Tue.Feb 05, 2019

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Why Brands Need a Conversational Marketing Plan

Social Media Today

As brands increasingly turn to messaging platforms to engage with current and potential customers, it’s important to have a solid conversational marketing plan in place to achieve the best results.

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7 Practices of a Mindful Leader #MindfulSocial with @marclesser

Janet Fouts

I first met Marc Lesser a few years ago, when he was CEO and lead trainer at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. The wisdom he imparted those classes, and through his work is still popping into my mind as I go on my own path and I am honored to have been so lucky. In his new book, “ Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen ” Marc offers an essential guide for leaders of all types, shapes and sizes.

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10 Need to Know Facebook Marketing Stats for 2019

Social Media Today

Facebook offers significant opportunity for businesses, but also significant challenge. Here are some tips to help you maximize your Facebook performance.

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How to Create Profitable Facebook Targeting Audiences for B2B Marketers

agora pulse

Move over, B2C—Facebook is quickly becoming a hugely profitable space for B2B marketers. A whopping 83% of B2B marketers are using social media as a marketing tactic. And 54% of them are reporting lead generation from using social media as a marketing tool. If you are in the B2B space but don’t target prospects on Facebook (or you do but not well), you most likely miss out on a massive chunk of leads.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Facebook's Developing a Unified Messaging Inbox for Businesses

Social Media Today

In what could be the first step towards increased messaging connection, Facebook is developing a new integrated messaging inbox for businesses

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11 chatbot marketing examples to boost your bot strategy

Sprout Social

“The bots are coming.”. This sort of line has been popular among marketers over the past couple of years. But is that reality finally coming to fruition? At this point, are chatbots really here to stay? Based on industry data and what we’ve seen firsthand at Sprout, the answer is a resounding “yes.”. While chatbots for marketing were once seen as uncharted territory, more and more brands are getting on board with bots.

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Building an Ecommerce Business: From Zero to $100,000 in Revenue from Instagram Ads

Buffer Social

This post is part of our Instagram Marketing Strategy series. The series provides you with actionable insights and lessons on how businesses are using Instagram. Next up, Remi Silva shares how his company, Blank Tag Co., grew from zero to $100,000 in revenue using Instagram ads. . In February 2017, when Remi and his girlfriend Alondra were visiting Tokyo, the last thing they were thinking about was starting a business together.

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Twitter Announces Winners of #BrandBowl 2019

Social Media Today

With the 2019 Super Bowl done and dusted, Twitter has announced the winners of its #BrandBowl celebration of advertiser tie-ins via tweet.

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How Bustle Ignited Engagement and Created New Revenue Streams Using Instagram Stories

Buffer Social

This post is part of our Instagram Marketing Strategy series. The series provides you with actionable insights and lessons on how businesses are using Instagram. Next up, Hannah Caldwell shares how Bustle uses Instagram Stories. . Stories were introduced to Instagram in August 2016, and as soon as the new featured dropped, the social media team at Bustle — a premium publisher reaching millennial women — were excited to see how the format could help the publisher connect with its audience in new

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Is Tweet Editing Coming? Does it Really Matter?

Social Media Today

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has once again raised the prospect of editable tweets - but would it really make that big of a difference?

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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How to generate leads to your accounting practice on Social Media

Socialmedia.biz

They say ‘if you keep doing the same thing, you’ll keep getting the same results’, and rightly so. Most businesses today continue to follow the traditional method of carrying out day-to-day operations to retain old customers and bleakly attract new ones. Relying on word-of-mouth for marketing is not enough. Just like a physical store needs a pleasant visual appearance, referral discounts, loyalty programs, membership perks, supply security, and high-quality products, in addition to great custome

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Facebook Rolls Out Messenger 'Unsend' Feature to All Users

Social Media Today

Facebook is now rolling out its 'Unsend' option in Facebook Messenger to all users after testing it in selected regions.

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3 Things Your Content Marketing MUST DO in 2019

Pam Moore

Welcome to 2019, the year of digital and social noise. It's almost as if we can feel the pressure from the millions of marketers, brands and people trying to grab our attention. Simply login to Facebook on any given day and you can see the noise. Branding pushing advertisements to you. Your neighbor trying to sell you something. Your best friend sharing funny videos that make you laugh.

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Google Launches New Chrome Extension to Alert Users of Hacked Passwords

Social Media Today

Google has launched a new tool which will alert users to potential password breaches by scanning a database of hacked data.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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Celebrating agency excellence: our 2018 Partner of the Year

Sprout Social

The Sprout agency team and I work with 1,000 agency partners and thousands of agency customers. These social media and digital marketing agencies offer best-in-class services and consulting to their clients, big and small. One in five provide full-service marketing to clients, and nearly 25% have a full-blown paid social media services offering to supplement the integrated marketing campaigns they execute on social.

