Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

Social media isn’t the king of the castle anymore. That’s right – we’re first hand witnesses to the decline of social media as the go-to source for driving web traffic. While social media platforms are still bustling with activity, boasting billions of users worldwide, there’s a twist in the plot.

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Webbiquity

MAY 9, 2023

Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. With 93% of marketers leveraging social media for increased brand exposure, it’s vital for businesses to identify ways to stay ahead of the curve. Guest post by Ahana Basu.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

According to the 2024 B2B Marketing Mix Report (MMR), compiled by Sagefrog, nearly one-third of B2B marketers use AI to help with content creation. Instead of posting on social media channels or sending email campaigns in real time, marketers can create content in advance and use AI automation to execute it.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2024

Three-quarters of GTM teams have access to AI, but just 29% of GTM leaders report using AI to a great extent for their jobs. GTM teams can effectively align their efforts, share insights, and address challenges or opportunities by maintaining transparent communication channels. This report looks at the current tools used by GTM teams.

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Webbiquity

JULY 18, 2023

Those are just a few of the takeaways from HubSpot’s recently released The State of Marketing: Marketing Trends in 2023 from AI to Z report. This 46-page report is packed with stats and insights on all aspects of marketing from HubSpot and partners including Wistia and Litmus. ” Only 29%?! ” Only 29%?!

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What is social media technology? At its core, social media technology is software designed to manage a company’s social media profiles across multiple platforms. From emerging networks to well-established platforms, audiences have a nearly insatiable appetite for social media content across channels.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 25, 2024

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.

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Martech

APRIL 19, 2024

Insights into the shifting privacy landscape The recently released IAB State of Data 2024 report (registration required) , titled “How the Digital Ad Industry is Adapting to the Privacy-By-Design Ecosystem,” offers insights into how the industry is responding to privacy changes.

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Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

Brands need the context social media metrics provide to meet today’s dynamic consumer space and take their business to the next level. That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 4, 2023

How does one topic perform on social compared to another? In social media, the most important questions are often the most difficult to answer or quantify. Luckily, there is a light at the end of the ask-hard-questions tunnel: Tags in Sprout reports. Sprout’s Tagging feature has changed the reporting game for many brands.

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Spiralytics

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

However, there are several avenues where social media automation can be a game changer. This comprehensive guide will help you understand the power of social media automation for your business. What is Social Media Automation? How Does Social Media Automation Work?

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Oktopost

JANUARY 8, 2024

If you’ve ever been overwhelmed by all the data coming from social media, Oktopost’s latest update is about to change everything. Introducing our new and improved Oktopost Homepage – A fully customizable dashboard empowering data-driven teams to measure the impact of social immediately upon logging into Oktopost. No problem!

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They are revolutionizing marketing, with an increasing number of marketers reporting that AI capabilities have helped them boost creativity and workflow efficiency. Keep reading for actionable insights that will help you meet your revenue goals and marketing objectives, head-on.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

When it comes to the growing power of influence the B2B marketing world is expected to see in 2024 and well into the future, there’s much to learn, and luckily we’ve had the honor of featuring many key B2B marketing innovators in our newest B2B influencer marketing report.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 9, 2024

In October 2023, I interviewed for a VP of Social and Content Strategy role for a very well-known and established brand. I replied, “Can you give me an idea of how involved the C-suite is with the social team?” I replied, “Can you give me an idea of how involved the C-suite is with the social team?” To me this was a red flag.

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Martech

APRIL 25, 2024

digital video ad spend is expected to hit $63 billion in 2024, a 16% increase from the previous year, according to projections from IAB’s “2024 Digital Ad Spend & Strategy Report.” For the first time, digital video — which includes CTV, social video and online video — will claim a higher share of budgets than linear TV.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 7, 2024

This exercise is elementary to uncover critical insights about the new market and gain visibility into the competitive landscape. However, beyond research, there’s the crucial task of distilling those insights into actionable strategies that’ll give your business an advantage. What is a competitive analysis report?

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Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Top executives recognize the significance of social data and insights in interpreting consumer behavior, predicting trends and making informed decisions. Social data goes beyond mere numbers but produces actual, tangible business results.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Social listening plays a vital role in this area. Tapping into social media conversations points to customer insights that go beyond surface-level metrics and unearth the real needs, desires and pain points of your audience. This qualitative social data reveals customer sentiments, preferences and experiences.

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Martech

APRIL 18, 2024

This article explores the implications of this change and insights on how to leverage it to elevate your marketing reporting. Key events are created and reported like previous conversions in Google Analytics.” This will appear as a key event metric in Analytics reports.” And is there anything I need to be doing?”

