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Apr 2022
47m 27s

Power up your Social Commerce

DIGITAL MARKETING INSTITUTE
About this episode

Host Will Francis is joined by Avocado Social founder Alison Battisby to discuss how marketers can take full advantage of the rise of shopping within social media platforms. From Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest to TikTok, consumers are becoming ever more used to shopping in these environments and they look at brands that are doing it well, how to use videos and influencers, how to work with platform guidelines, and where it's all heading. 

To see some of these examples in action, you can watch Alison's webinar on Social Commerce on the DMI website. 

View the episode transcript on the DMI website.

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