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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity SMM

And lead gen campaigns on Facebook and Instagram are 10X more expensive than brand awareness advertising. Those are among the findings from a trio of this year’s best research reports, from WordPress VIP , Hootsuite , and Metricool. The most-commonly used are Hootsuite (10.8%), Sprout Social (20.2%), and Buffer (13.9%).

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What Is a UGC Creator? Follow These 5 Steps To Become One

Hootsuite

Well, a new wave of people is doing just that: UGC creators. If you’ve spent time on TikTok or Instagram in the last 6-12 months, chances are you’ve come across UGC creators. Even if you don’t recognize the term, you’ve probably seen content made by these creators on your favorite brands’ accounts. What is a UGC creator?

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5 of the Best Content Curation Tools for Social Media Managers

Hootsuite

From Hootsuite’s Swiss army knife versatility to Talkwalker’s data-driven insights and Pocket’s simplicity, discover which content curation tool best aligns with your social strategy. Content curation is when you source and post content from other brands and creators. Hootsuite can help.

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What is User-Generated Content? And Why is it Important?

Hootsuite

Whether you know it or not, both of these examples are user-generated content (UGC). User-generated content (also known as UGC or consumer-generated content) is original, brand-specific content created by customers and published on social media or other channels. Where does UGC content come from? Brand loyalists.

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16 Facebook Engagement Post Ideas For More Likes and Shares

Hootsuite

Are you tired of seeing all the happy, smiling brands around you, animatedly chatting about their latest successful campaign while you’re on the sidelines wondering when it’ll be your turn to get engagement, too? Save time and easily promote your brand with a professional design. Establish and reinforce brand awareness.

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How To Create a Strong Social Media Advocacy Program

Hootsuite

Brand advocates help you connect with potential customers and cut through the noise online. A social media advocacy strategy turns your biggest fans into brand advocates. A brand advocate is someone who loves your brand so much that they choose to voluntarily promote your products or services on their own social media channels.

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5 Ways We Wish More Brands Would Use Instagram

Pixlee

From influencer marketing to video-sharing, Instagram now offers marketers creative space to grow brand awareness on a channel their audience already loves. 90% of brands have a business account on Instagram, which means that this platform is really the center for building a successful brand.