2019

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Stop Chasing the Glittery Disco Ball of Influencers: Consider Micro Influencers

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest Post by Debbie Friez. On the marketing dance floor, influencer marketing is all the craze-because it works. In fact, 58 percent of brands have seen improved brand awareness and perception from influencer marketing campaigns. This is great news for marketers looking to increase the impact of their campaigns. But, this is not a one-size-fits-all white Saturday Night Fever suit for dancing.

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The Guide To Social Media Marketing Automation

Webbiquity SMM

Guest post by Anand Srinivasan. There are several reasons why marketers may want to partially automate their social media campaigns. First, success with social media marketing comes with frequency (plus quality). Studies show that users on platforms like Twitter and Pinterest maximize their engagement when brands post as many as 15 tweets or 11 pins per day.

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The KISS Method For Determining Social Media ROI

SocMed Sean

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean The KISS Method For Determining Social Media ROI Attend any corporate meeting on social media initiatives and it’s likely that you’ll hear a question or two along the lines of “how is this selling us more product” or “what’s the ROI on these activities”? Unfortunately, many social media strategists get caught up in the numbers that relate specifically to social media and they forget about the numbers that are meaningful to

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Debunking Social Media Marketing Myths

The Realtime Report

Debunking Social Media Marketing Myths. By Tracie Thomas. Are you an entrepreneur? Do you have a business? How do you promote your brand? These days, people go to social media for marketing. You may have also created a profile for your business in social media platforms, posted and promoted your brand as well. However, after all the efforts, why is your brand still not selling?

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HR’s Blueprint for a Successful 2025

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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Social Media Automation: How to Do It Well and What to Avoid

agora pulse

As a social media manager, you’re constantly juggling everything social, from publishing posts and engaging with followers to monitoring metrics and creating reports. You know that social media automation can save you time and free up your schedule for more high-level strategy—but you don’t want to compromise performance or put your campaigns on autopilot.

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Brand Goodbyes: How to Communicate That a Business, Service, or Product Is Shutting Down

Meltwater

It’s happened. The company or client you work is shutting down, shuttering one of its services, or discontinuing a product.As part of the PR team, management brings you in to… Read More >>>.

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4 Smart Ways PR Can Amplify Brand Content

Meltwater

While we often hear content marketers talk about the difficulty of consistently producing fresh, engaging, brand content, they're not the only ones who face this struggle. PR professionals also have… Read More >>>.

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How Netflix’s social media strategy dominates the online streaming industry

Unmetric

The birth of Netflix in 1997 may not have caused much of an entertainment disruption at the time, but fast forward 20-odd years, and few could have predicted the impact Netflix would have. The online streaming company has changed the way we watch movies and television shows and caused some big-name casualties along the way. Netflix is currently operating in over 190 countries at present and has a total of 139 million global paying subscribers.

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Why Tracking Social Media Posts is Important in 2019

Socialmedia.biz

An estimated 2.77 billion people will use social media across the globe in 2019. That’s a massive audience right at your fingertips. If your business isn’t already on the social media bandwagon, it’s time to hop on. But even if you’re active on your social accounts, that doesn’t mean that you’re using them optimally. Tracking your posts using analytics tools can help you figure out what you’re doing right, what’s not working and what could work for your business.

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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

Direct Marketing Observations

What are people thinking? What were they thinking? Who’s doing the thinking? Why are they thinking that? In 2007 when I joined Twitter, those were not front of mind questions for those of us using the social network for the first time. In 2019? That’s exactly why we go to Twitter. It’s a pulse check. In 2007, when I joined Facebook, it was all about the one degree of separation between you, and who you knew.

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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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Influencer Engagement: Finding a Fit

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest post by Lauren Lawson-Zilai. Influence by definition means the capacity to have an effect on the character, development or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself. Which makes sense given that influencers bridge communications with your publics and help define the public’s attitude and behavior toward your organization’s mission and purpose.

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When was the Customer Experience ever NOT a Priority?

Direct Marketing Observations

I have a hard time processing statements like this: “Meeting the expectations of today’s consumer is tricky business.” These are really common types of statements in today’s digital centric, retail world and I’ve been seeing them a lot over the last couple of years. It’s as if the retail customer experience has changed.

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How to Inspire More User-Generated Content for Your Brand

agora pulse

User-generated content (UGC) is a game-changer for businesses. It can help you foster stronger relationships with your audience while it simultaneously makes your brand more appealing (and more trusted) by new users discovering you. But is UGC worth all the effort? Consider the following statistics: 84% of consumers trust peer recommendations more than any other sources of advertising.

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Sun-sational Blogging Tips For Boosting SEO And Growing Your Blog

Firebelly

Grab your sunglasses because these sun-sational blogging tips are about to bring the heat. Blogs play a major role in boosting your website’s search engine optimization. The more value you bring to people via your blog, the more you can position your brand as a thought leader in your industry. Best of all, it is […]. The post Sun-sational Blogging Tips For Boosting SEO And Growing Your Blog appeared first on Social Media Marketing Agency | Firebelly Marketing.

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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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The Importance of Targeting and the Role of Media Lists

Meltwater

Are you looking for ways to improve the effectiveness of your pitches to media in order to earn more impactful coverage? Thoughtful targeting is key to earning great media coverage.… Read More >>>.

