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

Sprout Social

My romantic idea of innovation as something you could just recognize in your gut was out of sync with the tremendous amount of bet-hedging most brands needed to feel confident in a new product or marketing campaign. Kraft determined through traditional market research that they wanted to enter the grocery burger market.

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Drive authentic connection at scale with a sophisticated listening solution

Sprout Social

For marketers it naturally raises several more questions: What do they say when I’m not in the room? The answers to these questions reach beyond brand and even marketing. Before the proliferation of social media, brands sought these insights through a variety of different tactics: surveys, focus-groups, shop-alongs.

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4 Tips for Handling Negative Comments in Social Media

Ignite Social Media

Having a strong social media presence is mandatory for brands these days. On one hand, you can form relationships with your fans and hear feedback directly from them, serving almost as an instant focus group for the brand. People who contact you on social media are usually doing it for convenience.

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Five Ways to Make Your Next Marketing Campaign More Diverse

Pixlee

Gen Z is the most diverse generation yet, and it’s no surprise they expect to see themselves represented in marketing content. But, it’s not only the newest generation that cares about inclusive marketing. Diverse content has to actively avoid tokenism to be authentic. Work With Diverse Influencers.

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Co-creation: Why creators should be part of your product development team

Sprout Social

Everyone—from marketers to social media users—loves creators. According to a Q1 2023 Sprout pulse survey, over two-thirds (79%) of marketers plan to spend up to 50% of their total social budget on content creators. Another 39% of marketers work with creators on a monthly basis.

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14 Social Listening Tools for Effortless Brand Monitoring

Hootsuite

Social listening tools are some of the most important for any social media marketer to master. Back in the day, marketers had to dedicate substantial budgets to consumer and competitor research through surveys, focus groups, and market testing. Why do marketers need social listening tools?

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How to Leverage Your Customers to Improve Your Marketing Strategy?

The Realtime Report

How to Leverage Your Customers to Improve Your Marketing Strategy . Planning a marketing campaign should not start with your marketing team. Everything that you do that is related to marketing your business must come from the people you are trying to advertise to. It should start with your target audience.