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YouTube's Expanding its Test of a New Content Discovery Tool

Social Media Today

YouTube is broadening the test pool for its new 'Explore' option which aims to showcase more content and creators.

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Building an Ecommerce Business: From Zero to $100,000 in Revenue from Instagram Ads

Buffer Social

This post is part of our Instagram Marketing Strategy series. The series provides you with actionable insights and lessons on how businesses are using Instagram. Next up, Remi Silva shares how his company, Blank Tag Co., grew from zero to $100,000 in revenue using Instagram ads. . In February 2017, when Remi and his girlfriend Alondra were visiting Tokyo, the last thing they were thinking about was starting a business together.

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Snapchat Holds Steady on Usage, Improves Revenue in Latest Earnings Report

Social Media Today

Snapchat has released its full year 2018 earnings report, with revenue rising and usage behaviors stabilizing from last update.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Why A Culture Of "Us Vs. Them" Is Deadly

Forbes Social Media

In a fight where "Us" is the "Versus Silos" and "Them" is the "Safe, Happy and Open Agile Team" - which one are you willing to bet the survival of your company on?

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LinkedIn Reaches 610 Million Members, Publishes New eBook on Social Media Management Tips

Social Media Today

LinkedIn has released a new guide to effective social media management, with a focus on LinkedIn marketing.

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3 Things Your Content Marketing MUST DO in 2019

Pam Moore

Welcome to 2019, the year of digital and social noise. It's almost as if we can feel the pressure from the millions of marketers, brands and people trying to grab our attention. Simply login to Facebook on any given day and you can see the noise. Branding pushing advertisements to you. Your neighbor trying to sell you something. Your best friend sharing funny videos that make you laugh.

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How to Curate Content Like a Pro, and Build Your Brand in 2019

Social Media Today

In a new podcast, contributor Pam Moore discusses the art and science of effective content curation.

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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How Bustle Ignited Engagement and Created New Revenue Streams Using Instagram Stories

Buffer Social

This post is part of our Instagram Marketing Strategy series. The series provides you with actionable insights and lessons on how businesses are using Instagram. Next up, Hannah Caldwell shares how Bustle uses Instagram Stories. . Stories were introduced to Instagram in August 2016, and as soon as the new featured dropped, the social media team at Bustle — a premium publisher reaching millennial women — were excited to see how the format could help the publisher connect with its audience in new

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Periscope Adds Live-Stream Guests - Though There is a Catch

Social Media Today

Periscope will now let users broadcast with up to three guests, but they won't appear on screen.

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How Does Advertising Affect Culture?

Forbes Social Media

With the advent of Internet technologies we simply haven’t seen the same knock-on effect where advertisements are becoming part of popular culture discussions. How have targetted marketing strategies changed the cultural landscape of advertising?

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How Does Instagram Insights Work?

Quintly

Instagram has been improving many of their features for a while. Their new algorithm, changes in the feed and other updates have totally changed, and improved, the way Instagram is perceived by individuals and businesses alike. But the biggest improvement in a long time has been Instagram Insights.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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Defining The Topical Brilliance Of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary On Twitter

Forbes Social Media

The wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster's dictionary have harnessed social media to deliver definitions and context to words that matter now.

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Nike’s Secret to Success on Instagram: Building an Engaged Community

Buffer Social

This post is part of our Instagram Marketing Strategy series. The series provides you with actionable insights and lessons on how businesses are using Instagram. Next up, Wes Warfield from Nike shares how it handles engagement on Instagram. . Chances are you’ve come across Nike on Instagram at one point or another. With more than 83 million followers around the world, Nike is easily in the top 20 most followed Instagram accounts globally (out of nearly one billion ).

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The Rise Of Wind Chill Temperature Denial

Forbes Social Media

The Polar Vortex brought cold air to the U.S. and a surge in wind chill factor denial.

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The Secret to Instagram Success: Square’s Community Curation Strategy

Buffer Social

This post is part of our Instagram Marketing Strategy series. The series provides you with actionable insights and lessons on how businesses are using Instagram. Next up, Nick Dimichino shares exactly how Square’s been able to grow an engaged following on Instagram. . When your product powers millions of businesses and sellers around the world , you’re bound to find some incredibly inspiring stories to share on social media.

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Alphabet 'In The Soup' Over Costs, But Analysts' Average Google Price Target $1,346

Forbes Social Media

With Alphabet Inc., parent Google, posting strong revenue growth in its fourth quarter earnings despite running costs and capital investment higher than thought, the stock is up around 17% since late last December. Most analysts rate it a Buy, with an average price target of $1,346.

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