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7 Sure Fire Ways to Turn Social Media Followers into Customers

SocialPilot

The fundamental aim of any activity performed by a social media marketer on social networks is to gain followers. In fact, it is the first step of any social media marketing campaign. What follows is a powerful strategy involving gentle coaxing and convincing to monetize your social connections. But is that enough?

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30 B2B Social Media Tips for 2016

KoMarketing Associates

Social media isn’t something you just do. As we get into 2016, here are 30 tips to help improve your B2B social media strategy: 1. Doing so will give credibility to your decisions, reduce the chances of failure, and help you present a clear social media ROI to your board members.”. Go Beyond Demographics.

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Inbound Marketing: Everything You Need to Know

Webbiquity

33% of inbound marketers and 31% of outbound marketers rank outbound marketing practices, such as paid advertising, as the top waste of time and resources,” per HubSpot in 2016. Your business can purchase social media ads, promote pertinent content on your own channels, or form relationships with industry influencers on social networks.

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Survey: Mobile Usage Growing Significantly in China

KoMarketing Associates

At the same time, the number of mild users (11-50 times per day) declined from 68 percent in 2015 to 63 percent in 2016, indicating mild users tend to become heavy users over time. However, among all the mobile ad options, social media remains the most effective in spurring user action.

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TikTok is setting the ground rules for social media

Martech

In 2016, Zuckerberg said: “We see a world that is video-first with video at the heart of all of our apps and services.” Competition from TikTok is spurring the veteran social media platform to make good on that promise. The first of those changes highlights Facebook’s commitment to growing short form video content.

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What’s the Best Platform for Live Video Marketing in 2016?

Content Standard

The 2016 season is the first year the league will live stream some of its games via social media. Instead, the company is sinking a big investment into what it sees as the future: live video streamed via social media. The post What’s the Best Platform for Live Video Marketing in 2016?

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The 6 Most Important Social Media Trends of 2017

Contently

And you’ll notice I only brought up Facebook news, since it’s now by far the most significant social media player. In 2016, Facebook accounted for almost two-thirds of all social media ad spending. Social isn’t just for millennials anymore. in Q4 2016. It’s all been going on for years.