Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

With its infinite scroll functionality, thumb-stopping content, and the high possibility of video virality, TikTok has taken the world by storm and it’s a no-brainer to infer that retailers and CPG brands alike should be thinking of ways to integrate the platform into their social media mix. Followers: 49.8k. UNO Targets Enthusiasts.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Brands are flocking to Facebook but are overlooking the significant opportunities and value that bloggers bring to digital marketing initiatives, according to the T echnorati 2013 Digital Influence Report. However brands are spending 57% of their social budgets on Facebook and only six per cent on blogs. Bloggers are important in PR.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And this is the potential that ecommerce brands are capitalizing on. Plenty of small brands were built for Instagram, or rather, it was Instagram that helped build them in the first place. Retail activity through this channel will only increase. Ecommerce brands need to make the most of this opportunity. billion U.S.

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Pixlee

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Influencer marketing has emerged as a powerful force for businesses across many industries, and the relationships that brands can build with influencers can create irreplaceable value when executed well. . Success with influencers in driving retail sales depends largely on first partnering with the right type of influencer for your brand.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even the most well-known legacy brands need to adapt to attract audiences over the years. A strategy that made a brand successful years ago may be obsolete in the future, that’s why building brand awareness remains critical for established and upcoming businesses alike.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The metaverse is the new internet frontier and popular brands are taking advantage of this evolving technology. In this article, we’ll discuss how top brands are approaching metaverse brand activations and industries making the largest strides. Metaverse brand activations: What they look like today.

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Pixlee

JUNE 16, 2021

Retail and ecommerce faced significant shifts in the past year, driven by store closures, no-contact shopping and myriad other challenges. Take a close look at these statistics to get a better idea of what’s happening in ecommerce and retail in 2021 and how it might affect your business in the near future. Shoppers Go Online.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Sprout’s Tagging feature has changed the reporting game for many brands. In this article, we’ll show you how 3 brands have created a Tagging strategy for marketing campaigns, cross-org reporting and better insights. London-based retailer River Island uses Tags to make this reporting process easier. Let’s dive in.

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Pixlee

APRIL 25, 2019

While surprise sets are now the norm at festivals, the experience isn’t just about the music or even the FOMO (fear of missing out) anymore, as music and culture festivals have evolved into the place for brands to connect with their hard-to-reach millennial fans in a meaningful way. When FOMO Died.

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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

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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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Rather than trying to invest in every platform alongside your competition, now is the time for brands to meet their audience in more intentional ways. Retailers go all-in on Instagram and TikTok. When allocating resources, think beyond the constraints of “best practices” and go where the white space for your brand is.

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Pixlee

JUNE 29, 2020

In June of 2020, it became abundantly clear that any individual or brand with a platform must use it constructively or face public scrutiny. This concept is increasingly more important: brands cannot fake authenticity and diversity. The best message is one that your diverse, authentic community is already sharing.

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Pixlee

MARCH 31, 2020

The world moved ‘mobile-first’ so brands built apps. But app commerce is getting a resurgence on the premise of the community and user-generated content. Even though most customers are looking to ultimately purchase while using an app, they’re also there to engage with the brand and connect with likeminded people.

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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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Sprout Social

JULY 18, 2022

Keep reading to learn more about how TikTok is shaping the literary industry and what brands can take away from this trending subculture. Now, anyone can have the power to make a book fly off the shelves and brands are taking note. How 3 brands are promoting popular BookTok recommendations on TikTok. Maas , don’t worry.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2020

And while the retail industry has weathered significant change lately, sustainability is one trend that just keeps rising. Lyst used Good On You ratings to define what makes a sustainable brand. But with the movement so broad and ill-defined, it was only a matter of time before brands leveraged sustainability for all the wrong reasons.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2012

One that could have a vibrant Facebook community, if they could just get to that point. In our case, the client is not a coffee shop or retailer, so this is a real challenge until they have greater name recognition. People are already inundated with posts from brands; why would they want to see yours? What about organic growth?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Influencer marketing can be highly impactful, with one-third of consumers agreeing that influencer posts are the best way for brands to persuade customers to try new products. Port of Seattle’s influencer program started with just a handful of bloggers attending the launch of two new retailers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

With its ability to get in front of a wide array of consumers, social media may be the darling of retail and B2C brands, but it is increasingly difficult for ANY business to ignore the power of social media marketing. Slack is a workplace communication and collaboration platform that appeals to companies large and small.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

But while this is a yearly slam-dunk for big box retailers, Black Friday can bring more challenges than benefits for small businesses. Slashing prices to make sales cuts straight into their bottom line — and with limited marketing budgets and resources, competing with big brands takes courage, insight, and creativity. What is Pantee?

