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How to Successfully Digitize Events During COVID-19

Waxing UnLyrical

I’m well used to webinars, virtual events, virtual happy hours, virtual younameits and digital whatchamacallits , both as a participant as well as an organizer, for clients as well as my own business and educational efforts. Virtual event best practices. Roben Farzad 🎙️ (@robenfarzad) April 8, 2020. Less is more.

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Getting Started With Social Media Marketing for Virtual Events ?

Ignite Social Media

We get it — almost everything is hosted online, from social gatherings, conferences, and events. . The pandemic has shaken up some of the ways we have done events in the past, but it also opens many opportunities to fuel our desire to learn, stay connected, and witness events at your four-cornered screens. Pre-event Tactics.

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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The agreement sees the two national organizations exchange ownership of 41 community and commuter newspapers and then shutter most of them, but it’s the fault of industry disruption according to the news release announcing the deal. They even like to see the local advertisements. But there’s the rub. Where’s the reader value?

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How Government Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. The first step to using Facebook to communicate with your followers is to create a Facebook Page for your government agency. Test and use different types of content to see what creates the most engagement.

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5 Tips for Turning Your Social Media Following Into a Paid Membership Community

Buffer Social

It felt like advertising or brand sponsorships would water down the content.   That’s just one of the reasons I fell into the world of paid membership communities as a way to build a sustainable business around a social media audience. Tiffany Yu ’s membership community is a great example of that.

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Inside The Arboretum: How Sprout built a 10,000-member strong community

Sprout Social

Social media marketers understand the power of community more than most. But for a long time, communities built specifically for them have been few and far between. Since its public launch in April 2023 , The Arb community has experienced remarkable growth in engagement, with membership consistently on the rise.

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The ‘Creative Desert’: Brainstorming Social Content Ideas During Slow Days

Social Media Strategies Summit

Marketers spend up to 20 hours a month on content ideation. And the more time they dedicate to developing ideas, the less they have for other vital tasks — like creating high-quality content and measuring the results. We’re only as good as our content,” she insists. That’s a massive chunk of their workload.

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