
{"id":3986,"date":"2017-10-23T06:49:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T06:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2017-10-23T06:50:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T06:50:08","slug":"social-media-terminologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Glossary:  Essential Social Media Terminologies that You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing is constant, especially in this ever-changing world of social media. It can be very challenging for digital marketers and social media managers to stay updated with all the <\/span>social media terminologies<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> used with the advent of a large number of <\/span>social media terms<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and digital networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a look at this social media glossary that include all the most used social media terms and their <\/span>social media definitions <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that you should know to understand social media. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#Lets_get_right_to_it\" >Let\u2019s get right to it.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#A\" >A<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#B\" >B<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#C\" >C<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#D\" >D<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#E\" >E<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#F\" >F<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#H\" >H<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#I\" >I<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#K\" >K<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#L\" >L<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#M\" >M<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#N\" >N<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#O\" >O<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#P\" >P<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#R\" >R<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#S\" >S<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#T\" >T<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#U\" >U<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#V\" >V<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/social-media-terminologies\/#W\" >W<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_get_right_to_it\"><\/span><strong>Let\u2019s get right to it.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A\"><\/span><b>A<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b> Abandonment Rate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The percentage of online customers who abandon their shopping carts before finalizing a purchase decision, in contrast to those who finalize their purchase process and proceed to the final checkout with their shopping cart.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>AI<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI refers to Artificial Intelligence, which is intelligence exhibited by machines. It is applied to mimic cognitive functions associated with human intelligence such as learning and problem solving.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Algorithms<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In social media, algorithm is the social media term that determine the type of content that must be displayed on your News Feed and search results.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Analytics<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analytics help you figure out what happened. It involves technological tools to gather data, patterns in behavior and user interaction with different elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Avatar<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A visual representation of online users. Social media profiles pictures are the best example of an Avatar.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"B\"><\/span><b>B<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Big Data<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big data is large sets of massive and complex data. These data sets are layered with information and good analysis can reveal surprising insights<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Bio<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bio is an acronym of biography, that is a small part of your online profile that explains to new or potential followers who you are. A good bio can increase your searchability and attract new followers. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Bitmoji<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a customized avatar or emoji that can be added to Slack, Messenger, Gmail or any other online network.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <b>Brand Advocate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In digital marketing world, a brand advocate is a customer that is so delighted and satisfied with your services or products. Brand advocates do work on their own and they don\u2019t miss any single opportunity to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/storytelling-can-promote-your-brand-and-build-trust\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promote your brand<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"C\"><\/span><b>C<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Caption<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short description of your social media post be it an article, image, infographics, SlideShare, or presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Chatbots<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A type of bot that uses artificial intelligence to perform tasks through virtual conversation. Chatbots are usually used for messaging apps and have potential to provide better customer service.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Clickbait<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web content that has a misleading caption that allures readers and increase their curiosity to click through to read the full article. The main objective is to generate page views and advertising revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Click through Rate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click through rate or CTR is a common metric that is used for reporting on the number of users who viewed a piece of content and then performed the desired action such as clicking on the ad, filling the lead form, and clicking a link in an email marketing campaign. CTR is usually used for search engine marketing and different other performance-driven channels. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Community Management<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practice of building strong relationships by engaging with those people who engage with the common interest. The main objective of developing relationships is that community act as brand advocate on behalf of the common interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Content Curation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of searching through the web to find the best and most relevant content for your target audience and then organizing and presenting it to them in the best possible way. It doesn\u2019t involve posting new content.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>CMS<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content Management System or CMS is an online application that allows you to draft, share, edit, schedule, index and monitor your content. It is backbone of your content marketing strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Content Marketing<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A strategy that is based on attracting and retaining customers through the production and distribution of valuable content such as blog posts, videos, infographics, eBooks, whitepapers, how-to guides and more. Content marketing efforts help brands gain customer loyalty and create a big impact on purchase decision by providing useful, educational and entertaining content.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Conversions<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A conversion is a desired action taken by a visitor on your website. This positive action shows that a visitor is converting into a customer.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/website-redesign-conversions\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be in form of sales, webinar registrations, newsletter signups, eBook downloads, and other important actions that lead to sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Crowdsourcing<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term crowdsourcing refers to the process of giving your online community power to assist in services, content and ideas for your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"D\"><\/span><b>D<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li><b> Direct Message<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Direct Message or DM is a private message sent to your followers. DM can only be sent to Twitter users who are already following you and you can receive DMs from your followers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Disappearing Content<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The type of content like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/21-ideas-for-what-to-post-on-instagram\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram Stories<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Snaps that disappear after a certain amount of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Display Ad<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Display ads are small banner ads that are appeared on different websites in the form of video, audio, images, flash or text-based. Display ads are used for retargeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"E\"><\/span><b>E<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Engagement<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media engagement is the act of discussing, messaging or interacting with other people on social media channels. In short, any interaction your brand has with its audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Engagement Rate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engagement rate is the percentage of users who viewed your posts and actively engaged with them such as clicked the link, liked, favorited, shared, or retweeted. Engagement rate tells the quality and success of your social media posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"F\"><\/span><b>F<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>F4F<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow for Follow or F4F, is an invitation to follow a user on Instagram or Twitter with the guarantee that they will follow you back.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Feed<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A social media data format that provides users with a steady stream of information and updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"27\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>First Response Time<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key performance metric of social customer service that tells how long it takes a brand to give its first response to a user\u2019s comment or inquiry on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>G<\/b><\/p>\n<ol start=\"28\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Geofilter<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are special graphical overlays that show the geographic location of Snapchat users. Geofilters can be created by brands or Snapchat users themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"29\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Geolocation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geolocation or geotagging is the practice of tagging an image, video or message with a specific location.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"30\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Geotargeting<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An option present in many social media platforms that allows users to share their content with <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">geographically defined audiences to better connect with people in particular cities, areas or countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"31\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>GIF<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphics Interchange Format or GIF refers to a file format that supports both static and animated photos. It shows a short video clip in a more condensed image format.