Scoop.it!

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This is proof that brands can’t get away with using cookie-cutter templates and copying their competitors’s strategies and selling points. Hence, in this article, we will explore different types of UGC, strategies to encourage and manage it , and the benefits of incorporating UGC into your broader content marketing efforts.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Yet, as organic reach becomes more elusive, brands are looking to TikTok branded content as a way to truly connect with their audience. This guide will show you everything you need to know about TikTok branded content. What is TikTok branded content? What kind of content do they engage with?

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Martech

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, Reeve says, many marketing organizations roll out marketing technology without a change management mindset in mind. In smaller organizations, change management is often done ad hoc or not at all. Change management initiatives involve planning how the change will be rolled out, communicated and who will be impacted.

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SocialPilot

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Positive reviews can boost your brand’s credibility, attract new customers, and improve your search engine rankings. On the other hand, negative reviews can damage your brand’s reputation, deter potential customers, and even lead to lost revenue. Why is Online Review Management Important? With over 99.9%

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Martech

APRIL 24, 2025

At the recent MarTech conference, I hosted a live coffee chat with Dave Minifie , CMO at Terakeet, about brand safety what it means, what it definitely doesn’t and why so many marketers still get it wrong. They help brands own the conversation. When Minifie talks about brand safety, he’s not spinning PR. Processing.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Answer: MPM platforms, or marketing performance management platforms, are designed to help marketers optimize their strategies, budget allocation and performance tracking. Eloqua: Often integrated with various MPM platforms, Eloqua is a marketing automation platform that helps manage marketing campaigns and customer interactions.

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Trade Press Services Newsletter

MAY 1, 2025

Strategic planning and thoughtful execution are crucial to reintroducing your digital presence, reconnecting with your audience, and delivering a stronger brand experience. Rushing the process increases the chances of reduced SEO value , poor user experience, and a disjointed brand presentation.

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Buffer Marketing

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This will allow you to maximize your brand reach,  engage with the right people , and nail your  social media marketing strategy. Does it fit your brand image? How many social media platforms  can you manage at once ? Is your target audience using that social media site? Jump to a social media platform: 1.

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Buffer Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This article shares seven strategies you can use (with software recommendations in between) to manage multiple social media accounts effectively. Create templates for repeatable post formats Do you know what the most efficient social media managers and creators do? An example: Brand designer and content creator, Sandra K.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 19, 2025

Thats where CRM and community management start to overlap. While most people think of CRMs (Customer Relationship Management systems) as tools for sales, theyve quietly become a powerhouse for growing and managing thriving brand communities. What Does CRM Have to Do With Community Management?

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Key takeaways Brand loyalty is the emotional connection that drives repeat purchases from a specific brand, even when alternatives exist. Building brand loyalty involves understanding customer needs, leveraging user-generated content, personalizing all touchpoints, rewarding repeat customers, and providing stellar customer service.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 11, 2024

As a professional, there’s no better way to future-proof your career than building your personal brand on LinkedIn.   I’ve been focused on building a personal brand on LinkedIn since mid-2022 (that’s just about two years at the time of writing this), and the effort has already paid off — and then some.  

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Litmus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Lifecycle marketing is a strategy that involves engaging customers with the right message at the right time as they interact with your brand. By matching your marketing to each customer journey stage, you can build trust, increase customer lifetime value, and turn buyers into brand advocates. Quick tip: Make it easy to share.

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Martech

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Beneath the headlines, a key shift is reshaping how brands interact with ad platforms: the growing tension between consolidation and transparency. New players like retail media networks and connected TV (CTV) provide more options for brands to spread their budgets. Less digital user growth is increasing competition for ad spending.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

They’ve carefully researched the market and the problem they intend to solve — and now it’s time to let your product marketing manager work their magic. A product marketing manager can help you avoid this by finding strategic angles to connect your product’s features with your customers and their pain points. Project management skills.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Which social media networks should your brand focus on? Social media management is evolving rapidly, and consumers are becoming more discerning about where they engage. And they expect your brand to meet them where they already are. But half of all users also interact with brands there at least once per day.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2025

Brands can tap the power of these creators highly engaged, niche audiences to increase awareness and loyalty. By listening to and engaging with niche communities, brands can also stay culturally relevant and keep a pulse on their audience. This can boost loyalty over time, turning your audience into brand advocates.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 22, 2024

Developing a consistent brand starts with creating a brand style guide. These branding rule books help graphic designers, marketers, web developers, community managers, and even product packaging departments present a unified vision of the brand to the public. So, what is a brand style guide?

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Sprout Social

APRIL 28, 2025

But unlike other social platforms, where engagement might be more straightforward, Reddit’s community-first culture requires brands to earn users’ trust by providing real value. Reddit is a popular place for real information. Users might see your post, comment in their news feed or find you in a specific subreddit.

