Whether you fill up your social media calendar months in advance or post content on the fly, you are going to need to have a steady source of content to post on social media. This becomes a challenge for many social media marketers. Not only are we seeing an increase in the number of businesses…
Facebook Live was launched as a ‘fun, powerful way to connect with your users and find new ones along the way’ in April 2016. Since then, Facebook has shared that the platform has served over 3.5 billion broadcasts, with over 2 billion people tuning in to at least one video. As the platform matured, it…
We have put together a list of 8 awesome female executives that will be joining us on stage at the Social Media Strategies Summit, NYC this year. Nilukshi De Silva, Global Brand Marketing and Digital Media Director at Urban Decay Cosmetics (L’Oréal Luxe Division). Nilukshi is an integrated marketing and digital media strategist with a…
In the last few years, there has been a remarkable rise of influencer marketing. It is quickly becoming a go-to option for companies aiming to reach customers in a more authentic way at scale. Many marketers swear by influencer marketing, assuming you partner with the right influencers. In fact, a study suggested that 94% of…
A decade ago, the job “social media strategist” didn’t even exist. Today, close to 80 percent of all businesses use social media, and a lot more opportunities exist within the 20 percent that are slowly adapting to the new internet order. A social media strategist is in charge of a company’s social media accounts. They…
Social media has become one of the most influential platforms that brands all over the world are using to reach their audiences. It can be a powerful tool that reaches a virtually endless demographic, enabling brands to market themselves with relative ease and superior efficiency. One wrong step could land your company in hot water…
Almost every social media marketer is working for someone. Depending on the size and scope of your brand or company, it may be a marketing leader or you may report directly to high-level executives or the business owner. For this reason, it’s important to know how to create a social media report template that you…
Instagram Stories launched in 2016 as a response to Snapchat’s disappearing stories. And it worked: while Snapchat was once thought of as a threat to Instagram, the platform’s growth continues to accelerate. Since it’s launch, 250 million users have started sharing stories, and it is believed that this feature significantly contributed to the jump in…
Ever since Twitter went live, hashtags have been an important part of the way people communicate on social media. While many are random or one-off and used to add humor or context to a tweet, most of them can help you search for a particular topic, campaign, product, event, and much much more. They’ve been…
So what is the difference between digital marketing and Social media? The short answer is that digital marketing is an umbrella term for SEO, Email Marketing, Content Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media, and more. Social media is just one of the many channels that make up a digital marketing campaign. The terms “digital marketing” and…