Sat.May 27, 2017 - Fri.Jun 02, 2017

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Why AAA Should Be Worried About Getting a C- From Me

Waxing UnLyrical

A couple of days ago, I received a membership renewal notice from AAA. This #inyourface graphic was right at the top: Whoa!!! Panic stations, people, move out of the WAY, Lola, I need to grab my wallet now now now NOW. But before my anxious little (and still sore from the 5 stitches I got last week) fingers could plug in my credit card info, I remembered something.

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Big Announcement! THE Social Media Training Academy and Member Community for Business is Here!

Pam Moore

Do you have social media, digital marketing and branding problems? Good news is we have real answers! We have been working the past year on a game changing online social media training academy and member community to help solve your biggest problems and challenges related to social media marketing, digital marketing, and branding. I am excited to announce that TODAY we officially open the public doors to our brand new Social Profit Factor training academy and member community!

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19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics

Rebekah Radice

Ever sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, ready to write the next blog post, but have no idea what to write about? It happens to the best of us. That blank screen call feel daunting. But today I have good news. If you’ve struggled to come up with blog post topics, there’s a lot of ways to brainstorm. You only need to know where to look and how to prompt your brain on those less than creative days.

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How One Business Refused to Shrug Off Fake Reviews

The Social Media Hat

Fake Reviews of businesses and products is increasingly becoming a problem - so much so that solopreneurs are now at risk.

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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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5 Facebook Ad Tools That Take The Pain Out Of Ad Creation

agora pulse

Facebook advertising can be complex and confusing. Luckily, there are a number of Facebook ad tools that make it easier for business owners, marketers, and even ad specialists to do their job. I set up my first Facebook ad in 2012. At the time, boosted posts were called “Promoted posts” and I, like many others, started my advertising journey by clicking the “Promote” button.

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Facebook Groups for Business in a Nutshell

Pam Moore

Facebook Groups provide a unique opportunity for brands of all sizes to build community, increase brand awareness, generate leads and even increase sales of products or services. You may be a member of a neighborhood or personal Facebook Group. Have you ever thought about how you can tap into the power of Facebook Groups to grow your business? Or maybe you have a Facebook business Group but it's not delivering any value for your business.

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The Best Father’s Day Social Media Marketing Campaigns

Devumi

Father’s Day is when everyone marks their calendar to make time with their dads. Brands are also scrambling to get their social media campaigns ready for Dads. In anticipation, and to celebrate it in our way, let’s look at the best Father’s Day social media marketing campaigns of the past. Touching Father’s Day social media […]. The post The Best Father’s Day Social Media Marketing Campaigns appeared first on Devumi.

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4 Twitter Analytics Tools You Can’t Ignore

agora pulse

Don’t count Twitter out. In addition to marketing your business and connecting with customers, Twitter is the best social media channel to spy on your Twitter competition. Whether you use Twitter for publishing, monitoring, or customer service, you need to measure your efforts. Luckily, there are a variety of Twitter analytics tools to help do this.

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Teaching Modern PR to Students

Meltwater

One of the challenging parts of teaching modern PR and social media is the fact… Read More.

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#BotsInAction: Hobbynote talks customer service

Audiense

This is a guest post written by Benoît Lewandowski, CEO, Hobbynote. At Hobbynote , we’re committed to creating innovative and creative uses of Twitter at scale. We’ve produced hundreds of bespoke campaigns for the top brands around the world, and we always are looking at new ways to improve how brands and businesses can interact with their audiences by enhancing the conversational experience.

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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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4 LinkedIn Tools that Will Change the Way You Think About LinkedIn

Razor Social

If you are in B2B marketing or otherwise tasked with sourcing leads for your company, LinkedIn is one of the most powerful platforms you can use to grow your business. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say that they have a presence on LinkedIn, but they’re not seeing the results they’re after. If you’re one of those people, then you probably don’t have the system and the tools in place to attract new prospects and build quality relationships.

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17 Ways to Get More Views, Engagement, and Shares for Your Facebook Videos

Buffer Social

This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated with the latest Facebook video tips and information. Over 8 billion videos or 100 million hours of videos are watched on Facebook every day. These stats were reported early last year so imagine how much larger the numbers are today as Facebook continued to grow and double down on videos.

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Word of Mouth Marketing Is Important: This Is Why

Meltwater

Influencer, referral, and social media marketing are not synonymous, but they are all key aspects… Read More.

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Dinner is Served: Social Media for Restaurants

Devumi

Restaurants and diners are some of those businesses that always have a steady stream of customers all year round. That doesn’t mean, though, that they can’t benefit from a marketing strategy. On the contrary, social media for restaurants is part of a thriving online campaign. Read on to learn more about how you can harness […]. The post Dinner is Served: Social Media for Restaurants appeared first on Devumi.

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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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Profits and Losses: Keeping Your Business Supplied Without Losing Money

The Realtime Report

Profits and Losses: Keeping Your Business Supplied Without Losing Money. Even if your business is going through a bit of a slump, you have to keep up with your supplies without losing money. Here are some tips to keeping your business supplied with equipment and materials without losing profit: How To Save Money When Purchasing Equipment. When it comes to buying equipment for your business, every dollar counts and you need to make the most of it.

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Why I Blog – and Happy 10th Birthday

Ari Herzog

May 2017 marks the 10th birthday of my blog! It’s seen four URLs and numerous layouts. You can visit the archive and read my initial blog posts about apartment life, later posts about digital marketing, and ultimately about minimalism and productivity. For instance, here’s a piece from May 2007 critiquing a website. Today, I’d write that differently and include screenshots or a video.

