Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Just when we thought we, as social media strategists and community managers, could rest up from the twists and turns of the last 18 months, the holiday season is upon us. . Establish Guidelines That Encourage Maximum Transparency (and Yes, Even Disappointment!). Ensure Your Community Management Team Has The Right Software.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 11, 2019

Your copy will need to be razor-sharp, with polished phrasing and potent messaging, but you’ll also need to make your visual branding a priority. Want to make your brand memorable? Take inspiration from your favorite brands. Create a set of brand guidelines. Put out visuals that reflect its nature.

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Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2022

The cannabis industry is booming, which means more brands are leveraging social media as a channel to promote their products, share educational information about cannabis use, and advocate for decriminalization, social justice and destigmatization. Now more than ever, brands are fighting for higher visibility amongst cannabis consumers.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. It’s time for B2B brands to embrace the power of influencers. However, influencer marketing is not only viable for B2B brands; it can play a crucial role in B2B social media strategies.

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Ignite Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Moreover, Parler provides a yellow badge that says “verified influencer” to public figures, influencers, or brands. Parler community guidelines are simple and to the point. Users who violate any guidelines, are subject to a community jury and could be removed from the app. The second rule is no spam.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

IBM Social Computing Guidelines. In the spring of 2005, IBMers used a wiki to create a set of guidelines for all IBMers who wanted to blog. These guidelines aimed to provide helpful, practical advice—and also to protect both IBM bloggers and IBM itself, as the company sought to embrace the blogosphere.

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Mindjumpers

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Tweet Recent comment count on Facebook brand pages is going up, just proving that now, people accept social media as an effective method of communicating with their brand and entering a conversation. Often in these situations, a community manager will find herself in a fix, unable to answer and respond to all of them.

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Buffer Social

MAY 10, 2022

When I fostered my first puppy only to quickly find out he had fleas, I felt lost and in need of people I could turn to for trustworthy information, and as a dog mom today, I’m regularly looking for community support. Of course, wanting a community and actually creating one are two very different things.

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Likeable

OCTOBER 7, 2020

And corporate style guides are great, but the way your brand speaks and carries itself on social shouldn’t be the same as in other marketing. There’s much more of a human element, and customers want to connect with brands in this space. There are a few reasons why all brands would benefit from a style guide.

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Pam Moore

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The heart of digital and social marketing success is community. The true power comes in the form of community. Communities are not just born overnight via a fast “pop-up” Facebook group with an intent to pursuade people to buy from you. The truth is that communities take time. Planning takes focus and time.

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Pam Moore

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The heart of digital and social marketing success is community. The true power comes in the form of community. Communities are not just born overnight via a fast “pop-up” Facebook group with an intent to pursuade people to buy from you. The truth is that communities take time. Planning takes focus and time.

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Communities Strategy Brands Marketing 60

SocialFish

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Association executives voice the fear of the loss of control over their brand and association as their main concern about social media but this is a false issue. The topic is central to Maddie’s and Lindy’s book, Open Community. However we still think we can control the actions of others.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We unpack how your brand can use these examples to spark your own scroll-stopping ideas—while maximizing your budget and doing more with less. According to The Sprout Social Index™ , the most memorable thing brands can do on social is respond to their customers. The play: Social customer care isn’t just for digital-first brands.

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As election day draws nearer, naturally we can’t help but to think about how brands may incorporate election-themed content into their mix as a way to find relevancy, or engage in conversations related to it. Or whether or not brands should talk elections is about as controversial as the two leading candidates themselves.

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2023

Operating on social media without brand safety tools is like browsing the internet without malware protection. Brand safety has traditionally been relegated to just protecting brands from advertising on or near inappropriate content online. What are brand safety tools?

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2019

Cultivating UGC for your brand not only saves you time, energy and recourses but helps create brand advocacy by making it easy for your customers to share what they love about your brand to the world. Through community insights and social listening, we found our #client Outer Banks of NC has a strong and passionate community.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 10, 2012

Tweet The following post is part of the Mindjumpers Network series and written by our Community Manager, Sara Hansson. Social media has opened up for the possibility to easily connect people across countries, which further provides a great possibility for international brands to penetrate new markets. Local vs. global.