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Sprout Social

MAY 1, 2025

Benefiting both B2C and B2B brands, LinkedIn empowers brands to build relationships, generate leads and boost sales. But to reap those rewards, companies need to master using and managing LinkedIn direct messages (DMs). It also opens up access to new markets, boosts brand awareness and generates more leads.

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Trade Press Services Newsletter

JANUARY 9, 2025

A Future-Proof Marketing Plan According to business management expert Peter Drucker , “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Create or Update Your Marketing Plan If you dont already have a marketing plan in place, now is the perfect time to create one.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We unpack how your brand can use these examples to spark your own scroll-stopping ideaswhile maximizing your budget and doing more with less. In this end-of-year lineup, were sharing the best brands on social media in 2024, according to members of Team Sprout. Maybe the occasional irreverent or sexually explicit brand voice.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 14, 2024

If you haven’t been keeping up with the role of automation and AI in lead gen advertising, this article includes advice and experiences on: Managing your ad strategy. Managing new or smaller accounts. Let’s go over what campaign management looks like today using AI and automation. What AI looks like in different ad platforms.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Is receiving brand love like celebrating Valentines Day in primary school? One-by-one, wed drop off the Valentines, gently placing them into shoe boxes decorated with glitter, stickers and feathers. For marketers, brand love leads to the same delighted feelings, but on an even deeper level. What is brand love?

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Martech

AUGUST 26, 2024

These days, marketers are emboldened just as buyers are demanding to place orders through their mobile phones. They’re using chatbots for top-of-funnel conversations, digital tools for custom price quotes, marketplaces for placing orders—the list goes on and on. See my earlier article for useful stats and resources on this subject.

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Martech

OCTOBER 25, 2024

One that supports change management across every element of the current workflow that needs to evolve. The following four recommendations address how to manage these challenges. Focus on brand ownership and crafting unique customer messages and experiences as key benefits of genAI, linking AI investments to real business results.

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Martech

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Whether you’re looking for a solution to power your personalization efforts, consent management, attribution tracking or other use cases where a point solution is available, a CDP is likely capable of meeting your needs. For example, a marketing automation tool might be great at orchestrating email journeys, but it can’t manage SMS or ads.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The role was a management position and carried strategic responsibility for marketing, communications and PR — all things I was excited about. Event marketing is planning and executing an event with the goal of promoting a brand and its products and services. The year I turned 30, I started a new job. Sponsorships and cross-marketing.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The best comprehensive social media analytics tools allow you to compile data from multiple platforms and create custom reports so you never find yourself in a position like this: My manager wants me to create incredibly granular analytics of all our social media pages. Which network drove the most brand awareness for our product launch?

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 10, 2025

Once upon a time, there was this magical beast called data that social media managers slayed. And that time is now, because data storytelling isnt a fairytale: its an effective visual marketing strategy that can help you build trust, engagement, and sales for your brand. Then, use the data to bolster that narrative.

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Martech

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Far too many content marketing programs fail to connect the brand to customer problems before the customer starts looking for a solution. At this crucial and overlooked point in the customer journey, most brands provide content about the product and the industry, when they should address specific customer pain points.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

But at the same time, brands and influencers must be upfront about partnerships to avoid hefty penalties. In this article, we’ll break down the FTC influencer guidelines, why they matter and the branded content policies for each major social media network. You want your influencer partnerships to feel natural and engaging.

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Martech

JANUARY 10, 2025

Digital marketing leaders must carefully manage the reality and perceptions around personalization. A Gartner consumer survey of 2,001 respondents in April and May 2024 revealed that 63% acknowledge that brands are good at guessing what they might be interested in buying, indicating progress in personalization efforts.

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Hubspot Marketing

JULY 12, 2024

He’s exactly right: communities help you share your brand identity, engage with members to build and deepen relationships and help you share content with them so they have everything they need to succeed. Predict and manage any potential challenges that might arise within the community. It’s a reciprocal thing. Needs and challenges.

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Martech

JULY 31, 2024

Responsible list management to stay under spam thresholds means subscriber volume will likely decrease over time. To adapt to these new realities, here are some effective approaches for list management, subscriber acquisition and personalization in your email program. Setting up automations based on types of engagement (e.g.,

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Why every TikTok marketer needs an analytics tool A TikTok analytics tool lets you discover what’s working and what’s not , so you can refine your strategy on both macro and micro levels, and drive results for your brand or business. A platform that provides end-to-end social media management services. Drumroll, please.

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 6, 2025

That said, acquiring and managing these reviews isnt easy. However, manual review management is fraught with several challenges. Ensure a Consistent Brand Voice Every response you send to a customers review reflects your brand. All review management tools allow you to connect to your GBP and centralize your reviews.

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