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4 trending social media tips to know

Independent Banker

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. We asked them for their need-to-know social tips. By Julie Kendrick. They’re getting the tools they need to make that step.”.

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Social Media Innovations And SMB Challenges

PYMNTS

Burberry has created a “mini program” with Tencent that provides exclusive content and tailored experiences that can be unlocked on WeChat, at a time when China has millions of mini-communities on the social media platform. 11.6%: Estimated share of China’s total retail eCommerce sales that are driven by social commerce.

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Bitcoin Joins American Express and PayPal on 2017 List of Social Media Darlings

Bank Innovation

American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.

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Social Media Lures Credit Card Giants – And Their Advertising Spend

PYMNTS

Now, when you like your credit card rewards … you can really “like” them. On social media – specifically, on Facebook. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday morning (April 23) that at least a few credit card giants – Capital One Financial Corp. and American Express Co. and American Express Co. million spent in 2017.

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Social Media As The ?Ticket? For Contextual Commerce

PYMNTS

Sports fans can’t get enough of their favorite players and teams: Their social media accounts oftentimes have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers. They sold out in 23 minutes — proof that social media channels can be successful mediums for consumer purchases. How does social media play in?

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The Evolution Of Retail With Digital Ordering, Social Media

PYMNTS

And in retail, social media keeps evolving, and that progression can bring significant changes to the industry as the preferences of younger consumers continue to shift. Data: 450,000: Number of users social network Squad has gained since its launch earlier this year. All this, Today in Data.

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How important is a social media community in banking?

Abrigo

Much like the internet was once considered a fad, the same was said not so long ago about social media. The social network truly connects people. Clearly, those in the “social media is a fad” camp were mistaken. Which banks and credit unions are doing social media well?