SongBird Spotlight

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Strategy, Marketing Felicia Guthrie Strategy, Marketing Felicia Guthrie

Setting social media goals for 2025

A big part of ringing in the new year is thinking about your resolutions and goals for the year ahead, from personal ones to professional ones.

If you’re using social media for business, you should be thinking about your social media goals for the year, but what does setting goals for social media look like? Let’s get into it!

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Marketing, Strategy Candace Huntly Marketing, Strategy Candace Huntly

The Art of Luxury Branding: Creating an Irresistible Image

When it comes to luxury branding, it is all meticulous attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to excellence – regardless of what you are selling. Crafting an irresistible image for a luxury brand is about more than just selling products – it's about selling an experience, a lifestyle – it’s aspirational.

Are you building or hoping to build a luxury brand? Here are a few elements to consider.

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Felicia Guthrie Felicia Guthrie

Leveraging Social Media for Holiday Marketing Success

We’re a few days shy of the first day of fall and September is nearly over, so before you know it, the holiday season will be here. And it’s no secret that it’s a major time in terms of marketing and of course, shopping.

Let’s take a look at a few ways you can leverage social media for holiday marketing success - through Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping, Christmas, and more.

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Marketing Candace Huntly Marketing Candace Huntly

8 ways to spice up your social media content

Sometimes status quo works, but if you’ve already stepped onto the social media roller coaster you’ll know that the platforms are constantly changing and the way users consume content is also constantly changing. So how do you keep up? How do you make sure that your content stays “spicy” enough that it can continue to engage your audience in different ways?

Here are 6 things you can try today to help spice up your social media content.

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Marketing, Strategy Candace Huntly Marketing, Strategy Candace Huntly

Threads: hype or here to stay?

The question you SHOULD be asking is whether you should be on Threads for your business.

There are a number of pros and cons if you’re considering using Threads for your business. While every business’ marketing needs are unique, here are a few things to consider.

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Parents, Marketing Felicia Guthrie Parents, Marketing Felicia Guthrie

What social platforms are parents on?

Parents, like other demographics, tune into social media for product recommendations and tutorials, advice, and more. We’ve said it time and again, as a business, you want to be where your audience is, so let’s take a look at what social media platforms parents are on - based on the stats!

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Marketing, Strategy Candace Huntly Marketing, Strategy Candace Huntly

How to create and post videos to Instagram Reels

It’s hard to have a successful marketing strategy without incorporating video in some way. While it can be daunting to put yourself out there and step in front of the camera, there are things you can do to get comfortable.

Last week we went over a step-by-step guide to posting on TikTok. This week we’re covering Instagram Reels.

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Strategy, Marketing Felicia Guthrie Strategy, Marketing Felicia Guthrie

5 things entrepreneurs should know before starting on social media

Whether you’re preparing to launch your own business, or have already kicked things off, you may be considering joining one or more social media platforms. Before you do start or expand on social media, there are several things you should consider.

Let’s take a look at the 5 things entrepreneurs should know before starting on social media!

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