Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2023

Driving conversion through compelling video is a common goal in social media video marketing. Thanks to the OG TikTok, social media algorithms have prioritized video, especially short-form vertical video, like Reels and YouTube Shorts. Tell a compelling story Focus on showing the value of your product or service.

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Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

Brands need the context social media metrics provide to meet today’s dynamic consumer space and take their business to the next level. That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to The Sprout Social Index™ , consumers across age groups agree the most memorable thing a brand can do on social media is respond to customers. Evolving your social strategy to meet consumer demands requires you to listen better, scale your customer care efforts and integrate your social and customer data.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tweet Recently, Awarness Inc released a report called The State of Social Media Marketing : Top Areas For Social Marketing Investment and Biggest Social Marketing Challenges in 2012. The It compares the state of social media in 2011 and expectations from 2012, based on this survey. Monitoring.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

A recent survey conducted by Ned Lundquist’s Job of the Week (JOTW) in partnership with Sword and the Script Media, LLC sought to find out the true status of our industry. The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%).

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Without conversational commerce , this happens online all the time. Learn how to take your customer service digital with conversational commerce. Bonus: Learn how to sell more products on social media with our free Social Commerce 101 guide. Delight your customers and improve conversion rates.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 11, 2020

The integral role of social media in sports is hard to ignore. Athletes represent some of the most-followed accounts across social media at large. Heck, it’s hard to find an athlete that isn’t engaging with fans via social in some form. The current state of social media in sports.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 22, 2023

Everything You Need to Know on Real-Time Engagement Platform The real-time engagement conversation platform empowers people, managers, and leadership with frequent, simple pulse surveys that may be completed in two or three minutes. To achieve this, you should set a realistic goal. They are not without obstacles.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Looking to gain a better understanding of your customer’s behavior and how to engage with them ? Social media intelligence could be the answer. If you’ve been daydreaming of the possibilities that social media intelligence can bring, here’s your guide to what it is and why you need it.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 2, 2023

Are you looking to automate DMs on social media and live the good life, never having to manually reply to an FAQ again? After reading this blog post, you’ll know what automated DMs are, all the ways they can help you, and how to do it on your favorite social platforms. Well, thank goodness you found this article.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That’s the question we set out to answer when we surveyed 1,623 consumers from the US and the UK. The results are telling: According to our Q4 2023 Sprout Pulse Survey, respondents believe the average social media manager is: white (65%), female (73%), 25-40 years old (55%), and a part-time employee or freelancer (40%).

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2024

The 23-page research study, How Go-To-Market Strategies are Evolving with AI , surveyed 275 go-to-market leaders across various departments to explore AI usage in GTM teams, its impact on strategy, successful AI technology stacks, and future AI benefits. Team alignment is a consistent priority across all GTM departments surveyed.

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Sprout Social

JULY 22, 2021

Social media usage is on the up and up. Our Sprout Social Index™ 2021: UK & Ireland Edition report found 76% of consumers have used social media more in the past year, and 63% have bought from it. Brands caught on to this upward trend and are engaging social media users to drive awareness, clicks and sales.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 5, 2024

We conducted a survey of 1,500 US and Canadian social media users aged 18-64 to determine how loyalty was changing and what brands could do to win consumers over. And yet, 79% of redditors agreed that “once I find a brand I like, I stay loyal to that brand,” also tops among social media users.¹

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agora pulse

AUGUST 17, 2020

Planning a social media marketing strategy may sound overwhelming. Are you planning to boost your social media marketing performance? Or maybe you are going to start your very first social media campaign? Whatever the case may be, your first step is setting up an effective social media strategy.

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Keyhole.co

JANUARY 20, 2024

In fact, surveys show that the majority of Facebook users follow at least six brands. In this article, we’ll go over some Facebook marketing strategies you can try to increase your customer engagement, build brand awareness, and drive sales. Content is what drives audience engagement, so investing in good content is paramount.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It’s a good time to take stock of your social media marketing strategies to assess what’s working and where you have room to improve. There is a lot of chatter about emerging social media sites, and where brands should make investments in 2019. So how is a social media marketer to decide?

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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. It’s corn. ??

