Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 16, 2025

Once upon a time, you could feel confident that when you posted something on social media, a decent chunk of your audience would see it. Sadly, thats no longer the case. Organic reach on major platforms has been shrinking for years for instance, it dropped 18% on Instagram from January 2023 to August 2024. Image source Declining reach is a big problem for government agencies and public sector teams, which rarely have the budget to spend on social media ads.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 14, 2025

Meta introduced Flexible Ad Format in 2023. It seems that very few advertisers use it, but I’ve found it to be an excellent option. I’m certain that the main reason advertisers don’t use it is confusion. While the basic function of Flexible Ad Format is nearly indistinguishable from Dynamic Creative , both options exist. Advertisers also tend to have the wrong reasons for using it , and they’re disappointed when discovering it’s a bad creative split testing option.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 10, 2025

Its been a long wait, but the payments from the Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement are finally being distributednearly three years after claims were first submitted. If you were part of this class action lawsuit and selected PayPal as your payment method, you may have already received your funds today, April 10, 2025. A Quick Recap: What Was the Facebook Internet Tracking Lawsuit About?

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Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2025

There truly is something out there for everyone, and its on social media somewhere. Social media culture is fed by niche communities built around specific interests. Enjoy winding down with a good documentary? Theres a subreddit for you. If you love experimenting with your skincare routine, theres an entire ecosystem of Facebook groups, subreddits, Discord channels and more to explore.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 29, 2025

I find myself wanting to buy a new product I’ve seen on Instagram at least once a week. (Right now, I’ve got my eye on a gorgeous set of coffee mugs from Studio 13.) Instagram makes those “I need this” moments easy to act on — people see something they like, and they can buy it in just a few taps. What started out as a simple photo-sharing app has evolved into a powerful social commerce platform where you can show off your products, find new customers, and even

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Hootsuite

APRIL 9, 2025

100% of marketers who read these social media statistics will have the data they need to plan and optimize their social strategies in 2025. (Its fun math, we promise.) Grab a bevy and dive into the latest social media stats for ol faves Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Pinterest, plus newcomers RedNote and Bluesky. What the stats tell us Short-form video is winning everywhere Across platforms, short-form video is the way to go for memorable and engaging content.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 7, 2025

Meta has officially started rolling out the long-anticipated integration between GA4 and Meta Events Manager. While its not entirely clear what benefit the integration provides, this post walks through how to set it up and what we know (and dont know) about what this might actually do. If you have access, you’re likely to get a notification that looks like this… The good news is that the integration isn’t particularly difficult, though the process can take a while depending on

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 16, 2025

AI-generated influencers are making waves in social media marketing. These virtual personas promise brands full creative control, cost efficiency, and the ability to engage audiences 24/7. But do they actually work? And more importantly, should brands use them? Our take: probably not. Heres why. What are AI Influencers? AI influencers fall into two categories: Fully Artificial Influencers These are completely AI-generated personalities with no real-world counterpart.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 10, 2025

Despite only launching internationally in 2017, TikTok has grown to become one of the most popular social media platforms among young people in the UK, and TikTok marketing is the best way to market to them directly. Success on the platform is about consistency, quality and keeping up with the always-changing TikTok trends UK users watch the most. To help you better understand the uniqueness of UK TikTok, weve outlined what sets it apart from its US and other counterparts.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 7, 2025

Think you know which social platform has the most engagement? The data might surprise you. Social media trends are always evolving, but lately, engagement has been shifting in unexpected ways. LinkedIn is seeing record-high interactions, Pinterest is quietly on the rise, and Threads — once a breakout success — is settling into more stable patterns.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 23, 2025

Key takeaways Threads analytics help you grow smarter, not harder. They offer insights into who your audience is (like age, gender, and location), how they engage with your content, and what types of posts perform best so you can stop guessing and start creating content that resonates. Track the right metrics for your specific goals. Whether you’re aiming to grow followers, boost visibility, or deepen engagement, Threads provides focused metrics like engagement rate, top posts, and amplif

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 3, 2025

Want to know why employee-generated content is such a powerful marketing tool? Because, on average, employee networks have approximately 10X as many connections as companies. And even though just 3% of employees share content about their employer, those posts boost their companies total engagement by an impressive 30%. If youre ready to start leveraging these benefits, youre in the right place, because weve collated eight inspiring examples of real-world brands using employee-generated content.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 28, 2025

Meta advertising has changed at a dizzying rate during the past few years. I assembled this post to get you caught up in the shortest amount of time possible. This isn’t just about features. We’re talking about how Meta advertising works now and your role in it. Ditching popular and outdated strategies for an approach that gives you the best chance to succeed in today’s environment.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 29, 2025

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) has released its 2025 Digital Terror and Hate Report Card, revealing widespread corporate failure to combat online hate, antisemitism, and extremist propaganda. Presented at events with the New York City Council and the California State Legislature, the findings offer a bleak assessment of how major platforms are handling harmful content.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 29, 2025

15 years ago, when our founders Justyn, Aaron, Gil and Pete started Sprout Social, social media was unpredictable, experimental and deeply personal. Fast forward to todaysocial isnt just another part of the marketing mix anymore. Its the channel where your brands success is determined, and the new center of gravity for your entire business. Sprout has grown from a scrappy start-up into a data-driven global company, evolving alongside social itself.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 23, 2025