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5 Essential Content Marketing Metrics to Measure

Social Media Today

Use these essential KPIs to better measure your marketing campaigns and improve overall performance.

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Four Ways PR Can Support Event Marketing

Meltwater

Event marketing is on the rise.A recent report by event software company Bizzabo says 85 percent of marketers cite event production as “essential” to their marketing strategies, while 41 percent… Read More >>>.

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7 Instagram Content Ideas for Creatively Blocked Social Media Managers

agora pulse

Keeping your Instagram feed fresh with diverse content can be taxing—especially when your time and budget are tight. So what happens when you’re feeling a creative block, too? To help you create Instagram content, I’ve put together seven ideas with examples that really work, so you can try them out for yourself. First, let’s take a quick look at what the most successful Instagram posts cover.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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7 Signs That Your Social Media Influencer Relationship Is in Trouble

agora pulse

Marketing trends are constantly changing. Among them, influencer marketing continues to grow and has had some massive successes. But there have also been failures. Customers are becoming increasingly tired of #ad after #ad, and it’s not easy to find a strategy that works. As the director of Contentworks Agency , I’m often being asked to facilitate influencer relationships.

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Instagram Banned My Account Before I Posted A Single Image – Here’s What I Did To Fix It

SocMed Sean

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean Instagram Banned My Account Before I Posted A Single Image – Here’s What I Did To Fix It Well…this is a new one for me. I was recently banned for violating Instagram’s terms of use for an account that I had: Just created (I was banned 2 seconds after pushing the “Create Account” button and Had never posted a photo or comment from (since the ban happened immediately) I mean, Instagram is notorious for banning accounts without any

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The easy way to produce eBooks

Sherrilynne Starkie

eBooks are proven to be great drivers of content marketing success. The good news is that creating beautifully designed lead magnets no longer takes special design skills or big budgets. The key to digital content success is in providing the target audience with real value. Produce something people find useful or entertaining, such as a funny video or an article explaining how to do something, and you’ll get clicks, shares and comments.

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Content marketing is changing with every passing second – A discussion

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest Post by Alma Causey. In today’s hi-tech, fast-moving, cluttered digital world, content marketing is one of the most practical, effective and useful marketing strategies to date. It’s an essential aspect of today’s digital marketing landscape. With 70% of internet users saying they’d prefer to learn through content rather than ads (as per Shonaliburke.com), don’t pass off content marketing as just a buzzword just yet.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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Facebook and the Mystery of Organic Conversions

Jon Loomer

If you want to know how many conversions were driven by an ad, Facebook is very good about helping you uncover that information. They are eager to show how responsible the ad was for your impact. Strangely, it’s a different story when it comes to organic distribution — whether it be of a purely organic post of an otherwise paid ad. This is a huge missed opportunity.

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10 Impressive Examples of AI in Marketing

Social Media Strategies Summit

Today’s marketers are all looking for new ways to find and attract their ideal audience. But in the fast-paced and ever-evolving digital marketing landscape, it’s getting harder and harder to reach your people and get results. Enter AI in marketing. What is artificial intelligence marketing? Artificial intelligence marketing (AI Marketing) is a method of leveraging customer data and AI concepts like machine learning to anticipate your customer’s next move and improve the customer journey.

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Four Benefits of Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Guest post by Brad Richardson. Social media marketing has come a long way over the past decade. It’s matured as a discipline been embraced by companies of all size, across industries, around the world. Image Credit: Photo Mix on Pixabay. Creativity and engagement are essential for a successful B2B or consumer brand social strategy. Here are four key benefits of social media marketing.

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The Complete List Of Beauty Holidays For Beauty Brands

Firebelly

With this complete list of beauty holidays beauty brands never need to run out of content ideas. Whether your brand involves makeup, skincare, hair or anything associated with these products, here is the only list of beauty holidays you need to consult when creating content for your social media. Beauty Holidays January National Bath Safety […].

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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4 Things You Need to Know Before Using Google Analytics [Infographic]

Social Media Today

Ensure you're getting the most out of Google Analytics with this overview and guide.

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Top 5 PR Campaigns of 2019

Meltwater

As PR pros look back on 2019, there’s a lot to study—but which brands stood out with their public relations campaigns, making a big splash both on social and in… Read More >>>.

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Give a #Caregiver a break – #WhenLifeHitstheFan

Janet Fouts

As a caregiver and an entrepreneur, I know only too well how overloaded we can be. The most common refrain I hear from caregivers is “I don’t have time to take care of myself” The thing is, if we don’t take time to care for ourselves, everyone suffers, including those we care for. When I wrote “when Life Hits the Fan” it was the beginning of a journey to help caregivers learn how to use mindfulness to take better care of themselves and others too.

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How Storytelling Can Help Your Sales in 2019

yMarketingMatters

There are a lot of businesses out there that can offer consumers a solution that’s very similar to yours, right? Important note before I continue: “Consumer” applies to both B2C and B2B industry. At the end of the day, EVERYONE is a consumer! You are talking to people. Individuals. Think P2P :: Person-to-Person marketing. And with the internet, location is not a barrier in the same way it used to be.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!