Twitter Makes ‘Community Notes’ Visible to All Users Globally
Social Media Today
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Crowdsourced moderation could be a way to reduce the decision-making pressure on Twitter's internal teams.
The pros and cons of social media
Sprout Social
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Ah social media. As social media platforms have changed over the years (RIP, Vine), so too have the pros and cons of social media. Not so long ago, brands and executives were still wondering whether they should be on social media at all. Why social media is good.
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Inside The Arboretum: How Sprout built a 10,000-member strong community
Sprout Social
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
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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Social Media Marketing in the Midst of COVID-19
Ignite Social Media
MARCH 16, 2020
I got an email this morning from a non-profit I work with wondering how they should think about social media marketing during the COVID-19 outbreak. In fact, a recent survey by Global WebIndex found roughly 25% of respondents saying they check social media more often because of COVID-19/coronavirus. Hang in there.
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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. Crowdsourcing has become increasingly more widely used because it helps cultivate creativity and innovation. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason.
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14 types of social media every marketer should know
Sprout Social
JULY 21, 2022
If you want to improve your social media marketing strategy , you need to know about the different types of social media content and how or where you share that content. You could post on community review sites or live-stream it to the masses. Types of social media. Social networking.
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Airbnb Releases First Short Film Crowdsourced From Vines
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
The latest example comes from Airbnb, which recently released the first short film, “Hollywood & Vines,” created by crowdsourced Vines. Over the course of the campaign, 44 unique Vine shot numbers were pitched to the Airbnb community. Check out the video and leave a comment below to let us know what you think!
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Brands Using Social Media to Take a Stand Against Racism
Likeable
JULY 23, 2020
Take a look at these brands that are taking a stand against racism through social media campaigns that are both innovative and genuine, and the lessons you can learn from them. Throughout the summer, VSCO will spotlight the submitted imagery and art across its social channels and within the Discover section of its app.
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Pringles and Star Wars Channel The Force For Fun in Crowdsourced Video Contest
Convince & Convert
JUNE 13, 2013
In a galaxy not so far away, a popular snack food brand, Pringles, has joined forces with the iconic movie franchise, Star Wars, to launch a crowdsourced video contest. The contest is hosted on Tongal , a platform that facilitates creative and video content for brands through crowdsourcing.
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Crowdsource: BP Oil Spill and social media
Laurel Papworth
MAY 14, 2010
And there are a lot of innovation crowdsourced communities online. So I got to thinking: what if we crowdsourced a solution? And my second question was… would BP listen to a crowdsourced solution? Crowdsourced innovation social networks. So I had a look on crowdsourced business websites.
Nike Celebrates Instagram Milestones by Thanking Its Community
Convince & Convert
MARCH 14, 2013
To commemorate both milestones, the company hosted a 24-hour long community celebration on its @Nike account. So, what can companies looking to celebrate their community on Instagram learn from Nike’s approach? Milestone’s aren’t about you – they’re about your community. It will give your community something to rally around.
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Crowdsource Your Way to the Best Landing Page
Convince & Convert
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
In the design space, crowdsourcing is being embraced as an efficient way to tap into the mindset of the customer and mine ideas directly from target audiences. Landing pages are ripe for optimization through crowdsourcing. By crowdsourcing feedback on your landing page design, you’re provided the benefit of fresh eyes.
Hurricane Sandy & Social Media: 5 Must-Reads
Firebelly
OCTOBER 29, 2012
When a natural disaster strikes, social media sites are is often the first place people go to find, and share, information. Here are 5 must-reads on Hurricane Sandy and social media. Hurricane Sandy: NYC tweets, Instagrams, and crowdsources an unfolding disaster. Hurricane Sandy Showing Social Power Of Instagram.
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Lanyrd: Social Media Conferences & More
Jason Yormark
APRIL 13, 2011
Lanyrd uses your Twitter account to effectively crowdsource conference information and it’s working. Related posts: 5 Great Social Media & Community Job Resources. Social Media Book Giveaway Contest Follow Up. Dave Barnes & Matt Wertz: Music & Social Media Done Right.
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How to Use Social Media to Sell More Products
Rebekah Radice
JULY 5, 2018
Social media is more than a traffic and engagement driver. Listen in as I share a few ways you can use social media to sell more products, generate revenue, and create a consistent stream of income. How to Use Social Media to Sell More Products. But to do that, you need a holistic solution. Source: Hiver.
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Social Media 5000 Years Back!
