Social Media Certification
- True or False? The Holistic model is the most common social team structure used by organizations today.
- Which of the below is not one of the five types of social media models?
- True or false? It’s always better to target your ads towards as broad a group of people as possible.
- Why should you trust the influencer and give them creative license?
- A(n) _____ outlines guidelines and best practices for employees to follow on social media.
- Which of the following is NOT a benefit of having a social media strategy?
- What should you do to secure executive buy-in if you’re starting a social media project and don’t have a past campaign to use as a benchmark?
- There are certain actions that need to be taken into consideration for a social media crisis. What’s an action you should avoid?
- Why do you need to develop a business case for a new social monitoring technology?
- Which KPI is most likely to be a vanity metric?
- Why do you need to use leading indicators of revenue success when calculating ROI on your social media strategy?
- When it comes to social listening, how do you know which social networks to start with?
- When developing your brand’s tone, _____ is key.
- True or false? “Earned” media is exposure your brand has paid for, e.g., advertising or promotions.
- An ad for your upcoming webinar on network security should lead people directly to _____.
- True or false? Curating content means publishing someone else’s content as if it were your own.
- True or false? A channel takeover, such as letting an influencer run your Instagram or Twitter handle for a day, is a good idea for brands.
- Why are hashtags helpful?
- There are many benefits to having a social media strategy. Which answer is NOT one of them?
- “Real-time marketing” refers to:
- True or false? The longer your social posts, the more likely that content will be seen and re-shared.
- True or false? It’s necessary to conduct a social media audit every 2–3 years.
- What did fashion brand Burberry do to revolutionize how marketers use social media?
- Visual images are usually things like _____. Choose all that apply.
- Why should you talk directly with your social followers and prospects?
- True or false? Simon Sinek says that people want to buy what you have. They don’t care about what you believe.
- Why is user-generated content (UGC) so important? Choose all that apply.
- What is the biggest challenge that most social media practitioners have?
- True or false? When you use language in your social responses that is too casual, you lose the respect of your audience.
- True or false? A buyer persona is as important as business objectives when developing a social media strategy.
- Which type of influencer might be primarily behind the scenes in your marketing campaign?
- True or false? Commissions for celebrity influencers are generally 5% of the sale.
- Fill in the blank: Instagram stories are a great way to _____.
- You bid $5.00 on a click on your Facebook ad. The next highest bidder only pays $3.00 to target an ad at the exact same audience. How much will Facebook make you pay to win the bid?
- True or false? Jumping onto an unrelated hashtag to promote your material is spammy.
- How can social media monitoring inform your sales and product teams?
- In what stage of the buyer’s journey would an advertisement for a free trial of your product be most appropriate?
- Which of these KPIs demonstrate engagement? Choose all that apply.
- Which one of the following is NOT a way that UGC can help marketers?
- What do we mean when we say you should post an “80/20 mix” on social media?
- What is a social media audit?
- True or false? If you’re posting the same content across different channels, make sure you post them simultaneously—on the same days and at the same times.
- True or false? Social listening can help you find leads.
- Why is content moderation important for user-generated campaigns?
- True or false? Social media helps people feel INFORMED by helping them learn new things, stay up to date on topics that matter to them, and discover new ideas and trends.
- True or false? The world has changed and so has how we think about inbound, which is why advertising should be considered part of your marketing playbook.
- Fill in the blank: “Facebook Ads is great for targeting based on _____, while Google Ads targets based on your audience’s _____.
- Let’s say you conduct a content audit on your competitors and see that they’re having success with live video, but you haven’t really tried live video yet. What might you do?
- True or False? You should revisit your KPIs every 18 months.
- True or false? When measuring your social media ROI, you calculate the effectiveness of an action by dividing the net income by the cost of this action and multiplying it by 100.
- You’re starting a project and don’t have a past campaign to use as a benchmark. How can you secure executive buy-in?
- Voice refers to:
- Why are UTM parameters so valuable to your social listening and monitoring program?
- The number of leads you generate that actually become paying customers is known as your _____.
- Which one of the below choices is NOT a reason you should be measuring your social media ROI?
- If you don’t have your _____ in mind as you’re developing content and social campaigns, then you probably aren’t using social as effectively as you could be.
- Do brands have legal ownership over content that users generate about their brand?
- True or False? In social media, a service level agreement (SLA) refers to how much time passes between when a customer reaches out and when the company responds.
- Which of the following would not contribute to ad fatigue?
- True or false? Canned messages are a quick and easy way to reach a wide audience in social media to find the right prospects.
- Why should you be careful about monitoring competitors?
- Why do stakeholders matter as you begin to develop your team structure?
- What is one of the major benefits of Facebook Lead Ads?
- How much of the buyer’s journey is digital?
- Which network has the longest life for a piece of content?
- Why would you want a service to help you manage and discover influence?
- What’s the first step organizations and brands need to take when establishing a social media policy?
- What is social selling the inbound way?
- True or false? 12% of people generate 70% of the impact online.
- What’s the difference between social listening and social monitoring?
- What do senior leaders care about when it comes to your social media plan? Choose all that apply.
- True or false? Your campaign should also help the influencer build authority and further their own content or reach.
- What is the main benefit of using animated GIFs in social content?
- What is NOT an example of a social media crisis?
- Which of the following is NOT a type of influencer?
- What is a Social Media Service Level Agreement (SLA)?
- Which of the following is NOT an example of active language you should use on a call-to-action?
- Which of the below is NOT one of the three factors determining how an influencer can impact behavior?
- How can social media listening increase customer advocacy?
- True or False? To implement an effective social media strategy, you have to be aware of the legal challenges, not ethical ones.
- When should a salesperson put forth the sales pitch in social media?
- What should you do if your competitor has a big public blunder?
- True or false? The best way to choose the right social media tool is to think about your business goals, then narrow down your choices based on that goal criteria.
- True or false? It’s not a good policy to delete all negative comments.
- True or false? Selling to prospects by messaging them on Facebook could be seen as invading their private space.
- True or false? Humanizing your brand gives you a competitive edge because people like making connections, and they like to invest their time and money in people they can relate to.
- True or false? Evaluating the team dynamics and how each member did in the crisis along with analyzing the reactions, KPIs, and overall response to the crisis happens during the response stage.
- True or false? Asking for reviews is something you should never do in social media.
- What is NOT a way that a brand can see financial gain from doing social customer service?
- On which social network should you share content most frequently?
- Posting curated content on social shows your audience you’re committed to:
- The _____ stage focuses on creating message maps and listening protocols on social media.
- True or false? One-to-one engagement doesn’t result in customers spending more.
- Which of the following social media expenses do you want to track so you can calculate ROI on your marketing campaigns? Choose all that apply.
- True or false? You should make sure experimentation is ingrained in your strategic plan.