Welcome to Our Blog – Your Guide to Smarter Social Media

23 Apr 2025

Eight Essential Tips to Work Smarter on Social Media

Working on social media can give you some serious burnout — from keeping up with unpredictable algorithms to scheduling posts on Meta Business Suite, you need to find ways to work smarter and not harder to protect your sanity and your brand image.

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09 Apr 2025

What to Do If Your Social Media Post Goes Viral

A big part of social media management is hoping for and working towards that first viral post. However, it's not necessarily the viral post that changes the growth trajectory of your page, but rather how you respond to it.

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26 Mar 2025

What Are the Seven Cs of a Social Media Strategy?

Social media serves as an essential means of reaching and engaging with your target audience. However, merely having social media accounts and posting occasionally won't suffice. To be effective, you must develop a robust social media strategy that adheres to the seven Cs.

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12 Mar 2025

Social Media Monitoring: Why Bloggers Need It

Pageviews and clicks are not the only things bloggers should be monitoring to gauge their success. Keeping your ear to the social media ground is key to building an online presence that excels and generates profit.

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26 Feb 2025

Three Social Media Tips for Your Brand

Social media trends change rapidly, and algorithms are always shifting, making it hard to stay updated. However, some elements consistently remain important for your social media strategy.

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12 Feb 2025

Five Characteristics of Timeless Social Media Content

To trend or not to trend? Buying into trends on social media can be fun and generate lots of short-term traffic. However, timeless or evergreen social media content can be of even more benefit to brands in the long run. You can also create timeless content — you just need to know how!

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29 Jan 2025

Social Media Terms You Should Know

Social media has taken over the world, and it is crucial for industry professionals to understand the terminology used on these platforms that have become such a big part of our lives.

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17 Jan 2025

Three Tactics to Include in Your Social Media Strategy in 2025

What is trending on social media is possibly one of the most rapidly changing parts of the digital world. Every few weeks, there is a new aesthetic and people move on to their next big era. This can make it difficult for social media managers to keep their pages performing well consistently.

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17 Dec 2024

Different Types of Influencers

Did you know that on top of there being different types of influencers, there are also different categories that influencers fall into, depending on the number of followers they have?

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27 Nov 2024

Why Influencer Mentions Matter

Influencers have become a massive part of modern brands' marketing, PR and social media strategies. Being mentioned by even a single influencer can drastically impact how the public perceives a brand, but why is that?

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25 Sep 2024

Explaining Social Media Post Impact Scores

Investing in social media monitoring means learning about many new terms and concepts. One of those is the concept of impact scores. This metric gives insight into the effectiveness of a social media post, based on the effort put into creating it.

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04 Sep 2024

The Purpose of Content Verification

Are you constantly cranking out content without knowing if it is hitting the mark or reaching the right people? Social media can be hard enough as it is, but not knowing can make it so much harder. That is why so many social media managers rely on content verification.

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14 Aug 2024

Why New Brands Need Competitor Benchmarking

When a new brand is started, there is often large amounts of pressure on it to succeed. At the start of a brand’s life cycle, business owners need to do everything they can to get their brands off the ground. Competitor benchmarking can make that task easier, and this blog explains how.

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02 Aug 2024

How Social Media Monitoring Can Improve Customer Service

Way back when social media was just used for selfies and connecting with friends and family, brands and businesses relied on emails, in-store surveys and calls to get feedback from customers. Today, social media is still used for selfies but also for customer reviews.

 

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24 Jul 2024

Using Social Media Monitoring to Create a Communication Strategy

Any PR knows that a communication strategy is important. Every situation, big or small, needs to be shared in an effective and fitting way. In order to do that, you need to have as much information as possible to ensure that you make informed decisions. That means using social media monitoring. 

 

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01 Jul 2024

Boosting Your Social Strategy with Competitor Benchmarking

Competitor benchmarking can significantly enhance your social media strategy. By analysing the social media strategy and performance of your competitors, you can uncover insights that will change the game in your favour and help refine your own approach.

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21 Jun 2024

Social Media Monitoring: What is it

Social media has become a key tool for brands to build their presence and increase visibility. However, it can be challenging to determine whether your efforts on social media are effective. This is where social media monitoring becomes crucial.

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19 Jun 2024

Enhancing influencer marketing through social media monitoring

There was a time when having social media for your brand gave you an edge in marketing and PR. Now, you will struggle to find a brand that is not using social media and the trendy tactic that is influencer marketing. But reaching your goal while using influencers is actually easier said than done. 