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to The 2023 State of Social Media Report , 96% of business leaders agree that AI and machine learning (ML) can help companies significantly improve decision-making. And because data analysis is automated, it removes dependencies on manual tasks, increasing the accuracy of results and timeliness of reports.

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Martech

MARCH 22, 2024

Insights and research Typically, an early phase of the content marketing lifecycle involves gathering data and conducting trend research to inform your content strategy. These days, they’re adding more AI features to help retrieve detailed insights more easily. Brandwatch for consumer research on social media and influencer insights.

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Top Rank Marketing

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Good news: we have plenty of insight on this subject! TopRank’s 2023 B2B Influencer Marketing Report found that social media, industry presentations and video top the list. Social media influencer content It comes as no surprise that social media is the most popular channel for deploying B2B influencer marketing tactics.

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Oktopost

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s 2024, and if you’re not on the social selling bandwagon yet it’s time to get on board–or your competitors most certainly will. Social selling is a game-changer for revenue teams looking to forge deeper relationships with prospects, win their trust, and ultimately, close more deals. What is an Influenced Opportunity Report?

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Sprout Social

MARCH 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence-driven analytics tools sift through massive datasets to identify patterns, trends and insights humans might overlook—allowing brands a distinct competitive edge by making strategic decision-making easier and improving customer experiences. What are AI insights?

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Martech

MARCH 7, 2024

Reporter Shira Ovide said this put it on par with chatbots from ChatGPT, Microsoft and Google which are collectively “dumb as rocks.” That’s the conclusion of a report that found they can be tricked into creating bogus election-related images. The Washington Post tested Amazon’s not-yet-released chatbot shopping assistant.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to The Sprout Social Index™ , consumers across age groups agree the most memorable thing a brand can do on social media is respond to customers. Evolving your social strategy to meet consumer demands requires you to listen better, scale your customer care efforts and integrate your social and customer data.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The first few weeks of a new year are the perfect opportunity to reflect on our wins—and I’m thrilled to announce one of our biggest yet: Sprout Social has been named the #1 Best Software Product by G2’s 2024 Best Software Awards. That’s the number one spot when compared across products in every software category!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

by Jon Miller The annual Buyersphere report from BaseOne , in conjunction with B2B Marketing, Research Now, and McCallum Layton, consists of interviews with B2B buyers who have made actual business purchases in the last 12 months. The full report can be downloaded at [link]. The Opportunity for Social.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 5, 2024

In total, they have 64 social media accounts and hundreds of thousands of followers across platforms. I was surprised to learn the team behind Nelnet’s vast social presence is only a team of two (who work with customer care and marketing groups across the company). The big misconception about social is that it’s easy.

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Top Rank Marketing

APRIL 3, 2024

Unlike the recipe for one of America’s most celebrated soft drinks, the composition of the social network’s building blocks is ever-changing, making it difficult, but not impossible to uncover the strategy for success. Since this is a B2B marketing agency and not a competing soft drink company, we’ll look to decipher the former.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 11, 2024

From social media mentions to searches, these metrics reveal the extent of your brand’s presence and influence. In particular, measuring brand awareness helps you: Evaluate your marketing efforts Are you seeing a higher conversion rate from targeted social media ads compared to last quarter?

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Sprout Social

MAY 23, 2023

This new era of artificial intelligence (AI) naturally has social teams thinking: Is an AI social media manager about to take my seat? When it comes to AI social media tools, I’m optimistic…and this is coming from someone who regularly thanks her Google Home to keep it happy. We’re going to see AI as an assistant.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 17, 2024

Multi-platform integration Customers engage with businesses online in many ways, such as through messaging apps, social media and websites. Analytics and reporting Understanding how users interact with your chatbot and identifying areas for improvement helps you optimize your chatbot performance.

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EveryoneSocial

JANUARY 11, 2024

The most valuable social media insights answer the question that every team — from sales and marketing to HR and recruiting — has. But unfortunately, most of the data and social media insights available tells only part of the story. is on social media. Through others on social.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Social Media Today U.S. percent rise, continuing a rebound from previous months of declining ad revenue, with digital faring better than traditional formats, according to newly-released report data. What Makes B2B Tech Buyers Distrust Brands? advertising market recorded a rise in year-over-year ad spending, with a scant 0.1

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SocialPilot

MARCH 8, 2024

Something that gives your clients the final nudge they need to choose you as their social media marketing comrade. And that something my friend is a fine-looking “ Social media proposal ”. So we will cover a step-by-step process that will enable you to create your social media management proposal from scratch.

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