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Social Media Strategy

Why Hootsuite is going headless, and why that’s just the start
Product Updates, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy

Why Hootsuite is going headless, and why that’s just the start

The first month, I’m told, is for listening. I’ve done some of that. But fifteen days in, the picture is already sharper than that script implies. Here’s my honest view of where we are and where we’re going. The interface is not the product anymore For two decades, social media management has been defined by the screen: a dashboard, a calendar, a publishing queue, an inbox. Hootsuite arguably invented that screen. Millions of marketers, agencies, and care teams open it every morning. But the screen was never the value. The value was the capability sitting behind it: schedule a post across a dozen networks, listen to what 150 million sources are saying about your brand, route a customer complaint to the right team in 90 seconds, prove ROI to a CMO on Friday afternoon. SaaS is go...
Instagram Reels for business in 2026: Best practices + examples
content creation, instagram, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy, tiktok

Instagram Reels for business in 2026: Best practices + examples

Every minute, people around the world watch nearly 139 million Instagram Reels. As Instagram’s fastest-growing feature, Reels offer enterprise brands the highest engagement rates. Whether you’re new to making short-form videos or you want to step up your strategy, this guide will help you get the most out of Instagram Reels. Key takeawaysInstagram Reels are the platform’s fastest-growing feature, offering higher reach and engagement than other post types.Reels are versatile. Mix formats like tutorials, behind-the-scenes, and shareable content to educate, entertain, and engage your audience.Timing and consistency matter. Post when your audience is most active to boost views and interaction.Use CTAs like “save this for later” or “tag a friend” to help drive engagement and signal to ...
Everything you need to know
facebook, facebook marketing, instagram, linkedin, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, Social media algorithm, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy, tiktok, twitter, youtube

Everything you need to know

To be loved is to be seen – but when the Instagram algorithm decides how many people see you, sometimes it’s tough to get that love (or even that like). The good news? We’re pulling back the curtain on how the Instagram algorithm works. We’ll walk you through the ranking signals that matter, plus how to optimize your Instagram content for better reach. Bonus!!! Download a free social SEO checklist and follow pro tips for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn to get your posts seen by more people. What is the Insta...
Using social media in education: 10 can’t-miss tips
education, facebook, facebook marketing, instagram, linkedin, Original research, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy, tiktok, twitter, youtube

Using social media in education: 10 can’t-miss tips

Social media has revolutionized the way we connect and communicate with each other. And not just in our personal lives. Teachers and administrators have realized the potential of using social media in education. Today, the best educators are embracing social media’s role in the classroom. But if you feel overwhelmed by the possibilities, you’re in the right place. There are many advantages of using social media in education. Keep reading for our top tips, including lesson ideas you can steal and tools that can make your life easier. The benefits of social media in education How does social media influence education? The biggest advantage is engagement. And, as any teacher knows, engagement is key to student success. When students get involved in their learning, they learn be...
Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky on marketing to Gen Z
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Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky on marketing to Gen Z

Around this time every year, I like to reflect on my upbringing. I moved to the US from Ukraine at a young age, and my parents had less than $300 in their pocket to start an entirely new life. It shaped the way I see the world — and the way I approach business, even to this day. It also taught me the value of adaptability and being open to new perspectives. These are two skills that leaders need now more than ever as we experience a massive shake-up in the business world, thanks to a generation that’s turning the status quo on its head. Yes, I’m talking about Gen Z, the group responsible for breaking the marketing funnel and making the business playbooks we use every day obsolete. It’s why I dedicated four months speaking to over 500 Gen Zers working at B2B organizations. Keep scr...
Anticipation Marketing: Crushing Your Next Launch Without Being Salesy : Social Media Examiner
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Anticipation Marketing: Crushing Your Next Launch Without Being Salesy : Social Media Examiner

Social Marketing Trends The data you've been missing! Need a new plan? Discover how marketers plan to change their social activities in the 16th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. It reveals what marketers have planned for their social activities, content marketing, and more! Get this free report now and never miss another great article from us. Join more than 385,000 marketers!
The 15 social media trends that will shape your 2025 strategy
facebook, facebook marketing, instagram, linkedin, reddit, Report, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Social media trends, Strategy, tiktok, twitter, youtube

The 15 social media trends that will shape your 2025 strategy

Welcome to social media in 2024, where trends go from brat to demure in a matter of days. Brands push creative boundaries while social audiences’ attention spans tank. Add generative AI, TikTok Shops, and the ever-growing expectation for social to drive business impact to the mix, and it’s enough to make even the savviest marketer’s head spin. But no need to spiral, friends. We’ve got solutions. Here are the top 15 social media trends you need to know heading into 2025 — and actionable tips to help you bring them to your accounts. Bonus!!! Get our 2025 Social Media Trends report for the insights...
How to Get Verified on Instagram in 2024
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How to Get Verified on Instagram in 2024

