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5 community-building tips I’ve learned from working in social media, TV, and nonprofits
For the past ten years, I’ve lived and breathed marketing. I’ve run social campaigns, worked with influencers, created content, built affiliate programs, and everything in between. One factor unites everything: Every single winning strategy has always tied back to community. And more often than not, when an initiative flops, it’s because that community is missing. When brands fail to engage, there’s a sense that they’re just pushing content onto their audience, rather than bringing people into a conversation and engaging with them. Community has always been critical. But in 2025, it matters more than ever. That’s why I wrote this […]
Top 4 social media CRMs to grow your business in 2025
Social media businesses face unique challenges in managing customer relationships across multiple platforms while scaling their operations. With over 5.24 billion social media users worldwide, social media companies must integrate their CRM systems with social platforms to capture every interaction and convert engagement into revenue. HubSpot’s CRM helps social media companies streamline their customer relationship management by connecting all social interactions directly to their customer database, enabling personalized communication at scale. This comprehensive guide compares the top CRM solutions for social media businesses, including pricing, features, and how each platform supports social media-specific workflows. We’ll explore comparison tables,…
Keeping up is exhausting, here’s how one social media creator helps brands beat trend fatigue
How’s your cottagecore vibe? Are you ready for light academia aesthetic to dominate your feed or for the next generative-AI action figure trend? Fashion trends used to spin in 20-year cycles, but there is no playbook anymore. Microtrends peak, then disappear in weeks or even days. It’s a never-ending cycle of trying to keep up with culture, and I’m exhausted. Just 53% of marketers say they’re confident they can keep up with new cultural trends. Here’s how trend fatigue is affecting marketing, plus my take on how to figure out which trends to chase — and which to let pass. […]
Why Everyone Is a Social Media Entrepreneur Right Now — Trends You Need to Know
In TikTok’s early days of mostly dance challenges and lip-syncing exchanges, Shola West, a Gen Z career advocate, speaker and educator, spotted a gap. “I decided I wanted to come on the platform to share tips and tricks from my career working in the media industry,” she says. Now affectionately known as the “Big Sis to Young Creatives” — with accolades including Forbes 30 Under 30 — West is building a digital brand around providing career advice to rising professionals. “I didn’t go into it thinking it would be a social media business per se,” says West. “It was about […]