Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Just when we thought we, as social media strategists and community managers, could rest up from the twists and turns of the last 18 months, the holiday season is upon us. . Sprout Social predicts a rise of 44% more messages on Instagram if last year’s trends continue and a 14% increase in Twitter messages.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Upskilling your marketing team is always a good idea. But who owns the responsibility to level up the team and upskill their leaders? He has been building marketing teams, strategies, and solutions for over 25 years in agency, SaaS, and academic environments. Looking for More About How to Upskill Your Team?

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 31, 2023

Though the idea might seem infeasible for many social marketers, the L.L.Bean team went “off the grid” for the second year in a row this May in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Bean, for more details about the month-long hiatus, and how she believes other social marketing teams can prioritize their own mental health.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 23, 2024

  The platform bears a striking resemblance to X, but fans are quick to point out the community-building focus. Plenty of Bufferoos have become regular users of the tool, with a handful of teammates finding success (and community) in some niches. Follow along with our transparent roadmap for progress.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 3, 2023

To help us answer our questions, we spoke to Hien Mai, from the LinkedIn Product Marketing team. In this post, we’ll take a look at seven popular assumptions about how LinkedIn works and share answers and suggestions that come directly from their team. How many hashtags should you be using? What should I post on LinkedIn?

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Likeable

JUNE 25, 2019

Community management is essential to brands in so many ways: it helps create and showcase your brand’s identity and personality, it helps build trust with your audience, and it gives an added value that can clearly separate you from your competitors. Involving the Community. Ready to take your community management to the next level?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As a social media marketer and Taylor Swift stan , I’m constantly in awe of her community management mastery. Social is at the center of how she and Taylor Nation —her fan engagement and hype team—connect with fans and share clues about what could be coming up next in the world of Taylor Swift. taylorswift.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Now here are three ideas the social network’s CMO and her marketing team may want to contemplate. It’s an excellent platform for promoting events as well as engaging with others during the gathering, whether it’s a corporate-sponsored conference, a trade show, or some type of community involvement.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Nearly three-quarters of companies plan to maintain or grow their content marketing teams over the next year. These studies are packed with trends and insights related to content marketing, social media management, and advertising on Meta platforms. Here are 10 of the key findings from the report. Budgets are growing.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 1, 2023

Obviously, creators won’t ever man your customer care lines, but their in-depth knowledge of their communities (a.k.a. What trends are you seeing across the board with your creators? Forge a new kind of focus group Creators’ communities are living focus groups. your potential customers) can come in handy.

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Oktopost

MAY 12, 2021

It turns out that creating a brand community for your B2B company can give you that type of mouthwatering ROI. . B2B businesses need to foster a strong spirit of community to serve their clients and customers better. Let’s take a deeper look to learn how you can build a beneficial community around your B2B brand.

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Sprout Social

MAY 2, 2022

When you think about social commerce trends, what comes to mind? We convince ourselves that social commerce is just a trend—even though we know how much we enjoy it first-hand as consumers. Reframe the context around social commerce trends. Tap into your team. So, we talk ourselves out of it. Your beliefs should be too.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Whether you’re an aspiring social media manager looking to grow your skill set, or a marketing leader seeking an experienced professional for your team, below are seven essential skills for social media managers to contribute to your company’s success. Focus on community engagement. Create a team-centered environment.

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Buffer Social

JULY 31, 2023

One Buffer community member said, “I’ve been apprehensive about AI because it isn’t necessarily original because of what it’s referencing (at least with art).” How content teams approach using AI for content development AI has been a double-edged sword for many content and creative teams.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2018

If you are a communications pro, I don’t need to tell you that influencer marketing is hot and could soon outpace traditional paid media spend. Everyone is jumping on the influencer marketing bandwagon because it’s all the rage, just like every other fly-by-night new trend. Funny thing is — it’s not really a hot new trend.

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Keyhole.co

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe you’re not using trending hashtags — or at least the relevant ones. Adding trending hashtags in your posts can make you a part of the popular conversations and a relevant brand in the Instagram community. To help you, we compiled a guide on how to find and use trending hashtags on Instagram for better visibility.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 12, 2023

One way Ohio State has overcome silos is by creating a social media community of practice group led by Dani’s team. These meetings aren’t about the social media team instructing their colleagues on best practices. “I I love it if our team isn’t even talking,” Dani says. “We Her solution? Image source.

