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    How to Run a Successful Instagram Contest or Giveaway

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    Want to run a contest on Instagram? Wondering what rules and best practices you need to follow?

    In this article, you'll discover tips for running different types of contests, how to bring your Instagram contest to a close, and which metrics will help you assess the performance of your contest.

    Understand the Rules for Running an Instagram Contest
    Instagram contests are a great way to reach your audience, reward them for engaging with your content, and reach a whole new pool of followers.

    Chances are you've heard that running

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    Successful Facebook Ads on a Small Budget

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    Wondering how to advertise successfully on Facebook? Want to avoid wasting money and time when you test your Facebook ads?

    To explore how to create Facebook ads that work for all budgets, I interview Tara Zirker on the Social Media Marketing Podcast.

    Tara is a Facebook ads expert and founder of the Successful Ads Club, a membership site designed for marketers who want to improve their Facebook and Instagram ads performance.

    Tara explains why testing Facebook ads is key to success, and shares the methodology she uses to test and develop

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    How to Use LinkedIn Ads to Reach Your Target Audience

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    Are you reaching the right audience on LinkedIn? Wondering how to better target prospects and leads with LinkedIn ads?

    In this article, you'll discover how to target your ideal audience with LinkedIn advertising.

    #1: Use LinkedIn Audience Attributes to Describe Your Ideal Customer
    We know that LinkedIn is the number-one social media platform for B2B but how do you know if you're reaching the right target audience? And will advertising on LinkedIn help?

    Whatever marketing channel you choose, when you're marketing to everyone,

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    5 Ways to Analyze Your Instagram Marketing

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    Do you know how well your Instagram marketing is really performing? Your Instagram business profile provides you access to valuable metrics that can help you understand what's working.

    In this article, you'll discover five ways to analyze the performance of your Instagram business profile.

    Why Instagram Business Profile Insights Matter
    Instagram is a powerful tool for small businesses and influencers wanting to showcase products and services, but when Instagram announced it would test hiding likes, people using personal Instagram

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    6 Costly Facebook Ad Mistakes and How to Fix Them

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    Want better results from your Facebook ad campaigns? Are you making one of these six mistakes that could reduce your Facebook ad results?

    In this article, you'll discover six Facebook advertising mistakes and how to fix them.

    #1: Mistake: Facebook Ads Aren't Aligned With a Funnel
    The biggest mistake that Facebook advertisers make on the platform is they launch ad campaigns without a strategy. This usually happens because there's no barrier to entry—anyone with a Facebook ad account can launch a campaign in a few guided

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    Instagram Strategy: Growing Your Followers and Business

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    Looking for a strategic approach to organic Instagram growth? Wondering how to develop content that will grow your business and your Instagram following?

    To explore how to use Instagram as a hub for shareable content that leads to business growth, I interview Vanessa Lau on the Social Media Marketing Podcast.

    Vanessa is a community development expert who specializes in helping online coaches. Her course is The BOSSGRAM Academy. She has 200,000 subscribers on YouTube and her podcast is called Turn Your Followers Into Clients.

    Vanessa

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    How to Use LinkedIn to Amplify Your Live Event Experience

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    Want more leads, connections, and exposure from the live events you attend? Wondering how to use LinkedIn to build rapport with people who follow the event?

    In this article, you'll discover a strategy for using LinkedIn to build awareness for your business before, during, and after a live conference or trade show.

    Why Use LinkedIn to Amplify Your Impact at Live Events?
    LinkedIn started as an online job fair. Unless you were in the market for a new gig, it was hard to justify spending time there.

    But over the past few years, LinkedIn

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    How Employees Can Improve Organic Reach and Engagement

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    Want more organic reach for your social media content? Have you considered working with select employees to expand your reach?

    In this article, you'll discover how to identify and work with in-house influencers to improve organic reach and engagement for your social media content.

    Why Use Internal (In-House) Influencers?
    Among your brand's internal stakeholders, you'll likely find a few people with large personal or professional networks. When they share your brand's content on social media, or when you share content about them, you'll

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    How to Make Your First Instagram Stories Ad: A Full Walkthrough

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    Want to create Instagram Stories ads but don't know where to start? Wondering how to make attractive Stories ads without a design background?

    In this article, you'll discover how to create, set up, and run an Instagram Stories ad in Ads Manager.

    What Makes an Effective Instagram Stories Ad
    First, let's talk about the differences between being a user who sees an Instagram story and a user who's just hanging out in the Instagram feed. Stories will automatically cycle through without your input, but the feed doesn't move until you do

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    How to Persuade: The Science Marketers Need to Know

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    Do you want to persuade more people to take action? Wondering how the latest behavioral science can help your marketing?

    To explore how to be more persuasive in your marketing, I interview Jonah Berger on the Social Media Marketing Podcast.

    Jonah is a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and author of the books, Contagious and Invisible Influence. He's also a keynote speaker and marketing consultant. His newest book is The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind.

    Jonah shares the five key barriers

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    How to Use Instagram Stories for Market Research: 5 Ideas for Marketers

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    Looking for new ways to conduct market research? Wondering how to get feedback from your highly engaged Instagram followers?

    In this article, you'll learn how to use five Instagram Stories features to gather valuable feedback.

    Why Gather Consumer Feedback via Instagram Stories?
    Businesses know that making customers happy is a proven way to increase revenue. If you want to know your customers' opinions about your business, product, or service, it's important to gather customer feedback.

    Consumers aren't shy about sharing their

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    How to Analyze Your LinkedIn Ad Performance

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    Are you running LinkedIn ads? Wondering how your ads are performing against industry standards?

    In this article, you'll discover how to assess your LinkedIn ad campaigns.

    4 Important LinkedIn Ad Metrics Explained
    One of the biggest challenges with running LinkedIn ads is knowing whether your performance measures up. Competent marketers ask me all the time, "Hey, I'm running LinkedIn ads but I don't know if I'm doing it well."

    This can be a real challenge because LinkedIn ads are expensive. And if you're investing a lot of money in

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    How to Easily Analyze Facebook Ad Results With 3 Custom Reports

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    Want to save time analyzing your Facebook ads results? Looking for an easy way to create custom reporting in Ads Manager?

    In this article, you'll discover three custom reports in Ads Manager to help you quickly analyze your Facebook ad performance.

    Why Create Custom Reports in Facebook Ads Manager
    If you’re anything like me, you’re tired of clicking around in Facebook Ads Manager to find, filter, and sort the data to see how your Facebook ads are actually performing.

    Yes, Facebook has a few easy-to-reference reports around—Delivery,

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