If you’ve ever wondered how to get verified on Instagram, relax: you no longer need to be super famous (or super rich) to earn Instagram verification. So if you want to get that coveted blue badge, you’ve come to the right place! We’ll walk you through what Instagram verification means, who’s eligible for verification, and offer our top tips for getting verified on Instagram. #1 Social Media Tool Create. Schedule. Publish. Engage. Measure. Win. Free 30-Day Trial What does Instagram verification mean? Instagram verification is the...
How to Safely Use AI for Marketing in 2024
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How to Safely Use AI for Marketing in 2024

Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest topics in marketing right now. And for good reason. The possibilities for this relatively new technology seem almost limitless. In particular, generative AI – which creates new content – has made massive strides in the last 18 months. Of course, with every new tool comes concern about the impact on consumers and the public. For marketers, AI compliance concerns may put a bit of a damper on the wild speculation about AI’s capabilities. In this post, we’ll look at the AI-specific regulatory frameworks that already exist, along with those currently in development. We’ll give you the information you need to take advantage of AI tools in your marketing work without running into regulatory AI compliance issues. ...
Social Media Sentiment Analysis: Tools + 3-Step Method
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Social Media Sentiment Analysis: Tools + 3-Step Method

Curious about what people really think of your brand, products, or campaigns? Forget follower counts and shares—social media sentiment analysis is the key. Sentiment analysis on social media lets you monitor online discussions about your brand and competitors in real time. By analyzing sentiment, you can uncover valuable insights into customer perceptions. Ready to dive in? We’ll show you how to conduct a step-by-step social media sentiment analysis with practical tips for improving your social media strategy. #1 Social Media Tool Create. Schedule. Publish. Engage. Measure. Win. ...
How to Create a Great Social Media Strategy in 2024 (+New Data)
Digital Marketing, digital mkt, email outreach, Internet marketing, Online Marketing, Social Media Strategy

How to Create a Great Social Media Strategy in 2024 (+New Data)

Creating social media strategies can be overwhelming, especially when you're just launching your brand or just building your online presence for the first time. So many channels, features, tools, and products available – but so little time to fit them all into your marketing strategy. (more…)
How to Write Social Media Guidelines for Your Team: 8 Examples
Employee advocacy, facebook, facebook marketing, instagram, reddit, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy, twitter, youtube

How to Write Social Media Guidelines for Your Team: 8 Examples

Social media guidelines are a must for all businesses and brands. Whether or not you use social media at the corporate level, your employees are certainly using social in their private lives. Since work takes up such a large portion of our waking hours, it’s not surprising that people post about their jobs on social media. But if they do so without guidance, they may put both themselves and their employers at risk. Bonus: Get a free, customizable social media guidelines template to quickly and easily create recommendations for your company and employees. What are social media guidelines? Social media guidelines are instructions and recommendations for how people connected to a company...
How to Write a Winning Social Media Proposal [Free Template]
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How to Write a Winning Social Media Proposal [Free Template]

It doesn’t matter what an incredible Instagrammer you are or how TikTok-savvy you may be. If you want to win business as a social media marketer, you don’t just need the skills. You need a convincing social media proposal, too. For solo freelance social media managers and marketing agencies alike, social media proposals are essential for growing your business — so you’d better be prepared to knock it out of the park. Luckily, we’ve got you covered with this step-by-step guide to creating a proposal and a free social media proposal template to help you craft your own in just a few minutes. Quickly create your own social media proposal with our free and easy-to-use template. What is a ...
What Is Social Media Automation? Top Tools and Tips
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What Is Social Media Automation? Top Tools and Tips

If you’re like us, you prefer fun jobs over tedious tasks. (Actually, if you were into tedium, you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog in the first place.) That’s why you’re going to love social media automation tools. Social media automation tools allow you to automate boring, time-consuming tasks so you can get back to the fun stuff, like creating stunning content. In this blog, you’ll learn how to automate tasks on social media with tools that help you improve response time, reduce the time spent on repetitive tasks, and give you the insights you need to create more engaging content. Bonus: Get a free social media strategy template to quickly and easily plan your own strategy. Also use it to track results and present the p...
Social Media Rules for Real Estate: A 2024 Guide
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Social Media Rules for Real Estate: A 2024 Guide

