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31 free social media templates that will elevate your workflows

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There are social media templates available for virtually any task you can think of—from content production to reporting to team onboarding. Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy. Download the template 2.

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The pros and cons of social media

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Ah social media. As social media platforms have changed over the years (RIP, Vine), so too have the pros and cons of social media. Not so long ago, brands and executives were still wondering whether they should be on social media at all. Why social media is good. Social media can bring joy. It’s corn. ??

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How to Evolve Your Storytelling for Better Engagement and Conversion

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Regardless, fitting smaller stories into your larger brand narrative and defining where they fall within the funnel will drive a lot of your strategic decisions. Creating Content for Engagement vs. Once a potential customer is aware of your brand, you want to drive them further down the funnel through engagement and conversion.

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How marketing automation empowers your team, and whole org

Sprout Social

And yet, with shrinking bandwidths, having the time to uncover insights from that vast sea of data is becoming less realistic. Think: sending customer emails, SMS communications, scheduling social media posts, running digital ads and more. Email marketing falls under the umbrella of marketing automation.

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Managing Your Paid Media Budget Like a Performance Marketing Pro

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How we’re staying nimble with our paid media budget As last year ended, we shifted the conversation around our demand gen strategy. I’ve always been in favor of hedging my bets with a healthy mix of organic posts and paid ads. Ads: Which ad types resonate the most? That’s what makes budget groups so great.

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9 stats social media marketers need to show their bosses ASAP

Sprout Social

Many social media marketers today find themselves at a challenging crossroads–social platforms are growing increasingly complex, with more features, formats and content types, and audiences’ expectations for social content are developing alongside these platforms. Social media marketing challenges.

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How We Automate Paid Social Media Campaigns Using Metadata

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Why native ad channels fall short for us I’ve run a lot of campaigns with native ad channels. Meta wouldn’t be the ad-dollar magnet it is today if that wasn’t the case. I feel confident saying native ad channels will only get you halfway to your pipeline and revenue goals. I know you have, too.