Sprout Social

JANUARY 26, 2021

So instead of trying to anticipate the next big thing for 2021, we’re going in the opposite direction and sharing what not to do on social media based on what we learned in 2020. From taking a stand on current events to embracing the rise of TikTok, here are six things to keep in mind when executing your 2021 social strategy.

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Social Media Metrics Data Team 143

Janet Fouts

JUNE 17, 2010

This is especially true when you are on multiple networks. Think of your online conversations as an aggregate whole and not just one network at a time. You can’t mention activism and social media without James Karl Buck coming up. His tweet activated his social network and word spread quickly.

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Privacy Social Networking Aggregator Issues 130

The Realtime Report

AUGUST 29, 2012

Can social networks help with medical research? The world’s first genetics-based social network – as 23andMe labels itself – is looking to show they can. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences.

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Social Networking Research Sample Samples 161

Harp Interactive

MARCH 31, 2010

The client wants to know if their social media campaign is working! They want to understand how social media marketing will meet their goals before they commit to a budget allocation for a “mythical campaign&#. Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc).

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 30, 2018

A lot happened this month in social media with most of the news centered around the Facebook privacy scandal. 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. Facebook Faced Congress.

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Social Media Privacy YouTube Aggregator 97

Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? But this also shows how Newser is pushing aggregation to the extreme.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research 140

SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I recently participate in an Twitter chat where the conversation turned to whether or not it’s a good idea to automate social media activities. Personally, I do leverage tools like Paper.li, but as an aggregation tool, not for the purpose of filler tweets. Do you automate your social media activities?

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Paper.li Social Media Tweetdeck Foursquare 278

Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Add Social TV, “Social Nicheworks”, co-creating prosumers and aggregators, hyper connectivity and social search to the list of trends to be on the lookout for in 2013 as well. US digital media usage: A snapshot of 2013. Not surprisingly, social network usage, e-commerce as well as social gaming is growing.

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Social Media Nielsen Aggregator Mobile 269

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 25, 2011

The need for a social network that automatically aggregates all my “friends&# and then cuts off the irrelevant noise. Or are we in an infinite loop of growing out of social networks every five years? One doesn’t really marry a random person just because there’s an option for divorce, do they?).

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Social Networking Google Aggregator Social Enterprise 193

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We’ve heard our Advocacy Board Administrators loud and clear: crafting messages for the same media asset across multiple social networks is an incredibly time-consuming process. Now, admins can easily write messages inside each card or thumbnail, without needing to duplicate messages for multiple social networks.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 11, 2020

If you’re trying to figure out how to find your most successful social media posts, your head is in the right place. Below we’ve highlighted how to find your most successful social media posts, broken down by platform. What makes a post “successful,” though? Link Clicks. New followers.

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Social Media How To Metrics Analytics 125

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info? Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Promote events through social media?

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Pixlee

JUNE 23, 2020

Social media is a powerhouse for marketers, with 50% of the world’s population using at least one platform. But with so many different social media platforms, it’s a challenge to get the most out of all your social channels. Social hubs help drive increased engagement with followers and site visitors.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 6, 2014

Holy Social Sony has created a new social network , and it’s dedicated entirely to football (well, soccer). One Stadium Live seeks to unify all the social buzz about soccer, and specifically the FIFA World Cup , into one unified platform. It’s a one-stop shop for everything a World Cup fan needs.

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Social Media API Aggregator Team 146

Dave Fleet

JUNE 15, 2010

Social media ROI is a hot topic right now, as social media begins to (slowly) mature. One area in particular which is fast-evolving is social media monitoring (my ex-colleague Michael O’Connor Clarke quipped last week that there’s probably a micro-industry dedicated to watching it).

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Sysomos ROI Social Media Privacy 273

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 17, 2011

Several great new features were recently added to the B2B Marketing Zone and Social Media Informer by co-founder Tony Karrer. Best is decided by the system based on social signals – that’s clicks, views, twitter, delicious, and other kinds of inputs that tell us what people are doing with the content.

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B2B Features Social Media Aggregator 155

Socialized

MARCH 15, 2010

The idea that social media allows us to engage in online conversations is getting people into all kinds of trouble, because what we’re doing when we click “Tweet&# on Twitter or “Share&# on Facebook isn’t conversation — it’s publication. Tags: Social Media.

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Conversation Social Media Privacy Aggregator 247

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 20, 2011

Amid all of the hype, conferences, and rapid adoption of social media marketing by organizations from sole proprietors to the Fortune 100, there remains an undercurrent of skepticism. This surfaces in posts like Social Media Skepticism , 5 reasons why social media skeptics maybe right and Business social networking: where’s the ROI?