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Pixlee

AUGUST 9, 2021

However, the content your users produce may be less-than-optimal by your brand standards. There’s a high volume of content available to most brands but let’s face it: a lot of that content isn’t perfect. Use a UGC platform to automatically filter out spam, and set custom parameters that meet your brand guidelines.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 8, 2014

Five years ago I wrote a list of social media guidelines for the Enterprise which has been read 100,000+ times. And even today creating social media guidelines for staff are a challenge. I often ask my students to get into teams and come up with some guidelines. Public, Acknowledged Guidelines. Secret InHouse Guidelines.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With organic reach on the decline, running a quality social media sweepstakes is one of the best ways to amplify and boost your brand. Sweepstakes are a great way to drum up excitement for your brand, because who doesn’t love free stuff? If your brand sells a physical product, include that as the prize or part of it.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 19, 2023

According to a Sprout survey of 300 marketers responsible for their brands social media strategy, 64% cite data, privacy and brand safety as concerns within the metaverse. And with metaverse investments surpassing $120 billion dollars in early 2022—more than double the investment in 2021—brands can’t afford to avoid resolution.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 12, 2023

Far from managing accounts for one or two brands and sub-brands, they might be responsible for managing social media profiles across dozens — or even hundreds — of different departments. One way Ohio State has overcome silos is by creating a social media community of practice group led by Dani’s team. You can’t do it all alone.

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Unmetric

AUGUST 2, 2019

Which are the most followed brands on Instagram and how did they get there? Luckily, we have an Instagram analytics tool that tracks, among other things, which brands have the most followers. Instagram has proven to be a great platform for brands to market their products. Top brands on Instagram.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 15, 2014

Sure, there is a social destination, but Google+ has tools for every business looking to increase engagement: a) Within their business itself, and b) To build relationships and develop loyal ‘fans’ of them and their brands. Types of G+ Communities There are two types of communities: 1. Why Use Google+ Communities?

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 25, 2021

Studies have shown Reels can serve as a valuable tool for your brand whether they are used as a testing space for TikTok or to add a little spice into your brand’s newsfeed. It’s especially worth keeping a close eye on for brands considering Reels ad options are on the horizon. Testing on Reels and Other Networks. That’s okay.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 17, 2021

Social isn’t the place to take your brand’s 15 second TV spot and post it on Instagram, but too often, it happens. Social has its own rhythm, it has its own flow, its own look and feel, and audiences expect branded content to fit in, or else it’s going to feel inauthentic, forced, and not perform well. The same goes for events.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Engage with your audience for community building We all know that engaging with your community on social media is one of the many keys to success. Use the Community tab to post updates, create polls, or share behind-the-scenes content. Speaking of the Community tab – it isn't just for long-form YouTube creators.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 21, 2012

Many of the myths surrounding online community development are proliferated by common sense conclusions. Creating an online community has a basis in science—but best practices that seem clear-cut on the surface become much more complicated when you dig deeper. Only then can you define the business goals of your community.

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Mindjumpers

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

From a brand perspective you want to be relatable as well as recognizable to the receivers. And as mentioned before always have the playbook within reach to check if you are aligned with the guidelines. At Mindjumpers we have been producing branded content on a daily basis since our early days. Review your copy for typos.

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 25, 2013

This blog post provides you with some quick guidelines on what to remember when having a Facebook page. Relevant content is a key factor to make your brand interesting. With this, you can pick out the most relevant themes for your brand, such as Heritage & Identity, Product and Creative Ideas. Drop-dead design.

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agora pulse

JULY 12, 2018

So, if you’re still saying your brand doesn’t need YouTube community building, you might need to rethink. My team at Contentworks has created video scripts for some of the biggest finance brands and managed their YouTube channels. Brand Your Channel. This is key for YouTube community building.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 14, 2020

You don’t have to look hard to find an up-and-coming brand ambassador program on social media. With the growing popularity of unfiltered content and “everyday” influencers, brands are looking to build relationships with satisfied customers who can advertise for them. What is a brand ambassador program, anyway?

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Hootsuite

APRIL 25, 2023

Fake social media accounts are an ongoing problem for both social media platforms and for brands. Impostors on social media present a real challenge for all major brands. Here’s what you can do to help protect your brand and your customers. They think they have found and followed your brand or organization.

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Hootsuite

MAY 1, 2023

Benefits of a social media workflow An effective social media workflow ensures that every post is well-crafted, timely, strategic, and aligned with your brand guidelines. Higher-quality content: Clear workflows ensure your content is accurate, up-to-date, and offers the best possible reflection of your brand.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 2, 2017

Facebook has recently launched Groups for Pages, enabling the 70 million+ Pages on Facebook to create their own unique communities and feeds. This update provides new ways for brands to boost engagement and could go some way to countering the decline in organic reach Facebook Page owners have been experiencing for the past few years.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jesse Walker , Community Manager. In 2020 brands learned they couldn’t sit on the sidelines and finally got comfortable with taking a stand. Given the pandemic, we’re seeing a lot of brands turn to social media marketing to try to keep sales going outside of their usual storefronts and this is new territory for a lot of brands.

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SocialFish

MARCH 10, 2011

This is the second in a series of interviews we are conducting with CEO’s and senior executives about their take on the concepts in Open Community. We started our conversation with this one question: How do you think the concepts in Open Community will shape associations in the future? Pace of change. I’ve seen this working very well.

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