By Nicole Nelson
On Saturday, March 28th, St. Louis Product Management Group, a not-for-profit organization, hosted the 4th annual ProductCamp St. Louis event. The ProductCamp St. Louis event, or “unconference” as they like to call it, is for anyone that markets, designs or builds a product or service. The unique part about this event is that the attendees vote on what sessions will be held throughout the day and of the 47 submitted only 30 were picked. The event was a huge success with over 400 people in attendance at the CIC building. Continue reading “ProductCamp St. Louis 2015 Recap”
How to Develop Effective Native Advertising
By Stacey Rynders and Darian Garey
The line between poorly and well implemented native advertising is very thin. When poorly done, the backlash can greatly tarnish a brand – both the advertiser and the publisher. But, strongly integrated native advertising can be very effective. Continue reading “How to Develop Effective Native Advertising”
ICYMI: Happywork Hit the Stands!
By Taylor Bartley
Local social media advocate Chris Reimer has come out with a book that can change the way we think about work. Although it is fiction, it has surprisingly become a voice for all those unhappy with their job that want to be heard. It is hard not to relate to this book because it applies to anyone who has ever had a job. Continue reading “ICYMI: Happywork Hit the Stands!”
Brand New Addition to Facebook Pages: Calls to Action
For the holidays, Facebook launched a new call-to-action feature that will help Pages drive business objectives. Continue reading “Brand New Addition to Facebook Pages: Calls to Action”
#TopTweeps: St. Louis' Top Twitter Influencers Announced
And the winners are…
UMSL Digital Mindshare was looking for a short list of the best Tweeps in the St. Louis region and a short list of the greatest minds, sharing their wisdom in 140 characters or less. Maybe you’ve seen one or more passing by on Twitter.
The UMSL Digital Mindshare #TopTweeps contest kicked off 11/6 and wrapped up 11/26. All Twitter votes were counted by our UMSL #TopTweeps jury. Special thanks to those who voted and our compliments to the nominated! You all did an excellent job and we couldn’t have done it without you!
Now after all the energy, sweating and tweets, we are proud to announce the winners.
Best of Art & Entertainment
@theLunaLounge
Best Local Brand
@stlwinegirl
Best Business Leader
@cat_neville
Best Advocate
@MayorSlay
Best of Sportsball
@StLouisBlues
Best of Fundraising
@steveshotdogs
All Around Best Tweep
@GusGusFunBus
Congratulations!!!
You will all receive a shiny new badge for your profile or blog and bragging rights until next year!
Twitter Analytics Are Now Free For Everyone
Ever wonder what your followers on Twitter are most interested in, their demographics or wish you could view your post reach? This was something that was once only available to paid advertisers, but now it is free for all users! Finding ways to measure and boost your impact on Twitter was once a complicated thing to do. Businesses especially had a hard time figuring out who their audience was and how impactful they were. With the Twitter analytics tool anyone has the ability to measure engagement of their tweets, check out the interest of their followers, pinpoint locations of their followers, see how their Twitter cards drive clicks and much more.
What does this mean for average users?
This feature is a great asset to those that are looking to improve their personal brand. Users that have been on Twitter for at least 14 days and tweet in English, Spanish, French and Japanese can access a dashboard to analyze their tweets.The main dashboard allows users to see how many impressions their tweets received in the last 28 days and it can be broken down even further to see impressions by hour. This tool makes it possible to see what tweets people are interested in so that users can tailor their tweets to keep followers interested while drawing in new followers. This tool will ultimately help users to better connect and engage with their audience while building their online presence.
What does this mean for marketers?
Since Twitter users can now see the interests of their followers, they will start to explore deeper into those areas and industries. For example, if Twitter users are finding that a large percentage of their followers have an interest in culinary activities, they may become more interested in the culinary industry. In addition this sparked interest from users will help create more of an interest toward the culinary marketer’s profiles. The key for marketers is to be ready for this change and make sure their information is as relatable as ever to followers so that it will be retweeted and shared.
This change is to ultimately increase engagement on Twitter. An important thing marketers may start seeing is more consumer interaction. It is almost like a domino effect. Since companies with a large following have a great reach, and regular Twitter users like seeing how much engagement they get, Twitter users will start reaching out to brands more and more in order to see their numbers increase. They almost become mini marketers, which allows actual marketers to capitalize on the increased Twitter interactions.
What resources/ guides are there to help with understanding Twitter Analytics?
Having a little help understanding Twitter analytics can be usefully. Below are a few resources that can help with understanding and using Twitter analytics to its fullest potential:
- Twitter help center
- SNIP -This guide teaches users how to analyze metrics that matters
- Search engine watch – Complete guide for beginners, about how they can use Twitter analytics.
Authors
This article was written by University of Missouri – St. Louis Social Media Marketing Undergraduate students Desireé Blue. Taylor Bartley, Madevi Biekram, Naheda Dabain, Nicole Nelson, and Montorrius Tobias.
References:
- http://twitterhandleiding.wordpress.com/programmas-voor-twitter/
- www.razorsocial.com/free-twitter-analytics/
- http://www.business-analytics.biz/tag/social+media+analytics
- http://www.informationweek.com/software/social/twitter-analytics-now-available-to-everyone/d/d-id/1306797
- http://mashable.com/2014/08/27/twitter-analytics-open-for-all/
- http://www.thehubcomms.com/will-twitters-free-analytics-hurt-the-marketing-platforms-that-partner-with-it/article/368522/
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