Ignite Social Media

Want the inside scoop on how to effectively leverage influencer marketing for your beauty brand? Over at our sister company Carusele, our influencer marketing experts just shared their top 15 tips for beauty brands looking to maximize their influencer marketing results. You’ll even learn who “Shill Anything Barbie” is and how to avoid her at all costs.

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Elon Musk Compares Modern Civilization To ‘Late Stage Empire’

Forbes Social Media

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, compared modern civilization to the Roman Empire on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, early Monday.

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YouTube Updates Monetization Guidelines on Certain Sensitive Topics

Social Media Today

YouTube will now allow ad revenue share on certain sensitive issues, while further restricting ads on eating disorder related content.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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RedKangaroo Launches World’s First “Organic Growth” Marketing Platform Leveraging Social Media

Bill Hartzer

RedKangaroo has launched the world’s first “Organic Growth” Marketing Platform utilizing the power of social media. This platform empowers users to receive exclusive benefits such as discounts, special offers, cashback rewards, and unique experiences simply for advocating brands to their friends, family, and followers. Brands that collaborate with RedKangaroo gain access to a dynamic and efficient word-of-mouth marketing tool, allowing them to tailor rewards for their user base

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How to Improve Meta Verified

Jon Loomer

Getting more people and businesses verified is good for users, businesses, and Meta. The more confident you are that people are who they say they are, the better the experience. But Meta needs to separate verification from the paid subscription. Many businesses may want to get verified but don’t want the extra benefits. Charge a one-time fee of $50 or $100 to go through the verification process.

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How Strategic Partnerships Can Rescue Your Revenue Team w/ Allan Adler

The Social Media Hat

Partnership Unpacked, Episode 40, with Allan Adler The post How Strategic Partnerships Can Rescue Your Revenue Team w/ Allan Adler appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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Nationwide Emergency Phone Test For Oct. 4 Sparks Conspiracy Theories

Forbes Social Media

Conspiracy theorists on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, are convinced there’s something more nefarious behind emergency phone test.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Meta Announces a Range of New AI and VR Tools, Including Celebrity Chatbots and New Smart Glasses

Social Media Today

A range of new AI elements are coming to Facebook and IG, including new chatbots in the communications style of celebrities.

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2023 Average Engagement Rates for 13 Industries [STATS]

Hootsuite

So you’ve planned and launched a social media campaign, and waited patiently for the likes, comments, and conversions to roll in. Now you’re looking at your performance report, wondering what the numbers actually mean. Is a 2% engagement rate high or low? Did your target audience love your campaign, or was it a flop? Without social media benchmarks (a.k.a. average performance stats for a social platform or industry), it’s difficult to make sense of raw data.

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What Do You Want People to Do?

Jon Loomer

When you analyze Meta advertising results, look beyond the core metrics in Ads Manager. If you were to look over someone’s shoulder while they visited your website, what are the things you’d want them to do? In some cases, there may be Meta ads metrics and standard events for these actions. In others, you may need to create custom events so that you can track them.

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The growing role of VR and AR in social media marketing

Audiense

With over 4.89 billion users worldwide, social media platforms are an impactful tool businesses can use to promote their products, generate leads, and gain a competitive advantage.

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Alan Chikin Chow: 'I Think Of My Videos Like A Mad-Lib'

Forbes Social Media

Alan Chikin Chow's comedy videos, shot with a few fellow actors, have attracted more than 30 million subscribers to Chow’s YouTube page. The trove of followers has helped Chow ink brand deals with companies including Netflix, McDonald’s, & Coachella.

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Meta Publishes New Report on Evolving Consumption Shifts, and What Marketers Need to Consider

Social Media Today

Some interesting insights into evolving discovery and consumption habits.

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How to Send Better Email: 7 Ways To Level Up Your Email Skills Today

Buffer Social

Like many others, I read and reply to hundreds of emails every week and I have for years. And as with anything — some emails are so much better than others. Some emails truly stand out because the person took time to research, or they shared their request quickly. There are a lot of things that can take an email from good to great, and in this post, we’re going to get into them.

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Create a Custom Event for Quality Traffic

Jon Loomer

Here’s the best way to measure quality traffic with Meta advertising… The home base for my business is my website, and the engine that makes it go is my blog. I write 100 blog posts per year, and sometimes more, teaching the most advanced strategies of Meta advertising. My potential leads and customers are those who read my blog posts. They don’t just visit and click away, of course.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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How to use Social Listening to understand your audience

Audiense

According to Statista , 65% of the world’s population fall under the category of internet users. Daily tasks, from checking the news to communicating with friends and family to making an income, are increasingly accomplished online. But the information about these internet users is difficult for businesses to gain in an ethical way, as people become more concerned with privacy protection.

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Rhett & Link: How The Original Kings Of YouTube Built A Lasting Brand And Became Career Creators

Forbes Social Media

Best friends since grade school, the former engineers began posting comedy shows on YouTube in 2011. Today their entertainment company, Mythical, employs more than 100 people who create YouTube series for their 18 million subscribers.

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Social Apps Continue to Face Challenges in Implementing Shopping, Underlining the Challenge for X

Social Media Today

Facilitating payments and shopping would be a big win for social apps, but regulators are less enthused.

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Why you need an exceptional customer service strategy (and how to develop one)

Sprout Social

Superior customer experiences don’t happen by accident. A well-defined customer service strategy is the foundation to every wow-worthy interaction between a business and its customers. As market competition grows more fierce, consistently delivering exceptional customer care is more vital than ever. Connecting the dots between disparate communication channels—phone, email, chat, social—is a necessary step in future-proofing your business.

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Personal Branding for Introverts: How I’m Managing my Anxiety While Growing on Social Media

Buffer Social

Some things you need to know about me: I’m an introvert and I’m shy. And, to build up my business, I’ve been actively building my personal brand on social media for three years. These things seem rather at odds with each other, don’t they? Before you ask, introversion and shyness are not one and the same. For example, I prefer my own company — preferably curled up with a novel — to socializing because of my low social battery (introvert).

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Inside The Forbes List Of Highest-Earning Creators Of 2023

Forbes Social Media

The 50 honorees on our second annual Forbes Top Creator list harnessed their combined 2.6 billion followers to haul in an estimated $700 million in earnings. That's up more than 20% from 2022.

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Snap’s Shutting Down its Enterprise AR Development Project After Less Than 6 Months

Social Media Today

Snapchat's ARES project enables partners to utilize Snap's AR tech in new ways.

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How to craft an effective AI use policy for marketing

Sprout Social

Technology, like art, stirs emotions and sparks ideas and discussions. The emergence of artificial intelligence ( AI) in marketing is no exception. While millions are enthusiastic about embracing AI to achieve greater speed and agility within their organizations, there are others who remain skeptical—pretty common in the early phases of tech adoption cycles.

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AI-Powered Video Translation

Jon Loomer

Did you know I speak Spanish fluently? Unfortunately, I don’t. But with the help of AI, it’s a virtual reality. Using a tool called HeyGen, I uploaded a video that features at least 30 seconds of me speaking. It then regenerated the video from English to Spanish. It didn’t just generate captions and translate them (it didn’t do that at all), it cloned my voice and regenerated the audio.

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She’s Grown An Audience of 20k+ Subscribers in Less Than A Year – Here’s How

Buffer Social

Meet Chenell Basilio , a savvy creator who stumbled upon the power of newsletters almost by accident. Starting with a simple curiosity about how others were successfully growing their email lists, Chenell embarked on a journey of research and discovery with Growth in Reverse. Eight months later, she boasts an impressive following of over 20,000 subscribers who eagerly await her weekly deep-dive newsletters.