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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

YoungUpstarts

Small businesses rarely have the time or resources to invest in outsourced customer service support, and some are finding it more efficient to serve customers via social media platforms: one LinkedIn study from 2014 revealed that 81 percent of North American SMEs use social media [5].

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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

Here are five essential, efficient ways to eliminate guesswork and make your startup a success on social media. Identify the audience. Strategy Adopted: Leveraging Social Media Analytics. On social media, you can pinpoint an audience in real-time. Startup Example: Zappos. million people in 24 hours as a result.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

Channel-level expertise: An understanding of how the channels work (e.g., Airbnb learned its audience used Craigslist to list and search for accommodation. Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. What are their desires?

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Smaller Brands Have An Extreme Competitive Advantage in Content Marketing

Brandanew

As an ongoing series called the Social Expert Speak , today we present insights from @KenHerron , an exemplary social marketer and a leading expert on content and social media. Ken Herron: I agree with the statement that everyone has “fakes”, “generics”, and “targets” in their online audiences. Ken Herron : Yes, absolutely.

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14 predictions for 2014 that media experts find unlikely

The Next Web

Part of my job as a digital and social media strategist is following expert predictions, in order to better help my clients at Firebrand Group innovate. Social media is the secret to success. I disagree with predictions that everyone is going to have to produce more and more content online to succeed with social media.

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Small Business Revenue Is On The Rise: Are You?

YoungUpstarts

This news follows on the heels of a great close to 2015, where year-over-year revenue was up for 61 percent over 2014 revenue for the survey participants. Marketing To Smaller Audiences. If you consistently personalize your messages to this audience and treat them like VIPs, they’ll keep you top of mind. But what really works?

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Businesses Need Your Input, But Can’t Read Your Mind

Startup Professionals Musings

a leading researcher on consumer behavior and the impact of digital, reports that decision makers, social media users, and younger demographics are more and more comfortable sharing data in order to close the gap between thought and action. Google scores high for tools, location, and social media data sharing, but not for biometric data.