In this week’s episode, Katie and Chris discuss what it takes to get started on a new social networking platform. Interested in Tiktok? Want to up your YouTube game? Listen in for their tips on how to get started, from trialing the platform to audience analytics to qualitative research in order to make the most […]
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As the year winds down and we march towards 2020 (and cue all the vision/2020 puns that unclever businesses will likely concoct, coming to a corporate strategy Powerpoint near you), one of the trends we’ve spotted in audience habits is the trend towards private, “velvet-rope” communities. We dug into this trend in-depth in our Social […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris recap some of the highlights and major lessons of recent mega-conferences like INBOUND and Content Marketing World. They also tackle the revolving door problem that plagues conferences, perpetually keeping the majority of content at the 101 level, and what businesses who want to level up past […]
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One of the most popular recurring questions in digital marketing communities (such as our Analytics for Marketers Slack group) is whether X or Y platform’s engagement rates have changed. After nearly a decade of urging, brands have taken engagement to heart as the primary measure of success; what percentage of a company’s reachable audience has […]
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I recently had an experience where my family was unceremoniously asked to stop patronizing a business. Why? There were issues with the staff and the staff no longer wanted to deal with customers that fit a specific profile. We were one of many clients that were asked to stop coming. (I know that’s super vague […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, join Katie and Chris as they debate the future of influencer marketing in a world where conversations and communities are private. If a tree falls on a Kardashian but no one likes or comments in public, did it really happen? How should marketers be thinking about influencer marketing as […]
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In today’s episode of In-Ear Insights, we’re pleased to present the audio from Katie Robbert’s lunchtime keynote at the HELLO Conference. In this dynamic and humorous talk, Katie covers predictive analytics for social media marketing. You’ll learn common use cases of predictive analytics, the two major branches of predictive analytics, and how marketers can get […]
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In today’s episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie Robbert and Christopher Penn debate the Trust Insights study on the impact of hashtags. Our original research showed they have neither helpful nor harmful impact on follower growth or engagement, but we debate how much nuance is in the data. Are there exceptions to the rule? If so, […]
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For our one-year anniversary, we contemplated many ways to celebrate. Cake. Self-indulgent blog posts filled with navel gazing. Office party. All the things companies normally do to celebrate a milestone. The catch is, of course, that these things matter to no one except the people who work at the company. So instead, we made useful […]
One of the perennial questions asked by social media marketers is, how much do hashtags matter? Should we use them? How many? After all, we’ve all see Instagram posts that are #unreadable #because #of #how #many #hashtags #are #crammed #into #the #post. Is this effective? The first question we have to ask is, what’s the […]
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