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      "evidence_excerpt": "This could take many different forms — for example, if you’re not comfortable on video, you could record a podcast. You might even film yourself recording the podcast so you could have a video out of it as well. And from that video or audio clip, you can create content for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.",
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      "evidence_excerpt": "The truth is, the way to win on social media is to actually be social 😉 The number of Instagram followers you have means nothing if you can’t build a community of like-minded people who care and engage. The only real way to do this from scratch is to become part of the conversation.",
      "qualification": "The named Instagram tactic is from 2017 and should not be treated as current platform policy or a guaranteed growth result."
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      "evidence_excerpt": "Remember this regrettable tweet from the Patriots? Guess why it happened. Yep. Because the replies were automated. There are so many mistakes to be made when you don’t have a human checking on the other side. This campaign was easily executable with a strong social media team.",
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      "title": "Social-First Marketing: VaynerMedia Australia Expands",
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      "title": "'Social scrolling is the new channel surfing': Behind QVC's TikTok strategy",
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    "Current VaynerMedia pages describe a learning flywheel: publish locally nuanced organic creative, observe resonance, and carry learning into broader media/creative decisions.",
    "Current official platform documentation supports personalized/recommendation discovery and eligibility controls, but does not prove that zero-follower handles will outperform established accounts or that volume alone creates reach.",
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