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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

Social media is a cut-throat world. But it’s not all bad news because those same rivals can be a major source of inspiration for your own social media strategy, helping you identify new opportunities and close gaps in your content calendar. Read on to learn how to run an effective social media competitive analysis.

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31 free social media templates that will elevate your workflows

Sprout Social

There are social media templates available for virtually any task you can think of—from content production to reporting to team onboarding. Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy. Download the template 2.

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Five Tips for Promoting a Technology Solution On Social Media

Webbiquity SMM

Social media promotion uses platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Pinterest to connect with your target audience, build brand awareness, drive web traffic , and increase sales. There’s a wide range of social media management tools designed to help you succeed with your social media marketing efforts.

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The 2024 Guide to Social Media Strategy for Executives

Hootsuite

Whether you’re B2B or B2C, your customers want to engage with humans on social media. 56% of customers want more relatable, personable content from brands on social, but 48% of brands are still posting self-promotional content multiple times a week. Easy: be active on social media. Not for execs on social media.

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Stay Safe on Social Media: 6 Rules for Lawyers and Law Firms

Hootsuite

A social media scandal is only fun if you’re not at the center of it. You don’t have to plead the fifth online — just follow these social media rules for lawyers, and you’ll be safe. Bonus: Get a free, customizable social media policy template to quickly and easily create guidelines for your company and employees.

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How to Use UTM Parameters to Track Social Media Success

Hootsuite

Bonus : Download a free guide and checklist to help you convince your boss to invest more in social media. UTM parameters are just short pieces of code that you can add to links — for example, the links you share in your social posts. Paste your link into your social media post and shorten it if you have not already done so.

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5 ways to create better buyer personas with social media data

Sprout Social

To create an effective marketing, sales or social media strategy, you must first have a clear idea of who is consuming your content and why. In this guide, we’ll show you how to better understand your target audience by creating buyer personas built on social media data. And their social media game is tight.

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