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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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Burger King, Steak-umm And Next-Level Social Media Marketing

PYMNTS

Brands have flocked to social media in an attempt to meet their consumers where they are and display a different side of themselves. Social media can be a terrific place to build bonds with one’s customers and show off a clever, avant-garde sense of humor – if a brand is good at it. In their defense. Did it work?

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When It Comes To Paid Social Media, Facebook Leads The Way

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Retailers continue to rely on paid search and email marketing channels, but mobile marketing and social media are continuing to increase in popularity as a way for businesses to grow their customer acquisition, according to a new study.

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Social media becomes more of a mobile commerce tool worldwide

Payments Dive

Michelle Evans, digital consumer manager for Euromonitor International, examines the impact social media platforms have on commerce, specifically in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Neiman Marcus Looks To Associates For Social Media Commerce

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In an effort to drive sales, a luxury department store chain is connecting customers with their sales associates through personal social media accounts, The New York Post reported. To help facilitate communications with customers, each associate receives a company-issued iPhone and the iSell mobile app. has partnered.

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Vietnam Launches New Social Media App As Facebook Alternative

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Vietnam is introducing a social network similar to Facebook after the Communist-ruled government asked domestic tech companies to create substitutions. Gapo, which launched on Tuesday (July 23), is a mobile app that allows members to build profiles and share posts, Reuters reported.

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Proposed Social Media Law Would Let Data Flow Among Platforms

PYMNTS

A proposed law created to increase competition in the tech sector would allow users to move their data between social media platforms. And the third order would have platforms allow other firms to manage a user’s account settings if given permission. “As Mark Warner (D., Josh Hawley (R., and Richard Blumenthal (D.,