Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Without social media benchmarks (a.k.a. average performance stats for a social platform or industry), it’s difficult to make sense of raw data. In this post, we’ve rounded up average social media engagement rates from 13 top industries to give you a better understanding of where you stand. Clear data.

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Pixlee

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Retail shopping has been permanently changed by internet culture. This combined with the presence of giant ecommerce corporations like Amazon and AliExpress has forced retailers to understand that shopping is no longer a simple errand but rather an experience for consumers. Is this leading to a retail-apocalypse?

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 25, 2022

Although anytime can be a good time to switch up your marketing strategy, the start of the new calendar is one that resonates with us quite a bit. With that in mind, we talked to 10 small business owners to learn about what they're changing in their marketing this year.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2023

Review analysis is the process of analyzing customer feedback from various sources such as social listening data, review forums, customer service data and surveys to get targeted brand insights. Review analytics tools like Sprout analyze content across multiple social channels and profiles simultaneously.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

These machine-readable labels seemed so full of promise for marketers about 10 years ago, but they never really caught on in North America. This is big news for retailers and lifestyle brands wishing to boost instore sales. The professionals’ social network is introducing lead forms for Sponsored InMails.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

Can TikTok for B2B marketing unlock the same potential? Not all B2B companies may not be able to capitalize on those instant #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt B2C conversions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get any value out of the network. We spoke with three B2B marketers who are experimenting with and finding success on TikTok.

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2023

Use the built-in brand safety tools for each social network Your first line of defense against your branded ads appearing alongside offensive content includes the in-platform tools provided by the major social networks. The retailer used TikTok to highlight its partnership with basketball star Candace Parker.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 16, 2020

When it comes to hot social marketing trends, nothing is hotter than TikTok. Download the full Social Trends report to get an in-depth analysis of the data you need to inform your social strategy in 2020. These can include a shoppable component for retailers. . blockquote.tiktok-embed { all: unset !important;

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Sprout Social

MAY 15, 2020

Leveraging social data is one way to help pinpoint what’s working: what type of content drives attention, who your audience is and how you should schedule your posts to reach them. Unfortunately, finding the time to distill social data is also an ongoing challenge for marketers.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 26, 2023

AI tools not only help replace cumbersome processes with highly efficient workflows, they seamlessly analyze unstructured data to extract important business intelligence. Sentiment analysis Sentiment analysis detects emotions or sentiments in data, which can be used to gauge how customers perceive your brand or your services.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Consumers have evolved even faster with the advent of high-speed Internet-enabled mobile devices and social media. Have your marketing efforts evolved with them? Marketing at the peak of the television era was relatively simple. As a marketer, how do you possibly compete for attention within this constant stream of information?

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 18, 2014

Influicity is set to unveil a “first-to-market” platform that allows marketers to efficiently search and connect with YouTube influencers. Once selected, marketers can collaborate with influencers using the platform’s campaign management and analysis tools to bring a video campaign to life.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2013

e-commerce sales are expected to hit $370 billion by 2017 – that’s 10 percent of retail sales. Make data your best friend. Data can be one of the most inexpensive and smart listening tools a brand can have in its arsenal. retail m-commerce sales are predicted to reach nearly $39 billion in 2013, up 56.5 Overall, U.S.

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Devumi

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

The Devumi blog is chock full of ideas to help move your social media marketing forward. The most successful social media business accounts will be massive, sprawling communities bursting with users, comments, and information. How you can make a bit of sense of all this is through social media data analysis.

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Twist Image

MARCH 28, 2013

There is still one slightly unchartered territory that will - without question - be the last mile in marketing. It is the ability for a brand to deliver contextual and highly targeted marketing at the local retail level. " If you can get beyond the marketing jargon, WiFiSLAM is, essentially, GPS for the indoors.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

What is the value of social media as it relates to retail ROI? Is there a point in putting sharing buttons on my e-commerce website if I don’t know how that translates to actionable data regarding revenue? Everyone is doing things with respect to social, but in e-commerce, what is the point? on average.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 30, 2014

“Just get us the millennials” This mind set is short-sighted and mindless old-school marketing at best! Millennial’s are just one demographic in your potential market and you need to think carefully before you focus entire marketing campaigns on them. They’re social. Are you ready to market online?

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

It’s a revolution in marketing that includes gen Z, Gen Y, Gen X and even Boomers. Peer to peer influence and video content is impacting retail like never before. Content and social networks are the new currency. Influencer marketing is on the precipice of exploding growth. ” Click To Tweet. . Methodology.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 18, 2014

Image via BigStockPhoto.com Since the days of yore, marketing strategy has been designed for the same purpose: sell more stuff. Marketing tactics, on the other hand, are a different kind of animal. The Problem Due to the constant shifting sands of marketing, DataSift’s product is constantly evolving.

