Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The landscape of B2B marketing is continually evolving, and social media plays an increasingly important role in shaping how businesses connect with their audiences. The article below is a summary of the topics that surfaced that B2B marketing teams need to pay attention to in order to stay competitive.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Marketing professionals are inundated with AI technologies and strategies to advance their marketing programs. AI and marketing work hand in hand by leveraging vast amounts of data to optimize campaigns. But how are marketing professionals using AI to support their data-driven marketing?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Global social media marketing strategies and new tools are empowering more brands than ever before to reach a worldwide audience. Going global effectively requires investing in a carefully crafted social media marketing strategy. In this article, we’ve outlined the eight steps for success in your global social media marketing journey.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Eric Herzog CMO of Infinidat, Eric Herzog, pulls back the curtain on the transparent realities of leading a marketing team and tackles the issue of marketing operating as a silo. Eric delves into what keeps him up at night professionally, particularly the ongoing challenge of aligning sales and marketing teams.

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Sprout Social

JULY 30, 2024

This incident serves as a potent reminder of how much brand safety continues to be a hot button for marketers, especially when it comes to influencer partnerships. Despite some of the risks, brands are still investing a significant percentage of their marketing budgets into influencer marketing , a testament to its effectiveness.

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Oktopost

JULY 23, 2024

When Oktopost was founded ten years ago, we had a simple mission: to empower B2B marketing teams with the tools they need to thrive on social media. Ten years ago, there was a misconception that social media marketing was solely for B2C companies. Today, social media is the cornerstone of B2B marketing.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 22, 2025

B2B brands cant afford to put off their LinkedIn content marketing strategy. From networking and recruiting to building credibility and beyond, the value of LinkedIn marketing is clear. This post explains how to build a LinkedIn content marketing strategy from scratch. Why do content marketing on LinkedIn?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Crisis management is a fact of life for social media marketing teams. Katie Yun explained that Nationwide has built a moderation team comprising legal, customer relations, and compliance ( where necessary ). We’ve developed really close relationships with this cross-functional team and it’s been working really well.”

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MAY 27, 2022

The average brand spends almost 15% of its marketing budget on social media. The problem is that it’s still barely scratching the surface for small social media teams. Small social media teams simply don’t have the time to post content several times a day across multiple platforms. That’s a lot of time and money. Graphic design.

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Buffer Social

MARCH 5, 2025

Social media marketing is using social media platforms — like Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, etc. It also includes paid social media marketing, like running ads and influencer marketing. But what’s the difference between a social media calendar and a social media marketing strategy?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2025

AI in content marketing is transforming how marketers like you have traditionally worked. A Sprout Social Pulse Survey from Q2 2023 reveals that 71% of social marketers have already integrated AI and automation tools into their workflows and 82% of them report positive outcomes.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The term do more with less can be enough to make marketers wince. While budgets and resources tighten but pipeline targets grow, it can feel contradictory to achieving marketing goals. But what if the solution isnt to do more but to fundamentally change how we think about data and marketings role in driving pipeline?

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Whether you have a large team at a large corporation or a small team at a start-up, you’ll probably find insufficient resources allocated for social media management. Furthermore, it can be hard to get internal leadership to buy into the importance of building a strong social media team.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Key takeaways Pinterest marketing is the practice of using the platform as a visual search engine to help relevant audiences discover products or services. What is Pinterest marketing? Affiliate marketing on Pinterest is a revenue-sharing process where Pinners earn a small commission from the clicks or sales they generate for a brand.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Facebook analytics also enables social media marketers to dive deeper into content performance and engagement to see what’s working and what isn’t. For social media marketers, Facebook monitoring allows you to keep a pulse check on your brand. Boost engagement by ensuring your team responds to all Post comments?

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Sports marketing isn’t new, but it does look different. The use of social media in sports marketing has transformed the way fans interact with their favorite athletes, teams and sporting events. No longer just spectators, consumers play an active role in the sports industry and sports marketing campaigns.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Marketing teams can’t afford to lose direction when navigating influencer collaborations, hashtag campaigns and content creation. That’s where this flexible seven-week influencer marketing plan comes in. What is an influencer marketing strategy template? Why is a roadmap important? Poor retention?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 27, 2025

So much about social has changed over the course of my career, but social teams still dont feel like theyre getting a seat at the table. Despite social data being one of the most accessible and real-time sources of consumer insights available today, many teams dont know how (or dont have the tools) to connect social to company goals.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Marketers: AI isn’t necessarily coming to replace you. But if you want to be the most skilled and well-equipped marketer in your field, you need to stay ahead of the curve with a strong command of how to use AI within your function. We are accelerating AI adoption across our team, but doing it in a thoughtful–dare I say mindful—way.

