Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 9, 2018

Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News. This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. Businesses can also star and filter conversations to come back to messages for follow up.

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News Google Social Media HootSuite 170

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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Platform Social Media Influencer Trends 272

Socialized

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Social Media is a jungle of millions of people who are ready to connect to you. How to decide an appropriate persona of the customer and myself for using Social Media? Before you link to your audiences in social networks, you need to consider and identify them. What are the Goals for Using Social Media?

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Questions Social Media Social Networking Metrics 130

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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Social Media Authentication LinkedIn B2B 101

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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Features Social Media Curation Geotagging 98

Ignite Social Media

APRIL 29, 2019

Spring is synonymous with change and that certainly applies when it comes to social media. There were a whole host of new features and updates being rolled out over the past month from some of the top social platforms. Let’s talk about the April Social Media Trends! . Instagram Shopping Evolves.

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Freelance Social Media

MAY 26, 2009

Non-profits see online social media as an inexpensive way to build relationships, increase involvement, and help out with publicity and education efforts. Of the 929 survey respondents, nearly three-quarters (74.1%) of non-profits reported having a presence on Facebook, with an average community size of 5,391 members.

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Social Networking Organization Foursquare Survey 225

Hootsuite

MAY 20, 2020

With the increased use of social tools for business communications, social media security is more important than ever. While the benefits of social are clear, there are risks to be wary of. If you are on social (and who isn’t?) , you need to protect yourself against common social media security threats.

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Social Media Tools Tips Policies 144

Sprout Social

APRIL 29, 2021

A new survey, “ The State of Social Media Investment ,” conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Sprout Social has shown how the events of the last year have accelerated both American consumers’ and business’ use and expectations of social media. Do you regularly update your social media profiles?

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Social Media Survey Advertising Review 105

Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 22, 2019

2018 was a year of lasting impacts on the social media industry. Even in an industry marked by fast change, 2018 will go down in history as a big year for social media and all of the marketers who use it to sell their products or services. Social Media Trends of 2019 #1. Here are our top 10 trends for 2019.

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Trends Social Media Instagram Influencer 143

Forbes Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2020

A survey carried out by BBC Sport shows that around a third of female athletes have suffered abuse on social networks, a situation that can only lead one to question the collective mental health of our society.

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Conversation Sports Survey Social Networking 105

Social Media Strategies Summit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

And when one in three consumers prefers to contact brands via spoocial platforms, it’s clear that social media should play a key role in your customer care strategy. Image source To help you determine what that looks like, we’ve created a 10-step process to deliver five-star customer service on social media.

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Strategy FAQ Guidelines Policies 130

yMarketingMatters

JANUARY 10, 2014

Social media and digital marketing are going to grow even stronger in 2014. With my first hand experience working with so many businesses, I am giving you my most important social media and digital marketing tips that will help you increase your online footprint, exposure and bottom line in 2014 for your business.

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Social Media Tips Marketing Mobile 277

Hootsuite

MARCH 2, 2022

Let’s talk about why it’s important to understand social media marketing for retail brands. Nearly three-quarters ( 74.8% ) of the world’s population over the age of 12 use social media. Those people are engaging with retail brands on social. For retail brands, social commerce opens up a new pathway to purchase.

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Retail Social Media Brands Tips 104

Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2018

Quality video content is still paramount so keep in mind these best practices when creating video content for social. . In 2017, Pinterest announced that it was moving away from being a social network to be more focused on being a visual search engine. Use Pinterest for Search. Activate Micro-Influencers.

Strategy 133

Strategy Social Media CPC Influencer 133

Harp Interactive

MARCH 31, 2010

The client wants to know if their social media campaign is working! They want to understand how social media marketing will meet their goals before they commit to a budget allocation for a “mythical campaign&#. Twitter Conversation (measured in @mentions). Blog Comments. RSS & email subscriptions.

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Analytics Social Media Trendrr Digg 350

Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Influencer- brand collaborations can take many different forms, but our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey of 307 social marketers in the United States reflects some interesting trends. According to the survey, companies are focused on the following influencer-brand partnerships: giveaways, product collaborations and influencer-led advertisements.

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Influencer Brands Collaboration Authentication 100

Oktopost

JUNE 4, 2020

A decade ago Zappo’s had a social media policy for employees that was more or less the industry standard: “Be real and use your best judgment”. But with the metaphorical and literal explosion of social media, defining “best judgment” and “be real” has gotten a lot less straightforward. Use of company social accounts.

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Policies Social Media Guidelines Sentiment 146

Rebekah Radice

MAY 16, 2017

When was the last time you updated your social media bio? That’s why I’ve put together a 4-step process to help you create a bio for every social network. This is All You Need to Write the BEST Social Media Bio. A conversational tone is much more attractive to humans and SEO in 2017.

