Sprout Social

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If you’re a social media marketer, chances are you’ve been asked, “but how do we go viral?” Most marketers undoubtedly want the audience growth and attention that comes from achieving a social media viral video. In fact, it’s the dream of many social media managers. What makes a social media viral video?

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Webbiquity

MAY 22, 2018

A huge proportion of brand promotion is now done online, particularly through social media. If you create online solutions for your clients but have poorly designed and managed social media accounts, it doesn’t make a great impression. 2. Use Consistent Branding Assets Across Social Media.

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Social Media Tips Media Ideal Customer Profiles 216

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Once you’ve started a social content strategy, you need to know how well your content performs and what’s working best. The only way to do that is to keep track of your social media analytics, and equip yourself with the right tools and reports to do so. Getting started with social media analytics.

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Social Media Analytics Media Template 121

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As a public relations and digital marketing agency owner, I often hear about numerous tips, tricks, hacks, and workarounds to build massive social media success. We've put 10 social media statements to the test, and our findings may be surprising. General social media statements to verify or debunk.

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Paid Content Social Media Media Word of Mouth 128

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Social media is indeed a powerful tool to achieve various marketing objectives like reaching a wider audience, increasing brand awareness, fostering customer engagement, and cost-effectively generating leads. We will help you navigate the murky waters of social media management pricing models.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Social Media 52

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Long gone are the days when sales teams and social media are estranged – combine the two together and your results will be a powerhouse for converting leads into customers. The buyer journey has changed, making it difficult for sales teams to guide leads through the sales funnel. But why is this so important?

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 10, 2022

As B2B marketers begin to reap the benefits of leveraging social media platforms, new research suggests that they will be investing more in this area in the coming months. In the year ahead, most B2B marketers (52%) claim that they intend to increase their budget for social media.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 4, 2022

The sheer number of available formats and venues for social media video illustrates the point well (think TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook Stories, just to name a few). Of those social media marketers who use video, 93% say it’s a vital component of their strategies. Social media video marketing statistics.

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Social Media Statistics Video Marketing Social Marketing 142

KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 8, 2017

As marketers continue to invest in social media, research suggests that they are still challenged to prove the success of their initiatives. Do you think marketers should change the metrics they are using to gauge social media success? Marketers need to expand the metrics they use to gauge social media success.

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Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2023

B2B marketers now need to carry more of the sales lift, as well as producing mid-funnel and bottom-of-the-funnel content to assist their sales teams. As the report notes: While these conversion-focused metrics of course matter, top-of-funnel metrics are important to long-term growth. 4) The top marketing KPIs are (too?)

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Sprout Social

MARCH 2, 2021

It’s called going viral when a piece of content really takes off on social media and reaches a large audience very quickly by receiving an unusual amount of shares and exposure. Knowing you want something to go viral isn’t enough for a solid social media marketing strategy. What is a viral video? But what for?

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 26, 2016

As a Millennial, or digital native as some will put it, I grew up immersed in social media. Today, pretty much everyone uses social media – not just Millennials. With the significant popularity growth of social media, it’s no surprise that B2C marketers have found it to be a great channel to reach consumers.

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Brandpoint

JULY 18, 2019

It’s no secret that video content is the name of the game when it comes to generating social media impressions, engagement and traffic. YouTube, a video streaming platform, is the world’s second largest search engine. Here are 12 solid video content ideas to bolster your social media presence: 1.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 8, 2020

To make the most out of your video marketing strategy , you’ll need to figure out which video length is best for your goals and social platforms. General social media video best practices. For the most part, people on social media have short attention spans. Optimize for social media. Product videos.

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Social Media Practices Video Marketing Media 128

Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The social media market is saturated with different integrations, which is why Sprout is thoughtful about our approach. We heard many of our customers’ challenges around integrating with social media management tools and took notes. Q: How do you currently manage incoming leads from social media?

Digital Asset Management 119

Digital Asset Management Social Media Work Management Marketing Management 119

ClearVoice

MARCH 7, 2020

In the industry of social media marketing, jargon is used loosely and things can change quickly. Social media is the thing that every brand acknowledges they need, yet many companies struggle to crack the code of success or lead conversions on the platforms. General social media marketing terms.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 18, 2018

Engagement is the key to success for social media marketing—brands that drive more engagement from their audience are generally rewarded with better visibility and organic reach. Ultimately, the blood, sweat, and tears you put into your social media campaigns should translate to leads and sales. Buy my stuff!”.

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Social Media Sales Leads Top of Funnel Conversion 134

EveryoneSocial

AUGUST 3, 2021

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networks were once primarily personal tools, but today, social media for business is essential — especially if you’re in sales. Because just as social media has evolved in recent years, so has the sales profession itself. Optimize your bio for search.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Social Media Profiling Optimization 98

Mailmunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Surprised, I read it, and the gist of the article is that social media marketing has taken over email marketing. Email marketing and social media marketing both have the potential to increase brand loyalty, enhance customer experience and elevate engagement. Then why is there a need for social media marketing?

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Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Media 86

Martech Advisor

DECEMBER 19, 2019

There are a few social media campaigns that go viral and make a real impact on society. We handpicked 20 social media campaign ideas to give you an edge when planning your social strategy for 2020. A well-planned social media campaign helps brands create awareness, build a community, and drives sales.

