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4 Emerging Social Media Trends to Watch in 2020

Social Media Strategies Summit

In 2019 we saw several social platforms grow and continue to mature – from industry giants like Facebook and Instagram to emerging platform TikTok and more niche sites like Pinterest. This trend toward growth and diversity means that no one social platform or channel can be ignored.

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Is a Discord community right for your brand?

Sprout Social

So, how do you get started and what role should Discord serve in your audience engagement strategy? Discord is not a traditional social media platform. Instead, it is a community platform. It’s this deeper sense of community that has brands such StockX, Skittles and Chipotle flocking to the platform.

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Beyond integrations, Sprout’s focus on partnership adds value for our customers

Sprout Social

The results will be not only more successful utilization of the Sprout platform, but more compelling community conversations and engagements across your social channels. Rely on up-to-date experiences with social networks and community platforms. If you’re not using some of them already, take a closer look.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

And it irritates me, frankly, that social media engagement has been boiled down to just retweets and likes on our posts or how many screenshots are taken of our snaps. You see, on New Year’s Eve every year, my husband and I, we always go see the Dallas Stars play a hockey game. But do you know what caught their attention?

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How To Use Customer Insight To Power Your Business

The Realtime Report

Research is conducted using community platforms or on a one-to-one basis. You can find the best trends emerging in comments on Facebook Ads and posts, or by monitoring engagement using the elusive Instagram algorithm. Most businesses are unsure of how to make the most of such methods.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

And it irritates me, frankly, that social media engagement has been boiled down to just retweets and likes on our posts or how many screenshots are taken of our snaps. You see, on New Year’s Eve every year, my husband and I, we always go see the Dallas Stars play a hockey game. But do you know what caught their attention?

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What is a brand community and how to build a successful one

Sprout Social

People in your brand community are emotionally invested; they will buy from your company, digest your content, tell their friends and family about your company, and more. But a brand community is not the same as brand awareness. Ultimately, what’s the purpose behind the community? Choose a community platform.