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How OWN Creates Community and Multi-Platform Success With Social Video

Social Media Strategies Summit

Specifically, would women of color be interested in a dedicated social community? To solve for this need, OWN recently launched The Know: An OWN Community. The Know: An OWN Community. Fortunately, their research also revealed their audience doesn’t mind being advertised to, so long as it’s relevant.

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Why Community-Driven Marketing is a Long-Term Investment for Growth and Sales

Pixlee

Today’s generation of tech-savvy consumers is less receptive to traditional methods of advertising and marketing. In fact, 96% of Americans believe brand advertising is done to intentionally mislead. The Human Connection in Community-Driven Brands. What is a Community-Driven Brand? The times have changed.

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Effectively Recruiting Top Performing Employees through Social Media

SocMed Sean

Today’s guest post comes from Eric Czerwonka , an entrepreneur and co-founder of Buddy Punch , a software company founded in 2013 that provides time tracking solutions for startups, companies with employees, as well as anyone with a remote team to manage. Separate Departments.

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How I Built a Profitable Newsletter Business

Buffer Social

Through those relationships, I noticed a trend: founders of startups are no different than anyone else. I believe anyone can build a company as long as they have a clear vision, the market is right, they’re self-aware, understand the nuances of the industry, and they have the grit to power through the roadblocks. ExplodingIdeas.co

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Monday Roundup: Buzz Marketing a la Spring

Waxing UnLyrical

Why: “Companies should look for the ‘sweet spot,’ where an image or issue generates enough heat to elicit interest but stops short of raising qualms.” Launch Day: Generating Initial Buzz for Your Startup. What do you do to get your community buzzing? Winning the Marketing Battle Between Help and Hype.

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20+ LinkedIn Profile Tips (Guaranteed Ways to Stand Out)

Buffer Social

I’ve been invited to speak on hundreds of podcasts and written for some of the most prestigious websites in business and marketing, like Buffer, HubSpot, Nasdaq, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, NBC, and more. Now, keep in mind that I’m a solo consultant and not affiliated with any specific company.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? The two companies were created six months apart; Myspace was founded in August 2003 and by July 2005 was bought by News Corp for 580 million dollars. Background on the two social media sites.

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