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"H\"><\/span><b>H<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"32\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Handle<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handle is used to describe your account name. For example, Branex\u2019 Twitter handle is<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/branex_ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@branex_ae<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A reliable handle helps with discoverability.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"33\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Hashtag<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In social media world, a word or phrase preceded by # sign to make that particular word or phrase discoverable to people with common interests.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/how-to-use-hashtags\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hashtags<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if used properly can help brands to increase brand recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I\"><\/span><b>I<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"34\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Impressions<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of time an ad, sponsored update, or promoted post is displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"35\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Inbound Marketing<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inbound marketing is a technique for drawing customers to products and services via content marketing, social media marketing and search engine optimization.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"36\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Influencer<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A social media user who have a large following and can reach to significant audience to drive awareness about a brand, product, service, topic or trend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"K\"><\/span><b>K<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"37\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Kik<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mobile messaging app that allows users to connect with others by using a username instead of using their cell phone numbers to share text messages, videos, images or more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"L\"><\/span><b>L<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"38\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Like-baiting<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act of explicitly requesting likes, shares, comments to boost engagement on Facebook. Facebook new algorithms have reduced the visibility of like-baiting posts in users News Feed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"M\"><\/span><b>M<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"39\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Marketing Automation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A combination of technology channels and tricks that enable brand to automatically deliver personalized content to their potential and existing customers through a number of online platforms, like social media, emails, and websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"40\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Meme<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any idea, trend or behavior that is transmitted from person to person through speech, media, gestures and different other forms of communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"41\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Mention<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of tagging another user\u2019s handle or account name in a social media post. Mentions usually send a notification to that user, and it can allow other users to click through to the mentioned user to check his bio or profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"42\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Microblogging<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posting smaller, frequent number of posts to a number of microblogging platforms such as WordPress, Tumblr, BlogSpot, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"N\"><\/span><b>N<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"43\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Net Promoter Score<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A customer loyalty metric that is based on a question: how would you recommend our products or services to a friend or colleague on a scale of 0 to 10? Those who respond with a 9 or 10 are brand promoters, a 7 or 8 are passive promoters, and a 6 or below are detractors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"44\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Newsjacking<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act of referencing a new story, topic, article, trend or news in order to connect with the audience following or discussing that particular topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"O\"><\/span><b>O<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"45\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Organic Reach<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explains the number of unique visitors who view your content without any paid efforts. Visitors come across this content through streams, feeds, posts and pages of trusted brands, friends, family and colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"P\"><\/span><b>P<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"46\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Paid Reach<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like organic reach, the number of visitors view your published paid content such as banner ads, sponsored stories, promotional material.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"45\">\n<li><b> Permalink<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The URL address of a post.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"47\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Podcast<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A type of audio file available through the web, usually produced as a series that listeners subscribe to.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"R\"><\/span><b>R<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"48\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Real-time Marketing<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of connecting with an online community around current trends, events and user feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"49\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Retargeting<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An online advertising technique that involves targeting visitors who showed an interest in your products or services.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"50\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Response Rate<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An engagement metric that is used to analyze how much the brand is interacting with your social media audience.The formula of engagement rate is: The number of mentions you have replied in a given period of time divided by the total number of mentions you have received.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"51\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>RSS<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RSS is a format for syndicating web content. Readers can subscribe to RSS feeds to automatically receive updates through a news reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"S\"><\/span><b>S<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"52\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Social Media Listening<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of finding and analyzing what is being discussed about a brand, topic, individual, product or social media channels.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"53\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Social Media Marketing<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of social media by digital marketers to boost brand awareness, figure out target audience, generate qualified leads and build strong relationships with customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"54\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Social Media Monitoring<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening and responding to brand and keyword mentioning on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"55\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Social Media ROI<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A measurement of the effectiveness of a brand; investment in social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"56\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Social Selling<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of social media by sales professionals to enhance their reputations, expand their networks and attract potential customers to do business with them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"57\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>SoLoMo<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SoLoMo is the combination of three consumer trends: using social media (So), location-based relevance (Lo) and mobile adoption (Mo) in which consumers tend to prefer to access apps and websites through smartphones.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"T\"><\/span><b>T<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"58\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Thread<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A strand of messages that represent a discussion or part of a discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"59\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Timestamp<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The date and time that a message is posted to a social media channel, usually shown below the headline or username.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"60\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Trend<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A topic or hashtag that gains popularity on social media at a given time.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"61\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Trend jacking<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a brand or person tries to get benefit from a social media trend by adding their own relevant content.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"62\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Triage<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of prioritizing, analyzing and responding to inbound social media messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"U\"><\/span><b>U<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"63\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>URL<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">URL is an acronym of Uniform Resource Locator which is the address of a page on the World Wide Web.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"64\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>URL Shortener<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tool that is used to condense a URL into a shorter format to make it social media friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"65\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>UGC<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(UGC) stands for User-generated Content which is the defining characteristic of social media. UGC is the type of content, videos and images that have been created and posted online by social media users for non-commercial purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"V\"><\/span><b>V<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"66\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Vanity URL<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A vanity URL is a custom branded URL that is used for marketing purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"67\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Viral<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term used to explain an instance in which content such as blog post, infographic, video, or image achieves significant awareness. 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