Contently

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The difference between borrowing and stealing can be blurry on social media, where memes, sounds, and other types of content are widely redistributed by brands and users alike. Social copying happens across all social platforms: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and the like. Of that audience, 2.7

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Brandpoint

APRIL 13, 2023

It’s no secret that video content is the name of the game when it comes to generating social media impressions, engagement and traffic. These metrics eventually yield results with lead generation and sales. 80% of all videos created in 2021 were used-generated. These videos aren’t difficult to produce.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 2, 2023

Design trend changes often feel like the heavy duty cycle on your washing machine. The big companies have nearly unlimited resources, so they can afford to experiment with every micro-trend that comes to light. Add custom viewing options to reel them in. When it comes down to it, design preferences change in the blink of an eye.

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Trade Press Services

JANUARY 15, 2024

With 77 percent of businesses using social media to reach their customers and more than 90 percent of users following at least one brand on social media, marketers cannot underestimate the importance of social media marketing. In fact, the opposite is true.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

With so many competing social media ecosystems, it can be overwhelming to keep track of all the features. But we’ll discuss the common social media features brands benefit from the most and a few untapped features to consider. We’ll also explain the criteria brands can follow to decide which social media app to invest in.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

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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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Sprout Social

AUGUST 25, 2022

Investing in social media management increases your brand’s awareness, generates leads, drives traffic to your site and boosts community engagement. While that sounds great to executives and stakeholders, they may not understand how the costs associated with social media translate to business objectives.

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Buffer

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2021, TikTok user Trinidad Sandoval made a video showing the effects of an eye cream by skincare brand Peter Thomas Roth that went viral on TikTok and Twitter. ” This is perhaps one of the best examples of the possibilities of user-generated content. People trust people.”

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 21, 2024

Luke was an absolute gem to work with, and his contributions helped us achieve a fantastic level of engagement and generate valuable leads. Influencer marketing is all about brands teaming up with individuals, known as influencers, who have a loyal following on social media platforms and other digital channels.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 31, 2022

Managing social media means you need a variety of skills to become successful. Here are 17 social media management tips to help you stay productive and organized: 1. From longstanding favorites like Instagram and YouTube to newer apps like TikTok and BeReal, there are so many social media platforms to choose from.

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CoSchedule

JANUARY 27, 2023

Having the best social media marketing examples in your idea vault is an excellent way to develop new ideas for your next campaign. So in this piece, let’s walk you through the top 12 social media marketing examples you can’t miss. Download Now What is Social Media Marketing?

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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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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 11, 2023

This comprehensive guide explores the top social networks that offer unique opportunities for businesses to connect, engage, and thrive in the online sphere. Why Social Media Is Important For Business Social media is important for business , because it allows a business to connect directly with customers.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 23, 2024

Acquiring new customers is vital for every business. But with the steep rise in customer acquisition costs , and research showing it costs up to five times more to acquire a new customer than to keep an existing one, you can’t ignore the importance of customer retention. What do you need for better customer retention?

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Oktopost

JULY 6, 2023

These days, and for a while now (a while in internet terms, anyway), the very center of the universe has been social media. Your mind is probably going to the B2C brands that have made a splash on the socials but, in B2B, the landscape is just as productive and just as fruitful.

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

And for B2B marketers and large enterprises, the cost of lagging behind the content marketing trend curve is too massive to ignore. To help you keep up with the times, here is a compilation of the top 15 trends in content marketing that will shape the industry in 2023. Emerging content marketing trends. Let’s get started.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 30, 2021

Reach prospects and returning customers. Generate qualified leads. But just because you show up on multiple channels, does not guarantee a successful multichannel campaign—especially if your social media team was left out of the planning phase. 3 reasons to include social teams in multichannel campaign planning.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 17, 2019

One of the best ways to enhance your personal brand is through social media. Just as social has given rise to the likes of influencer marketing , there are opportunities across a wide variety of networks in which to build and enhance your personal brand. How important is authenticity on social media? Don’t create.

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Social Media Trends Personalization Brand Identity 111

Only B2B

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Season for trends & predictions has arrived! Your business relies on generating qualified leads and making sales. Your business relies on generating qualified leads and making sales. So what lead generation tactics will bring you the most leads in 2023. Here are the top 7 lead generation strategies for 2023.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2023

B2B marketing teams share a common aspiration: generating as many Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) as possible. That’s why, now more than ever, optimizing lead generation strategies to identify and nurture these MQLs becomes paramount to any organization’s revenue generation efforts. The easiest way is through social media.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This situation, unfortunately, is common—one that results in lost customers and lost revenue. A recent study found that 83% of customers will leave your brand based off of a bad customer service experience. . Many companies prioritize customer service. Q: How do you currently manage incoming leads from social media?

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Digital Asset Management Social Media Work Management Marketing Management 121

Brandpoint

MAY 5, 2023

Social media has become an integral part of our lives and businesses alike. In the past, manufacturing companies may have viewed social media as irrelevant to their industry. It’s time to embrace social media and take your marketing efforts to the next level! However, that is no longer the case.

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illumin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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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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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Sprout Social

JANUARY 19, 2022

We’ll help you lay the groundwork for a smooth product launch using the power of social media to inform every step. Prepare for customer support. And the best way we know how to research an audience is through social listening. What is social listening? And our seven-step product launch checklist has you covered.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 24, 2022

Olivia Jepson , Sprout’s Social Media Strategist, is the unofficial face of our brand on Instagram and TikTok. Not only is she on-camera talent, she’s also responsible for creating content, helping build our social strategy and analyzing social data. For Jepson, the path to social was indirect. “I sproutsocial.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 22, 2021

Rather than employ the spray and pray method, identifying which social media platforms a brand’s customers use is a more effective way to connect with one’s target audience. billion global active users. 90 million US users. billion global active users. Key Stats: 1 billion global users.

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Bluetext

MARCH 19, 2024

As the seasons change, it’s the perfect time to breathe new life into your social media strategy. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore 15 dynamic ways to revitalize your social media presence across these diverse platforms.

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readwrite

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The more accurately marketers understand trends, the more chances they have to beat the competition. Which ad tech trends are in demand in 2021 and which ones will boost the market beyond 2022? Let’s take a look at the hottest ad tech trends to understand what’s happening now and where we might end up in the future.

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seo.co

JANUARY 10, 2022

Drawing up a well-rounded campaign now requires marketers to be more agile and customer-centric when promoting their brand’s offerings. As per MarketingCharts , social media accounted for up to 13% of the advertising budgets for 2020. Customers want it, and brands that deliver it win. AI-Powered Chatbots.

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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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Marketri

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the top 5 SEO trends that can be leveraged as part of a successful B2B marketing strategy. AI and Search Generative Experience (SGE) SEO is undergoing a transformation, driven by AI and Search Generative Experience (SGE). Social media is intended to be social, after all!

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Martech

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On the OpenAI community forum, a user got a response written in either Spanish and Ilocano (the Philippines’ third most spoken language) or in Spanish and English. Meanwhile, the image generator of Google’s Gemini began generating images of people where the race was wrong while not being racist imagery.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 14, 2021

in summer 2018, TikTok has generated six billion lifetime downloads in app stores and hit 689 million users worldwide, with no plateau in sight. Between viral dances, memes, recipes, hacks and other TikTok trends, it’s hard to avoid the platform’s influence, leaving many brands to wonder—should we be on TikTok?

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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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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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