Tue.Dec 18, 2018

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Using Social Media Humor Can Benefit Your Business, But Be Cautious Of The Pitfalls

SocMed Sean

Today’s guest post comes from Hazel Fogg, creative social media manager and editor at Academic Brits. Hazel draws her creative inspiration from famous influencers, travels and books. Just recently she started to create her first social media course. Thanks to Hazel for sharing her thoughts on the use of humor in social media. Like other emotions, humor can be power when used properly in a content strategy.

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Facebook Provides Video Monetization Best Practices, Disincentivizes Sharing of Repurposed Clips

Social Media Today

Facebook's looking to expand its video ad monetization options, while also outlining plans to take action against less engaging practices.

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Social Media of Christmas Past

Ignite Social Media

The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year- with all the great food, gifting and being with friends and family. Leading up to the holidays (and even during), shopping is always top of mind and brands are always stepping things up to make an impact during the busiest time of the year. Let’s look back at the social media post of Christmas past to see who brought their jolliest A game.

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NAACP Calls on Members to Boycott Facebook in Protest Over Political Interference

Social Media Today

NAACP has called on its members to log out of Facebook and Instagram for a week as part of protest action against the social media giant.

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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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Social Intelligence in 2018: 7 experts share their experiences

Audiense

There are just over 10 days left in 2018. During this year at Audiense, we have turned our focus to the creation of new tools and functions that contribute to developing the Social Intelligence industry. Thanks to the work and the know-how of many experts within the sector, we have been able to grow and contribute our two cents to the industry. And as the year is passing, we have wanted to reflect with some of the biggest professionals and friends of Audiense so that they can share with us their

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4 Common Digital Marketing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Social Media Today

Looking to improve your digital marketing approach in 2019? Make sure you weed these common bad practices out of your strategy.

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4 Common Digital Marketing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them4

Social Media Today

Looking to improve your digital marketing approach in 2019? Make sure you weed these common bad practices out of your strategy.

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Almost All Of Facebook's 139m Users In Africa Are On Mobile

Forbes Social Media

Facebook has 139-million users a month in Africa in 2018, 98% of whom connected via mobile.

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Twitter Reports Security Flaw Which May Have Exposed User Data

Social Media Today

Twitter has reported an issue which may have exposed selected user information to those seeking it out.

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5 Strategies to Cure Chasing Digital Shiny Object Syndrome in 2019

Pam Moore

Do you get a serious fear of missing out? FOMO… it happens to the best of us. Thank goodness for FOMO experts who built their brands around providing technology updates, news and analysis so you can stop worrying about missing out. They do it for you. However, the struggle is still real. How do you learn about the awesome shiny objects without actually chasing them?

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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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Facebook Adds New Camera Tools to Messenger, Including Boomerang and Selfie Mode

Social Media Today

Facebook has added three new camera options to Messenger to help users spice up their holiday sharing.

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5 Strategies to Cure Chasing Digital Shiny Object Syndrome in 2019

Pam Moore

Do you get a serious fear of missing out? FOMO… it happens to the best of us. Thank goodness for FOMO experts who built their brands around providing technology updates, news and analysis so you can stop worrying about missing out. They do it for you. However, the struggle is still real. How do you learn about the awesome shiny objects without actually chasing them?

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5 Common Digital Marketing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Social Media Today

Looking to improve your digital marketing approach in 2019? Make sure you weed these common bad practices out of your strategy.

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Alibaba-Backed Chinese Influencer Incubator Ruhan Announces Plans To Go Public

Forbes Social Media

While brands around the world are still debating whether or not influencer marketing works, Alibaba-backed Chinese influencer incubator Ruhan Holdings, co-founded by top Chinese fashion influencer Zhang Dayi, announced plans to go public on NASDAQ next year.

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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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The Amazon Luxury Dilemma

Social Media Today

Some marketers of high-end products view Amazon as a venue for deals and discounts—an image that doesn’t align with their reputations and the images they are working to establish for their brands.

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Facebook Talks 2019 Goals During NAACP Boycott Of Its Platforms

Forbes Social Media

Amid Russian influence reporting and calls for a boycott from the NAACP, Facebook has shared an update on its civil rights audit and future plans.

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Will Your Number of Instagram Followers Matter in 2019?

Pixlee

Instagram is on pace for another record year of growth in 2019. With increasing saturation, many brands and influencers alike wonder if gaining Instagram followers actually matters. Follower count sometimes helps to give a brand or influencer legitimacy, but recently, it’s done the exact opposite. In the push to build an Instagram audience, many brands and influencers cut corners by purchasing fake followers that artificially inflate page numbers.

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Amnesty International Report States The Obvious: Twitter Is Often A Horrible Place For Women

Forbes Social Media

If you’re not into believing human women, maybe you’ll believe robots and computational data?

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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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Weaving Your Story Together: 6 Ways You Can Use Hyperlinking For Storytelling

Cortex

One of the benefits to telling a story through digital media is its ability to allow a storyteller to weave it together from multiple medias. The idea behind transmedia storytelling is that you can tell a wholistic story by sharing individual parts of the story in a non-chronological way in different forms. By linking the aspects of your story together, an audience can find their way to other parts of the story and discover for themselves the meaning behind it.

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Troll Patrol, Robots Prove Women Harassed On Twitter

Forbes Social Media

If you’re not into believing human women, maybe you’ll believe robots and computational data?

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Keys to Schedule LinkedIn Posts

agora pulse

LinkedIn has been gradually growing in influence and reach with over 590 million users as of December 2018. However, of those members, only 3 million post content on a weekly basis. Since LinkedIn has so many decision makers and company influencers, this is a fantastic place to share your content. That’s why now might be a great time to start scheduling LinkedIn posts on a regular basis.

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Digital Video And Social Media Will Drive Entertainment Industry Growth In 2019

Forbes Social Media

Film, TV and gaming will drive media and entertainment industry growth, fueled by social media.

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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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9 Resolutions Every Marketer Should Make for 2019

The Realtime Report

9 Resolutions Every Marketer Should Make for 2019. As we head into the new year it’s time to make some resolutions. On top of personal commitments — does eating healthier, getting physically fit, and saving more money sound familiar ? — what should marketers seek to improve professionally? Which approaches should you embrace to make your marketing efforts more efficient and effective?

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Navigating The Limits Of LinkedIn

Forbes Social Media

Effective B2B marketing on LinkedIn is changing. Here's how to work through changes to search, network visibility and more.

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4 Embarrassing Online Reputation Mistakes Businesses Are Still Making

Forbes Social Media

Are you falling into any of these common traps?

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Answering Tough Questions

Forbes Social Media

Sometimes it feels as though you can dodge a bullet more easily than you can dodge a tough question. Here’s how to manage.

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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.