Sprout Social

MARCH 26, 2019

Let’s be real for a second–if you’re spending even a penny on advertising, you should be considering Facebook. New data from eMarketer forecasts marketers to spend $21 billion on US Facebook ads in 2018. And to compare Facebook’s dominance against other social media networks, total shares equal 83% of ad spend in the US.

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Onalytica B2B

APRIL 3, 2018

Key Topics: Career, Personal Branding, Growth Hacking for Startups and Individual, Networking. I am a PhD student in Geomechanics; Cofounder of foreignadmits.com , founder of ResearchPreneur ; a seasoned social media marketer and a growth hacker. HOW DID YOU GET TO BECOME AN EXPERT IN SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 19, 2012

One of the questions causing a fair amount of debate around digital marketing circles revolves around whether or not Facebook page “Likes” carry any measurable business value. In my opinion, the insights that support the cost per acquisition of a Facebook Like seems to be a bit less of a stretch.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 30, 2021

Social media marketing seems to get more complex by the day as platforms add more features and more ways for businesses to reach their audience. The latest craze that nearly every platform is jumping on seems to be social media stories. What are social media stories? What platforms offer social media stories?

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Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2023

Driving conversion through compelling video is a common goal in social media video marketing. Thanks to the OG TikTok, social media algorithms have prioritized video, especially short-form vertical video, like Reels and YouTube Shorts. Take full advantage of each network’s specific functionality.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

This is a lesson Facebook has perfected over the last year as it continues to launch products to compete with Snapchat, the app it tried and failed to purchase back in 2013. But is this Facebook Stories update competing with or even being used in the same way as its competitors? Snapchat vs. Facebook.

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this competitive social media generation, authenticity and engagement are the two alphas of the game. Millions of people are now browsing social media platforms daily in search of product recommendations. Marketers are taking advantage of the rapidly increasing number of social media users to increase brand exposure.

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Biznology

APRIL 11, 2017

Why invest in a walled garden community without neighbors, when you can plop down your very own community-focused social network that has turn-key and built-in neighbors? The latest and greatest social media platform? The social network that is both the Twitter-killer and never going to work. Or maybe you, too.

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Hubspot

JUNE 22, 2018

Facebook and Instagram are looking to become destination video sites -- or, at least, it's looking that way. This month, both social networks announced new video initiatives and features that cater towards content creators and offer new ways for users to interact with the sites. Facebook and Instagram Are the New TV.

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Digital B2B Marketing

MAY 25, 2011

The Changes to Email Marketing will Not End with Facebook. Jay Baer proposed in a blog post on Monday that Facebook for Business is Email Marketing 2.0 , and that email can then be used to value marketing efforts on Facebook. Facebook is (part of) Email Marketing 2.0. But email marketing is a one-way blast channel.

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Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Facebook may have admitted to significantly overestimating the average time users spent watching its videos, but that doesn’t mean marketers should disregard the social network’s massive marketing power. Here are five trends that marketers can use to build a better Facebook video strategy.

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Sprout Social

MAY 18, 2023

Social practitioners wear many hats as they balance emerging networks and formats. Yet, strong social media copywriting skills remain the foundation of bringing a social strategy to life. Social media copywriting varies greatly by industry and brand.

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BenchmarkONE

JUNE 25, 2020

Don’t miss: The Analytics & Conversion vertical, dedicated to helping you stay on top of the messy — and often complicated — world of data-driven marketing. Don’t miss: The Founder’s Project , a vertical geared explicitly toward showcasing the people and practices behind some of today’s most interesting and inspiring businesses.

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Hubspot

APRIL 28, 2017

This April also brought an onslaught of augmented reality, or AR, from a few of your favorite social media apps. Just like last month, Facebook and Instagram continued to compete with Snap Inc. This is good news for marketers: Social media platforms are making it easier to do your job well. Source: Facebook.

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Social Media Facebook Paid Search Agency Marketing AI 78

Sprout Social

AUGUST 2, 2022

More than half of consumers anticipate using YouTube in the coming year , trailing only Facebook, according to the latest Sprout Social Index™. But like on all social networks, trends on YouTube come and go. Consumers rank live video the third-most engaging content type, according to the Sprout Social Index™.

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ClickZ

JANUARY 8, 2021

As AR comes of age, it presents a wealth of opportunities for marketers that go far beyond face filters on social media. The ongoing and widespread rollout of 5G networks will open the floodgates for mass adoption of AR and finally allow the technology to reach its full potential. 30-second summary: . Ongoing tech evolution .

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Crimson Marketing

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Facebook for video: . In the first quarter of 2015, #Facebook averaged 4 billion views per day #videomarketing Click To Tweet. Social commerce: . Marketers spend on facebook: . 53% of marketers want to increase #Facebook advertising spend in the coming year #marketingtips Click To Tweet. Social media: .

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Liveintent

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Email is prime for driving customer acquisition efforts, especially as brands look to diversify their acquisition channels beyond social and search and sink their teeth into other platforms that provide reach amongst real, engaged audiences. Customers are losing trust in social channels like Facebook — and in media companies altogether.

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Acquisitions Newsletter Paid Content ROAS 126

Convince & Convert

MAY 10, 2017

The social channels we use are less important now than ever before. Carefully choosing your social channels no longer has the impact it once had on your marketing success. Many of the new feature roll-outs on top social platforms have focused on storytelling. Think about all the social networks we are using.

