Hopefully, the title got your attention!
For those of you with an excellent command over acronyms, “IG”, “FB”, “LI”, “YT” is as easy as 123. However, for many like me it sounds like double Dutch! Just today, I found out what “IG” means. It gets all the more embarrassing when you learn it from your daughter.
Well, in this world of social media where brevity is the soul of wit, it is now necessary to know most of the common abbreviations/acronyms. Be it business meetings, sales or marketing reports, acronyms fit almost all social media networks quite naturally.
2. Hopefully, the title got your attention!
For those of you with an excellent command over acronyms, “IG”, “FB”, “LI”, “YT” is as easy as 123.
However, for many like me it sounds like double Dutch! Just today, I found out what “IG” means. It
gets all the more embarrassing when you learn it from your daughter.
Well, in this world of social media where brevity is the soul of wit, it is now necessary to know most
of the common abbreviations/acronyms. Be it business meetings, sales or marketing reports,
acronyms fit almost all social media networks quite naturally.
So, while we have made considerable strides in the field of technology, why lag behind in this
intricately intriguing social media world!
I have narrowed down a list of network specific and business related acronyms used commonly,
hope it helps and add to your knowledge bank too.
Business Related Acronyms
These unique set of terminologies often come up in social media marketing meetings.
B2B: Business to Business
B2C: Business to Consumer
CMGR: Community Manager
CMS: Content Management System
CPC: Cost Per Click
CPM: Cost Per Thousand
CR: Conversion Rate
CTA: Call To Action
CTR: Click-Through Rate
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
PPC: Pay Per Click
PV: Page Views
ROI: Return On Investment
UGC: User Generated Content
3. Twitter Related Acronyms
DM: Direct Message
MT: Modified Tweet
PM: Private Message, same as DMs
RT: Retweet
Technical Acronyms
SaaS: Software as a Service
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
TOS: Terms Of Service
UI/UX: User Interface/User Experience
A few others commonly you will hear your kid saying or on social media:
SOV: Share Of Voice
AMA: Ask Me Anything
NBD: No Big Deal
TBH: To Be Honest
YOLO: You Only Live Once
TL;DR: Too Long; Didn’t Read
TIL: Today I Learned
LMK: Let Me Know
This however isn’t the complete list of all the acronyms/abbreviations. But TBH what TIL was really
fun, in case you find or come across any interesting acronym LMK :)