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Paid Posts: My Facebook Status Update is Smarter Than Yours

Webbiquity SMM

The social media giant recently launched a pilot program in New Zealand that allows users to pay to ‘highlight’ a post, meaning that it will appear near the top of friends’ News Feeds and remain their longer, even if it doesn’t receive the clicks, comments, and ‘Likes’ that usually push a popular post to the top.

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What is hashtagging and how to use it effectively

Sprout Social

Using hashtags on different social networks. I designed the hashtag to thwart any one social network from becoming the dominant gatekeeper. Given the sophistication of today’s social media algorithms, it might be difficult to remember the chaotic social feeds of the early 2000s. How to use hashtags.

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10 Ways to Take Better Social Media Campaign Photos

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Although many people spend time messaging celebrities, sharing selfies, and watching cat videos, 54% have used social media to test items and interact with their favorite brands. You potentially lose future clients if the company does not have an up-to-date social network present. Social media is essentially a visual medium. .”

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One small step for brand: What marketers need to know about conscious—and increasingly skeptical—consumers 

Sprout Social

Patagonia is revered as one of the best companies that mixes business with activism and it’s easy to see why by looking at their social feeds. Patagonia’s transparency on social crystalizes where they stand on issues that their company and consumers care about. And the proof that consumers trust the brand is on social.

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The Five-Year Marketing Plan: Looking Beyond Facebook

Idaconcpts

MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. That’s the big question that Facebook, Twitter and every other social network faces.

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The Five-Year Marketing Plan: Looking Beyond Facebook

Idaconcpts

MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. That’s the big question that Facebook, Twitter and every other social network faces.

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Paid Posts: My Facebook Status Update is Smarter Than Yours

Webbiquity SMM

The social media giant recently launched a pilot program in New Zealand that allows users to pay to ‘highlight’ a post, meaning that it will appear near the top of friends’ News Feeds and remain their longer, even if it doesn’t receive the clicks, comments, and ‘Likes’ that usually push a popular post to the top.

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