I create video content for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn, so I’m always looking for new tools to make the process smoother — and I may just have found my new favorite. Instagram has just launched their brand-new video editing app, Edits by Instagram , and it’s already way surpassed my expectations. If you’ve ever tried to edit a reel with Instagram’s native video editing tools, you’ll know why I was a bit skeptical.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 22, 2025

Key takeaways Facebook marketing involves promoting your company on Facebook to build awareness for your products, grow an audience, and generate leads and sales. A Facebook marketing strategy can include various types of content such as organic posts, Stories and Reels, as well as paid ads. To effectively market on Facebook, you need to create and optimize a Facebook Page, verify it (if possible), and set up a Facebook Ads account.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 9, 2025

Social media has always been a fast-moving channel, with no guarantees that what works today will still work tomorrow. But what are the biggest opportunities in social media right now AI? Personalization? Something else? To help answer that question (and lots more), we gathered a panel of social media marketing experts, hosted by Nick Verlaney Director of Social Media at Merkle US and featuring insights from Andrea Howard , Director of Social Media and Influencer Marketing at Kendra Scott Jon

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Advertiser: Paycor

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 21, 2025

Metas development team working on Lead Ads and Instant Forms has been busy over the past few months. I’ve documented 11 updates and new features for the Lead Ads product alone. If youre currently using Lead Ads, see how many of these features you have. If you gave up on them before, you may not even recognize the product now. I reviewed multiple ad accounts to identify which features are widely available and which are more limited.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 15, 2025

A new tool called CLR:SKY is now available for users on Bluesky, a decentralized social media platform. Its purpose is simple but significantoffer real-time feedback on the tone of a post before it’s published. Instead of removing harmful posts after damage is done, this tool aims to stop them before they ever go live. Developed by online safety expert Fay M.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 8, 2025

Influencers and creators are no longer confined to the realm of social media feeds; theyre stepping into the entertainment world, playing a crucial role in IRL events. They’ve emerged as powerful players in live brand activations and entertainment experiences that transcend traditional marketing. Live activations are becoming cultural moments that take up considerable social chatter.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 16, 2025

I run a Facebook group called Freelancers Who Work Smart, Not Hard , but, for ages, I managed it the hard way, not the smart way.  The hard way looks like this: trying to remember to post regularly (when I sometimes can’t even remember what day of the week it is), coming up with some of my best ideas at 3 a.m. (before promptly falling asleep and forgetting them), and posting sporadically with neither consistency nor strategy.

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Advertiser: Paycor

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 9, 2025

Creating a social media report that is just an export from a tool or screenshots from the native platform is a disservice to your client, your team, and yourself. If you dont know where to start when building a social media report, we have a few tips to help take your reporting efforts from a waste of server space to invaluable. Have A Measurement Plan A report without a measurement plan is just numbers and charts without meaning.

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Oktopost

APRIL 27, 2025

The evolution of content marketing intelligence As B2B marketers, getting the most out of your campaigns requires understanding whats happening and why. This is where content marketing intelligence comes in. Its all about gathering data from various sources, like social media, email nurture programs, or corporate PRs, and using that data to understand what are competitors are saying and why.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 10, 2025

Theres an update to value optimization. Will it impact how you use it or the value you can generate with your ads? Let’s investigate… What is Value Optimization? When using the Sales or Leads objectives with the website conversion location, you have the option to use the “ Maximize Value of Conversions ” performance goal. Instead of focusing on the number of conversions, the algorithm will be more concerned about generating a high Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 15, 2025

A new survey from LifeStance Health has revealed how deeply social media is influencing mental health behavior across the U.S. The data shows that many Americansespecially younger generationsare turning to platforms like TikTok and Instagram not just for entertainment or connection, but for self-diagnosis, therapy language, and emotional validation.

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Advertiser: Paycor

The right HR metrics can illuminate hidden trends, justify decisions to the C-suite, and give you an edge in this unpredictable economy. Download Paycor’s guide and learn how to calculate your: Cost-per-Hire Total Financial Impact of Absences Voluntary Turnover Rate And more!

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Sprout Social

APRIL 28, 2025

Reddit has, undoubtedly, solidified its position as a leading social media platform, attracting a wide range of demographics. The platform fosters passionate communities across countless interests, markets and target audiences. But unlike other social platforms, where engagement might be more straightforward, Reddit’s community-first culture requires brands to earn users’ trust by providing real value.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 10, 2025

As much as it can seem like a status symbol to be verified, there are also really practical reasons to have a verified Instagram account. Verification helps with engagement, can help Instagram users find real sources of news, and can stop impersonation, among other things. Getting verified adds credibility to any account — so it's no wonder that so many of us are keen to have that blue check on Instagram.

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Social Media Today

APRIL 24, 2025

A look at how AI usage is changing as we become more attuned to the latest tools.

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Oktopost

APRIL 24, 2025

Armis Vice President of Corporate Communications, Rebecca Cradick, joins the Radically Transparent podcast to explore what it means to lead in todays complex B2B marketing environment, where lines between ownership are often blurred, expectations are high, and why gratitude just might be your most powerful tool. Listen to the podcast Subscribe now on Spotify , Apple Podcasts or YouTube Watch the live recording Episode summary In this episode, Rebecca gets radically transparent about what it trul

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Advertiser: Paycor

The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.

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