A new year means a fresh start for your brand’s social media marketing strategy. As we enter 2021, it’s time to drop some of those bad social media habits and focus on tactics that are designed to drive real, meaningful results for your business. But what...
Diversity. Inclusion. Equality. Unconscious bias. Equity. The spring of 2020 challenged marketers to publicly identify where their brands stood on these words and the issue of social justice. 2020’s social unrest made it abundantly clear that consumers want to know, or rather demand to know, that...
Wow. What a decade this past year has been. As 2020 is now in hindsight, it will live in infamy as one of the most perplexing years of the modern era. With murder hornets, African dust storms blanketing Puerto Rico, and a biblical plague of...
If you are a brand with a global presence you should consider Facebook Global Pages. Facebook Global Pages aren’t new, they have been around for a few years now, but many brands aren’t taking full advantage of this structure. The main benefit of the global...
It’s no secret that short-form video blew up this year. Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts launched and in April, while TikTok lead the pack with 2 billion downloads of the app. Earlier this summer we saw Triller, an app originally released in 2015, rise in...
In a year where 90% of social media plans were thrown out the window, we’re still trying to predict what major occurrences will happen in the months ahead. Some things might still surprise us (like the FTC lawsuit against Facebook that was issued last week),...
2020 has created many challenges for the average person, but it may have created even more challenges for social media community managers across the nation. As stay-at-home orders went into effect, consumers took to social media to express themselves and engage with others in their...
Every year we see new trends in social media behaviors emerge, but this past year has been a unique experience for all of us. As lockdowns went into effect nationwide in March, consumers began reaching for their phones more and more, searching for a link...
Since early last year, Facebook has been putting more emphasis on groups within its platform. This focus stemmed from users wanting to have more of a community feel around topics and interests they care about. This was something Facebook lost ground on in more recent...
Now more than ever, people are online shopping rather than making a trip to their local store. Just this past year digital buyers in the U.S. grew by 1.32 percent, accumulating over 230 million digital buyers. Simply put, people are finding it easier, and safer, to...
This past year many marketers struggled with their social media advertising efforts. From the pandemic to the election to the upcoming holiday season, CPMs have been largely unpredictable. In an effort to help brand marketers gear up for the final push of 2020, our team at...
It’s that time of year again – the holidays are upon us. If you haven’t defined your Pinterest strategy for the coming weeks, now is the perfect time to finalize your plans. People are shopping for themselves and loved ones earlier than ever (as we...