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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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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Slowly, though, I see the pendulum is swinging back to social media’s origins as a community platform and a place to build real relationships—a place where engagement also means how many people are talking to your brand in social media, and how often they’re actually being helped, or at least they receive a response.

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

Sprout Social

Rely on up-to-date experiences with social networks and community platforms. Of course, even as we broaden our scope of integrations, it is always a priority to strengthen and deepen our existing partnerships as well.

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Is a Discord community right for your brand?

Sprout Social

Discord is not a traditional social media platform. Instead, it is a community platform. Should your brand invest in developing a Discord community? Whereas Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter is like a Vegas nightclub – a place to see and be seen. What is Discord and what role does it play?

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Slowly, though, I see the pendulum is swinging back to social media’s origins as a community platform and a place to build real relationships—a place where engagement also means how many people are talking to your brand in social media, and how often they’re actually being helped, or at least they receive a response.

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

Sprout Social

For example, how will a brand community help marketing, support, sales? Choose a community platform. There are several different options when it comes to creating your brand community’s home base. Third-party community platforms. Rewards or affiliate programs.