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From Followers to Advocates: How to Build a Loyal Social Media Community

Convince & Convert

This, at its core, can easily translate to how and why we use social media the way we do, and why it’s the closest touchpoint to our audience in our marketing efforts. The way brands engage with their community is what makes them stand out and become memorable, and can even spark headlines across traditional media (more on that later).

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Marketing, community, support or all of the above?

Dave Fleet

Over the last few years, social media has evolved away from this – away from personal interaction, and towards what is increasingly push marketing. Marketing objectives generally focus on sales – demand gen, acquisition, etc. The easiest way to visualize this shift is to look at the traditional marketing funnel.

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9 E-commerce Social Media Marketing Tips for 2024

Social Media Strategies Summit

Combine this with the fact that social media represents the go-to source of pre-purchase information for 44% of Gen Z and 36% of Millennials , and you’ll quickly realize that e-commerce social media marketing is essential for growing your business in 2024. So, how can you use this to improve your social media marketing strategy?

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Why being active on social media is a win-win for employees and brands alike

Oktopost

In today’s world, social activity goes beyond personal use—it’s a powerful asset for both employees and brands. Let’s dive into why encouraging your employees to be active on social media is a win-win for everyone involved. Employees’ networks tend to be about 561% larger than their brand or company’s social accounts.

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Transforming audiences into communities: Understanding the right channels

Audiense

As most marketers know, when it comes to connecting with your perfect audience, it’s often a matter of reaching them in the right place and the right time. This is also true of building communities, just because you found your audience in one place, doesn’t mean it’s the best place to build an active community.

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Transforming audiences into communities: Understanding the right platforms

Audiense

As most marketers know, when it comes to connecting with your perfect audience, it’s often a matter of reaching them in the right place and the right time. This is also true of building communities, just because you found your audience in one place, doesn’t mean it’s the best place to build an active community.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. This is the integrated digital media and marketing communications framework I use with my clients, no matter the challenge.

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