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How to Find Your Audience on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

You spend time planning and creating content for multiple social media platforms. When HubSpot asked social media marketers about their biggest challenges, “ reaching our target audience ” came in second place, only behind “ creating engaging content.” This is a massive issue for many brands. Sound familiar?

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How to Run a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Social Media Strategies Summit

Social media is a cut-throat world. But it’s not all bad news because those same rivals can be a major source of inspiration for your own social media strategy, helping you identify new opportunities and close gaps in your content calendar. Read on to learn how to run an effective social media competitive analysis.

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How to Put the “Social” Back in B2B Social Media

Oktopost

With a background in B2C marketing, Kaylin Balderrama brings a fresh perspective to her role as the Global Social Media Manager at Bazaarvoice. With that in mind, Kaylin shares the core principles that have helped her craft an engaging and successful social strategy that delivers results: authenticity and social-first content.

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Social Media Marketing Goals and How To Achieve Them — Five Tips

Webbiquity SMM

Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. With 93% of marketers leveraging social media for increased brand exposure, it’s vital for businesses to identify ways to stay ahead of the curve. What are the potential benefits, and how will they be measured?

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Do Video Views Count as Engagements in Social Media?

Ignite Social Media

If your question is, “ Do video views count as engagements in social media marketing?” The industry standard is to count video views as engagements. Now, if your question is, “ Should video views count as engagements in social media marketing?” ” the answer is less clear.

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From Followers to Advocates: How to Build a Loyal Social Media Community

Convince & Convert

This, at its core, can easily translate to how and why we use social media the way we do, and why it’s the closest touchpoint to our audience in our marketing efforts. However, we live in a tech-first, fast-paced world of social media where instant gratification is expected.

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10 Ways Government Agencies Can Increase Their Engagement on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

Social media for government agencies is about demonstrating your expertise, building trust and credibility, and providing audiences with fast, reliable, unambiguous information. Lots of agencies are doing an amazing job at showcasing what they do (and how they do it), helping them build large, highly engaged audiences.