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Social Media Campaigns Media Top of Funnel 118

Sprout Social

JANUARY 4, 2021

It’s another to pitch a social media marketing campaign and secure your boss’ approval to execute it, especially when you consider the impact the events of 2020 have had on marketing as a whole. Using social data to prepare your pitch. Inspiration for your social media marketing pitch. What’s the big idea?

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Social Media Social Marketing Campaigns Planning 124

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you’ve ever fallen prey to the little red notification bubble staring at you from the corner of your social media apps, join the club. The notion that social media holds a conspicuous power over its users is to many in the industry an uncontroversial one and should resonate with most business owners and social media managers.

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Social Media Paid Content Training Media 116

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As marketers look ahead to 2023, new research indicates that search engine optimization (SEO) will become a key area of investment, having provided positive results thus far in 2022. Finding B2B Marketing Success with Social Media. About 47% named social media as a top five upper-funnel tactic.

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Advertising Channels SEO Digital Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel 217

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 15, 2022

This was specifically at the middle and late stages of the funnel. This was followed by website (36%) and social media (34%). It is followed by paid search/ads , organic search, and social media. Case studies (33%), virtual events (28%) and videos (23%) were also cited as particularly beneficial.

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Webinar Metrics Allocation Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Leads 249

Huptech Web

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It has been possible for the Internet to accomplish this through social media. billion social media users globally as of January 2022. The top brands are taking advantage of their social media presence to be in the eyes of their potential customers. Statista suggests that there are 3.96

Social Media 52

Social Media Paid Content Paid Search Agency Social Marketing 52

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Both Google and Bing search engine result pages (SERPs) are becoming more visual. There are image snapshots, video thumbnails, and image search results showing up all around search results. For a few years now, Google has shown image thumbnails in mobile search results. Guest post by Ann Smarty.

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Net-Results

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

“How do I write a good piece of content for social media posts?”. I’m going to make a second assumption for the sake of this answer: you’re posting on organic social and are looking to create social posts and blog posts to be cross-posted on social. and How do you optimize a conversion funnel? SEO matters.

Social Media 71

Social Media Top of Funnel Media Cross-Selling 71

Valasys

JULY 20, 2020

Any businesses can construct online media accounts and post the articles, products, and services through content or video clips. The real challenges for brands in social media include crafting techniques and implementing a profitable marketing strategy that levitates sales and revenue. Leveraging Referral Traffic.

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Paid Content Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing 86

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Only 12% of B2B buyers want to meet in person with a sales rep; and 71% start their process with an unbranded search Accenture, Think with Google. Why Do Sales Reps Need Social Engagement Insight To Win? Social media is the third-largest engagement channel just after email and website.

Social Media 89

Social Media Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 89

seo.co

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Does Social Media Affect SEO? Include Links in Your Social Media Profiles. + Use Social Media to Share Content. + How Often to Share on Social Media for Link Building. Building a Following on Social Media for Link Building. But is it possible to build links using social media?

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Link Building Social Media SEO Ad Building 83

Sprout Social

MARCH 21, 2017

These days, it’s a given that anyone involved in digital marketing understands the importance of social media, from a content and engagement perspective. While those elements of a social media strategy can certainly help, there is another component of your efforts that is equally important, and that’s what this article is all about.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Social Media Social Marketing 105

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A lot of social marketers ask, does our brand really need to be on LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn social media strategy will be a bit different than your strategies for other platforms. That way when users add keywords in their search engine or on LinkedIn, your brand will come up in the results. In short, yes.

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Paid Content Linkedin Social Media Top of Funnel 102

Envy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

However, done right, PPC for B2B can actually be used to support both your inbound and social marketing efforts: where inbound helps build a compelling content strategy; organic social media distributes the content to drive leads and PPC takes care of fast lead generation when time is short and budgets are available.

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PPC Paid Content Social Media Social Marketing 102

Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you stop at the listening part of social media monitoring, you’re missing out on fresh and effective ways to interact with your target audience and deliver better business results. Consider these six ways to take your social media monitoring to the next level. Implement social selling. brand24 Click To Tweet.

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Social Media Tools Media Work Management 111

Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2013

There is a ton of interesting insights in the report, which I emphatically recommend you download for free : Here’s some of what I wrote in my analysis: Social media is categorically NOT a meaningful source of direct traffic to ecommerce websites or of direct purchase conversions on those sites. that would be a viable hypothesis.

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eCommerce Social Media Tactics Word of Mouth 148

EveryoneSocial

JANUARY 26, 2021

People are spending more time on social media and relying on their networks for recommendations and reviews of products and services. In fact, 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make purchasing decisions. Best B2B Social Media Strategies. Define goals. Identify content opportunities.

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Social Media Sales Management Media Marketing & Strategy 63

SmartBug Media

JUNE 10, 2019

Social media is here to stay. The actual platforms may change over time (so long, Google+), but as a channel, social media isn’t going anywhere. Tools like HubSpot make publishing on social media a breeze, but effective social media marketing requires more than posting things through HubSpot.

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Social Media Social Marketing Media Tips 71