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The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse. Scott Ayres, the Content Scientist, busts the myths, rumors and stories of social media marketing with SCIENCE!

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09/17/21 • 11 min

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Social Media Lab Instagram Marketing Survey 2021

Want to learn how other agencies and social media managers are doing Instagram marketing and get inspired?

The Social Media Lab recently surveyed digital marketing agencies and social media managers to see how they use Instagram. We received 335 responses to our “Instagram Marketing Survey 2021.”

The following information will give you insight into how the average Instagram user utilizes Instagram daily.

Instagram Marketing Survey 2021 Results

Highlights from the Instagram Marketing Survey:

Instagram marketing was very important or extremely important to 64.77% of survey respondents.

  • 66.27% spend between 1-3 hours on Instagram daily.
  • 90.75% view Instagram Stories.
  • Instagram Reels are viewed by 68.96% of those surveyed.
  • 94.93% post at least once per week to the Instagram feed.

Full survey here: https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/insgtagram-marketing-survey-2021/

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04/29/20 • 10 min

You might wonder, “Why should I advertise on Reddit?” Most marketers have ignored the platform. 41% of Reddit users do all or almost all of their shopping online, compared to only 24% of those surveyed that are non-Reddit users, according to Civic Science. In a previous Social Media Lab experiment, we found that Reddit ads had a much lower CPC than Facebook ads. Today, we’ll compare those same Reddit ads to Twitter ads. Will Reddit win again? Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/reddit-ads-vs-twitter-ads/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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LinkedIn can be confusing for most users and brands. The things that work on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter don’t always work on LinkedIn. To fully understand and leverage LinkedIn you need an expert in your corner. So, we invited LinkedIn expert Judi Fox onto the Social Media Lab LIVE show recently to discuss various ways to get ahead of the competition on LinkedIn. We’re going to cover these five tactics to help you crush it on LinkedIn: Best post types on LinkedIn Should posts be short or long on LinkedIn? Hashtag strategies for LinkedIn Best LinkedIn copy to use Should links be in the comments on LinkedIn? Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/text-instagram-image-posts/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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Does the aspect ratio of your Twitter ads really matter? It turns out, it does by a landslide. Twitter reported 885 million in ad revenue in Q4 2019, In this episode, we'll cover some important details you'll need to know when you're advertising on Twitter. Read the full post here: https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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This is episode 2 in our series to find out which social network gets the lowest cost per click. Today, we're testing identical ads on Facebook and Instagram in an isolated experiment to compare CPC and other results. Are you advertising on the right network? Let's find out on today's social media lab. Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/instagram-ads-facebook-ads-test/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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03/09/20 • 6 min

Going “viral” organically on Twitter or Instagram is hard these days, so running ads on both platforms is a necessity. Your website needs traffic, and you’ll likely need to pay for that traffic. But the cost of that traffic is always an issue. Spend too much—and the ad is a complete waste of time, energy, and money. Twitter and Instagram are great platforms to run ads and drive traffic. But which one delivers the lowest cost per click (CPC)? We will tackle that question (and find an answer) in today’s Social Media Lab experiment. Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/twitter-cpc-instagram-cpc/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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A whopping 79% of Facebook users only access Facebook via mobile devices and 19% of Facebook users access the network via both phones and computers. In today’s Social Media Lab experiment we’ll test Facebook mobile ads vs desktop to see which one performs better. Our Hypothesis: Facebook mobile ads have a lower CPC and result in more link clicks than desktop ads. Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/facebook-mobile-ads-vs-desktop-ads/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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Gaining even the slightest advantages in marketing can make or break an ad campaign. A 10% decrease in CPC, for example, could mean the difference between a profitable campaign or going bankrupt! With those ideas in mind, the Social Media Lab tested whether adding text on the images in our Instagram and Facebook ads helped or hurt performance. Our Hypothesis: Image ads on Facebook and Instagram with text produces more clicks and lower CPC. Let's test and find out! Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/text-instagram-image-posts/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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02/05/20 • 9 min

Many sites recommend placing text on Instagram photos because it stands out, but have no data to back up claims that it will help your performance. You’ll find lots of articles on how to put text on photos and create eye-catching graphics, but nothing supporting or refuting the claim that photos with text on them outperform standard photos on Instagram. Our Hypothesis: Instagram images without text receive more reach and engagement. Let's test and find out! Read the full post here https://www.agorapulse.com/social-media-lab/text-instagram-image-posts/ About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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05/12/20 • 9 min

All Facebook Live videos are organic because Facebook does not allow you to advertise live video before it airs. Facebook does, however, allow you to Boost that video after it's over. Will boosting live video replays actually get beneficial results? Or, will it just inflate the view count? Let's find out, on today's Social Media Lab. About the show: Meet the mythbusters of the social media marketing ecosystem. The Social Media Lab spends thousands of dollars every month to scientifically test social media best practices. Each episode is a new experiment dedicated to find out what really helps your business perform better in social media. The Social Media Lab is powered by Agorapulse.

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