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anna_lewis77Frequent User

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Ambassador Program Performance

How are you proving that your ambassador program is worth a budget? What KPIs and metrics are you tracking to ensure that you are getting an ROI? My other question is, how are you determining the goals of your KPIs and metrics for your ambassador program?EX: John Doe has 1.4 million followers on Instagram - we want him to reach XXX amount of people, have XXX amount of interactions, and XXX amount of users convert to XXX amount of revenue.

1 year ago

Jonathan ZuluagaCommunity Manager

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Who won on social in 2021?!

The Drum put out an article of Brands that won on social in 2021.They talked about Weetabix, Dove, Aldi, Reddit, and Specsavers Euro 2020.My question to you all: Who won on social in 2021?!

1 year ago

lauren.dromptFrequent User

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Adding Value to Social Media Packages

It’s so nice to meet everyone! I’m Lauren and I run a small boutique agency and have been in business for 8 years now. I would love to hear how everyone is continuing to educate their clients and add value to their social media services. Throughout the years, we have found that clients continue to devalue this service, and we have found that breaking social media into several areas of services (content, community, advertising, etc.) is most helpful for clients to understand the various ways social media agencies can lend a helping hand while getting properly compensated for the work that goes into these services. Would love to hear your ideas and what you’re doing!

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

YouTube hiding dislike counts

Some reporting from Variety on YouTube starting to hide dislike counts. They’re citing creator harassment as a key reason. Do you think this will curb some of those things? What’s your take on things like this and Instagram hiding “like” counts?

1 year ago

talissa.beallSprout Team

asked in Latest Talks & Trends

Leveling Up on Paid LinkedIn? Need Help with Bids and Insight Tags.

Hello everyone! I would like to take my LinkedIn ads to the next level when it comes to setting up conversions and bidding. Is there anyone out there that would be open to a Zoom call to share some tips and tricks? I have insight tags set up, but I’ve never done an event tag (worth it?) Also, I use automated bidding, but also understand that putting in manual bids can magnify a budget. I could use some tips on how to not under or overbid. One last thing I’d love insights on. Some of our clients like to test ungated vs gated content on LinkedIn. Is that a fair comparison when reporting on results? Should they just be evaluated on their own? I personally believe gating should be reserved for retargeting, but we get a lot of “well, could we just try it?” for cold/cool audiences.TIA for any advice you have.

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

asked in Latest Talks & Trends

Would you be willing to do an AMA for us?

Hey there to all our beta testing friends! Would you be willing to join an AMA as either a guest or question asker? We’d love to build that process with you and get feedback on how things feel from both sides. If so, please comment below and we’ll get to work!Let us know what your AMA would cover as a “theme”, too. What about you would make you a great AMA guest?! Everyone in here would be amazing, so be sure to big yourself up!Expected working time for guest:30 minutes for prep 1 hour for AMAExpected working time for question askers:1 hour for AMA

1 year ago

raven.gillAgency Partner

asked in Latest Talks & Trends

Non Profit Questions

Some Non-Profit Questions:So normally we don’t handle non-profits but we’ve had thing clients that does stuff with us on a project basis not a regular basis.We helped them with their end of year appeal. But it’s hard to know if we did well for them when I don’t have any other data to compare things too? I’m not finding many nonprofit industry averages out there. We definitely had some challenges but I’m trying to figure out if it was because of the holidays, second year in a pandemic or what. I’m looking for some general statements. You don’t have to give exact numbers just looking for some overall statements. Did you meet your fundraising goals in 2021? Yes or NoDid you meet your Q4/Holiday fundraising goals in 2021? Yes or NoDid you do better or worse than 2020? 2019? Better or Worse in 2020 Better or Worse in 2019Dealing with the second year in a pandemic did you have a harder time in 2021 raising your fundraising goals? If anyone has any sources for non-profit goals dat

1 year ago

raven.gillAgency Partner

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Pausing social in today's state of the world

Everything has once again changed drastically in 48 hours and all of us as social managers have had to pause or adjust our entire content calendar in a moment’s notice. Over the last couple of days I’ve seen people ask, myself included if it was appropriate to pause social content and the outstanding answer was yes. But then it begs the question on when do we start posting again? I feel like we were just getting back to a regular routine and once again I could schedule content calendar a month in advance. Back are the days or taking it day by day. But we also have to keep on top of the news to make sure the content we had created doesn’t come off as insensitive and ignoring the state of the world. So personally I’ve decided to pause all my clients content through the weekend a re-evaluate on Monday. What are your plans?

