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Paid social media’s place in your marketing strategy

Independent Banker

As social media platforms tinker with their algorithms, marketing experts say one trend is clear: Paid social campaigns are becoming increasingly necessary to cut through the noise and reach customers. They share tips for how community banks can get started. In its simplest form, it expands the reach of a community bank’s content.

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Building A Digital And Subscription Community For Hockey Parents

PYMNTS

The Marketing Strategy . The company typically looks for hockey parents — particularly hockey moms with children around the age of 12 — for its targeted marketing. The company got its start marketing in the blogging world, but its biggest marketing tool came when it needed to drop its acquisition costs in 2017.

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Why Large Retailers Are Mandating Masks

PYMNTS

All four companies — as well as other retailers — are fitting into the framework of a platform PYMNTS calls Digital 3.0 So far, retailers have done a decent job here. The retailers mentioned at the beginning of this piece have taken a stance on health that should have been taken by federal and local governments.

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Skincare Startup Fights The Good Fight For Its Future

PYMNTS

Hundreds of retailers – both direct-to-consumer (DTC) and traditional – have lent their expertise and capital to helping the world recover from the devastation of the COVID-19 virus. At organic skincare company Nuria , that sense of community is built into its DNA. Her current marketing strategy is meeting the consumer online.

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Mastercard: Consumer Experience Is Loyalty’s New Currency

PYMNTS

One such benefit is the recent shift toward so-called “do good” rewards that support the local community and businesses. It’s all about being pragmatic, Hondal said, through the use of old-school cause-based marketing that emotionally connects with and matters to consumers now more than ever. It's good, it's fulfilling and it's fun.

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Revolve Rides The Power Of Influencers All The Way To An IPO

PYMNTS

Despite that fact, however, eight of the retailer’s top 10 best-selling brands are Revolve private label, which according to its latest SEC filing provide 27 percent of the firm’s revenue. million unique visitors come to shop its wares each month — and make a move on the public markets.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Rate Hikes, Dollar Stores And EpiPens

PYMNTS

And nothing is worse than a bad product launch or poorly planned marketing strategy. Let’s just say, the pics weren’t well-received by the sneaker-loving community, and Harden’s been hearing it on social media ever since.

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