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Social Media Privacy Real Estate Hashtag 167

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

AI marketing tools automate repetitive tasks with speed and efficiency and enable you to analyze vast amounts of data, such as customer or employee feedback and social conversations, at speed and scale, to surface necessary insights that can be instrumental in improving a business.

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Strategy Sentiment Patterns Marketing 102

Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Social Media Yahoo Privacy Flipboard 167

Hootsuite

OCTOBER 28, 2019

What are social media metrics? As a social media professional, they’re your chance to demonstrate the value of your work, and the impact of the decisions you’ve made. This article identifies the social media metrics that really matter, why they’re important, and how to track them. Conversion metrics.

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Metrics Social Media CPM CPC 112

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 9, 2010

The question is – What is the appropriate level of budget to support social media for a B2B company? First was the post on the Media Budget Ratio (MBR) for a B2B company. They recently put out a 2010 Budget and Allocations trends document which surveyed the membership to gave you the chart above. Email this to a friend?

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B2B Social Media Marketing Survey 198

Sprout Social

MAY 18, 2022

Social media is quickly emerging as the go-to channel for salespeople seeking new prospects. According to LinkedIn , 78% of social sellers outsell their peers who don’t use social media. By building your own social selling strategy your sales team can be a step ahead of the competition.

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Metrics B2B Software Social Media 136

Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Social media definitely pays off, but you’ve got to focus on the approach not the tools. Social Media has hit the mainstream these days but the big concern on every product marketer’s mind has been how to justify the ROI? If you’re concerned about social media cost justification, you’re not along.

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Social Media Jive ROI Press Release 198

Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Most of them have pretty hands-on information about how to navigate with social media and some have more background knowledge. But with the arrival of digital channels and social media, word-of-mouth is increasingly used for marketing purposes. And so has word-of-mouth marketing.

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CSR Social Media Fashion Energy 214

Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Welcome to dark social. Don’t worry, dark social isn’t the same as the notorious “dark web” trying to lure you into evil. Dark social is the oldest social network in action: private, untraceable human-to-human communication. What is dark social? 1 Social Media Tool Create. What about in 2023?

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

many people pause to think about what they’re thankful for: family, friends, TiVo, the Yankees not winning the World Series… I’m thankful for all of those things too of course, but also for the development and growth of social media. Social media is a meritocracy (mostly). How did we do this before?

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Social Media Committee Press Release Posterous 192

Hootsuite

APRIL 17, 2024

Other social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook have their own algorithms, too.) Understand your audience If you’ve read any other guides to social media engagement , you know this is always Rule #1. Social media is supposed to be social, remember—a conversation, not a broadcast.

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HootSuite Feed Feedly Instagram 69

Razor Social

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Are you using the right social media analytics tools to monitor, assess and improve your social media performance? What analytics are you measuring and what should you be measuring in your social media tracking ? The Social Media Analytics Compass. No time to read this article now?

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Analytics Social Media How To Analysis 89

Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Our research shows that the most effective purchase drivers on social media are recommendations from friends, comments and product reviews and familiarity with a brand. Akeeme Hogg Social Media and Email Marketing Lead, ServiceMaster Brands. Brand surveys. Social is a go-to channel for raising brand awareness.

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Strategy Brands Hubspot Survey 129

Ignite Social Media

MAY 20, 2019

Pinterest is the top social network for finding and shopping for products among US users.* Pinterest also recently unveiled the website conversion objective, making it easier to drive actions to your website. Optimizing for desired conversions will let you reach those qualified users who are more likely to convert.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, we’re looking back on our own year in social at Sprout. Like most social media teams, we’re taking stock of what went well with our social media marketing and what we can improve on as we enter 2023. — Sprout Social (@SproutSocial) November 30, 2022. Setting expectations.

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Strategy Metrics Team Social Media 105

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 7, 2018

In survey after survey, year after year, lead generation is a top priority for B2B brands. Still, 61% of marketers want to increase the effectiveness of their SEO to get more visits and conversions this year. Social Media Marketing. Influencer Marketing on Social Media. Guest post by Brandon Brown.

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B2B Brands LinkedIn Influencer 217

Sprout Social

APRIL 4, 2023

Harnessing and amplifying this advocacy should be an integral part of your social media marketing strategy. This could be through word-of-mouth , or by posting to their social media networks, in blog posts, on review sites and other corners of the internet. You will then be able to tap into conversations online.

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Brands ROI Authentication UGC 126

Convince & Convert

JULY 17, 2017

Our just-released 2017 State of Social Marketing Report shares survey results from 2,738 social media marketing professionals from 111 countries. Here are the three biggest challenges social marketers are facing right now, according to social marketers themselves. Securing Budget and Resources for Social.

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Marketing Software ROI Comparison 158

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 3, 2011

Tweet Written by J-P De Clerck , who is an experienced content, conversion and social media consultant. Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. This post is not about movies but about “the loyalty&# of fans, followers and all those other labels we give to people on social media.

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Loyalty Social Media Study Social Networking 205