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 13, 2012

Mindjumpers Network is a global network of local country community managers enabling international companies to execute and maintain brand communities in a structured, quality assured and cost effective way across markets with the aim of creating effect and value. Local activation for global brands is on the rise.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

What does it take to build brand awareness? Today, we have brand mascots faking forbidden romances, sponsored dance challenges and internet beefs over—ironically enough— chicken sandwiches. Building a memorable brand takes some big swings but you have to walk before you can run. What is brand awareness? Our advice?

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Pixlee

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Retail shopping has been permanently changed by internet culture. This combined with the presence of giant ecommerce corporations like Amazon and AliExpress has forced retailers to understand that shopping is no longer a simple errand but rather an experience for consumers. Is this leading to a retail-apocalypse?

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

When you think of brands on social media, which come to mind first? People don’t remember brands or sales-y content—they remember stories. And great brand marketing on social is behind some of the most creative storytelling out there. Brands we’re watching. Wendy’s buzz-worthy sarcasm? Sprout’s TikTok? Hint hint.).

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Pixlee

AUGUST 23, 2018

Today’s consumers rely heavily on social media and tapping into their community when it comes to brand loyalty and their purchase decisions. Brands understand that user-generated content (UGC) that shows real people with your products creates a more engaging shopping experience and builds trust. They absolutely love it!

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Brands who embrace diversity in their campaigns, content, and hiring practices are representing a wide range of races, genders, orientations, and abilities, to name a few things. More than ever before, consumers are holding brands accountable to make key marketing changes to showcase different faces and voices. ThirdLove .

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 4, 2023

So, a brand’s content likely doesn’t belong on all platforms, nor should it be the same across all. Considering your brand / product and the message, what platform(s) logically fit? Advertising that doesn’t “fit” the job of the platform can be similarly be off-putting or risk being ignored.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2023

While this platform has already played a huge role in social media trends over the last couple of years, brands will likely continue to utilize it for advertising purposes this year, despite serious security concerns. Above all, customers want to be able to communicate with the brand they’re interested in.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Agencies may offer this in a variety of ways—it may fall under social media management , or under a dedicated community management service. 9 stellar social media management agencies for your brand. Narrowing down which ones are right for you, your team and your brand can feel like a challenge. Full Blast Creative. We live it.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The ways in which fitness brands engage with audiences has evolved at warp speed in recent years thanks, in part, to rampant social media adoption. Digital disruption is not unique to this industry, but the opportunity afforded fitness brands is massive. People trust peers advocating for a brand more than the brand itself.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

This new opportunity has revolutionized how B2C brands interact with their customers. Quite a few brands are trying to answer that question for themselves. Headlines surrounding the network typically discuss how it’s impacting consumer behavior from a retail perspective, but the full picture is much larger.

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Pixlee

MARCH 30, 2022

With 250+ speakers, 600+ sponsors, and unlimited networking opportunities, Shoptalk 2022 reinvigorated in-person events, creating a space for the retail community to talk technology, trends, and consumer behavior in today’s increasingly digital world. Social media is the number one source of brand discovery for 52% of this age group.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 16, 2021

Brands are equally looking forward to real spring. The National Retail Federatio n forecasts the highest growth in retail spending in 17 years in the coming months as more people are vaccinated and the economy reopens. That is the question for brands navigating the pandemic originally appeared on Sprout Social.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 18, 2019

In 2017, my organization, Goodwill Industries International, then a 115-year-old social enterprise; one of the oldest 501 (c)(3) nonprofit brands; the leading workforce provider in North America; and the #1 brand doing the most good by enso and featured in Fast Company Magazine – faced a pretty significant challenge.

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Pixlee

MARCH 5, 2019

You can thank the community-driven marketing efforts from leading ski resorts for the mental image you’re painting right now. Leading ski resorts have mastered the art of community-driven marketing thanks to their brilliant understanding of their audience. Big Sky and Big Community Wins.

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Pixlee

APRIL 13, 2021

Another noticeable change it has caused in consumer behavior is a higher emphasis on brand values like trust, accountability, and promise-keeping. . So how should an ecommerce brand combat the rising demands of the uncertain retail era we are still in the midst of while maintaining a loyal following?

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