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Designing an Event Marketing Budget? Here’s What Experts Recommend

Hubspot Marketing

Venue and Food/Beverage Cost Venue and food/beverage is typically the largest budget item for events, eating up 15-35% of your overall budget. Food/beverage. Your choice impacts the event experience, especially if attendees need to leave the event to buy food. Sponsorships and cross-marketing. Narrow down your ICP.

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Social Media Marketing for Beginners: 10 Tips

Hootsuite

It’s time to take your first steps into social media marketing. billion people are social media users. Worldwide, social users spend almost two and a half hours on social platforms each day. Find more eye-popping stats about social media here !) More than 4.95 The good news?

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How social listening increases customer advocacy: 6 examples

Hootsuite

Because when food delivery became an essential lifeline during the global pandemic, concerns like driver safety, disinfection protocols, and cost were all the talk of the (virtual) town. Use social listening to understand how they can best keep their community safe, fed, and happy. The company’s plan of action? No purch nec.

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7 AI in social media examples to inspire your strategy

Sprout Social

Artificial intelligence (AI) is supercharging social media marketing. Think of AI social media tools like Sprout Social as your marketing pit crew. They can fine-tune your social media engine, swap out tired tactics and keep you running at peak performancethey just cant drive the car.

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The HubSpot Blog's 2023 Social Media Marketing Report: Data from 1200+ Global Marketers

Hubspot Marketing

Let’s face it - social media marketing in 2023 is harder than ever. Marketers also need to share it across a bunch of different apps and tweak it to fit the aesthetic and tone of each platform. Brands with an engaged social media community will win audiences. Not much time on your hands?

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Pitching a home run social media marketing campaign or idea for 2021

Sprout Social

Every new year brings opportunities for marketers to try new things, improve upon their old strategies and pitch ideas that have never been brought to the table before. Using social data to prepare your pitch. Inspiration for your social media marketing pitch. But it’s one thing to come up with a creative idea.

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The complete list of social media holidays [2025 edition]

Hootsuite

Food for Soul: Carbonara Day While wed all like to celebrate Carbonara Day, it suits some organizations, such as Food for Soul, more than others. Founded by Italian chef Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore, the non-profit organization used its food-salvaging ingenuity with a banana-peel carbonara recipe. Try it free today.

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