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Why now is the time to pay attention to micro-communities

Martech

In the early days of web-based communities, we had LiveJournal and MySpace, with Facebook, Reddit and other forums following soon after. Think : Discord servers , private Telegram groups , WhatsApp groups, certain Reddit and Facebook groups, and other invite-only communities where connection and shared value is a central force.

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6 Ways to Stay Ahead of What the World Thinks

Convince & Convert

Don’t forget “traditional” media as well – Television (broadcast), Print (newspaper, magazines), blogs (scary that blogs are now traditional media, right?). Don’t get me wrong, I still believe there is a place for focus groups. The list goes on and on and on. Television. Stay Alert.

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Why social media vs. traditional media is not the debate you should care about

Sprout Social

On the other hand, social media describes a variety of digital platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others that allow for targeted distribution and audience interaction. These stats illustrate that, while traditional media is valuable for broadcasting a brand’s message, consumers expect two-way conversations with brands.

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How to Understand Your B2B Audience Better

KoMarketing Associates

But if you don’t understand your audience and don’t target your content for them, you might as well do broadcast advertising. They’ll design studies, do focus groups – do everything they can to get into the minds (even the subconscious) of their audiences. Well, there’s no shortage of industry groups around.

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12 Benefits of Blogging for B2B Marketers

B2B Marketing Traction

Blogs are designed to allow readers to comment and to share posts on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Within minutes on your blog you can publish a statement and have it broadcast through social media to communicate to your audiences. Increase “shareability” of your marketing messages.

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What Is Brand Awareness?

ClearVoice

Shared an old Dos Equis “Most Interesting Man in the World” clip on Facebook? Thanks to digital and social media, though, there are better ways to measure how well a campaign has done: engagements, increase in followers of a brand page, the Facebook-tracked analytics , like link clicks and brand recall rate.

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Facebook Partners With Skype to Unveil Awesome New Video Calling Feature

Hubspot

It was a big news week for Google last week, and the announcement of its new Google+ social network had a lot of us wondering, "How will Facebook respond?". Facebook unveiled its new partnership with Skype to launch a new video calling feature within Facebook , which has already begun rolling out to users. Skype has 170 million.

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