 

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24 May 2024

Why brands need to know who’s mentioning them online

As a branding strategist, it’s easy to focus on the contents of the media coverage you receive, but it’s important not to lose sight of the bigger picture. The source of your media coverage is equally as important.

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24 May 2024

Building your brand on social media

When someone hears your brand’s name, what is the first thing that comes to their mind? If you aren’t sure, you are not building a strong enough brand image. A great way to make sure people know your brand is through social media — but you need to use it correctly.

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15 May 2024

The power of event hashtags

For brands, everything is an event. New products, collaborations and obviously actual events all get the event treatment of press coverage and social posts. But are you using an event hashtag? Every brand has its usual hashtags that get copied and pasted, but events need a little something extra.

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06 May 2024

How brand tracking can help shape a brand strategy

Successful brand strategies have two things in common: a solid foundation of facts and a focus on their audience. Brand tracking can provide the knowledge you need to understand the market. This promotes a strong, audience-focussed strategy that will strengthen your brand's public image.

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03 May 2024

Three social media tips for PRs

Social media is a necessary tool for almost every industry nowadays. This is especially true for PR pros — not only for their own brand but for their clients as well. There are a few things to make your social media journey much smoother. Check it out:

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24 Apr 2024

How hashtags can lead to brand income

Hashtags are not just a cute-little-something to add to the end of a post or catchy symbols; they're golden tickets to brand revenue. Harnessing the power of hashtags can be your key to unlocking brand income. Read on to find out why mastering hashtags is crucial for your brand's success:

 

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12 Apr 2024

The perks of monitoring your industry events online

Your recent industry event was fantastic, and from your perspective, everything went off without a hitch! However, things might not be what they seem — online, that is.

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10 Apr 2024

How to use brand tracking to gauge public perception

The public’s perception of a brand can sometimes be difficult to determine. Statistical insights into the conversations surrounding your brand on social media can be collected through brand tracking.

 

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03 Apr 2024

The benefits of sponsorship tracking

In today's ever-changing world of social media, sponsorships are like secret weapons that brands use to increase their visibility and engagement. But without proper tracking, it's hard to know if the weapon is actually working. That's where social media monitoring comes in!

 

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19 Mar 2024

What to consider when working with an influencer

Influencers are dominating the marketing landscape. Their followers are quick to jump on any product, place or service they promote, which is why brands are increasingly turning to influencers to market their products or services.

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13 Mar 2024

How social media monitoring can help boost engagement

Engagement is the key to any brand’s social media success. It is the thing most social media managers strive to achieve or hope to improve. Monitoring your social media can help you reach your engagement goals.

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01 Mar 2024

Why PRs need social media monitoring

You may be curious as to whether social media monitoring is truly necessary for PR professionals. The answer is yes! It's a valuable resource that every public relations specialist should utilise.

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28 Feb 2024

Calculating AVE

We’ve heard of AVE in print and broadcast … but what about social media? The answer is right here:

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21 Feb 2024

The importance of having social media for brands

It is easy to think of social media as the thing keeping teenagers busy. It often gets blown off or minimised by people who view themselves as too serious for such things. The truth of the matter is that social media should be taken seriously by any brand hoping to be a success. 

 

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09 Feb 2024

Why you need tailored social media monitoring coverage

You need tailored social media monitoring coverage. Yes, we are braving the bite and putting that statement right out there. Keep on reading to find out why:

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08 Feb 2024

What brand tracking is

Do you know how your brand is perceived online? Do you know what people are saying? If not, then we highly suggest you look into brand tracking for your business. It is key to helping you reach new heights!

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06 Feb 2024

2024's Social media monitoring terms

Social media monitoring has hit the road running in 2024. With the tool hailing the spotlight in the social space, there are a few terms and focus points regarding its solutions that you should know about: 

 

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31 Jan 2024

The benefits of competitor benchmarking

Every good social media manager knows that social media monitoring is the best way to create a successful strategy — it helps determine things like the success of campaigns. But have you ever considered monitoring your competitors? 

 

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18 Jan 2024

The power in collaborating with the right influencers

2024 is the year to up your brand strategy. If you are trying to reach thousands of new people, your best bet is to collaborate with the right influencers for your brand.

