Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 26, 2012

While I haven’t given in to the craze yet, it’s impossible to ignore its meteoric rise in the world of social media, not just within our industry but in mainstream adoption. This is also a good time though for said teams to re-evaluate their adoption of new networks into their overall strategy. Is your audience part of the network?

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Social Networking Flickr Influencer Retail 222

Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Our Pulse Survey data also reveals 42% of people expect to use more social networks in 2024. Though “go where your audience is” remains a closely held social marketing belief, audiences across demographics are using every network (looking at you Boomers on TikTok). Retailers go all-in on Instagram and TikTok.

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Social Media Strategy Exercises Retail 111

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2023

Social media advertising requires marketing professionals to proactively respond to continually evolving user habits and adapt to different trends. Image credit: Merakist on Unsplash The last year in social media saw consumer preferences shift, new technologies emerge, and certain social platforms flourish.

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Advertising Social Media Strategy Authentication 238

Ignite Social Media

MAY 6, 2020

I’ve been working on nothing but social media marketing for brands since 2007 and one thing hasn’t changed. Brands are still typically in search of digital marketing ROI. Many brands want to know that if they invest, for example, $20,000 in a marketing program, they are going to drive more than $20,000 in sales.

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ROI Marketing CPC Retail 154

Sprout Social

MAY 9, 2023

And the world of marketing is going through a tremendous change right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) marketing is taking on a bigger role with the advent of intelligent marketing tools and generative AI like ChatGPT, creating an abundance of opportunities for marketing teams to do more of what they already do best.

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Sentiment Marketing Analysis Loyalty 131

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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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 30, 2012

There is a trend among small business marketing in stores. For years I’ve been exposed to branded product door decals telling me to “Push” or “Pull” an alcohol-branded sign at the checkout counter, or a poster in the window promoting a special. This is a guest blog post by Matthew Cool.

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Retail Social Media Small Business Compete 130

Convince & Convert

JUNE 27, 2014

Tweetable Moments We want to humanize our brand as much as possible. danafromAZ Tweet This Find the Love Sprouts Farmers Market is growing quickly. Dana and her team use social to make these launches as successful as they can possibly be. ” The Big Two: Dana From What’s your one tip for becoming a social pro? .

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Pam Moore

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Many business and marketing leaders miss out on tapping into the power of the online shopping holidays and events to increase sales, brand awareness and most importantly connect with their audience. Too many times they think it's just for the big online and offline retailers. Social Zoom Factor holiday podcasting schedule.

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Social Media How To Marketing ROI 165

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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Buffer Social

JANUARY 25, 2022

Although anytime can be a good time to switch up your marketing strategy, the start of the new calendar is one that resonates with us quite a bit. With that in mind, we talked to 10 small business owners to learn about what they're changing in their marketing this year.

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Small Business Marketing Retail Education 91

Sprout Social

MAY 19, 2021

Creating a social media interaction strategy is essential for long-term customer satisfaction. Most consumers expect brands and companies with a social media presence to interact with their customers in meaningful ways. As social continues to evolve, the ways audiences engage with brands will grow alongside it.

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Engagement Brands Review Influencer 135

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Posted in Commerce Facebook Interactive Marketing Sales Social Media Social Networking Strategy. According to HubSpot, ninety three percent of adults on the Internet are on Facebook, yet only 1% of a brand’s Facebook fans will ever make their way to the company’s main website. What does this mean for marketers?

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Brands Facebook Guidelines Conversation 279

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Imagine a company that has upscale retail locations around the United States receiving tens of thousands of customer visits. Fan pages are a unique marketing canvas to connect with avid consumers. Audience discovery is the use of social data to segment those who talk about your brand into their affinities. But only 0.2

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Brands Repository Analysis Sentiment 275

Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

This is going to be a popular feature for many (I’m looking at you Donald ), including brands. This cool feature will allow longer form content onto Twitter which make it a more relevant channel for brands. This is big news for retailers and lifestyle brands wishing to boost instore sales. Nov 26, 2017. Remember QR codes?

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Features Tools Smart Phone LinkedIn 230

Saying It Social

APRIL 8, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How To Leverage Your Social Networking Sites When Visiting Influence Centers & Referral Sources While this post is specific to my friends at Senior Helpers , the underlying principle is applicable for all businesses – so read on!

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Social Networking Sites How To StumbleUpon 136

Firebelly

DECEMBER 21, 2015

The 15 most-read posts on our social media marketing blog in 2015! IS IT TIME TO REMOVE SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS FROM YOUR WEBSITE? Those little social media icons—they may stand alone or be adorned with a message like “Let’s get social”—are found on almost every website these days. For some brands—yes.

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Social Media Marketing Retail Social Media Management 100

Saying It Social

MARCH 18, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in Outlook 1st Ta sk: Downloading the Icons to Your Desktop Go to [link]. Click on the name of the icon you want to download.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 25, 2010

Proving yet again a real commitment to opening new avenues of success for online merchants everywhere, comparison shopping engine SortPrice.com has now built virtual stores for more than 1,000 retailers through its Merchant Store application on Facebook. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Tweet This!