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Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 5, 2011

I’m the biggest proponent of social media that you could possibly find but I am also the one that told my daughter that she doesn’t need Facebook. I also told a group of 400 parents and educators that anyone under the age of 16 doesn’t need to be on a social network. She’s 14. Why the flip-flop?

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Social Media Aggregator Loyalty Social Networking 152

Sherrilynne Starkie

JUNE 29, 2013

However, the social network has been working on Reader for more than year, according a report in the Wall Street Journal and is said to resemble Flipboard. Facebook Featured Headline Social Media Facebook Reader Google Reader News aggregator' Facebook would not confirm the reports at the time.

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Direct Marketing Observations

AUGUST 24, 2011

If you’ve been in this business for any length of time, then its time to take your collective aggregate knowledge of social media and add it to the overall mix of what you know and do. We’re at least five years in and I want you to quit being a social media specialist, because you aren’t one any longer.

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Social Media Skills SEO Aggregator 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

What is the value of social media as it relates to retail ROI? Everyone is doing things with respect to social, but in e-commerce, what is the point? Can I even truly attribute social data to return on investment? Among the more interesting findings: Users coming from a social network spent $126.12

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 7, 2022

So you’ve begun your social media marketing journey. You post daily on social media. Of course, counting the number of likes and comments will give you a vague idea of your social media progress. But there are too many social media business accounts with too much data to track.

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Report Social Media Metrics How To 52

Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job. Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. Not every company needs a blog.

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Social Media Press Release Marketing Widget 232

Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Now what if we applied these to the world of social media? Semi-truth #1: Our infatuation with the next, new, shiny, thing in social media depreciates as soon as we realize that it’s just another engagement, aggregator, application, thingy requiring more time, increased effort, permission to access, another profile creation etc.,

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you’re trying to wrap your head around modern social media, chances are you’re a bit overwhelmed. It’s a lot to take in, especially since the social space is almost unrecognizable from what it was a decade ago. Among the most important social media marketing basics is the need to fill out your profile 100%.

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Harp Interactive

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I am always interested in finding the best and latest tools to enhance and expedite the social media experiences, maintenance and growth for Harp and for our clients. Provides a snapshot of your social media presence. is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap! Friend Feed.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 3, 2021

It’s no secret that TikTok has become a powerhouse social media network, but for brands and marketers using the app for their businesses it’s important to understand what TikTok analytics are accessible, and more importantly, what each metric means. Subscribe to Social You Should Know.

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Analytics Brands CPA Overview 154

Buffer Social

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Is it the end of organic reach on social media? Yes, the (average) organic reach on social media has been falling over the years. Because we’ve seen businesses, including ourselves, growing their organic reach on social media in the last few years. How to (still) get organic reach on social media.

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Organization Flipboard Social Media Company 108

Convince & Convert

MAY 17, 2013

This week: From ExactTarget , a free white paper called “ 3 Truths Every CMO Needs to Know About Social Media and the Customer Experience “ From Expion , a case study about how H&R Block mobilized 90,000 tax professionals in social media using Expion to guide their activity. Four Your Information.

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Social Media Study Statistics Aggregator 162

agora pulse

DECEMBER 23, 2019

We asked some of our favorite social media experts to share what they look forward to seeing in social media for 2020. Here’s what got them bright-eyed and excited … Jay Baer: “2020 is going to be the year that brands stop random acts of social. Back to social, and a retreat from media.”

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 18, 2016

And now social media platforms are catching on as well. With new features from Pinterest and Google, knowing how to use social media to plan your next trip can make the process easy breezy; check out these features and see for yourself. Pinterest Guided Search.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 10, 2011

It’s not just social media. Monopolies in social media? Networks, apps, aggregators, blogs, microblogs-copy what works, tweak it a little, or not, and see what market share you can pull. In social media, is it possible that what they are saying is fresh? We’re hoping for fresh.

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Social Media Microblogging Aggregator Blogger 159

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Through the use of a custom browser widget, Pinterest members can capture media from any public Web site or blog and “pin” it to a virtual pinboard, usually organized around a specific topic (e.g “cool shoes”, “food I’d like to try”, or “my art”). So Why Now? And what about Google+?

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Google Ensembli Aggregator Social Networking 252

Koka Sexton

MAY 14, 2011

The following table contains the names of over 100 companies and organization that have published their Employee Social Media Policies or Guidelines online… The left side column is the name of the organization, and it is linked to their organizational or corporate home page. Template: Blogging and Social Media Policy.

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