Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2022

To hashtag or not to hashtag? That’s the question frustrating social media marketers today. The short answer: Yes, definitely use hashtags. Hashtags are an essential asset in your digital marketing toolbox. In this article, we break down everything you need to know to hashtag with confidence.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It’s no longer enough to respond only to @mentions of your brand online. If that’s all you’re keeping an eye on, you’re most likely missing a variety of messages that only mention your brand by a variation of your name or shout out a product. Social monitoring is an essential part of any social customer care strategy.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The risk isn’t just a misalignment with customer expectations but also the missed opportunity to cultivate brand loyalty and advocacy. Social listening plays a vital role in this area. In this article, we explain how you can use social listening to increase customer advocacy and, in doing so, level up your brand.

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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. How do they expect us to sound?

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 4, 2024

Social media holidays, you ask? They’re special days celebrated on social media, from global events like Earth Day to fun ones like National Pizza Day. These holidays are golden opportunities for brands and individuals to engage with online communities through relevant, relatable content.

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 21, 2024

Social media has evolved from a platform for casual interaction to a game-changer for hoteliers aiming to skyrocket their occupancy and revenue. Not only can it amplify your brand visibility, but it also holds the potential to fuel direct bookings and amplify brand awareness.

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ClearVoice

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a freelancer or client manager, you have clear intentions for your social media presence. While social media is one of the most effective marketing mediums for gaining, retaining, and converting your audience, hashtags are the key to organic growth. The History of the Hashtag. As in #barcamp [msg]?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

YouTube tags are an important part of YouTube SEO. If you’re looking to promote your content to new audiences or show up in more relevant search results, then you need to be using YouTube tags. What are YouTube tags. How to add tags to YouTube videos. How to find popular YouTube tags. What are YouTube tags?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 30, 2020

Building a brand is more important than ever. Your brand is what differentiates you from your competitors. A solid brand identity can help you get more people to trust your products and/or services. So, how can you boost your brand’s value? Arguably the best channel is through social media. Be Consistent.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ah social media. As social media platforms have changed over the years (RIP, Vine), so too have the pros and cons of social media. Not so long ago, brands and executives were still wondering whether they should be on social media at all. Why social media is good.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 17, 2022

Is it time to step up your social media monitoring ? With so many networks and interactions across social media, tracking your engagement data can be tricky. Thing is, those engagements are invaluable to your brand. According to the Sprout Social Index™ , 60% of brands analyze their social data daily.

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Sprout Social

JULY 21, 2022

If you want to improve your social media marketing strategy , you need to know about the different types of social media content and how or where you share that content. Understanding these different types of social media will help you develop a better content strategy and know where to focus your time and energy.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In this article, we’ll take you through 6+ social media listening examples and the strategies real brands use to inspire you to get more from listening. Check out these social media listening examples employed by other brands to start building your social listening strategy and playbook.

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BenchmarkONE

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The humble pound sign of telephone yore found new life in 2007 when it was repurposed to the almighty hashtag. When incorporated with a short word or phrase, like #tacotuesday or #blessed, the hashtag is used among most major social media platforms to group individual posts into full-blown conversations.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In marketing, brand awareness is a significant focus—in fact, it’s likely one of your main goals. In this article, learn how to build your own customer marketing strategy, how it creates customer trust and see some stellar customer marketing examples from brands who are getting it right. This is where customer marketing comes in.

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Sprout Social

JULY 26, 2021

Crafting a witty Tweet, optimizing your Instagram posts with hashtags or brainstorming copy for Facebook ads may all seem like completely different tasks. More importantly, you need to know the ideal character count for social media posts. Instagram Hashtags. Maximum Instagram hashtag limit. Tweet character count.

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Martech Advisor

JANUARY 29, 2020

YouTube hashtags were introduced in 2016 to support hashtag-based searching. Hashtags on YouTube have evolved since then to provide a better video search experience for viewers and to help content creators make their videos discoverable. Let’s explore how you can use hashtags on YouTube for video marketing success.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Brand awareness allows B2B companies and marketers to understand how well their target audience and potential customers know their brand and their specific products or services. While brand awareness is a critical part of the buyers’ journey , it’s sometimes undervalued because it can be difficult to fully grasp and measure.