There’s no doubt that social media is an amazing marketing tool for real estate professionals. But it’s important to remember that various real estate codes of ethics — and many local and national laws — apply to what you post. So before you publish your next Reel, Snap, TikTok, or Tweet (Xeet?), make sure you know the social media rules for real estate agents. Peruse this guide if you’re a bit fuzzy on what constitutes a good or bad social media post. We’ve laid out laws and guidelines to keep your content ethical. We’ve also included several best practices and examples so you leave with a plan to make every post perfect. Bonus: Get a free social media strategy template designed specifically for real estate agents, broker...
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...
How to Get on the FYP (For You Page) on TikTok: 15 Hacks
content creators, facebook, facebook marketing, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy, tiktok, youtube

How to Get on the FYP (For You Page) on TikTok: 15 Hacks

In a way, this blog post is also a For You Page: it was carefully created just for you, and the more you scroll, the more you’ll find content that you’re likely to care about. Except it was written by a human with bones and blood, and not determined by a series of TikTok algorithms. Getting on the TikTok FYP, or For You Page, is extremely important when it comes to success on the platform: the FYP is where a billion global active users find new content, new accounts to follow and new brands to care about. Here’s everything you need to know about getting on the FYP, straight from the human’s mouth. What is the FYP (For You page) on TikTok? The Tiktok FYP (For You Page) is a feed of content created for a specific user based on an algorithm. The FYP shows a mix of videos from acco...
The 2024 Guide to Social Media Strategy for Executives
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The 2024 Guide to Social Media Strategy for Executives

Whether you’re B2B or B2C, your customers want to engage with humans on social media. 56% of customers want more relatable, personable content from brands on social, but 48% of brands are still posting self-promotional content multiple times a week. How can you — a CEO, CFO, CMO, or other executive — tip the scale in your favor? Easy: be active on social media. You don’t necessarily need to film Instagram Reels or write long-form articles for LinkedIn. You also don’t need to be active on every social media platform, or have the most original thought leadership content. Just be yourself and devote about 5-10 minutes a day, and you’ll be growing your executive social media presence in no time. Here’s exactly how to do it. ...
How to Manage Social Media in 18 Minutes a Day
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How to Manage Social Media in 18 Minutes a Day

Wondering how to manage social media for your business when you don’t have the bandwidth or budget? Many small business owners struggle to balance social media with other responsibilities. Payroll, product development, and customer service often take precedence over managing multiple social media accounts. Yet, research shows that more than 40% of digital shoppers research new brands and products using social media. Without an active presence, customers may choose to shop elsewhere. For those who are short on time, we’ve put together an 18-minute plan for managing social media for a business. This plan takes you minute-by-minute through the social necessities, highlighting time-saving tips along the way. ...
Social Media for Business: A Practical Guide
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Social Media for Business: A Practical Guide

As much as you might love marketing your brand with billboards or radio ads, the fact is, social media for business has to be part of your marketing strategy in 2023. Sorry! Social media is an essential way to reach your customers, gain valuable insights, and grow your brand. If you’re avoiding this powerful communication tool, you’re missing out on an incredible opportunity to connect with an audience. (Is this the “inner saboteur” RuPaul is always talking about?!) Read on for everything you need to know to build a winning social media marketing strategy for your business. #1 Social Media Tool Crea...
How to Boost Engagement With LinkedIn Carousel Posts and Ads
content creation, facebook, facebook marketing, instagram, linkedin, Social Marketing Strategies, social media, social media advertising, social media marketing, Social Media Strategy, Strategy, twitter, youtube

How to Boost Engagement With LinkedIn Carousel Posts and Ads

The algorithm giveth and the algorithm taketh away. Such is the cycle of social media. After launching their native carousel post format in July 2022, LinkedIn recently announced their removal of it less than a year later. Why? Apparently because of user feedback that LinkedIn carousels (and link stickers and profile videos) weren’t hittin’ the mark for content creators on the platform. That’s a bit strange, considering LinkedIn carousels get 5 times as many clicks as any other post format. Don’t worry: there’s still a way to make LinkedIn carousel posts. It’s called the “LinkedIn document post” or “PDF post hack,” and it’s been around a lot longer than the actual LinkedIn carousel format. Here’s how to create LinkedIn carousel document posts and ads that get you noticed. ...
How to Use Social Proof to Fuel Engagement and Sales
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How to Use Social Proof to Fuel Engagement and Sales

Social proof starts when you’re envious of Little Johnny’s new kicks in first grade and ends… never. It’s the secret sauce in every successful marketing campaign. As marketers, we often measure KPIs like engagement rate, net follower gain, and reach without once thinking about the main driving force behind all of these: Social proof. As in, the reason why someone takes the time to engage, follow, or even sees your social media content in the first place. Before you have any followers to count, you’ll need to create an environment that makes people want to follow, engage with, and — eventually — buy from you. Social proof creates that environment. Here are 15 ways to build social proof into your marketing, and our top tips for the best results. ...
Social Media Lead Generation: 13 Proven Tactics
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Social Media Lead Generation: 13 Proven Tactics