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Social Media Recap: May 2017

Meltwater

The last few weeks have been busy for the social media world. Instagram and Snapchat… Read More.

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How to Network on LinkedIn: Endorsements for Discoverability

Devumi

LinkedIn is now the most important social network in the professional world. Learning how to network on LinkedIn properly will boost your discoverability. One of the best ways to do that is to optimize your LinkedIn profile by better managing your skills and endorsements. Networking on LinkedIn: Endorsements & Skills LinkedIn recently announced that the platform […].

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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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Understanding The Value of Investment

The Realtime Report

Understanding The Value of Investment. More and more business people are utilizing the internet as a valuable resource to conduct business, with a great number eschewing traditional methods and going 100 percent online now. The benefits of conducting business, such as online trading, are many. Online trading has seen considerable growth as ease of access, speed, and information is right there in front of them, mere clicks away on any site they access.

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Why I Blog – and Happy 10th Birthday

Ari Herzog

May 2017 marks the 10th birthday of my blog! It’s seen four URLs and numerous layouts. You can visit the archive and read my initial blog posts about apartment life, later posts about digital marketing, and ultimately about minimalism and productivity. For instance, here’s a piece from May 2007 critiquing a website. Today, I’d write that differently and include screenshots or a video.

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19 Ideas That Will Inspire a Years Worth of Blog Post Topics

Rebekah Radice

Ever sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, ready to write the next blog post, but have no idea what to write about? It happens to the best of us. That blank screen call feel daunting. But today I have good news. If you’ve struggled to come up with blog post topics, there’s a lot of ways to brainstorm. You only need to know where to look and how to prompt your brain on those less than creative days.

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7 Steps To A Better Interview

Twist Image

Candidly, there's a lot more than seven, but its a start. I can't tell you how many interviews I've been involved with since the mid-eighties, but it has got to be in the thousands. This is not meant to brag. It's a fact. Just look at my Six Pixels of Separation - The Mirum Podcast (which has been running for over a decade with close to 570 episodes) or Groove - The No Treble Podcast (which has been happening for over two years).

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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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Summer Challenge Reading

Net-Savvy Executive

Have you set a reading challenge for the summer? This is something different: challenge reading, not a reading challenge. Four books I've read recently that challenge our assumptions and normal ways of working in today's data-centric world. Have fun. Programmed and dangerous First up is Cathy O'Neil 's warning of the unintended consequences of giving decision-making authority to algorithms, Weapons of Math Destruction.

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When Artificial Intelligence & Social Media Meet

Stay N' Alive

As we move forward into the future, two tools are getting the spotlight they deserve for their promising ROI and growth potential. These tools are social media and artificial intelligence! Over 2.5 billion- approximately 1/3 of the planet- is on social media. As far as AI goes, a prediction from Forrester states that investment into AI is expected to grow by 300%.

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The 2017 Internet Trends that Brands Need to Know

Pixlee

Mary Meeker is ready with her 2017 internet trends report , which she delivered at this year’s Code Conference in California. At 350 pages, there’s a ton of data, but here are the five takeaways that all brands need to know. 1. Brands are finding new ways to collaborate with customers to strengthen their marketing. Increasingly, brands are regramming Instagram content from customers to increase engagement and to reach a wider audience online. 2.

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How Does The New Generation Experience Brands?

Twist Image

TL;DR: they see a brand message. If it resonates, it worked. It it doesn't resonate, it didn't. Maybe that's an over-simplification, but it feels true. Does this "new generation" of consumer not see the billboards as they cross through Time's Square? Are they blind to their Facebook feed? Do they not do searches on Google and see the paid search results?

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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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Online Newsrooms: the Secret Sauce for Media Relations

Proactive Report

There is a saying that they more things change, the more they stay the same. Take media relations. Despite the major changes in the media landscape, it’s still a core part of PR and there are still reporters, editors and producers we have to reach out to. So although there have been major changes in the media landscape, the fundamentals of media relations are still the same.

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5 Examples of How NOT to Market on Social Media

Stay N' Alive

There are more than 2.8 billion social media users worldwide. In fact, 83 percent of Americans alone are on social media. So, getting the ROI you need from social media should be easy, right? Nope. According to Simply Measured , 60% of businesses aren’t getting the ROI they are supposed to. Although there could be many reasons for why this is, the most prominent is a weak, or complete lack altogether, of strategy.

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What Your Brand Can Learn from Warby Parker’s Massive Success

Pixlee

In 2008, the concept of buying eyeglasses online was still just that – a concept. Neil Blumenthal, Dave Gilboa, Andy Hunt and Jeff Raider had the audacity to question (1) why eyeglasses were so expensive and (2) why they weren’t sold online. They decided to create a digital business – Warby Parker – to challenge eyeglass industry giant Luxottica and to introduce a new strategy for buying glasses: the ability to have high-quality frames delivered to your door at a low price.

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For The Love Of Marketing, Let's Stop Talking About Artificial Intelligence

Twist Image

Artificial intelligence is going to change everything. It's going to change business. It's going to change marketing. The problem is that we can't skip steps and suddenly claim that all brands are AI-first (as brands like Google and Salesforce are stating). Sure, it's commonplace to want to future-proof your business, put a steak in the ground and claim that you are technologically miles ahead of the competition.

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How to Personalise Your Blog Like These 10 Top Bloggers

ProBlogger

Lots of bloggers seem to do everything right, yet they don’t see much success. They write well-structured posts, they pay attention to SEO, they know the ins and outs of their blogging software … but something’s lacking. That missing “something” can often be personality. It’s the difference between a blog that readers come across and instantly forget … and a blog that makes a connection and an impact.

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