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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

Direct Marketing Observations

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. 4) Social data will determine your next move in your future business engagements, don’t ignore it- Social data will be driving consumer engagement. 5) Engagement strategies will be different on every channel because of the data returned from #4. Get serious about mobile.

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The Results of Buffer’s Build Week: Introducing our Open Beta Program and new Transparent Roadmap (+16 More Projects)

Buffer Social

This might include content that is false or misleading information presented as truth, hate speech, abusive or harmful content, astroturfing, phishing, and spam. The new update not only brings you fresh, engaging content, but also includes a fascinating timeline highlighting Buffer's evolution over the years. Available here.

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Experiment: Do Photos With People Perform Better on Instagram?

Hootsuite

Social media is ultimately for people, not robots — which means getting true engagement requires appealing to what people like. It seemed to me that the best way to test if faces get engagement, would be to look back at my Instagram account and see whether photos with or without faces got more engagement, as measured by likes and comments.

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