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Hootsuite

JUNE 9, 2022

No matter how many followers you have , encouraging engagement on any social platform can be tricky. And unlike traditional surveys, there’s no waiting for results. How to use Twitter polls to boost engagement (ideas + examples). Here are 11 ideas to engage (and maybe enrage) your followers. Listen and learn.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy. Here are ten important influencer marketing metrics based on insights from marketers, research studies and our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

And annual surveys reveal little about what current events or trending topics are most relevant among consumers right now. To stay on top of the latest trends and maintain a more accurate pulse on your audience, you need to incorporate social media market research into your strategy. What is social media market research?

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

This post outlines 10 key steps in using social listening to satisfy and retain more customers. How to Use Social Listening to Retain More Customers Social media monitoring is no longer just an add-on element in social media marketing , but a must-have process to monitor the pulse of customer preferences.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

With so many competing social media ecosystems, it can be overwhelming to keep track of all the features. But we’ll discuss the common social media features brands benefit from the most and a few untapped features to consider. We’ll also explain the criteria brands can follow to decide which social media app to invest in.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Want to know why social media listening should absolutely, 100% be part of your marketing plans right now? Social media listening is the same as this but on a massive scale. It lets you discover, learn from, and get involved in online conversations about your brand, on whichever platform they’re happening.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

From social media mentions to searches, these metrics reveal the extent of your brand’s presence and influence. In particular, measuring brand awareness helps you: Evaluate your marketing efforts Are you seeing a higher conversion rate from targeted social media ads compared to last quarter?

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2021

2020 also made a significant impact on the state of social media , evolving trends, and what the world deems important in life and from brands. Here’s a look at a few of the social media trends of 2021 that top organizations are capitalizing on this year: . Cause Marketing Continues to be a Top Social Media Trend.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2022

New Social Media App Uncovers. Playsee , the fast-growing social media company that highlights neighborhood connections, today announced a major feature release. View and Interact With Content on Social Media. What Gen Z Users Want. How Playsee Boards Transforms How People.

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Social Media Apple Survey Feed 91

Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We don’t have to tell you that social media is an industry that changes almost daily. At any given moment, there are new tools, platform updates, improved tracking, and several 2020 social media trends are emerging now that point to our industry being one of constant movement. Source: PEW Surveys conducted 2012-2019.

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Sprout Social

MAY 19, 2021

Now, customers are shifting to social for praise, complaints and everything in between. Creating a social media interaction strategy is essential for long-term customer satisfaction. Most consumers expect brands and companies with a social media presence to interact with their customers in meaningful ways.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 29, 2023

The way candidates research, discover and apply to roles on social media has completely reimagined job seeking and hiring. As a result, using social media for HR functions like recruitment has become standard practice, further proving that social is no longer exclusively reserved for the marketing department.

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agora pulse

AUGUST 1, 2019

When people think of influencer marketing campaigns on social media, a cliché often comes to mind: A brand reaches out to a mega-celebrity like a Kardashian and that person posts about the product or service in exchange for a huge sum of money. Just how small is micro? Want more helpful, actionable content like this?

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Socialmedia.biz

JULY 8, 2020

Social media marketing is way more than posting a pretty picture and watching the likes roll in. Done correctly, social media marketing can build brand loyalty and, ultimately, drive sales. Done correctly, social media marketing can build brand loyalty and, ultimately, drive sales. Determine Your Audience.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2011

The problem with surveying is that it, allegedly, takes too long. But I would argue that if you are clear about what your organization’s goals and objectives are, then you know exactly what you are looking for, and developing a survey with appropriate questions shouldn’t take as long as you might think.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 21, 2020

After all, if social media serves primarily as a promotional and communications channel, who else would run it? Hootsuite partnered with the analyst and research firm Altimeter Group to conduct a study of the quantitative value that social offers modern organizations.

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

Those insights drive real business value, whether you’re proactively increasing customer retention, engagement or satisfaction, or creating new products or services that solve problems your customers didn’t even know they had. When I think about data, I inevitably think about social media. billion people are on social.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

But something about 2024 makes me think it stands poised to redefine the social media landscape and the creator economy.  So, in this article, join me in exploring five themes for social media in 2024 through the lens of industry experts, unraveling their predictions and the reasons behind them.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Executing on a social media marketing strategy is like completing an obstacle course. Managing social through down markets requires an additional layer of focus, rigor and empathy. Keep reading to find out what you need to know to successfully navigate social media marketing through times of economic contraction.

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