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For financial services brands, social media is a risk mitigation friend—not foe

Sprout Social

It was a scene out of futuristic fiction—a decades-old bank collapsing mere hours after a social media post went viral. Soon, subsequent Tweets questioning the health of SVB went viral. In what was supposed to be a non-event, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced they were selling securities to raise capital.

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Content Strategy: Creativity vs. Analytics

ClearVoice

Differentiate your brand. Your content —and brand — go viral. Going viral pays. It may not be a coincidence that Kraft Heinz (KHC), the parent company of Haynes Baked Beans, saw a 15 percent jump in its stock price as the ad went viral after its release in December 2013.

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Competitive monitoring: tracking the competition to stay ahead

Sprout Social

This includes keeping tabs on your competitors’ social media activity, pricing changes, marketing campaigns, product launches and more. By keeping an eye on your competitors’ activities, you can learn from their wins and losses, develop foolproof strategies, better position your products and differentiate your brand.

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CEOs: If you’re not asking for a social media scorecard, you need to be

Sprout Social

As a CEO you rely on metrics like stock price, profit margins and revenue growth to monitor the health of your business. With this impactful data on-hand, businesses can improve brand reputation, predict trends, differentiate from competitors and carve out a market niche.

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How to take smart risks with lo-fi social content

Sprout Social

This Sweetgreen TikTok, for example, hooks viewers by immediately acknowledging pervasive feedback about their prices. Karten spoke to an example from Cava, which partnered with The Devon Maid, a TikTok creator who was going viral for a video on how pasta shapes walk.

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4 Reasons Your Story Is Your Most Valuable Marketing Asset

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

By now, you must have seen the viral Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic , right? Customer Experience Is the Key Differentiator. It’s impossible to beat Amazon in a race to the bottom on price. Nicknamed the Martech 5000, the image shows that the MarTech landscape reached a total of 5,381 solutions at the start of 2017.

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The right place at the right time: How to jump on a newsjacking content opportunity

Sprout Social

The resulting article , which we published a day after GameStop’s stock price soared into the triple digits, received 3,456% more pageviews than a typical post generates in a 24-hour period. . — Sprout Social (@SproutSocial) January 30, 2021.

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