Sat.Dec 07, 2019 - Fri.Dec 13, 2019

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Success with PR Agencies: Six Tips from Agency Owners on How to Make the Most of What They Offer

Meltwater

Working with a PR agency can be a mixed experience for brands who are unsure about how best to navigate the relationship. In Part 1 of this series, we took… Read More >>>.

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A 10 Step Guide To Creating A Social Media Marketing Plan

Webbiquity SMM

Guest post by Marvellous Aham-adi. There are almost 3.5 billion social media users in the world. With so many people—from every country, every age, and every profession—marketing professionals have ramped up their use of social media marketing over the past decade. When efficiently optimized, social media is a great way to grow traffic, generate leads, and drive sales to a new business.

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Unknown Facts About Plagiarism

SocialFish

People usually think that understanding the concept of plagiarism is very easy! Especially when we talk about students, we see that they often take plagiarism and plagiarism checkers to be one of the most well-understood and explored topics in their immature career. However, understanding plagiarism is not easy and is very complicated, and that is the case we are going to discuss today.

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5 Social Media Predictions for 2020

Ignite Social Media

As a social media only agency, our favorite time of year is when we get look forward to the next year and make informed predictions about where the space may be headed. While we don’t have a crystal ball, we have included social data and insights from eMarketer to help guide and inform our social media predictions for 2020 and trends to consider in the next year.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Must-Have Internet Marketing Services You Can’t Afford to Pass Up in 2020

The Realtime Report

Must-Have Internet Marketing Services You Can’t Afford to Pass Up in 2020. The internet is a big place. It’s hard to know where to start advertising your business. The problem is, things aren’t going to get easier anytime soon. Digital marketing is getting larger every year. More than 50% of marketers in 2019 still plan on adding more technology to their digital marketing efforts.

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How social media transformed PR

Sherrilynne Starkie

Back in December 2007, the Society for New Media Research Symposium did a study into the influence of social media in PR. In the survey of 300 communications professionals, more than half agreed that social media was becoming valuable. Other key findings: 27% reported social media was a core element of communications strategies. 3% said social media had little or no value.

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Best Jobs You Can Get Without a College Degree

SocialFish

Are you in your last few months of high school and can’t afford to go to college? You may be worried about what you’re going to do after you graduate because everyone always talks about the importance of tertiary education and how it’s the stepping-stone to a great life. But did you know there are myriads of high paying jobs out there that don’t require a college degree?

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How to Use Google My Business to Get More Customers

Hootsuite

Google My Business is an easy and cost-effective way to make your business more discoverable both online and in real life. This comprehensive guide will show you how to get the platform up and running and working for your business immediately. Table of contents. Why you need a Google My Business account. How to create a Google My Business account. How to verify your business on Google. 3 ways to optimize your Google My Business profile.

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Changes to Google News

Sherrilynne Starkie

Google is now using machine learning to group top media stories in Google Search and has implemented carousels to improve search relevance and make news easy to access. Searchers now see a carousel of articles at the top of the search results highlighting relevant news. When there are multiple stories related to a search, Google is organizing the results by story.

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Google Launches its 2019 Listing of Key Search Trends

Social Media Today

Google has published its listing of key search trends for the year, which showcases what people across the world were looking for, and seeking answers to, in 2019.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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3 Priority Courses Students Should Consider

The Realtime Report

3 Priority Courses Students Should Consider . A student should have one leg in college and the other at work. Foresight about your career prospects makes you a more employable graduate or a higher potential entrepreneur. Having your paper written leaves you with free time to explore other courses that will enhance your employability. Priority courses are meant to equip you with skills that will increase your market appeal.

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7 disruptive marketing lessons to power up 2020

Audiense

This year we have been able to participate in a few events within the sector and speak with professionals who lead innovation in companies and agencies, expanding our vision on the present and future of marketing and all the disciplines that surround it: advertising, market research, analytics, etc. Festival of Marketing, MAD//Fest London, Esomar and Most Contagious were some of the events in which our team were there to provide knowledge and experience in regards to audience intelligence.

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Avoid These 10 Big Mistakes When You Schedule Social Media Content

agora pulse

Scheduling social media content offers tons of benefits—except when it doesn’t. Avoid these 10 major social media scheduling mistakes. Scheduling social media content helps improve your work productivity, but automating your publishing workflow needs to be done thoughtfully. It doesn’t mean that you should put your social media schedule on autopilot.

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Facebook Allocates $130 Million to Independent Content Oversight Board

Social Media Today

Facebook has announced the next stage in the development of its content oversight board, which will help it make decisions on what should and should not be allowed on the platform.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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Canva Uncovered: How A Young Australian Kite Surfer Built A $3.2 Billion (Profitable!) Startup Phenom

Forbes Social Media

From the unlikeliest of places, Melanie Perkins grew design app Canva into one of the most valuable software startups in the world. Her digital tools are populist, profitable and a potential threat to Adobe and Microsoft.

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How to build an effective influencer marketing campaign

Sprout Social

Keep believing the hype, fellow brand marketers. Influencer marketing campaigns can bolster our brands’ credibility, extend our message, lower our barrier to amazing content and impact our bottom line. We’re seeing the results from influencer campaigns, and in fact, a Forrester study found that 65% of brand marketers plan to increase the amount they spend on influencer marketing this next year.