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Social Media Media Storytelling Social Networks 122

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

With more than 70 million monthly users, Pinterest is easily one of the largest and fastest-growing social networks around. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, Pinterest serves as a platform for inspiration for users. In some ways, the platform serves as a social way to curate and build wish lists.

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Metadata

JULY 31, 2019

In 2015, the average Facebook ad cost per click across all industries was $0.27. If you’ve found that your Facebook ROI no longer makes it a viable platform, what should you do? This article will look at 4 alternatives to traditional Facebook ads. . Alternative Social Media. This is not an anomaly.

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Biznology

JULY 28, 2021

However, the abrupt and very quick axing of Fleets just eight months after its release leads me to raise two bigger industry-wide questions: Why do social media platforms feel they have to copy each other? Why do social media platforms feel they have to copy each other? Hashtags are a great example of true social media innovation.

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Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2017

This is a lesson Facebook has perfected over the last year as it continues to launch products to compete with Snapchat, the app it tried and failed to purchase back in 2013. The battle over the disappearing social media story continued yesterday with Facebook’s launch of Messenger Day. “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”.

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Facebook Curation First-Mover Advantage Social Media 78

Metadata

JULY 31, 2019

In 2015, the average Facebook ad cost per click across all industries was $0.27. If you’ve found that your Facebook ROI no longer makes it a viable platform, what should you do? This article will look at 4 alternatives to traditional Facebook ads. . Alternative Social Media. This is not an anomaly.

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Pricing Price Facebook Paid Search Agency 40

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

500 million people watch Facebook videos every day. As the most popular image-based social platform in the world, it’s no wonder that Instagram wants its piece of the video pie. The relationship between IGTV and Instagram is a lot like Facebook and FB Messenger. Instagram is now the third largest social network.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2016

We’re always on the hunt for a campaign or idea that will wow us or (preferably) click “Share” on social. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center found that 44 percent of Facebook users like content posted by their friends at least once a day, and nearly a third do so several times per day. We’re content enthusiasts.

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Verticals Marketing & Strategy Network Marketing Outreach 101

Content Standard

DECEMBER 27, 2018

There are very few industries these days that change as quickly as social media. This past year has been an exceptionally tumultuous one for social media networks, even for an ever-changing industry. We’ve seen a huge paradigm shift in social media in 2018 toward consumer awareness and expectation.

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Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 111

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Video is taking over social media at large. This might not seem like breaking news, but it’s telling given Instagram’s reputation as a photo-centric network. The need to create social media video is universal, and Instagram has seriously stepped up their game in that department over the years.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Instagram Stories research benchmarks for specific verticals. Delmondo is a Facebook and Instagram Media Solutions Partner and was the first to launch Instagram Stories analytics in the summer of 2017. It’s long been debated whether or not posting more leads to better results on social media. Average reach and impressions.

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Research Verticals Cost Per Click Ad Frequency 111

Buffer

DECEMBER 4, 2019

What’s coming to social media in 2020? It can be hard to predict the future, especially for something as fast-changing as social media. Social commerce is one of the hottest trends in social media today, and it looks to have an even bigger impact in 2020. What is social commerce?

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Social Media Rules Media Click Rate 98

Parse.ly

MARCH 18, 2021

Parse.ly’s lead data analyst, Kelsey Arendt collected and analyzed 2020 content data from our network of 4,000+ sites and put together a comprehensive data study detailing the trends she found. Social referrals, on the other hand, declined throughout the year, but it’s worth noting that content from media companies, however, saw 3.75

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Keep your eye on latest trends to keep up-to-date about the transitions made within industry verticals. Here are a few tools and tips to stay ahead of the curve: Social Media: There are now nearly three billion people around the globe using social media platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook for enhancing their business relations.

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Peer-to-peer Tips Planning Ideal Customer Profiles 120

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Picture the scene from the film The Social Network where a fast-talking Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake) glides into a lunch meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, Christy Lee, and Eduardo Saverin. Just Facebook. Would The Facebook have been as successful as Facebook? The Facebook' and Other Bad Names.

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Martech Advisor

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Digital marketing solutions have become increasingly collaborative and now integrate diverse channels like social media platforms and email marketing to craft bigger, better campaigns to improve customer experiences. Social cloud is the latest kid on the block. What Exactly Is a Social Media Cloud?

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Social Media Enterprise Management Social Marketing Work Management 104

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Social Listening Tools : Social listening tools can notify you if someone is talking about you or your business online. Track this event with : Google alerts, press releases page, industry news, social media 7. Track this event with : Google alerts, press releases page, industry news, social media 8. Introduce yourself.

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Trigger Marketing Press Eye-Tracking Marketing Analytics Tools 72

Sprout Social

MARCH 19, 2020

Whether providing full-service social solutions, specialized brand marketing or stepping in for a specific campaign or project, agencies cater to their clients first and foremost. If you work for a social-first agency, you’ll know better than most the importance of a strong presence on social media.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Third-party endorsements will always carry more weight, and don’t forget the power of social proof. Alternatively, you can partner with social-distancing-friendly service providers such as GrubHub to offer a free meal delivery (either during the event or after). Consistently update social media accounts.

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