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When any social media marketing activities are undertaken, it is critical to know your target audience. This is my hottest social media tip. The key to success with your social media plan is to understand your social media audience – both to identify which social platforms you should be using as a business owner and […]
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As a business owner, a brand or a marketer, you need to be able to listen to consumers and adapt your social media strategies to comply with a fast-paced focus on interaction and engagement with your followers. This will allow you to elicit and respond to online conversations about your brand, services, products and industry […]
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The entire point of any marketing strategy is to persuade and influence your audience. This is no different when it comes to social networking for business, and the very best social media campaigns are geared towards persuading the audience towards a certain, pre-ordained outcome. Persuasion is defined as the process by which one can change […]
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We have all heard of the big social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram – if you haven’t or you’re new to social media, we’ll give you the low-down in a minute. But these popular platforms represent just the very tip of the social media iceberg. There are many, many platforms active and waiting […]
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Innovative business owners are beginning to discover that Snapchat can be very effective when used as part of their social media marketing campaign. Snapchat is currently one of the fastest-growing social media networks. It is fast attaining a vital role in global social media marketing strategies. Never heard of it? Or you have heard of […]
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Successful use of social media requires a two-way conversation; the entire point of the platform is to connect and converse. This is true for personal social accounts, but even more so for business accounts, which are used as part of a successful social media marketing strategy. Social media is arguably the farthest-reaching element to arise […]
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All savvy business owners adopt strategies for marketing through social media because they know it is an integral component of any modern marketing strategy, to propel a brand or business quickly and to give it wide exposure on a potentially global scale. There is a plethora of social media tips and tricks that marketers can […]
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Most modern professionals are familiar with LinkedIn. It is the largest online professional social network in the world, with more than 400 million active users. LinkedIn is a social media platform that is designed specifically for the professional and business community. It was launched in 2003, and today it has membership covering 200 countries across […]
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Like many social media platforms, Instagram is immensely popular and this popularity can be harnessed by you as a business owner to help to build your brand. Visual content is ever more important to online marketing strategies, so it follows that using Instagram for business propagation is a no brainer. Yet relatively few business owners […]
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