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ClearVoice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

During our hashtag series, we’ve discussed the history of hashtags and the effectiveness of using them in your content on various platforms for amplified visibility, organic discovery, and aligning with other like-minded users. Similar to the others, hashtags on Facebook are great for adding reach to your content organically.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 14, 2023

Despite recent controversies, Twitter remains a very active and unique social media platform in 2023. While TikTok has taken much of the social media limelight recently, Twitter continues to add new users and has actually risen in popularity with Gen Z—one of the largest pools of consumers. Let’s dive in.

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2021

Social media optimization (SMO) is an entirely different ballgame. Because while businesses at large are on board with social media, many fail to make simple changes that could significantly boost their performance. In this guide, we’ll break down some easy social optimization techniques for brands big and small.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 23, 2024

In fact, almost 61% of businesses currently have a social listening system. Social listening, and more broadly online brand monitoring, is essential. This post outlines 10 key steps in using social listening to satisfy and retain more customers. Monitor brand mentions. Track customer sentiment.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 26, 2021

So instead of trying to anticipate the next big thing for 2021, we’re going in the opposite direction and sharing what not to do on social media based on what we learned in 2020. From taking a stand on current events to embracing the rise of TikTok, here are six things to keep in mind when executing your 2021 social strategy.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Ambiguous rules and lax enforcement of resharing original content on social media has perpetuated the theft of the creators’ intellectual property. are more likely to enforce their legal and moral rights in the growing multibillion-dollar social media industry. One brand’s permission doesn’t mean everyone can use it.

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EveryoneSocial

MARCH 23, 2023

In addition to new filter options for searching EveryoneSocial content, users will also be able to tag and @mention companies on LinkedIn now. (As As for the supplemental options, these will help you narrow your search if you know for example that the Post you’re looking for is “Branded.” Mentions make the social media world go round.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 10, 2018

From the time social media became a viable marketing channel, B2B companies have been looking for ways to automate social processes. Although social media tools have made this easier—with features like post scheduling, conversation monitoring, and hashtag tracking—some aspects of social selling can’t be pre-planned.

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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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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Social media reports can help you synthesize your data succinctly and package it in an easily digestible format to share with a variety of stakeholders across your organization. This social media report provides comprehensive performance metrics broken down by network and tracks progress across weeks, months and years.

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Optinmonster

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Do you want to learn how to increase sales with social media? Social media can be one of the best ways to connect with your audience and get your company in front of countless numbers of prospective customers. How to Increase Sales With Social Media. When do people use social media?

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Sprout Social

MAY 4, 2022

Heck, TikTok hashtag challenges like the #OldTownRoadChallenge or Chipotle’s #GuacDance boasts over a billion views each. Perfect for building awareness and encouraging awesome user-generated content, brands are rightfully scrambling to find TikTok hashtags for their own challenges. What are TikTok challenges?

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2023

Operating on social media without brand safety tools is like browsing the internet without malware protection. Brand safety has traditionally been relegated to just protecting brands from advertising on or near inappropriate content online. What are brand safety tools?

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2020

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. Perhaps that’s because over 50% of people rely on social as a news source. That said, social media for journalists can be tricky. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. Relevant hashtags related to what you’re covering.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 3, 2022

The great content marketer Ann Handley advocates for making your customer, rather than your company, the hero of your brand story. Getting that part right is as critical to a good brand story as it is to your favorite novel or TV show. How to create a buyer persona using data from social media. What is a buyer persona?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 4, 2019

The biggest failures small businesses encounter in social media come from not knowing who their customers are, who they’re competing against, which channels to target, and how to engage their audience. Brands with high engagement rates are typically the ones to watch. Tip #1: Know Your Competition. Use them to your advantage.

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Buffer

MARCH 30, 2023

Question: I’ve been noticing that many of the TikToks and Reels I watch are part of an ongoing social media series. An easy way to generate more content revolving around these very ideas is by creating a social media series. What exactly is a social media series? How can I start one myself?

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As a result, brands have accelerated their digital transformation and realized the impact of social media on customer experience. With social media, brands can bring entertaining experiences into their audience’s homes and keep fans engaged until things return to “normal.”. Mind sending us a quick DM?

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