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Buffer Social

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Conferences have been on my mind a lot lately—specifically, the ones that bring together the brightest marketers and creators in the industry. After sharing the list with my Marketing team, one thought echoed across the board: "Our readers would probably love this, too."

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As a social media marketer, you likely spend a ton of time on multiple social platforms, and you probably follow a bunch of influencers and other higher ed institutions. Running ideas past her team helps Kaytlyn determine which trends to jump on and which to ignore. “We Plus, there were plenty of real-life examples. Let’s get into it.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MARCH 9, 2023

Many government social media managers have small teams responsible for managing content and strategy across multiple platforms; others might be the only people focusing on social media at their agencies. Emily Bonilla-Pieton says her team at the TSA is spread across the country, so they spend a lot of time in video meetings.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In this episode, Vahbiz Cooper shares her expertise on executing successful and impactful influencer marketing campaigns that are guaranteed to make a splash on social media. Whether you’re new to influencer marketing or looking to refine your strategy, this episode offers actionable insights on creating successful, engaging campaigns.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Platforms have come and gone (RIP, Tumblr), trends have risen and fallen, and marketing fads have given us whiplash. Something crazy cool is happening on the “clock app” and it’s proving that brand marketers must pay attention and be prepared. As such, I don’t get overly surprised nor excitable these days. That’s still true.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 5, 2023

To get the most bang for your social media marketing buck, you need to keep up with the latest user behavior, functionality, and technology developments. At the same time, short-form video content has grown in popularity among consumers and marketers. Smaller Social Teams Leveraging UGC Creators. What does this tell us?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2025

And how do we make a greater impact without burning out our teams? When Lisa Cole, former Chief Marketing Officer at Cellebrite, stepped into her role, these were the questions constantly on her mind. She wanted to illustrate the marketing departments ability to drive results and improve work-life balance for employees.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A social media marketing strategy is a summary of everything you plan to do and hope to achieve on social media. In this post, we’ll walk you through a nine-step plan to create a winning strategy for social media marketing. We’ve even got expert insights from Amanda Wood, Hootsuite’s Senior Manager of Social Marketing.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Launching an influencer marketing program is no small featespecially for B2B brands. Thats why more than half of marketers say they already rely on influencer marketing to increase brand awareness, audience engagement, credibility and trust, and even revenue, per the Q1 2025 Sprout Pulse Survey.

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The Social Media Hat

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Episode 48 of the AI in Marketing: Unpacked podcast, with Corbett Drummey The post The Surprising Truth About AI Adoption in Marketing Teams appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the last few years, as Instagram has reached 1 billion monthly active users , the platform has become a goldmine for marketers. Today, over 25 million businesses invest time and effort into creating Instagram marketing strategies for their companies to raise brand awareness, increase brand loyalty, and find potential customers.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence is transforming digital marketing by empowering us to do our best work. The right AI marketing tools will help you automate repetitive tasks, make data-driven decisions, and unblock your creativity. The shift to AI-powered marketing has been dramatic.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Nearly three-quarters of companies plan to maintain or grow their content marketing teams over the next year. These studies are packed with trends and insights related to content marketing, social media management, and advertising on Meta platforms. How are goals and strategies for content marketing changing?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 30, 2025

According to The 2025 Sprout Social Index , around three-quarters of marketing leaders say organic and paid social media marketing are top priorities for their organization. To be a marketing leader who fully understands socials potential, you need trusted inspiration and guidance.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The world of social media marketing is in a permanent state of change. In a system of very few constants, there is one: For as long as there have been social marketers, there has been a perpetual desire for more time and resources. One algorithm or another is always in retrograde. Here’s a look at what we covered.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MARCH 1, 2024

Video is no longer optional for marketing teams, with 91% of businesses using it as a marketing tool and 88% describing video as an important part of their marketing strategy. If you’re going to see success from video marketing, you need to know what works (and what doesn’t ) — and the landscape changes fast.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As a result, it can be hard to know how to tailor your digital marketing strategy accordingly. But heres the thing: social media marketing isnt just about trends and hashtags. Social media marketing is also about connecting with customers where they are. Team members should also review all posts to ensure consistency.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Social media marketers understand how pivotal influencers are to the success of their brand. At the same time, they don’t always know the perfect formula to succeed with influencer marketing. How can you make sure your influencer marketing methods are going to pay off? What is authenticity in influencer marketing?

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