It doesn’t really matter what you’re selling. Ultimately, any brand on social media is in the business of social media lead generation. Whether you’re an ice cream maker or a funeral director (representing the full spectrum of possible jobs), social media offers an opportunity to scope out a whole world of future clients. You already know how helpful social media can be for brand awareness and engagement: today, we’re digging into just how marketers can use platforms like Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram, and LinkedIn to generate sales leads. Social media can help you find people interested in what your business has to offer — and, importantly, it can help you keep in touch with those potential customers to let them know about news and special offers. Ready to use social media marketing to gene...
The 5 Types of Social Media and Pros & Cons of Each (Research)
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The 5 Types of Social Media and Pros & Cons of Each (Research)

Marketers commonly use social media to increase brand awareness, generate leads, and improve traffic. If you’re tasked with starting a social media strategy for your company, you might be wondering which type of platforms you should be on. Your platform choice will likely change based on your audience. (more…)
The Love-Hate Relationship with Social Media…
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The Love-Hate Relationship with Social Media…

…and the three things to help keep you from losing your mind. Pensive female it professional with curly hair thinking on solution sitting at laptop device in stylish coworking space.Concentrated graphic designer working freelance and using computer with internet I don’t know about you, but my relationship with social media falls into the love-hate category. It’s so easy to get caught up servicing your clients and the day-to-day grind that truly…social media and marketing your business quickly moves to the back burner. And I’ll get really honest and admit that when I’m on social media sometimes, I tend to get caught up in the scroll and look to see what my competitors are doing…and then beat myself up for not being as creative as they are…or that I should have spent more time rec...
Employee Advocacy 101: How to Get Started : Social Media Examiner
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Employee Advocacy 101: How to Get Started : Social Media Examiner

Social Marketing Trends The data you've been missing! Need a new plan? Find out how thousands of marketers plan to change their social marketing activities in our 14th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. This 39-page report reveals what marketers have planned for their organic social activities, video marketing, social ads, and more. Get this free report now and never miss another great article from Social Media Examiner.
5 Ways to Drive Traffic and Sales with Short Videos
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5 Ways to Drive Traffic and Sales with Short Videos

We live in a world where everything is moving faster. People no longer have the patience for long-form content and are looking for short, digestible videos, preferably under 3 minutes.  Adopting a video marketing strategy that is based on short video content not only allows you to give your audience what they want but also helps you get across your message to them in a more effective manner.  But why is short video content better than traditional long-form content? Let’s assume you have an excellent blog post on your website about a particular feature or a product that you offer. The chances are that even if a particular set of your audience is intrigued by the content in the article, they might not read the entire thing. And this can happen due to a multitude of reasons including sh...
Social Media Marketing Trends for 2022: Predictions From the Pros : Social Media Examiner
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Social Media Marketing Trends for 2022: Predictions From the Pros : Social Media Examiner

Social Marketing Trends The data you've been missing! Need a new plan? Find out how thousands of marketers plan to change their social marketing activities in our 14th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. This 40-page report reveals what marketers have planned for their organic social activities, video marketing, social ads, and more. Get this free report now and never miss another great article from Social Media Examiner.
Launching on Social Media: A Timeline for Business Owners : Social Media Examiner
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Launching on Social Media: A Timeline for Business Owners : Social Media Examiner

Social Marketing Trends The data you've been missing! Need a new plan? Find out how thousands of marketers plan to change their social marketing activities in our 14th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. This 40-page report reveals what marketers have planned for their organic social activities, video marketing, social ads, and more. Get this free report now and never miss another great article from Social Media Examiner.
Social Media Marketing Trends for 2021: Predictions From the Pros : Social Media Examiner
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Social Media Marketing Trends for 2021: Predictions From the Pros : Social Media Examiner

Social Media Marketing Industry Report In our 12th annual social media study (46 pages, 60+ charts) of 5,200+ marketers, you'll discover which social networks marketers most plan on using, organic social activities, paid social media plans, and much more! Get this free report and never miss another great article from Social Media Examiner.
Email Marketing vs. Social Media: Which is Better?
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Email Marketing vs. Social Media: Which is Better?

By Kelly Forst December 2, 2020 TLDR: Instead of focusing on which is better, learn how to combine the power of email and social media for a powerful marketing strategy. Email marketing vs. social media. “Email marketing is dead.” “That social channel is old news.” How many times have you heard phrases like this, pitting tried and true marketing channels against each other like gladiators gone to war? I know my answer: too many to count.  So called ‘experts’ have a bad habit of killing off marketing channels that have been around a while in favor of the ‘latest and greatest’ tactics and tools.  But there’s a reason those older channels have been around so long. They work.  This was the narrative that came on the scene when social media was just gaini...