Real-life marketing stories, trends, and strategies from social media’s most engaging brands. Find out what social media strategies are working today and how to drive meaningful engagement, activity, and results from social media.
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Burnout is a growing phenomenon among social media managers, with people in the role pointing out the platforms they manage as major contributors. Here's how you can avoid it as you grow your social media management career.
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Typical business advice says the customer should always come first, but Kelly Phillips has found that putting her employees first leads to better customer experiences and a stronger business. Here’s exactly how she’s done that, and the impact it’s had.
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Wondering if you should be using AI-generated content in your marketing? We break down the different perspectives in this article.
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A blog can be a low-cost way to elevate your small business’s reach and also build credibility with your followers, making it a win-win situation. Here's how to start a blog for your small business.
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With so many founders who seem calm and charismatic, Ashima Sharma wasn’t sure if she’d be able to start a business as an introvert with anxiety. Here’s how she pushed past her doubts to succeed.
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Here are some factors to consider if you're deciding whether or not to hide likes on your small business's Instagram account.
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Instagram Reels proved to be the key marketing strategy allowing these small businesses to prosper.
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Newsletters are an excellent vehicle for reaching your audience, whether you have a brand or you’re trying to build one. Here's how to easily start one through Twitter.
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Three young brothers launched their very own small business as a way to supplement their allowance and, more importantly, empower their community.
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When Rosie Mangiarotti started building her company—innovative undergarments brand, Perkies—she expected it to be hard, but she didn’t expect it to take three years to develop her signature product before selling a single unit. Here’s what she wishes more product-based business owners knew.
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There are benefits to sharing every step of your journey to achieving a goal. This article delves into why you might want to consider transparency when working towards a goal, also known as building in public.
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For these six women-owned brands, bettering the world in tangible ways is just as important as creating high-quality products.
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Expert tips for how small businesses can handle replying to social media comments. Should you reply to every comment? How quickly should you reply? What about the negative comments?
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Tamara Mayne started Brooklyn Candle Studio as a side gig—and grew it to a major brand selling in stores worldwide. Here are some of the steps she took to scale as well as a few mistakes she made along the way.
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Creating a TikTok account for your small business may feel overwhelming, but it's a great way to expand your brand's exposure and can help customers build a stronger connection with your company.
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Suann Song set a goal to raise $25,000 on Kickstarter in 30 days. She ended up hitting that in a week and ultimately raising more than $50,000. Here’s how she did it.
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The start of a new year is a great time to reassess your marketing strategy. To help you try some new strategies, we talked to 10 small business owners to learn how they’re doing marketing differently in 2022.
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We’ve outlined a calendar of all of the official (and slightly less official) holidays in 2022 to serve as a blueprint for your content, plus fun social media post ideas to jumpstart your brainstorm.
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For small business owners, who are deeply connected to their companies but not the sole defining element of them, it can be hard to know how much personal content to share on a business account. We’re breaking down your options in this guide.
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Done well, building your thought leadership can help you foster trust and credibility with customers, become a go-to voice in your industry, and open up amazing opportunities. A seasoned LinkedIn thought leader shares her tips for how to get started.
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Want to build a thriving following for your brand—but have a tiny budget? Learn affordable yet effective community-building strategies from the marketing expert behind the communities at theSkimm and JIGGY puzzles.
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Separating your personal brand from your business both strengthens your business and allows individual autonomy and professional growth. A branding expert shares how to build them both, strategically.
Damian shares his journey from hemp farmer, to teacher, to business accelerator leader, and the economics behind why he focuses so hard on encouraging people to become hemp farmers.
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I’ve recently been going through the process of hiring a new social media manager for Buffer so I wanted to share what I’ve learned so far to help anyone else who wants to bring on a social media manager for their team.