Social signals are the collective shares, likes, and social media engagement on your website. Google’s official word is that social signals are not a part of their algorithm, but there's no denying that most top-ranking websites have strong social signals. This guide...
Tips for generating social media impressions and increasing reach
In any public relations and marketing program, when companies are looking at their social media metrics there are two very important terms they should be looking at—their impressions and their reach. Impressions is the total number of times a user on that platform has...
Influencer marketing commandeers budget, but ROI tracking and measurement is way behind
Buoyed by accounts of trustworthy follower relationships and high return on investment, PR and marketing pros are increasingly turning to influencer marketing for their brands and clients, but many are operating purely on trust in the industry’s reliability without...
Your complete guide to setting up a social media marketing funnel
Many businesses use social media as their primary marketing channel. Today, it's a given that your ideal consumer is somewhere on social media, waiting for you to find them. You want to reach out to this audience, engage with them, and persuade them to buy or test...
6 important marketing theories—and how to apply them in social media campaigns
A successful social media campaign requires more than just whipping up posts daily. Even with increased social media awareness, 47 percent of marketers find it hard to develop successful social marketing strategies. Why? That’s probably because of a lack of...
Influencers flock to TikTok during the pandemic—marketers are seeking ways to cash in on trend
Influencer marketing notched up its own marketing influence during the COVID crisis, as consumers found the reliability of influencers to be more trustworthy than the brand marketing they encountered. New research from micro-influencer marketing platform SocialPubli...
Influencer income: New research explores range of industry earning rates, impact of fraud
With the industry of influencer marketing at the same time booming incessantly and facing new challenges of overhype and fraud, it’s no wonder that PR and marketers are scratching their heads about how much they should be paying, under what circumstances, the return...
4 crucial elements that can improve your influencer marketing success
The majority of small and startup businesses do not have sufficient budgets allocated for above-the-line advertising, such as using TV, obtaining celebrity endorsements or using print media. Using influencer marketing as an alternative to social media advertising is...
6 marketing strategies to boost your brand on YouTube
YouTube is an incredibly powerful network. Creating a video, optimizing it, and getting it ranked high on Google for any given keyword are the strategies that need to be focused on by marketers. YouTube is a took which marketers should focus on. Some marketing...
Do consumers trust social media influencers? Overcoming barriers to IM success
Even though there are plenty of communicators who will tell you influencer marketing is overhyped (and we’re not saying it isn’t), the fact is influencers have been proven to boost campaign efforts when used effectively. As businesses adopt digital marketing...
Influencer fraud in focus: The impact on the U.S. influencer market
Your influencers are racking up the follows, but is your brand really benefitting? There’s a good chance the results of your campaign may not pan out as planned, as new research from AI analytics platform HypeAuditor reveals only 59 percent of Instagram followers in...
5 reasons your brand or client should work with influencers
Apart from their millions of followers on social media channels, brand endorsements, and large fanbases, influencers are exactly like everyone else. A social media influencer is a person who creates content on their various social media channels, which establishes...