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Top skills of the 2022 social media professional–as told by the people doing the actual work

Communications Conversations

You may have seen this graphic last week–it was making the rounds on social media (even I shared it). It’s from LinkedIn, which aggregated data to share with us the “top skills” of today’s social media manager. Yes, social media pros do need to understand how to manage social ad campaigns.

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Use Your Class to Get a Job in Social Media

Deirdre Breakenridge

When I attended graduate school in 2016, I was also working at a Porter Novelli in Washington, D.C. If you are taking a social media class that talks about paid advertising, ask your teacher where you should go to learn more about advertising. A Guest Post by Sedale McCall, Digital Analyst, GPG.

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6 social media metrics you should invariably track

Brand24

Here are 6 social media marketing metrics you should track. Not sure how to keep track of your marketing activities? We might have something for you.

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SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q2 2016

Shift Communications

Our top posts from the second quarter of 2016 focused on PR and marketing technology skills, Facebook branded content, and measuring influencer performance. In April of 2016, Facebook decided to change the game and reporting methods for the typical influencer. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how. Prioritize and share.

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State of Social Media, 2Q 2017: Twitter Fails to Grow Users

Shift Communications

growth from quarter to quarter for Twitter’s monthly active users: Twitter, during its earnings call, said that their analytics are subject to high seasonality. This presents a potential quandary to marketers; Twitter’s open data stream forms the backbone of most social media marketing and influencer marketing measurement.

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State of Social Media 3Q 2017: Facebook Nears $5 ARPU

Shift Communications

Facebook stopped publishing its mobile-only user data; we use predictive analytics to estimate the percentage of their mobile and mobile-only users based on the last 7 years of data and their current overall user base. No social network has ever achieved that much revenue per user at scale. What Do These Results Mean? Christopher S.

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3 Google Analytics Issues to Correct for Better Data

Shift Communications

In between those times where you use Google Analytics to do reporting, there is plenty of maintenance to do to ensure that the data that you rely on to make decisions is accurate and will lead to the best decisions. Social Media Configuration. Last but not least, want to get search engine data inside Google Analytics?