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Twist Image

AUGUST 16, 2012

Is it directly with the brand or with an online social network? The majority of survey respondents (55%) responded that they are 'mostly willing' to provide shopping preferences to trusted retailers in exchange for an enhanced shopping experience. one more thing: the greed of marketers. The greed of marketers.

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 5, 2014

"Of course, you want to see ads, you''re in marketing!". I''ve heard a lot of very smart marketers tell me that advertising on social networks hasn''t been that successful for them. It''s not the brand that is the advertiser of these ads, it''s the online retailer that''s doing a lot of this retargeting.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 29, 2020

A social media posting schedule is a lifesaver for busy social marketers. To keep things simple, you can use our free social media audit template to help you create an up-to-date inventory of all your social accounts. As part of your audit, make a note of how often you’re currently posting on each social network.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 3, 2011

While the rise of daily deal sites such as Groupon and the rapid growth in popularity of mobile commerce can certainly be counted as important components of 2010’s e-commerce landscape, the biggest development was surely the social networking integration movement that really took off during the year. This movement wasn’t born in 2010.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

I’ve been a web marketer for a long, long time. Having built my first web site ( DVD Verdict ) in April 1999 and managed one of the larger SEO teams in the country from 2006 to 2009, it’s safe to say I’ve seen many changes in web marketing over time. Guest post by Sean McGinnis. That’s a blog post for another day. Let’s dig right in.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Posted in Commerce Facebook Interactive Marketing Sales Social Media Social Networking Strategy. What does this mean for marketers? It’s important for marketers to give fans new ways to connect and advance their relationship with the brand or product being promoted. Blog subscription. Gift download.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 17, 2011

Vitrue analysed Facebook data from its clients with a combined 41 million fans, and they found that the majority of fans yielded an extra impression. This means that a marketer posting twice a day can expect about 60 million impressions per month through the feed on Facebook. How Human Should Brands Become in Social Media?

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Writtent Blog

JULY 10, 2013

It’s no exaggeration to say that smartphones and tablets are the biggest thing to hit marketing since the internet appeared. Cultural shifts can eat a weak marketing strategy for lunch, which is why it’s crucial for small businesses to immerse themselves in the realities of mobile, and adapt to the change. Source: Chief Marketer ).

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

How to find your own best times to post on social media. How we gathered the data. Being armed with the best times to post on Twitter is a great start to any social media content calendar , it’s important to see how the data translates to your specific industry. Consumer goods social media resources. Healthcare.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 14, 2012

But when we think about the advertisers to that audience its mostly CPG brands: Skoal, Budweiser, MillerCoors and M&Ms or more Retailer brands such as: Home Depot, DuPont, Caterpillar, BF Goodwrench and Lowes. As expected what we found in the social data was quite interesting.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 28, 2021

Social media has always had an incredible influence over purchase decisions. Recent data tells us 78% of consumers will buy from a brand after a positive experience on social. Now, social is no longer just your showroom, it’s your point of sale. Extend your storefront into social networks.

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Sprout Social

MAY 19, 2021

Use social listening tools to proactively join these conversations. Listening data equips brands with the intel they need to have relevant, meaningful interactions with consumers who are talking about your industry as a whole. The London-based clothing retailer uses listening data to inform business decisions well beyond marketing.

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Audiense

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Regardless of the net increase in sales over the weekend of discounts it was evident retailers were successfully pushing the Christmas shopping forward offering great holidays deals several days in advance. Action : Identify potential influencers and social media channels of interest for this demographic. Age Demographics.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

He also runs a consulting firm called Social Studio where he provides analytics, PR and integrated marketing strategy to his clients. But in truth, it’s very possible that the way these retailers were thinking about Facebook as a commerce platform was wrong from the starting line. Penney, Nordstrom and Gamestop.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Akeeme Hogg Social Media and Email Marketing Lead, ServiceMaster Brands. The classic marketing funnel looks straightforward but in reality, every customer journey is different and some can be much longer than others. If you want more timely data, you’ll want to supplement a brand survey with the following options.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Marketing teams depend on an ecosystem of tools everyday. Many of the technologies your team relies on were built to integrate and share data with other tools. The social media market is saturated with different integrations, which is why Sprout is thoughtful about our approach. Social commerce.

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Twist Image

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

There is a much bigger marketing and sales opportunity that exists. On top of that, this type of social shopping experience creates a more direct relationship with Facebook and their community members. mobile social commerce. online social network. social media. social shopping. advertising platform.

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