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Weekly check in! Welcome to the week of February 21st for the Grow your revenue cohort!

Hello! It’s the week of February 21st!This is our weekly check-in! We’ll be using these weekly check-ins as a way for you to stay true to your goals and set up a solid framework for yourself as you track toward your goals. Be sure to check back on Mondays for these threads!For this first check-in, let’s share:Your name One thing you want to learn from Team Sprout about growing your revenue on socialOther Community happeningsCheck out the Introductions & networking megathread for more info on some of the other participants. This cohort is all about connecting, so introduce yourselves and start building together!If you’re brand new to Sprout or want a refresher, be sure to check out the Jumpstart Group. We offer live onboarding sessions where you can learn alongside others, ask questions to an onboarding professional about your specific scenario, and get your account set up the way you want.I’ll be sharing more information about the program, so be sure to check back!

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

State of Influencer Marketing [Article from The Drum]

Really great read on how brands and agencies are evolving their strategies with influencers. The most interesting thing to me is on the pricing model and how agencies are working through that.Data collection was also eye opening. Normalizing the process and going beyond a simple screenshot of engagement metrics could help make influencers more professional, reliable, and consistent in their deliverables, as well.Do you work with influencers? Are you prices public? How are you collecting the data?Here's the article..

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Weekly check in! Welcome to the week of February 14th for the Grow your revenue cohort!

Hello! It’s the week of February 14th!This is our first weekly check-in! We’ll be using these weekly check-ins as a way for you to stay true to your goals and set up a solid framework for yourself as you track toward your goals. Be sure to check back on Mondays for these threads!For this first check-in, let’s share:Your name Your goal for the next 7 weeks What you want out of the next 7 weeks with this program One thing that you’re doing to hit your goalOther Community happeningsCheck out the Introductions & networking megathread for more info on some of the other participants.Our product team wants to hear from you about your ideas to make Sprout better. We have the Share Product Ideas forum open for business.I’ll be sharing more information about the program, so be sure to check back!

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Year in social thread!

I want to hear from you about your year in social!This campaign is pretty awesome and I’d love to hear from some of you about what numbers surprised you or made you feel great. Drop some of your numbers in the replies!

1 year ago

paul.nowakSprout Team

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Community Survey #1: Tell us about your experience so far

Now that you’ve had some time to get familiar with Sprout Community, we’d like to hear about your experience so far! The link below is for a short survey where you can anonymously share feedback with the Community team. Your feedback, questions and ideas directly impact everything we do. Whether it’s about content, conversations, resources, or design feedback, we’d love to know what you like, what you don’t like, and how we can improve things.Survey closedAs always, I’m available whenever you have comments, questions or ideas. Feel free to send me a DM or tag me in a post if you’d ever like to chat.

1 year ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Our first ever AMA (Ask Me Anything)! Featuring: Brooke Sellas

Thanks to Brooke Sellas for joining us for our first ever AMA!Thank you for participating and asking questions. We’ll be back with more of these in the future as we refine the format.-What’s an AMA?It stands for “Ask me anything” and we mean just that! Anything you want to know more about, our AMA panelist is here for you! From their hobbies to what they get done in business, this is the time to ask!I can’t make it live, but I have a question. How do I get it asked?Just add it here to the replies! We’ll be using this thread as the AMA.Is there a video?No. AMAs are text-based replies, so the panelist will be answering right here in the threads.How do we join?There’s nothing to join, per se. Just come back to this thread on the date and you’ll see Brooke answering questions in the replies as you ask them!-About our panelist!Brooke B. Sellas is the CEO & Founder of B Squared Media, an award-winning digital marketing agency focusing on social media management, advertising, and social-f

2 years ago

bill.braunEngaged User

asked in Latest Talks & Trends

Upskilling Opinions - What to do and whom to do it with.