Atom Thought
OCTOBER 10, 2010
He set out to achieve his task alone alongwith his brother, and on his way helped many helpless and poor individuals and communities, who felt recognized and were so enamoured that they also pooled in their resources to help Lord Rama. Brands need to play the social media marketing game very subtly. image courtsey: [link].
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Jamie Oliver’s Cocktail Request Week Mixes Community Storytelling With Amazing Drinks
Convince & Convert
JULY 31, 2014
It’s five o’clock somewhere – especially when celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver decides to partner with Bacardi and turn over his popular “Drinks Tube” YouTube channel to the social media masses for a 5-day Cocktail Request Week. » Social Media Case Studies' In order to. In order to. Read the whole entry. »
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134 Do you need to be an Extrovert to be in Social Media Marketing?
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JUNE 15, 2010
But focusing on the Extrovert angle for a second, I began to wonder if you need to be an extrovert to be in social media. Certainly internally in your organization you need to be an extrovert if you want to organize a Tribe or movement in your company to take on social media. Send this page to Print Friendly.
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207 5 Ways Social Media is Like a Great Friendship
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
MARCH 1, 2011
When social media started getting popular with businesses, there was a lot of excitement from consumers because they could now interact with companies on a more personal level rather than dealing with companies just like another transaction. This is a guest post by Danny Wong. Then they will associate more good feelings with you.
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Media and Mining vs Social Media and GetUp
Laurel Papworth
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Lord Monckton told Mining executives to buy up big in Mining and use the Super Rich to exert control over media messages. And taking out injunctions to stop social media “crowdsourcing” about her, her family and her business. Which is mining and media. Social Media and Mining.
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What Social Media Lesson Did Gap Learn?
Direct Marketing Observations
OCTOBER 12, 2010
They decided to go from this… To this… Ouch… Without really knowing the full back story but having a good feel for when major retailers and companies crowdsource new ideas, I think it’s safe to say that Gap really didn’t reach out to its user base to find out what they might think. They went off. What do we do?
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14 Quick Tactics to Encourage Corporate Social Media Adoption
Direct Marketing Observations
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
To say that it was a successful tweetchat is an understatement, but what really pushed the chat over the top was the last question in which she asked for quick tactics to encourage corporate social media adoption. 1) Create a Social Media case study of who is talking about your company both in good & bad ways.
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10 Ideas for Holiday Campaigns on Social Media
Likeable
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
People love to tell their stories and share their opinions on social media. Give Back to Your Community. On social, share the cause, utilize crowdsourced, in-network fundraising features , show how you’re supporting, and offer ways for your fans to get involved as well. Encourage Sharing and Engagement.
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70 How to Use Social Media to Sell More Products
Rebekah Radice
JULY 5, 2018
Social media is more than a traffic and engagement driver. Listen in as I share a few ways you can use social media to generate revenue and create a consistent stream of income. How to Use Social Media to Sell More Products. Not everybody who’ll see your social media posts will be ready to buy.
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Get Happy: Putting Yourself into Your Brand’s Personality
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
Debbie Gioquindo and Keryl Pesce , co-founders of Happy B h Wines , join the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the powerful story behind their brand’s origins, the crowdsourcing approach that helped their business bloom, and some wacky giveaways that have earned them some well-deserved attention. Listen Now .
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136 Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JULY 7, 2008
Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. 4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums. I wish that could be enough said.
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Indiana University Athletics Bring Fan’s Twitter Stories to Life
Convince & Convert
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
In watching the video, it isn’t immediately apparent that the video was crowdsourced from 27 fans on Twitter. Marketers always talk about building passionate communities and brand advocates. Anytime you crowdsource content or stories from fans, clearly disclose how the submissions will be used. Disclose How Tweets Will Be Used.
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5 Ways Fitness Brands Can Appeal to the Work-From-Home Crowd
Pixlee
JULY 29, 2020
Fitness brands have the opportunity to drive new connections and become the ultimate thought leaders in the fitness space with their communities right now. Community is core to many fitness brands’ missions. Puma shows a great example of how they are centering their campaigns around supporting their community.
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Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite.
Social Media Strategery
MARCH 22, 2009
Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Social media is bridging the gap between health and healthcare. government 2.0 , health , health 2.0 , social media This post was written by: sradick - who has written 82 posts on Social Media Strategery.
Use Instagram to Create Visual Engagement
Mindjumpers
JUNE 5, 2012
How Threadless Engages its Community on Instagram. The community-based t-shirt company Threadless is a crowdsourcing business whose design is created and chosen by the online community. Thousands of designs are submitted every week, and about 10 designs are chosen by a public vote and sold in the online shop.
