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    3 Ways to Improve Your YouTube Watch Time

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    Wondering how to make your YouTube content more viewer-friendly? Do you want to increase your YouTube watch time?

    In this article, you'll find three easy ways to increase the amount of time people spend watching your videos on YouTube.

    Why Does YouTube Watch Time (Minutes Watched) Matter?
    YouTube is one of the most powerful marketing platforms, as well as one of the most overcrowded. How do you get visibility for your content, and generate views and interactions?

    It's not only hard to

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    How to Set Up Facebook Analytics and Facebook Attribution

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    Want to better understand what is and isn't working with your Facebook marketing? Are you using the two most powerful analysis tools Facebook offers?

    In this article, you'll learn how to set up Facebook Analytics and Facebook attribution.

    How to Set Up Facebook Analytics
    The Facebook Analytics platform is a free tool for tracking and analyzing how people interact with your pages, website, and apps. It's similar to Google Analytics in that it allows you to follow user behavior, create cohorts of users, and monitor funnels.

    Here's how

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    Facebook Introduces New Cryptocurrency: Libra

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    Welcome to this week's edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media.

    On this week's Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra, with special guest, Joel Comm.
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    Creating Instagram Ads That Convert

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    Want to learn more about advertising on Instagram? Wondering how to create Instagram ads that lead to sales?

    To explore how to create Instagram ads that work, I interview Andrew Hubbard. Andrew is a Facebook and Instagram ad expert and the founder of Hubbard Digital, an agency that runs Instagram and Facebook ads for information products. His course is called Amplified Ads.

    Andrew shares how to create and customize ads for each type of Instagram placement. You'll also find recommendations on ad creation tools and more.

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    How to Solve 4 Common Facebook Marketing Problems

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    Are your Facebook ad costs too high or your engagement too low? Wondering how to get your Facebook marketing back on the right track?

    In this article, you'll find causes and solutions for common social media marketing problems.

    #1: Your Facebook Posts Get Little to Zero Engagement
    Despite posting regularly on Facebook, your engagement is low or non-existent. You've tried multiple post types, published at different times of the day and week, and still aren't seeing results.
    Possible Causes and Solutions
    You don't truly understand your

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    Sentiment Analysis: What Marketers Need to Know

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    Do people talk about your business online? Do you know how to analyze the sentiment of online mentions to inform your marketing?

    In this article, you'll discover how sentiment analysis can improve your marketing strategy.

    4 Ways Marketers Can Use Sentiment Analysis
    Sentiment analysis is an algorithm applied to online mentions of your brand, products, and even competitors that assesses whether the comments are positive, neutral, and negative in nature. Here are four ways marketers can apply sentiment analysis.
    #1: Prevent and Manage a PR

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    8 Ways to Share Links on Instagram

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    Looking for ways to drive more website traffic from Instagram? Wondering how to share links in more places on Instagram?

    In this article, you'll find eight distinct ways to share links on your Instagram profile and posts.

    #1: Add a Link to Your Instagram Bio
    Let's start with the first and simplest way to place a link on Instagram. The Instagram bio is the only place where anyone, including private personal accounts, can share a clickable link.

    Think of this as your "home" link. While there are other ways to share clickable links

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    Instagram Branded Content Ads: New Advertising Partnerships for Brands and Influencers

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    Welcome to this week's edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media.

    On this week's Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Instagram branded content ads for brands and influencers, and Snapchat's new native checkout feature with special guest, Kate Talbot.
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    How to Track Attribution on Facebook and Google

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    Do you struggle to properly attribute your sales to your marketing efforts? Do you want to learn more about attribution with Facebook and Google?

    To explore the concept of attribution on Google and Facebook, I interview Chris Mercer. Chris is the world's leading authority on Google Analytics, founder of Measurement Marketing IO, and the exclusive trainer for Social Media Examiner’s Google Analytics For Marketers Seminar.

    Chris shares tips and techniques to help marketers track sales attribution. You'll also discover how to credit a sale

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    How to Set Up YouTube TrueView Video Discovery Ads

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    Want more people to see your videos in YouTube search? Wonder how YouTube advertising can show your videos alongside related content?

    In this article, you'll learn how to promote your videos with YouTube TrueView discovery ads.

    Why Run a YouTube TrueView Discovery Ad Campaign?
    YouTube TrueView discovery ads appear in the places where users discover content on YouTube, including the search results page, related videos on the watch page, and the YouTube homepage.

    YouTube launched this ad type in June 2016 so users can discover branded

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    WeChat for Business: What Marketers Need to Know

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    Are you curious about WeChat? Wondering how to get your business in front of over a billion people on WeChat?

    In this article, you'll discover how WeChat's features can help you market your business.

    Why Marketers Should Consider WeChat
    Is your business looking to raise brand awareness or drive direct customer engagement with Chinese-speaking audiences? Whether you want to enter the China market or reach out to Chinese tourists (who are considered the biggest spenders in the world), the most effective tactic is to adopt the region's most

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    How to Build a Google Data Studio Dashboard

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    Looking for a faster way to visualize and make sense of your marketing metrics? Have you heard of Google Data Studio?

    In this article, you'll learn how to build a reusable report in Google Data Studio.

    Why Use Google Data Studio to Simplify Marketing Measurement Analysis
    When you're a small business with a limited marketing budget, it can be difficult to identify which social media marketing efforts are working the best. Sifting through spreadsheets and Google Analytics reports can be daunting—not to mention time-intensive—if you're not

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    LinkedIn Updates Ad Features and Mozilla Blocks Ad Tracking

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    Welcome to this week's edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media.

    On this week's Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore enhanced LinkedIn Advertising features and analytics, why web browsers are blocking third-party tracking, and more. Our special guest on this week's show is AJ Wilcox.
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    Social Media Marketing

    Industry Report

    In our 11th annual social media study (46 pages, 60+ charts) of 4800+ 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.

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