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The 8 best URL shorteners for engagement and tracking in 2022

Sprout Social

Since the beginning of the World Wide Web, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) have been one of the primary methods for jumping from one webpage to another. Unfortunately, URLs become long and complex as subdomains, subdirectories and tracking codes are added. As social media grew in popularity, lengthy URLs began to present a problem.

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How to use Google Analytics for stronger social media reporting

Sprout Social

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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How to Use ChatGPT for Social Media + 46 Prompts to Get Started

Hootsuite

Are you ready to tap into ChatGPT social media success? Social media managers have suffered too long with tedious, manual tasks. Luckily, ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates human-like content, promises to make social media success more attainable.

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In Conversation With: The Founder of The First Social Media Platform

The Realtime Report

In Conversation With: The Founder of. The First Social Media Platform. Web Masters is a podcast that explores the history of the Internet through conversations and stories with some of its most important innovators. Usenet is regarded as one of the first social media platforms, but it wasn’t intended to start that way.

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How to Use UTM Parameters to Track Social Media Success

Hootsuite

UTM tags provide three key benefits: They help you track the value of social marketing programs and campaigns and measure ROI. They provide precise data about conversion and traffic sources. Bonus : Download a free guide and checklist to help you convince your boss to invest more in social media. What are UTM parameters?

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A healthcare team’s guide to HIPAA compliance on social media

Sprout Social

You’d be hard-pressed to find healthcare marketers that don’t understand the value of social media for healthcare , according to Jill Florence, Director of Enterprise Sales at Sprout Social. However, as Katherine Van Allen, Senior Solutions Engineer at Sprout, points out, the benefits of social outweigh the risks.

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How companies use video content on social media

Visually SM

If you haven’t already made substantial investments in video content for social media platforms, then it’s about time to get started. Of course, you can always post the URL to any old video that you already published. Why use video for social media? Facebook is a good social media for longer videos.