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And that’s a wrap on our Social Media for Creatives course! Twenty talented artists started their journey in March wanting direction with their social media, confidence in posting, how to make money online and how to share their craft with the world.

Armed with an amazing sponsor City of Cape Town and inspiring venue Zeitz MOCAA we dove deep into social media and how to leverage it. We covered topics like:

✨ How to pick a social media platform
✨ How to grow across each platform
✨ How to monetize your presence online
✨How to build your website

Our masterclasses featured talented speakers like Steven van Wyk, Kareesha Naidoo, Karen Vermeulen, Lorna Kalimashe and Lungiswa Chantell Joe and each was thoughtfully co-ordinated by Dammon Rice 🤗

But the biggest S/O goes to our talented, curious and committed students - we are so excited to be on this journey with you 🎉 Let’s build our empires!

Have you checked out Google Analytics 4 yet? It includes expanded predictive insights, deeper integration with Google Ads, cross-device measurement capabilities and more granular data controls.

You can't upgrade from Universal Analytics but can implement GA4 and track across both for now! All new properties set up will default to GA4 though.

This change underscores that thanks to cookie based tracking being phased out, data sparsity will become the new norm and we will be relying on machine learning to fill in the data gaps!

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3anvmf4

From killer collabs to tongue in cheek Instagram posts, we love Bumble's authentic, fun and on the pulse approach to content marketing. 💻

Read more about how Whitney Wolf Herd (the youngest self-made female billionaire at 31)'s brainchild - stumbled upon over cocktails no less - is cleaning up when it comes to content.

Falcon.io shares the secret sauce behind their social media success. Read the full story: http://bit.ly/38WDOkT

How the Best Marketers Get Ahead: They Make Time to Learn! "The world’s best marketers don’t get to the top of their field by accident. They consume the right sources; they read the right books. They take what they learn and put it into practice. 📚

But with the daily demands of most marketing professionals, it’s often an uphill battle to take a step back and set aside time to learn new skills. All too often, that quarterly report or urgent client request takes priority, time and time again."

Read CXL's top tips on how to become an exceptional marketer. http://bit.ly/3qNQRe8

Looking for a simple explainer to the newest, buzziest social media app around? We've got you covered! This New York Times article tells you everything you need to know from: ⁣

❓ What it is ⁣
❓ Who is on it ⁣
❓ What happens on it ⁣
❓ How you can get an invite on it. ⁣

You're welcome! ⁣http://nyti.ms/3tmlEAO

NEW IG FEATURE ALERT! ⚠️

Instagram just released a new feature that allows users of the app to go live with up to three people (including themselves) as opposed to just one. Previously, IG users could go live and add one other person to the stream, but Instagram are hoping that by making Lives bigger, people will have more creative opportunities to connect with others.

Read more over on the IG blog: http://ow.ly/OXt550DRLRK

We are loving Hootsuite's report! It might just be the most comprehensive report out there and we do love a good stat. Check out some fun SA facts we bet you didn't know yet:

🇿🇦 There were 25.00 million social media users in South Africa in January 2021.

🇿🇦 The number of social media users in South Africa increased by 3.0 million (+14%) between 2020 and 2021.

🇿🇦 The number of social media users in South Africa was equivalent to 41.9% of the total population in January 2021.

Is TikTok actually the best place to reach Gen Z? Is online shopping as rampant as it was in 2020? Test your assumptions with this comprehensive report on the state of digital, ecommerce, and social media. http://ow.ly/hIb650DmeSN

Our Namibian friends at V5 Digital showing what’s up! An eight week course for the price of 10 beers 🍻🙊 Sign up today.

"Drinking good beer at the end of a rewarding day is a pleasure in itself...and so is completing a Social Media Masterclass" - by Aina Maggy Ilunga

We are offering our Social Media Masterclass at a 88% discount. That's correct, an 8 week Masterclass* for the price of 10 beers. Here's the small print: This never to be repeated offer only runs until the 30th of June 2019.
Book and pay now to avoid disappointment.
https://www.v5.digital/academy

MASTERCLASS CONTENT:
1. WELCOME & INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Basic social media concepts and terms

2. FACEBOOK MASTERCLASS
Leverage the world's biggest social media platform

3. INSTAGRAM MASTERCLASS
Make your brand Insta-famous

4. TWITTER MASTERCLASS
Take flight on Twitter

5. LINKEDIN MASTERCLASS
Do business better on LinkedIn

6. CREATING A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY

7. MEASUREMENT & OPTIMIZATION
Optimizing & Measuring Success on Social Media

8. SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING EXAM
A one hour exam to test you on everything you have learnt!

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