Social Media Strategy
Articles Tagged social media strategy:
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
10 Steps to Building an Effective Employee Social Advocacy Program
When your own employees aren’t passionate enough to read and share your content, how do you think your prospects and customers are viewing it? Mark Schaefer That quote often echoes in my mind during conversations with clients about employee social advocacy. Mark once shared that story, which still resonates: a global company with hundreds of thousands of employees was publishing…
- Advertising Technology
SocialBee: The Small Business Social Media Platform With Concierge Services
Over the years, I’ve implemented and integrated dozens of social media platforms for clients. I still have great relationships with many and you continue to see me promoting new and existing platforms. That could confuse readers… wondering why I don’t simply recommend and push one platform for everyone. I don’t because every the needs of each company differ from one…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Social Media Marketing 101
How do I get started on social media? This is a question that I continue to get when I speak on the impact of social media on a business’s marketing efforts. First, let’s discuss why your company would want to be active on social media. Reasons Why Businesses Use Social Media Marketing Here’s a great explainer video on 7 ways…
- Analytics & Testing
Engagement Is a Lie: Why Your Marketing Metrics Are Leading You Astray
If a guy talks to his girlfriend 83% more this month than last month, is he engaged? What if he left a few comments on her social media posts? Does that make him engaged? No. The definitions of engagement are clear: (1) A formal agreement to get married.(2) An arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time.…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
30+ Instagram Story Examples and Case Studies
When Instagram introduced Stories in 2016, taking inspiration from Snapchat’s successful format, few could have predicted its transformative impact on social media marketing. The feature, which allows users to share ephemeral content that disappears after 24 hours, quickly became a powerful tool for businesses seeking to connect with their audiences more authentically and engagingly. Instagram Stories has become an essential…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Most Common Misconception Marketing And PR Grads Have About Social Media
Over the last decade, I’ve hired interns and marketing graduates for my business. As a full-service marketing consultancy, we work on multichannel marketing for our clients, so I can place graduates where they best fit rather than just throwing them into some mundane marketing work. As an interview gets rolling, I ask, “So, what would you like to do?” I repeatedly…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Social Signals, SEO, and Their Impact on One Another
Matt Cutts shared a video where he discussed the challenge that engineers might have if they had created dependencies between the Google ranking algorithms and social signals. In short, it would be far too risky to build these dependencies in the event the other social media platform either blocked search or fell in popularity. I have no doubt this is…
- Marketing Books
What Factors Make for a Successful Social Media Strategy?
The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy by Charlene Li and Brian Solis is a must-read for business leaders, marketers, and strategists aiming to integrate social media into their business models. The book provides a clear, actionable framework for creating a cohesive social business strategy that delivers measurable outcomes. Li and Solis explore the intersection of social media, business…
- Marketing Infographics
Here’s How You Generate More Leads with Social Media
I was just meeting with a business owner and describing the amazing way that social media has not only driven business to my company, but to our clients as well. There seems to be an ongoing pessimism as it stands with social media and it’s impact on lead generation and I believe it needs to be corrected. Most of the…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The 5 Social Media Misconceptions of Businesses
Recently, I was interviewed and asked what misconceptions companies make when developing and implementing their social media strategy. My experience may run counter to many of the gurus out there, but – in all honesty – I think this industry is finally matured and the results speak for themselves. Social Media Misconception #1: Social Media is a Marketing Channel Companies…
