Welcome to this week’s edition of “What’s New in Social Media,” a series in which we revisit the week’s popular stories related to social media. We are keeping our eye on interesting news every week:
7 Ways to Tap Into Your True Target Audience Twitter will make its ads more transparent to brands, everyone else How to Protect Your Brand When Working With Social Media Influencers & lots more...
Let’s go!
Articles (News)
7 Ways to Tap Into Your True Target Audience
Think fast: do you know who’s your target audience? Most marketers would love to respond with a resounding “Yes!” or “Of course!” Unfortunately, many brands struggle when it comes time to define exactly who they’re trying to reach.
The result? A marketing strategy that’s all over the place and an audience that’s not exactly engaged. Here’s some food for thought for those looking to grow their online presence in the form of followers or sales. Over one-third of the world population is active on social media. Meanwhile, ecommerce sales are projected to exceed $500 billion by 2020 and have been on the rise year-over-year. While these numbers signal just how many opportunities modern brands have to acquire followers and customers, it also clues us in on how stiff competition is for marketers. That’s exactly why honing on your target audience should be a top priority for brands in search of a truly effective marketing strategy…
Twitter will make its ads more transparent to brands, everyone else
As the spotlight hits the murky side of digital advertising — from election-related controversies to viewability concerns — Twitter is pledging to expose more aspects of its advertising business.
Twitter plans to open an Advertising Transparency Center so that anyone can see all of the ad campaigns currently running on the social network, including those that didn’t originally appear as regular tweets. Additionally, the company has agreed to have the independent Media Rating Council (MRC) audit its ad measurements so that brands can be assured of what they are buying. Twitter’s Advertising Transparency Center will roll out “in the coming weeks,” according to a company blog post published on Tuesday…
How to Protect Your Brand When Working With Social Media Influencers
Successful influencer marketing strategies have helped brands achieve amazing revenue growth. With hockey-stick growth as a potential outcome, brands cannot ignore the allure of tapping into the influencer marketing arena.
Riot Games’ influencer strategy for “League of Legends” helped the game become the most played video game of all time and a $1.6 billion gaming empire. La Croix won over Millennials in droves with its influencer strategy. And Fashion Nova is building an apparel behemoth focusing primarily on Instagram influencer content. How did they do it?…
40+ Useful PC Keyboard Shortcuts for Social Media Pros
Ever since we published our social media keyboard shortcuts for Mac, PC users have, understandably, been requesting a version of their own. Well, my PC pals, the day is finally here. Use these keyboard shortcuts to be more efficient on social media, impress your colleagues, and shave precious seconds off your workflow. PC keyboard shortcuts for Facebook differ from one browser to the next. In all of the shortcuts below, replace the “#” symbol with the corresponding “access key” number listed.
Shortcuts for navigating Facebook:
Internet Explorer: Alt + #, then Enter
Firefox: Shift + Alt + #
Chrome: Alt + #…
3 YouTube Terms of Service Marketers and Creators Need to Know
Do you use YouTube in your marketing? Are you in compliance with copyright laws and YouTube’s Terms of Service? In this article, you’ll discover three ways to keep your YouTube channel and video content legal.
#1: Don’t Charge People to Watch Your Content on YouTube
As with all social media platforms, when you join, you’re agreeing to their Terms of Service. While a lot of users just consume videos on YouTube, social media marketers are using it for their business to reach customers. However, there are specific commercial uses that aren’t allowed on YouTube, one of which is selling access to “the Service” (YouTube) without their written approval…
6 Things You Shouldn’t Do on Twitter [Infographic]
Are you struggling to build followers on Twitter? Are you losing followers just as fast as you’re gaining them?
We share 6 things you shouldn’t do on Twitter in this new infographic.
I’ve summarised the key points below:
- Don’t tweet only twice a month
- Don’t tweet every second of the day
- Don’t leave your fans hanging
- Don’t abuse the hashtag
- Don’t post via other networks
- Don’t make your tweets longer just because you can…
Events
Chicago, IL
On November 1st and 2nd, Chicago’s biggest content marketing event is taking place downtown Chicago at The Gleacher Center. During this two-day marketing conference, experts in content strategy, analytics, promotion, conversion and measurement will share most actionable insights, tools and techniques.
Event Date– November 1- 2, 2017
Louisville, KY
Digital Crossroads — the annual, two-day event from the Louisville Digital Association — brings the brightest minds in digital marketing and media to the Midwest for an intensive learning experience to infuse leading-edge theory and practice to any business’s marketing efforts
Event Date– November 02, 2017
New York, NY
ONWARD brings together the smartest minds in marketing and technology to explore how AI, digital assistants, and intelligent services will shape our world in the years to come
Event Date– November 1-3, 2017
Laguna Niguel, CA
At the Digiday Video Anywhere Summit, we’ll explore the new opportunities and new challenges in digital video, and how publishers are building business models that drive revenue, not just viewership.
Event Date– November 1-3, 2017
Boston
Social Media Strategies Summit – Higher Education
Learn best practices in social media marketing from today’s leading colleges and universities.
Event Date– November 2-3, 2017
Huntington Beach, CA
Live Streaming Summit/Streaming Media West
Live Streaming Summit, produced in conjunction with Streaming Media West, focuses exclusively on the challenges and opportunities inherent in delivering large-scale live events and live linear channels to multiple screens. The best practices presentations will cover every step of the live video workflow, including ingestion, transcoding, management, protection, distribution, analytics, and post-event evaluation.
Event Date– November 2-3, 2017
Nashville, TN
Customer Expo is a forum to openly discuss customer, brand and channel challenges and solutions. Discover how to optimize the customer experience at all touch-points and increase the impact of engagement throughout the customer lifecycle.
Event Date– November 6-8, 2017
Las Vegas, NV
If you attend only one conference this year, make it Pubcon Las Vegas 2017 named a Forbes must-attend conference and an Inc. top conference for growing your business as we’re the top event for making your own unique experiences during a week filled with the world’s top technology speakers and Pubcon’s famous networking built on a 17-plus year history.
Event Date– November 6-9, 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
Event Date– November 6-9, 2017
San Francisco, CA
Discover a whole world of innovation that will transform customer success.
Event Date– November 6-9, 2017
Los Angeles, CA
In one inspiring day, Entrepreneur brings together an incredible group of influencers and innovators to share their unfiltered, unconventional and unexpected insights into what it takes to launch, sustain and grow a business.
Event Date– November 9, 2017
New York, NY
#DMWF Conference & Expo North America 2017 will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to understand and address your future challenges across digital marketing and social media.
Event Date– November 7-8, 2017
