This post was updated September 2020 Key Takeaways TikTok is a bite-sized social video platform that allows users to create, share, and edit videos with built-in tools that make it easy for anyone to add music or special effects 42% of users fall into the Generation Z demographic...
Please see prior posts: Social Media Marketing in the Midst of COVID-19 (Mar 16); and Social Media Marketing During COVID-19: March 23 Update One week further along into our new normal and COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb in the United States. Federal distancing guidelines were extended until at...
One week ago today, we wrote a blog post on how to think about social media marketing during the COVID-19 outbreak around the globe. After what felt like the longest week in history, I’ve decided to update the post with the latest thinking as things...
TikTok is the newest viral video app to capture the attention of the younger, mainly Gen Z, demographic. With its quick rise to popularity, there are a lot of questions marketers have about this platform. We will dive into how TikTok came to be and...
I got an email this morning from a non-profit I work with wondering how they should think about social media marketing during the COVID-19 outbreak. It's a tricky thing as the situation is very dynamic and social media is only becoming more important as people...
Recently, LinkedIn announced that they would be merging Company Pages with LinkedIn Elevate, their employee advocacy tool, making it even easier for companies to start engaging their employees on the channel. Before the merger, Elevate was a separate app that had an additional charge. By...
As online retail grows, shoppers are looking for additional ways to get the products they want. We know that Instagram Shopping has significantly grown over the last year, from buying from the brand's site to now checking out directly on the platform. But what about...
Ever since Facebook and Instagram started selling ad space, marketers have wondered when social shopping and the direct purchase of products would become available via the platforms. That time is officially here, and brands should start thinking about how they might implement direct buying on the platforms for their...
February was a busy month as we started to see more news about the CCPA’s data collection law that went into effect at the beginning of the year. We also saw several updates from Pinterest. Let’s break down the February social media trends. Photo by...
As brand marketers on social media, we typically play by the “rules” of whichever platform on which we’re looking to distribute our message, with the rules in this case being the algorithm, updates being rolled out, and new ad units the platforms want us to put money behind....
This blog post was updated in June of 2020 to reflect the most recent data in regards to social media ad spending. Source: Adobe When it comes down to ad revenue, 2020 seems like a pretty good year for the major social media platforms. Facebook/Instagram...
The way conversations work on Twitter is about to change. This year at CES, Twitter announced some experimental changes affecting tweet threads that we could be seeing as soon as the first quarter of 2020. Users will soon notice a new option for controlling the...