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 27, 2016

So, when I was asked to share what the future of community management would be like, at first it felt like an impossible task. Perhaps you are feeling the strife of defining “community management”, or trying to figure out where a discipline that touches so many areas of your business fits on your org chart. You’re not alone.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 23, 2024

We help you envision how social can increase your brand’s awareness, foster community engagement and grow the bottom line. Auntie Anne’s: The crown pretzel of community engagement Auntie Anne’s , the beloved brand behind your favorite soft pretzels, is knotted up in the latest Taylor Swift conspiracy. The post quickly racked up 1.2

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Keyhole.co

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

They can: Enhance your visibility Make your content go viral Generate trending content ideas Help you identify competitors and potential collaborators However, not all trending hashtags are relevant to your brand or add value to your marketing. Trendjacking Trending TikTok challenges are often associated with specific hashtags.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Even the majority of our own team fit within that demographic. Kikora Mason, Vice President of Social Listening and Community Management of Chase Social Media , anticipated this result. Generally, women outnumber men in communications (with the exception of upper leadership). This led us to new questions.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Set your marketing team up for success by trusting them to make the right judgment calls on when and what to post on company channels. This requires setting cross-functional team expectations around quick and clear communication that extends beyond the marketing team. They are defining the trends, defining the culture.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this case, we are talking specifically about social media strategies and trends for brands. Ericka Riker, Community Manager. In this scenario the organization often misses out on the efficiencies born out of creating content that resonates with the communities, that could be repurposed to drive marketing results as well.”

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Their strength is in their community. They’ve identified a powerful marketing channel to help these women bring their visions to life: digital community. Read on for a behind-the-scenes look at how IFundWomen integrates their marketing and community building to foster inclusive digital spaces. It’s a great tactic!

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Sprout Social

JUNE 18, 2019

Does the person who post as your brand on Facebook also work to develop the community that the company is part of? As the social media industry has evolved, each role in the marketing team has developed along with it. As the social media industry has evolved, each role in the marketing team has developed along with it.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 29, 2021

When it comes to your organic content strategy (paid media as well) engaging your existing community is likely your core focus. Our team loves the engagement tools that are native to Instagram Stories. Below are a few more ways our teams love to engage with consumers on Instagram. There are so many things you can do with them.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 18, 2020

We asked our community what questions they have and what resources they need to navigate COVID-19, and the responses span everything from how to stay motivated to figuring out the right tone to take with social posts. Similarly, social teams should consider using platforms like Twitter to post frequent updates relevant to your audience.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

So, we consulted members of our content production team to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about how to successfully create branded TikTok content. They are worried about doing the trends wrong and getting made fun of. If you have team members comfortable on camera, you can have them shoot a day-in-the-life video.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

They simultaneously hopped on blink-and-you’ll-miss them trends, while championing authenticity. When charting a path forward, social media teams must orient their strategy around network white space, following the lead of influencers and creators breaking through on new channels. When do they feel most compelled to make a purchase?

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 6, 2023

Given it’s so new, our team has been discussing it internally. Most of these initial posts appear to be community-driven short-form content introducing the brand creatively to the platform. Brands need to not only consider what content to post, but that this channel will require community management.

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Pam Moore

DECEMBER 7, 2017

2018 content marketing trends, statistics and predictions. Smart marketers and leading brands both big and small know that content is at the core of every social conversation with prospects, current customers, online community members and more. 2018 Content Marketing Trends and Statistics You Should Know… . Let's Get Real!

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Pam Moore

JANUARY 19, 2020

What are the biggest digital marketing and branding trends shaping the year ahead? 15 Digital Branding Trends You Can't Ignore in 2020. Listen to episode 267 of the Social Zoom Factor podcast for more details on each of the below 15 digital marketing and branding trends. Community still reigns and always will! SoundCloud.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

So, let’s talk about when you should hire a social media agency and when you should exclusively hire a social media team in-house. Consistent Support Hopefully your brand doesn’t have a lot of employee turnover, but internal teams can always change. In fact, it’s one of our hardest tasks.

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Pam Moore

MARCH 19, 2020

?. What are the biggest digital marketing and branding trends shaping the year ahead? 15 Digital Branding Trends You Can't Ignore in 2020. Listen to episode 267 of the Social Zoom Factor podcast for more details on each of the below 15 digital marketing and branding trends. Community still reigns and always will!

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But these are questions you have to answer; not just for your team and strategy, but for your leadership and teams beyond marketing. In fact, they cite Sprout’s Tag Report as one of the most useful reports in Sprout for their team. In social media, the most important questions are often the most difficult to answer or quantify.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

One of the major benefits to social media marketing is the ability to capitalize on relevant trends to get in front of more people. However, it is important to keep in mind your overall social strategy before jumping on every trending conversation. Step 1: Listening/Trend Discovery. Step 2: Knowing When to Jump in on a Trend.

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Pixlee

MARCH 5, 2020

You already know why you need a solution, but you need to make the case for your team. Start with understanding the goals that are critical to your team and how your team measures success. Does your manager care most about generating a better brand community, or are they more focused on driving more conversions at a lower cost?

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