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7 ways to use social media for market research

Sprout Social

It’s why we conduct market research every year to better understand what our customers want and uncover new business opportunities. But sometimes market research alone isn’t enough, especially when consumer preferences can change overnight. What is social media market research? Social media market research is also: Affordable.

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Instagram Tests New Chronological Feed with “Latest Posts” Prototype

Later

The Instagram chronological feed could be making a comeback! A new “Latest Posts” feature has been spotted deep in the app’s code and could reveal the return of the Instagram chronological feed. This sounds like the chronological feed people are asking for. Similar, but not the same pic.twitter.com/AUMwlZGtUr.

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The ‘Creative Desert’: Brainstorming Social Content Ideas During Slow Days

Social Media Strategies Summit

Marketers spend up to 20 hours a month on content ideation. And the more time they dedicate to developing ideas, the less they have for other vital tasks — like creating high-quality content and measuring the results. We’re only as good as our content,” she insists. That’s a massive chunk of their workload.

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Five content marketing tricks of a great social media consultant

Sherrilynne Starkie

Here’s five content marketing tricks to improve content marketing initiatives. As in most professions, an experienced social media consultant knows certain tricks of the trade to content marketing work better, faster, easier. Trick 2: Repurpose content. Luckily there many automation tools for content discovery.

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Three Reasons We Can’t Disconnect from Social Media

Webbiquity SMM

Our research among 4,000 US respondents ages 18-75 reveals that out of 10 social media platforms, only Facebook is primarily associated with serving social connection. This is why some people find it jarring when they see personal or family-focused posts on their LinkedIn feed.

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Don’t Sell Your Brand’s Soul to the Facebook News Feed Algorithm and Vanity Metrics

Pam Moore

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the news feed algorithm will be changing in a way that impacts brands and publishers. He made it crystal clear that we all will see less brand content in our news feed. Facebook wants to highlight user content that improves our well-being, as well as gets people talking and engaging.

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Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm

Ignite Social Media

Once again, Facebook is changing the way its News Feed is structured and many people have questions as to what it actually means this time. As this new feature on Facebook rolled out, so did a document titled “News Feed Values” by the company, which is meant to supply clarity around exactly that question. I don’t think so.

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