I’m not one to be idle. As I was asked to assume the role of “Social Media Guy” in my company with no prior experience, my focus (insistence, really) on education has been effectively non-stop for six years. Endless seminars, webinars, online classes etc for countless subjects, all in an effort not just to excel at my job, but to truly make a difference in the future of my company. Here’s the problem: there is precious little “advanced” education out there. The vast majority of online courses are focused - nay fixated - on the basic architecture and implementation of the application, be it Facebook, Instagram, Google Analytics and the like. I need more, and I know of very few places to get it. So, far here’s my list of resources I consider potentially “Advanced”:Facebook Ads: Jon Loomer’s “Power Hitters Club”Analytics: Trust Insights “So What” videos on YouTube & measurementmarketing.ioGoogle Ads: CXL.com (Potentially)Copywriting: Also, CXLPinterest/Twitter: NO Earthly ClueP

2 years ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Social Media can bring good things, too!

I know there’s been so much talk about how social media can be such a downer and cause depression. It’s all true, but social has some great aspects as well. Such as this story about the 16-year-old that was in danger and was able to use a hand signal to alert someone to her situation.What are some other things you think would be cool to see the industry of social media lean into?

2 years ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Webinar question follow-up.

This is a test post to see if this is a viable idea that you all like. The premise is to share the list of questions in a single thread and then people could pick and choose which question to answer. It would also give one thread for people to network and link up on after the webinar, in case they were having cool connections during the session in the replies.But are there too many? Does it look strange? I’m going to check it and let me know if this is just a terrible idea.Also, if you were live on the webinar, you saw my internet cut out for the first time in forever right as we went live. I would include an intro to what the webinar was and what we covered and then add the questions below. Here’s what the questions would look like:How do you balance algorithm changes and EOY/Future planning? Is the monthly look-ahead simply an email to multiple stakeholders or a meeting? How do you decide who to include? Where can we find the standard for engagement rate in our industry?? https://spr

2 years ago

joe.huberFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Who is getting Twitter Blue?

I might drop the $3 to investigate it, but… I am not sold on it, yet. Details in the Twitter blog here.Are you going to check it out?

2 years ago

Sydney NielsenFormer Moderator

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Design your future at Canva Create

Happy Friday y’all! Wanted to share an really cool upcoming opportunity. Earlier this year, Sprout integrated with Canva to streamline the creative publishing process and workflows in Sprout.As part of our partnership, Canva has extended an invitation to Sprout customers to their upcoming virtual Canva Create event on 16-17th of November. This event will include two days, three streams, and an incredible line-up of leading speakers packed with sessions designed to unlock your creativity and achieve your goals. It’s free to join, you can register here!

2 years ago

brad.keelingAdvanced User

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

What's emerging new in 2022?

I am currently writing a paper for a client for internal use and not for publication. It’s primary function is to be a guide to the most commonly used social media platforms and multi-user chat and messaging apps. And very specifically how they apply to my client’s industry sector - so not just a ‘how to Facebook or Insta’ …I’m covering things like Clubhouse and TikTok too. However, my last section is ‘Emerging New’ . Does anyone remember Bebo? Around 2007/8/9 I had a Bebo account (I also had MySpace etc etc etc too) But Bebo is relaunching as a ‘community app’ and I’ll include it in my paper.So, what’s new in 2022?

2 years ago

bill.braunEngaged User

posted in Latest Talks & Trends

Insta Posts on Desktop (finally)

Im told this was announced last week, but for those who don’t know I was happily surprised to see Instagram now allows you to post directly via your laptop/desktop browser. A rather Instagram-esque plus sign denotes your ability to perform a heretofore impossible task- save for using Sprout, naturally. I have only tried this using Chrome, and to my elation, multi-format/carousel posts are possible. Hopefully more functionality will roll out in the foreseeable future, including (and especially) deeper analytics external to Facebook’s option.

2 years ago

brad.keelingAdvanced User

asked in Latest Talks & Trends

Social Listening

Hi,Especially for the people using Sprout Social Listening…I’m very interested in knowing how you use the Sprout Social Listening. What sort of topics you have set up, how you fine tuned them etc, and what sort of outcomes you are getting.Just FYI: I’m quite familiar with Sprout, we, quite extensively, use Publishing, Reports and InBox - we use tags and inbox rules etc and we’ve been using Sprout for more than ten years (2009 if I recall) And, although we are a small consultancy we work for some fairly large companies from Media to Insurance for whom we assist with social media management, moderation and forensics. We are beginning to see some possibilities for us using Listening.

2 years ago

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