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The Best Instagram Stories of 2019

Buffer Social

Instagram Stories was one of the most dynamic social media channels in 2019. So much happened with Stories — from new developments with the product to strong returns on Stories ads and organic reach. Over 500 million people use Instagram Stories every day. I’m definitely among that group. And at Buffer, Stories has been a major focus in 2019 as well.

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Twitter Will Set Up a New team to Explore a Decentralized Social Media Network Model

Social Media Today

Twitter will set up a new team to examine the potential of an open and decentralized standard for social media, which could help address some key areas of concern.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Carlings Phygital T-Shirt Gives Virtual Fashion The Accessible Vibe Brand Land’s Been Waiting For

Forbes Social Media

Bringing a much-needed layer of accessibility to the digi fashion scene (and grabbing the post-purchase opportunity with both hands) Scandi fashion retailer Carlings & creative agency Virtue new AR tool co-opts Instagram’s new face filter tech so one IRL t-shirt can be reborn online, infinitely.

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15 Ways a Content Calendar Helps Your Business [FREE 2020 Template + podcast]

Pam Moore

Hey content marketers, digital marketing and social media managers! I have a few important questions for you. The answers to these questions will make or break your content marketing success online. Do you have a plan with goals and metrics for your content? Do you wake up in the morning and think “Hey, what should I post today?” Do you focus more on quantity of content or quality?

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Ignite Social Media Named to Chief Marketer Top Marketing Agencies List for 2020

Ignite Social Media

We are proud to announce that Ignite Social Media has been named a top marketing agency of 2020 by Chief Marketer. We received this honor in 2019 and were thrilled to be included for 2020, as well! We were one of 27 agencies in the social media marketing category. About the Top Marketing Agencies List. Each year, Chief Marketer unveils an exclusive list of the top 200 brand engagement and experience agencies serving the United States.

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Facebook Adds New Star Wars-Themed Features to Messenger

Social Media Today

Facebook has added a new set of Star Wars-themed stickers, emojis and AR effects to celebrate the release of the latest film in the franchise.

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Influencers Admit That Instagram Is Bad For Body Image, Mental Health, Study Shows

Forbes Social Media

According to a social media report from Norwegian global influencer marketing platform Inzpire.me revealed nearly half (47%) of surveyed influencers felt their job as an influencer had an impact on their mental health and 32% believes the platform gave them a “negative” impact on body image.

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2020 Content Calendar Template for Social Media & Digital Marketers [free download]

Pam Moore

Hey digital and social media marketers! Have you noticed how noisy the digital and social web is becoming? If you are not planning your content for 2020 you are already falling behind. If you want any chance to stand out from the sea of noise and rise above status quo, you must plan your work and work your plan. The strategies and tactics used in the past no longer work like they use to. 2020 is going to finally be the year where the games of fake bot engagement and vanity metrics take a back se

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How to Properly Disclose Sponsored Instagram Posts According to the FTC

Later

With the recent spat of FTC crackdowns on Instagram partnerships, a lot of people are wondering how to stay safe when sharing sponsored Instagram posts. Is using the hashtag #ad enough? What about sponsored Instagram Stories? Do you have to disclose a partnership even if you weren’t paid? As influencer marketing shows no sign of slowing down on Instagram, it’s more important than ever to know the FTC’s rules.

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Instagram Begins Rolling Out Collaborative Group Stories Option

Social Media Today

Instagram is rolling out a new group Stories feature, which enables users and their friends to collaborate on a private Story.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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Rumors And Hoaxes Continue To Spread Fast On Social Media, And Why It Is Unlikely To Stop

Forbes Social Media

Earlier this month rumors spread across Facebook that men driving white vans were part of an organized human trafficking ring. Due to the overwhelming amount of posts on Facebook and other social media platforms warnings about white vans were taken very seriously – including by those in government.

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2020 Content Editorial Calendar Template for Social Media & Digital Marketers [free download]

Pam Moore

Hey digital and social media marketers! Have you noticed how noisy the digital and social web is becoming? If you are not planning your content for 2020 you are already falling behind. If you want any chance to stand out from the sea of noise and rise above status quo, you must plan your work and work your plan. The strategies and tactics used in the past no longer work like they use to. 2020 is going to finally be the year where the games of fake bot engagement and vanity metrics take a back se

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#293: 5 Unexpected Ways To Rethink Your Content To Build A Loyal Audience

Amy Porterfield

I am so happy that you’re tuning into this episode because we are shaking things up and doing something different! A few months back, I spoke at Stu McLaren’s TRIBE! event which aims to educate, teach, and bring together entrepreneurs around membership sites. And by the way, if you know me at all, you know […]. The post #293: 5 Unexpected Ways To Rethink Your Content To Build A Loyal Audience appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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Facebook Launches Cross-Account Reporting and Custom Ad Metrics

Social Media Today

Facebook has added some new data tracking options in Ad Manager, including cross-account reporting and custom metrics.

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The Most Inspiring Immigration Stories Of 2019

Forbes Social Media

Immigrants succeeding against the odds and people opening their homes to refugees are among the most inspiring immigration stories of 2019.

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