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277 2020 vision: three resolutions marketers are committing to this year
Sprout Social
JANUARY 29, 2020
We asked our Sprout community on Twitter and LinkedIn what they want to tackle in the upcoming year and gathered the resources they need to knock out those resolutions. So it’s little surprise marketers resolve to make more time for professional development and grow their expertise in things like mastering video on social.
Social Media and Village Crisis Comms – Local Gov Councils and Emergency Services #NSWFires
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 28, 2013
How information traverses social media during a crisis like the NSW bushfires. The role of crisis comms and official vs non official media sources. A bit too soon, a bit too raw and a bit too personal for my liking but I get that a human voice works better than a social media automaton. A Shared Experience.
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How Are Serious Games Reinventing Businesses?
Buzz Marketing for Technology
OCTOBER 5, 2013
Posted in Crowdsourcing Gaming Innovation. For example, let’s say you need to make choices on where you’re going to invest your marketing dollars across various social media challenges. Related posts: 3 Ways Social Media can Boost Sales Success A new RAIN Group report proves otherwise and shows that.
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How Social Media can Fix the Troll and Bullying problem
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 9, 2012
This article covers: What is a troll, History of Trollling and How Social Media can Fix Trolling (how can society fix trolling, actually). The Village has to Fix the Monster – trolls – and use social media and social tools to do that. Social Media Spotlights Trolls. What is Trolling?
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Social Media is not a campaign it’s a commitment!
Buzz Marketing for Technology
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
A while back I created a post called – There is no “campaign&# in Social Media because when marketers use the word “campaign,” it tends to suggest an initiative to get a message out to a targeted group of constituents. Related posts: Social Media speeds Onboarding I am officially up and running now in my.
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How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest for Your Business
Rebekah Radice
JUNE 8, 2017
Social Media Mastery: A Comprehensive Guide to Strategic Growth. Have you ever wondered what separates those that are successfully using social media from those that struggle? They have a social media plan in place! Get a copy of my NEW BOOK on Amazon and create a social media strategy that works today!
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Crowdsourcing help for Small Business at SXSW
Jeff Esposito
MARCH 9, 2011
I also wanted to see if I could crowdsource a project, aeBook that will be free to benefit a community that is in dire need of advice and assistance – small businesses. My plan is too learn, meet some cool folks, conduct a business meeting or two, and maybe engage in a shenanigan or two, but really who is counting?
Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.
Convince & Convert
MAY 5, 2010
So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. It’s on JaneNation. Is this the future of agencies?
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Facebook Launches Questions
Mindjumpers
MARCH 25, 2011
Tweet Yesterday Facebook has launched Facebook Questions, which allows users and pages to post a Question to friends or a Facebook community. Questions will be a useful feature for business that run a page as part of creating involvement for users in the community. How it works.
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Complete Guide to Instagram eCommerce in 2022
Hootsuite
JULY 6, 2022
Social commerce is a subset of eCommerce. It involves buying and selling over social media. Within those billions of users, Instagram fosters niche communities. Shared common interests bring these smaller communities together. And to crowdsource sentiment on your brand. What are Instagram eCommerce tags?
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117 How To Use Facebook For Marketing
Mindjumpers
MAY 3, 2011
Use for instance Facebook to crowdsource your next product idea. However, it takes time building a Facebook community that corresponds with these goals and the objectives described above cannot be achieved from one day to another. Generate awareness – Use a Facebook Page to generate awareness and connect with your audience.
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The Importance of Logos
Social Media Marketing
JANUARY 7, 2011
They decided they'd like to highlight my site as part of their ongoing work - where they create a number of logos for sites and then let the community decide which they prefer. This is a great example of a way a business is doing crowdsourcing in an intelligent way. And today, they're running two logos over on their website.
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How to build brand loyalty that lasts
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 23, 2019
This might seem like a tall order, but you can break this down into attainable tactics and goals that can become part of your social media marketing strategy. These days, a lot of companies handle customer service via social media. They use social media to promote their rewards program and get new customers in the door.
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87 4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business
Mindjumpers
AUGUST 3, 2012
Social enterprise platforms provide a platform for crowdsourcing innovation – from responding to queries and surveys, to posting ideas in a group discussion threads. How do you derive value from social enterprise apps? Similar Posts: How Enterprise Social Networking Drive Business Value [Report].
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