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How Government Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. The first step to using Facebook to communicate with your followers is to create a Facebook Page for your government agency. A page allows different members of your team to act as administrators.

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L.L.Bean’s social team went off the grid: Here’s how you can do it, too

Sprout Social

Though the idea might seem infeasible for many social marketers, the L.L.Bean team went “off the grid” for the second year in a row this May in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Some skeptics wondered if it was an authentic gesture, or just a way to generate positive PR. What did other team members do?

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Inside The Arboretum: How Sprout built a 10,000-member strong community

Sprout Social

Social media marketers understand the power of community more than most. But for a long time, communities built specifically for them have been few and far between. Since its public launch in April 2023 , The Arb community has experienced remarkable growth in engagement, with membership consistently on the rise.

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AI won’t replace social teams: Here’s why

Sprout Social

This new era of artificial intelligence (AI) naturally has social teams thinking: Is an AI social media manager about to take my seat? People crave authenticity on social, and they can spot boilerplate, AI-generated posts and responses a mile away. Using AI enables your team to get ahead of these challenges. Let’s get into why.

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4 social advocacy examples that prove authenticity pays off

Sprout Social

With a strategy behind it, advocacy will help drive sales, attract talent and position your team members as leaders in their respective networks. They happen when a dedicated team member—like Vizient’s Social Media Director, Elida Solis—gets equipped with the tools needed to power their strategy.

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Personal Branding: Authenticity vs Transparency – Do You Know the Difference?

Pam Moore

As many brands are challenged to become human, engage with their community of customers, prospects, stakeholders, and competition a few of the questions we hear most are: What do I talk about? Depending on how connected you are with your community they may be interested in what you eat, where you go for breakfast. Authenticity.

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What Really Works On LinkedIn? Answers From The LinkedIn Team

Buffer Social

To help us answer our questions, we spoke to Hien Mai, from the LinkedIn Product Marketing team. In this post, we’ll take a look at seven popular assumptions about how LinkedIn works and share answers and suggestions that come directly from their team. How many hashtags should you be using? What should I post on LinkedIn?

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