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11 Jan 2024

New year, new social media

One constant in life is that social media trends will always change. Every year brings new social media features and trends that will have everyone trying their best to get likes. With the new year gaining speed, trends are transforming. Read on to find out how social media is changing in 2024. 

 

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11 Jan 2024

How social media monitoring works

Using a tool without understanding how it works isn’t the best way to start the year ahead — especially when it comes to your social media!

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04 Jan 2024

Social media monitoring in 2024

Every business or brand aiming for success knows that a product or offering providing a solution to a real problem is key. But finding, improving and maintaining that game-changing element requires more mechanisms than just said key.

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01 Dec 2023

Why brands need social media monitoring

Social media is an essential tool that brands have to make use of if they want to be successful in this digital era. But how do you know if your brand is doing well on social media? Social media monitoring, that’s how!

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22 Nov 2023

Why you should set social media goals

Social media can be super fun! It can be a great way to connect with your audience and communicate with your brands. But if you don’t use it with a goal in mind, you might as well not even do it at all. 

 

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14 Nov 2023

Why marketers track social media activity

Social media can help brands and organisations ensure that consumers feel heard and supported. In order to make sure that this approach to customer support works efficiently, the marketing side needs to implement social media tracking.

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10 Nov 2023

What is social media tracking?

Brands need to maintain a robust presence on social media platforms to be successful. However, knowing how well your brand is faring in the digital sphere can be a challenge. This is why social media tracking is a must!

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31 Oct 2023

How brands can use AVE in social media management

It is highly unlikely for any brand to not use social media. It is the most popular way to market and connect with the public. That is why brands should also monitor their social media. Monitoring social media offers great results such as AVE — but you need to know how to use it to its full potential.

 

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25 Oct 2023

Why to use hashtags

Ever thought about hashtags — if they help and how to use them more effectively? This blog is a good place to start in taking the conversation further …

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12 Oct 2023

What is social media management

Social media is a massive part of the marketing and PR success of any brand. It is a direct link to the public and consumers, which is why companies make use of social media management. But to use social media management to its full potential, you have to know what it is. 

 

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04 Oct 2023

What strategic social media content looks like

Have you ever been told by a professional, post or platform that content strategy is key for brands and businesses? We’re jumping on the bandwagon. Here’s why, and what a content strategy should look like.

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29 Sep 2023

Why you should use the right hashtags

When hashtags became a thing, people would hashtag literally everything — I mean every single word on their post. Then it changed, and all you needed was to add two or three relevant hashtags to your post, and you could reach thousands of people instantly.

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19 Sep 2023

Maximising brand visibility with social media monitoring

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, brand visibility is paramount. Social media monitoring is your key to staying ahead. Read on to find out how social media monitoring can take your brand further. 

 

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15 Sep 2023

What to look for when monitoring your social media

When it comes to monitoring your social media and your brand's presence online, the process should always start right at the beginning — your own profile.

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07 Sep 2023

Why brands need a content strategy

Creating content has now become a major part of any brand’s marketing strategy. But you can’t just expect to put out content without putting any thought or plan in place. This is why every  brand needs to have a content strategy.

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29 Aug 2023

The importance of social media

We all know that social media can be a fun way to connect or keep tabs on people, but these social apps offer a lot more than connecting with old classmates and family members.

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25 Aug 2023

Why businesses should make use of social media

Social media is probably the best thing since sliced bread. When social media platforms blew up for businesses everywhere, life changed in the best way possible!

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08 Aug 2023

How to find a social media influencer for your brand

Influencer marketing is all the rage. It is the go-to marketing strategy for brands looking to get their name out there and gain a social media presence. The trick is finding the right influencer for your brand. Read on to find out how. 

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04 Aug 2023

Social media monitoring for journalists

Social media monitoring is a tool that everyone should have in their back pocket. Journalists are no exception to this: If you are writing news worthy pieces on your social platforms, social media monitoring is vital to its success.

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19 Jul 2023

ROI for influencers on TikTok

Over the last few years, Tiktok has become the ’It-girl’ when it comes to social media platforms! Everyone is using the app, which is why everyone wants to be an influencer on the app and every business wants to use the influencers for their brand. But what about the ROI?

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14 Jul 2023

How social listening can help you identify authentic influencers

So here’s the thing: Everyone and their dog is basically a social media influencer these days. But brands need to find authentic influencers to collaborate with in order to reach the right audiences for your brand. 

