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10 Inspiring Examples of Amazing Brand Communities

Social Media Strategies Summit

Building a brand community isn’t about improving vanity metrics like engagement and follower count. According to a survey from Vanilla Forums , 58% of brands say their communities improve customer loyalty. Nine in ten consumers read reviews before making a purchase, so building review functionality into your community makes sense.

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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. So much of social media and journalism boils down to looking the part. Journalists represent a community. Social media and journalism are about more than just dropping links to articles.

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Journalism Is Not Content Marketing

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I didn't consider that "true" journalism. I always held journalism to a higher standard. Real journalist (and, yes, I knew many back then) were doing the work of the community. They, in fact, were acting on all of our behalf to make our communities much more transparent. The power of journalism has shifted.

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7 Creators On The Systems That Support Their Content Creation

Buffer Social

Since the first blog post was published and the first YouTube video was posted, content creation has evolved rapidly. These systems are the backbone of a sustainable content-creation business. Why are systems so crucial in content creation? Consistency 💪 Secondly, systems bring consistency to content creation.

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#measurePR Recap (June 2015): Measuring Content

Waxing UnLyrical

In line with our June theme (content! content!), We welcomed four stellar guests including the Washington Business Journal ‘s Jennifer Nycz-Conner , digital marketing brand strategist for V3B Shelly Kramer , founder of Red Shift Writers (and regular contributor to this blog!) Content isn’t new #measurepr.

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How to Build a Strong Instagram Community

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Creating an Instagram community for your business is one of the best ways to gain brand loyalty, boost engagement, and stay connected to your customers. In this blog post we’re sharing how and why you should build an Instagram community, as well as 6 tips to help you get started: Why Build an Instagram Community.

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Building a New Kind of Cruise Community

Waxing UnLyrical

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. Assumption 1: Create content. Assumption 2: Build a platform.