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20+ Top Social Media Sites and Platforms to Grow Your Brand in 2024

Buffer Marketing

More than  200 million businesses  (mostly small businesses) use Facebook tools, and  more than seven million advertisers  actively promote their business on Facebook, which makes it a pretty safe bet if you want to have a presence on social media.  With over  1.32

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Secrets of Organic Marketing in 2025: Why Paying for Ads Isn’t the Only Answer

Hubspot Marketing

Paid Media Mentions Shoppable Ads on Social Media In a nutshell, its traditional advertising with a digital, data-driven twist. You just took a bad photo of your cup of coffee. You put a sepia filter on it and posted it to your 12 followers. It got zero likes. Life is good. This, my friends, was the golden age of organic social media.

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Why the Age of Influencer Marketing is Just Beginning

Businesses Grow

Before I get into the logic of this conclusion, I need to call your attention to a piece of news that is profound and breathtaking if you’re in the marketing and advertising business. Creator-led advertising revenue (brand deals, sponsorships, and platform ads) is expected to grow 20% this year and more than double by 2030.

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Cannes Lions is making ad creatives compete with the Sphere. How can we beat that?

The Drum

Michael Boamah believes Cannes Lions is pushing agencies and advertising to the side by accepting entries from experiences that frankly probably aren’t ads. Once again, the advertising industry will soon descend on the south of France to award the best work of the year. But is the Cannes Lions competition still about advertising?

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David’s new Europe MD, Ricardo Honegger, on borderless creativity and expansion plans

The Drum

The advertising executive tells The Drum how his 20-year career, restless spirit and deep history with the agency have culminated in an exciting new opportunity. Back in 2011, Honegger had the opportunity to move from London back to Brazil (he is Brazilian-Swiss) to work at Ogilvy as an account director. Read more here

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Social Media PR Playbook to Build Trust & Avoid Brand Disasters

SocialPilot

Cost-effectiveness in comparison to traditional PR: Traditional PR requires higher media outreach and advertising investment. Source The campaign began in Australia in 2011 and swiftly spread globally, capitalizing on social media engagement and UGC to promote brand awareness. It is still relevant (even after a decade of its launch).

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9 years and counting: Sprout recognized by G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards

Sprout Social

This year, weve been named as a top company across categories includingBest Software Products and Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products. I have used it since 2011. This is the ninth consecutive year Sprout has earned G2 recognition.