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15 Social Media Trends to Follow in 2019

Critical Mention

Today, nearly 90 percent of companies are using social media marketing and Dreamgrow reports over 60 percent of customers expect companies to offer customer service through their social channels. To help you create your social media marketing strategy, we have 15 of the top social media trends you need to follow in 2019!

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Looking to 2019: Planning for PR Pros

Solo PR Pro

The final quarter of the year is also an ideal time to look at areas where our clients should focus and the trends that may become go-to tactics in 2019. Also, update editorial calendars for 2019.”. How will this affect client content strategy, events, customer service, SEO , and more? It All Starts with a Plan.

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Is 2019 the year brands move away from engagement as a KPI?

Communications Conversations

My thinking is based on three mini-trends and observations over the last six months: Brand increasingly aren’t even interested in true engagement. One trend I noticed popping up over and over: brands and organizations just aren’t that interested in “engaging” with their key audiences on social channels.

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How Target uses branded gifs to bolster community engagement on Twitter

Communications Conversations

If you’ve worked in the social media marketing world for more than five minutes, you know how most brands treat “engagement” on Twitter. I’ll simplify: When it comes to engagement, Twitter has become a full-on customer service channel managed by the customer service team.

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Trend: Shift to “dark social” will impact your marketing plans in 2019

Communications Conversations

But, recent statistics and trend lines have me thinking 2019 may be the year we start to see “dark social” truly start to impact social media marketing plans. Social media marketing, in general, is shifting heavily towards advertising–this is where most brands are investing and seeing results.

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What I learned from Buffer’s 2019 State of Social Report

Communications Conversations

Despite all this uncertainty among marketers, a whopping 88% say they plan to invest in influencer marketing in 2019. In fact, as called out by Buffer, only 32% are using video on LinkedIn (huge opportunity in 2019, folks!). In 2019 that doesn’t seem possible. Are you freaking kidding me? The worst part?

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Why should brands use social media for their business?

Landis PR

billion mark in July 2019, as reported by WeAreSocial. From brand storytelling to new commerce opportunities, social channels offer companies an unmatched opportunity to reach and engage consumers: Engage with your target audience. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are extremely popular with major brands and their followers.