 

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27 Jun 2023

What a partnership with an influencer entails

Influencer partnerships are a great way to increase brand awareness and reach your audience in a different way. The important thing is to know what they entail before you get started.

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06 Jun 2023

The benefits of using an influencer for your brand’s social media

Using influencers has become the norm for marketing and brand’s social media, but why are so many brands joining the influencer bandwagon? 

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01 Jun 2023

Why you should make use of social listening

Social listening is a complete game changer for brands. It is a handy little tool that will give you the inside scoop on what is being said about your brand across all social media platforms. 

 

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25 May 2023

Using social media monitoring to uncover consumer insights

With offerings such as sentiment analysis, social media monitoring can be used to do more than just put out potential fires. This tool is adequately built to give you all the insights that you could possibly need about your consumers. 

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18 May 2023

The benefits of social media monitoring

The benefits of social media monitoring are many! If you're wondering if any of them would be of value to your brand specifically, then keep reading to find out.  

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16 May 2023

Defining a social media influencer

In today’s world, social media is very important. In fact, it has become an essential part of our daily lives. Some people even managed to create a career around social media and call themselves influencers.

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03 May 2023

What brand tracking actually is

Brand tracking — an essential in the social toolbox. But what is it, and how does it help you? Let’s check it out:

 

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25 Apr 2023

The benefits of using an influencer for your brand's social media

When you think about it, it's incredible how much an influencer can do for your brand. Ever thought about it? Well then, let's just cap a few of the benefits they bring to the brand’s table:

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20 Apr 2023

Why you should track your brand activity on social media

With social media becoming such a big part in any brand’s message and image, it is important to know what engagement your social posts are getting, who they are reaching and what people are saying about your brand. Tracking your brand activity on social media can give you these answers. 

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18 Apr 2023

How brand tracking helps brands create better content

Brand tracking is a very powerful tool. Just one of its perks is that it can assist brands in creating better content — in several ways! 

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23 Mar 2023

What is an influencer

Wanna know what an influencer is? And do you want the short (and most concise version) on top of that? Here it is! 

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17 Mar 2023

What is a Word Cloud

Have you heard of a Word Cloud before?  It’s possible that you haven’t, but don’t you worry if this is the case! We’ve got the lowdown on exactly what a Word Cloud is right here. 

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09 Mar 2023

How influencers help with brand awareness

The use of influencers for brand awareness, exposure and marketing has become incredibly popular. However, the concept of paying influencers for posts and mentions might seem strange to those who don’t necessarily understand the benefit and value of using social media influencers. So we explain it all right here! 

 

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02 Mar 2023

Why you need social media monitoring

So you started a social media page for your brand. Now what? Well, you need to sign up for social media monitoring — that’s what.

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02 Mar 2023

How social media monitoring helps with using paid influencers

Using paid influencers have become increasingly more popular over the years. This  can be expensive and stressful for brands — they want to know if they are getting their money’s worth, and achieving what they wish to achieve by using this method of marketing.

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07 Oct 2022

Five brand tracking mistakes — and how to fix it

Incorporating brand tracking into your marketing strategy is absolutely essential! It will enable you to monitor your online brand presence and establish how it is perceived — but there are some pitfalls to avoid. Some might be obvious, others … not so much. Below are five common mistakes that marketers make and quick tips on how to solve it.

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06 Oct 2022

How to manage a crisis with social media monitoring

When a social media crisis arises, and odds are, it will, social media monitoring is your best friend. With solutions such as real-time social tracking, you are able to monitor and analyse what is being said about your brand in the social media sphere, giving you the opportunity to correct any negative sentiment toward your brand, ASAP!

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20 Sep 2022

How brand tracking is the key to customer centricity

Social media is a mega huge space filled with many people who say a lot of stuff. It’s an environment where people feel comfortable enough to share their thoughts, opinions, interests, preferences ... 


However, it’s also a place where a lot of brands make noise. And the only way to cut through the noise is to tell your customers what they want to hear. 

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21 Sep 2022

What is social media monitoring?

Social media monitoring … It’s all good and well to have fancy jargon, but these words actually mean something in the bigger picture. In the social movement, they play roles bigger than what you and I could ever imagine. So, what is social media monitoring, then?

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20 Sep 2022

Our journey

We all know that a good story and a successful business always begin in someone’s garage where one bloke has a brilliant idea and decides to just run with it. Well, amaSocial is no different than the cliché garage story — but we did manage to turn our cliché into a niche. 

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