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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

But thanks to the combined forces of Netflix and social media, teens are flocking to thrift stores to find everything you probably wore back in 2010. Even a vampire romance movie from 2008. How social influences fashion trends. This is yet another trend that was born without the help of any designer or magazine.

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The real and complete history of social media marketing

illumin

The history of social media tells a story of major cultural change. That’s because the groundwork for today’s social media was laid years before the apps and platforms of today made their debut. So, how did social media make the climb from a simple chat room, to becoming the major player in advertising that it is today?

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How to write for social media

Biznology

This video with Paul Gillin is about the basics of writing engaging social media messages. With so many posts, tweets and chatter filling social media, it’s almost impossible to get a message through. The post How to write for social media appeared first on Biznology. You need to be distinctive.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering. Email is all about actual audience.

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Social Media Goes Corporate

Ambal's Amusings

Businesses have started integrating social media into their marketing efforts. However do not just social media for the sake of doing social media. asked Dave Fleet "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" Dave Fleet.

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How B2B Brands Can Benefit from Social Listening

Brandwatch Marketing

It is easy to see the use-case for social listening when looking at large consumer brands They have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of buyers and millions more of potential ones. They have high volumes of online conversation about them, a dedicated social media team to keep an eye on it, and lots of data to find insights.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.