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Social media: The essential marketing channel for online businesses
This week, as part of my graduate studies, I embraced the role of an online marketer specializing in email marketing and social media strategies. I was presented with the task of crafting an email to a prospective client who is seeking my services for her online consulting business. The client, whose brand revolves around her…
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Elevating awareness: Addressing privacy concerns within the TikTok app
This week I decided to look at analytics from the side of the user in regards to user privacy and data protection policies. For this, I wanted to focus on TikTok’s mobile application, owned by a Chinese company named ByteDance, since I personally use it a lot and dig deeper into its long privacy policy.…
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Unlocking business insights: Analyzing social media hyperlink analytics
This week I shifted gears to look into social media hyperlink analytics, also known as extracting, analyzing, and interpreting hyperlinks to reveal Internet traffic patterns and sources of incoming and outgoing traffic to and from a given website. For the purposes of digging further into these analytics, I will be using a tool called Moz Link…
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Fueling the mind: Unveiling the best and worst-rated coffee shops near Quinnipiac University
This week, I dove into an exploration of the local coffee scene surrounding Quinnipiac University using the various location tools provided by Google Maps. With a focus on neighboring towns such as Hamden, New Haven, North Haven, and Wallingford, I was able to curate a comprehensive map consisting of eight distinct layers. These layers serve…
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Informing business decisions: Leveraging Google Trends for Search Engine Analytics
Staying attuned to evolving consumer behavior trends requires a direct look into their online search habits. What are consumers typing into Google during their free time? What prompts their quick purchase decisions? To uncover these insights, we must delve into the realm of Search Engine Analytics. Search Engine Analytics inspects the keywords consumers use while…
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Optimizing meaningful conversations: Twitter keyword analysis
This week I decided to explore a popular social media management tool, Sprout Social, and dive into the business that I do freelance work for by looking at their X, formally known as Twitter, analytics as this isn’t a platform I am very experienced with. The goal of this analysis was to choose certain keywords…
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How to: Determining when to use certain social media metrics
Determining which social media metrics will be most helpful in your business’s specific circumstance is half the heavy lifting. Once you can identify the metrics that you will be analyzing and have your reasoning for why, you will get much more out of the data. If you don’t consciously choose metrics that reflect the questions…
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Data and decisions: The role of social media analytics
What are social media analytics and why are they so important? When it comes to personal social media accounts, most people are focused on getting their content out there and sharing what they are doing with the world, not necessarily caring, or needing to care, if they get anything more than a “like” or “comment.”…
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The art of analysis: Unpacking a social media post
For the last couple of months, I have been working with a start-up skincare business called Born To Be Free. With the business being new and just launching, I find myself constantly browsing content, coming up with ideas, and scheduling posts, yet I haven’t fully taken the time to analyze how these initial posts are…