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Applications Retail Facebook Apparel 105

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Luxury brands have all eyes on February 12 as they prepare for one of their biggest holidays of the year: Chinese New Year. And how these brands approach the holiday offers marketers a powerful lesson in harnessing consumer insights to create culturally relevant campaigns. Exclusive styles to welcome the Year of the Ox.

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Campaign Brands Film Hashtag 87

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

And once you do, you’ll be able to create a smart Instagram marketing strategy that will create leads, sales, and an audience devoted to your brand. After all, the social media platform boasts more than 1 billion users all over the world (more than 1/10th of Earth’s population). But that’s a little easier said than done.

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Instagram Social Media Marketing Survey 145

Saying It Social

MAY 6, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Are You Skipping the First Step of Your Daily Social Networking Maintenance? Daily Social Networking Tasks: It’s not all about content blasting. « Saying It Socia… [.] link] [link] [.]

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Social Networking Skills StumbleUpon Digg 140

Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

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Research Social Media Marketing Retail 265

Likeable

MARCH 12, 2019

With 250 million monthly active users, fierce competition from the likes of Instagram, and an IPO on the horizon, the social platform has been ramping up its digital shopping capabilities and finding new ways to drive results for brands.

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Brands Nielsen Compete Retail 81

Twist Image

JANUARY 16, 2013

Have you ever read a book about branding? When you study the art of branding, any good book on the subject will - at some point early on - turn to the neologism of the word "branding" in terms of marketing and communications. Because branding is all about leaving a mark (emotional, physical, you name it).

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Brands iPad Apple Loyalty 108

Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

In a previous blog post , Jonas made a summary of a report called “The State of Social Media Marketing” from January 2012 in which he outlined the key points and conclusions drawn from the report. Social media monitoring continues to be an important component of social strategy.

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Survey Report Social Media ROI 225

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Consumers have evolved even faster with the advent of high-speed Internet-enabled mobile devices and social media. Have your marketing efforts evolved with them? Marketing at the peak of the television era was relatively simple. There were broadcast shows that could give brands tremendous reach. The answer: You don’t.

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Social Media Marketing Compete Retail 240

Ignite Social Media

JULY 31, 2019

Social media marketing is one of the fastest changing forms of marketing online and this past month was no exception! There has been a whole host of new features and updates that have rolled out so without further ado let’s dive into some of this month’s social media trends. Facebook Makes Ad Targeting More Transparent.

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Trends Social Media Price Retail 126

Ignite Social Media

MAY 23, 2016

The moment you see that buzzworthy headline about a new feature on social media during your morning coffee, you’re likely asking yourself the following questions. Could this work for my brand? These features could be a benchmark for future content, trends, and social communication. How much will this cost? Facebook 360 Video.

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Features Social Media Brands Retail 112

The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

It’s a revolution in marketing that includes gen Z, Gen Y, Gen X and even Boomers. Peer to peer influence and video content is impacting retail like never before. Content and social networks are the new currency. Influencer marketing is on the precipice of exploding growth. ” Click To Tweet. Methodology.

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Video Retail Influencer YouTube 131

Hootsuite

MARCH 16, 2020

When it comes to hot social marketing trends, nothing is hotter than TikTok. Download the full Social Trends report to get an in-depth analysis of the data you need to inform your social strategy in 2020. While searching for examples of effective TikTok ads, we found several major brands advertising on TikTok.

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Advertising Marketing Campaign Hashtag 141

Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I can’t count the number of times I’ve sat in meetings with brands large and small and heard the marching orders. “Just get us the millennials” This mind set is short-sighted and mindless old-school marketing at best! They’re social. Are you ready to market online?

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Marketing Nielsen Authentication Knowledge Base 145

Sprout Social

MAY 15, 2020

You know what’s unique about your brand, but in a crowded social landscape, it’s a constant challenge to find the right messaging that rises above the noise. Unfortunately, finding the time to distill social data is also an ongoing challenge for marketers. Posts sent per day.

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Industry Real Estate Social Media Sports 122

Hootsuite

APRIL 29, 2020

A social media posting schedule is a lifesaver for busy social marketers. To keep things simple, you can use our free social media audit template to help you create an up-to-date inventory of all your social accounts. As part of your audit, make a note of how often you’re currently posting on each social network.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 18, 2014

Influicity is set to unveil a “first-to-market” platform that allows marketers to efficiently search and connect with YouTube influencers. Once selected, marketers can collaborate with influencers using the platform’s campaign management and analysis tools to bring a video campaign to life.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2013

e-commerce sales are expected to hit $370 billion by 2017 – that’s 10 percent of retail sales. These are some pretty staggering figures that brands and their CMOs cannot afford to ignore. Some place the highest premium on loyalty and trust in a brand or product. That’s a win-win for both brands and consumers.

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Retail Discount Loyalty Data 217