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The Best Time to Post on LinkedIn in 2024 (And Why)
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The Best Time to Post on LinkedIn in 2024 (And Why)

Wondering what the best time to post on LinkedIn is in 2024? Social media posting times vary from brand to brand, audience to audience, but there is one thing we know for sure: if you want your posts to be seen and engaged with, you need to post them when your audience is most active. If you don’t time your posts correctly, you’ll end up speaking to an empty room — and an empty room can’t talk back, or follow your brand, or buy your products. Keep reading to learn more about the overall best times to post on LinkedIn, and how you can discover the right time for your brand. Bonus: Download our free, customizable social media calendar template to easily plan and schedule all your content in advance. ...
13 Social Media Analytics Tools That Do the Math For You
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13 Social Media Analytics Tools That Do the Math For You

Wondering which of your social media tactics are working? Want to better focus your time, effort, and budget? You need a social media analytics tool. In this article, I’ll cover some of the best free social media analytics tools available, along with some paid options (for the true nerds who want to dive deep on the data and see real returns). Then you’ll be ready to learn which social media metrics are important to track. Not ready to start looking for analytics tools? Get a primer on what social media analytics even is. #1 Analytics Tool for Growth Beautiful reports. Clear data. Actiona...
How to Use Facebook Audience Insights for Cost-Effective Ads
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How to Use Facebook Audience Insights for Cost-Effective Ads

Facebook remains the world’s largest social media platform. That means it has the largest potential advertising audience. But there’s no way you’re going to reach everyone on Facebook with your ads. And realistically, you wouldn’t want to. There’s no point in advertising your business to people who don’t care about the products and services you offer. Enter Facebook audience insights. Using these research tools, you can laser-target your audience to maximize the ROI of your Facebook ad campaigns. Bonus: Get the Facebook advertising cheat sheet for 2022. The free resource includes key audience insights, recommended ad types, and tips for success. What is Facebook Audience Insights? Fac...
Q4 2023 [Data & Tips]
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Q4 2023 [Data & Tips]

How do you know the “right” number of engagements to expect on your social posts? Is 100 likes a lot or a little? The answer is, it depends. That’s where social media benchmarks come in. This industry-specific data tracks the norms or averages for specific metrics like social media engagement and follower growth. It gives you an understanding of how businesses similar to yours are doing — and a better sense of what those 100 likes really mean. Keep reading to learn more about the process of social media benchmarking. This post includes up-to-date (Q4 2023) benchmarks for key industries to help you understand how your social results stack up right now. Bonus: Get a free, customizable competitive analysis template to easily size u...
4 TikTok Analytics Tools That Do the Math for You
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4 TikTok Analytics Tools That Do the Math for You

Ah, TikTok. What started as the domain of teenagers doing their teenager thing has become an important marketing channel – and not just for those marketing to teens. The platform now has more than a billion monthly users, and nearly a third of them are over 35. That means TikTok has become serious business for brands and organizations of all shapes and sizes. TikTok analytics provide the information you need to take your TikTok strategy seriously, with insights into what works and what doesn’t for your business. Before we jump into the details, here’s a quick overview of everything you need to know: What is TikTok analytics? TikTok analytics are tools that allow you to track your performance on TikTok. They provide insights into which videos are seeing the most activity. On a...
Average Engagement Rates for 13 Industries [November 2023]
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Average Engagement Rates for 13 Industries [November 2023]

So you’ve planned and launched a social media campaign, and waited patiently for the likes, comments, and conversions to roll in. Now you’re looking at your performance report, wondering what the numbers actually mean. Is a 2% engagement rate high or low? Did your target audience love your campaign, or was it a flop? Without social media benchmarks (a.k.a. average performance stats for a social platform or industry), it’s difficult to make sense of raw data. But we got you. In this post, we’ve rounded up average social media engagement rates from 13 top industries to give you a better understanding of where you stand. (And empower you to brag to your boss with data-informed confidence — you’re welcome.) We’ve even included a simple (and free!) engagement rate calculator you can use t...
9 SMART Social Media Marketing Goals For You to Set in 2022
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9 SMART Social Media Marketing Goals For You to Set in 2022

Social media matters for brand success. But it’s not enough to simply have a social presence; instead, businesses need social media marketing goals that help them attain specific outcomes in the short-term and keep users engaged over time. Statistics tell the tale of social impact: 77 percent of social media marketers say that their efforts have been somewhat to very effective in 2022, 79 percent of companies are buying ad space on Facebook and the same number plan to keep investing in Twitter Spaces. Ready to take your social media marketing to the next level? Here are nine goals to help your brand get noticed. Social Media Marketing Goals for 2022 While you don’t need to meet every social media marketing goal listed to succeed, these objectives offer a solid starting point for a measur...