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Social Spotlight: Michigan State University and creating community in this ‘new normal’

Sprout Social

One of the indelible experiences of college is the sense of community–often the first community you get to choose for yourself. Creating that sense of community comes naturally when you’re living, playing and learning together on campus. For instance, I still can’t drink tequila. But that’s a story for a different time.

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A Social Network For Genetics Research: Can It Help Isolate Parkinson’s Genes?

The Realtime Report

Can social networks help with medical research? It started in 2009, when 23andMe decided to do genetic research and invited anyone diagnosed with Parkinson’s to donate their DNA sample. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences.

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SMSsummit Speaker Interview with Sarah Barnes of Harvey Mudd College

Social Media Strategies Summit

Presenting a virtual version of the HMC community for alumni, students, prospective students, and parents is the whole point, and no one captures that better than our current students. I love the visual aspect, and I like that it lends itself to posting to build a sense of community. For personal use, I love Twitter and TikTok.

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The Scale of Upcoming Changes in the World of Media

The Realtime Report

Other tools like news aggregators, social media, thematic communities, and a multitude of other resources help PR specialists reach their goals while providing their clients with successful results. Results like published PR articles in outlets like Forbes and Fortune, live televised interviews, and spots on late night shows.

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Oktopost’s Social Listening: Tap Into Conversations That Impact Your Business

Oktopost

The practice of social listening was adopted by the B2B marketing community from our B2C counterparts—very much like social media itself. Research engine for agile product teams. The volume of B2B mentions might be lower, but the potential cost of every missed negative post is so much bigger.

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See innovation differently: How social media holds the key to true differentiation

Sprout Social

No need for research, testing or iteration—let’s just do this! By using a powerful social listening tool to aggregate and parse all of that conversational data, smart brands can formulate and test hypotheses quickly and then pressure test those assumptions through qualitative research. Get more out of research .

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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

Gymshark, Threadless and Casper are shining examples of brands that flourished thanks to community-building and word of mouth. Either on-site, social media, Google or third-party review aggregators. rating or review is most valuable to someone researching a brand for the first time or buying a new product. See how that works?