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#SproutChat Calendar: Upcoming Topics for January 2017

Sprout Social

January 4, 2017: Maintaining a Social Media CRM. Sprout Product Focus: Social CRM. Organizing and keeping track of community members across social networks can be incredibly overwhelming. Building meaningful relationships with a brand’s online community is dependent on maintaining an organized social media CRM.

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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

Step #2: Gather Top-Level Social Media Data You’ve identified your competitors — now it’s time to find out what they’re doing on social media. Start by gathering the following top-level information and social media metrics : Which social networks are they on? How large is their following?

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Tech and sanity – You can have both!

Janet Fouts

Google Drive -Managing documents everyone can edit and update without having to download. Add attendees and agenda items and everyone is notified of the upcoming meeting and can review and manage the agenda and check each item off as you go. Hootsuite -Schedule posts and monitor multiple social networks from one dashboard.

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How Ford Uses Social Media [VIDEO]

Social Media Marketing

And our social media strategy is global , reflecting the growing interest from many areas around the company and around the world. And we maintain profiles on a number of social networks, including profiles on Twitter: @Ford , @FordCustService , @FordFiesta , @FordAutoShows , @FordLatino , @FordEU , @FordAPA and more.

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How To Get More Likes on Facebook: 8 Easy Tips

Hootsuite

In 2007, the social networking platform FriendFeed was the first to give users the ability to click like next to a social media post. Good social media fundamentals mean following a social media marketing plan that aligns with your business objectives. Cross-promotion isn’t limited to social media, either.

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Battling burnout as a social media manager

Sprout Social

However, according to a study by Harvard University , findings suggest that as long as people are mindful users of social media, strong social networks are associated with positive mental health and well-being. . It’s a common assumption that long-term, habitual use can take a negative toll, particularly on young people.

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Hootsuite Hacks: 19 Tricks and Features You Probably Didn’t Know About

Hootsuite

Flip the toggle, and Hootsuite will choose a gap in your upcoming schedule that will offer the highest likelihood of engagement on your target platform. Sometimes you’ve got your social posts planned, polished, and scheduled a week or two in advance. Source free photos & crop them to social network dimensions.

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