Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The creator economy is booming and as more brands seek out partnerships for their social media networks, marketers need to understand how to remain creative and confident when building their strategies. Creator marketing is when brands partner with content creators to drive awareness and engagement for specific campaigns or initiatives.

Branding 141

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Search Engine Land

JULY 26, 2024

Over time, blogs enhance brand awareness, attract qualified leads and ultimately strengthen the bottom line. Blogging is far from dead and has never been more vital for brands and business leaders. Informative content can help influence users’ purchasing decisions or even empower users to make the right decisions.

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Econsultancy

JUNE 1, 2022

As Accenture states in its ‘ Future of Shopping ‘ report: “Rather than a handful of big retailers and brands selling to mass markets of millions, we’re now seeing millions of individuals and smaller businesses selling to one another within a vast social commerce ecosystem.” So, which brands are doing it?

Branding 120

Branding User-Generated Transform Retail 120

Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

However, the specifics can differ dramatically based on age and generation. Let’s break down some of each generation’s most prominent content consumption habits based on data and how to shape your strategy with them in mind. Content Consumption Habits By Generation To be real, I don’t like to put anyone in a box.

Gen Z 137

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illumin

APRIL 11, 2024

Perhaps it’s the platform’s short-form videos, its entertainment value, or its reputation for authenticity and virality. As TikTok gained momentum, a notable shift occurred with users providing candid recommendations for products and brands within their content. and then generate an ad tag. And here’s a success story!

Branding 127

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Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2022

Here, we'll list the best video marketing channels for your long-form, short-form, and live videos — based on ROI, engagement, and lead generation. But it's not just an entertainment hub — it's a powerful marketing tool. While many marketers find success on YouTube for different reasons, its large user base ( 2.6

Video Marketing 133

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As a marketer, it can feel like getting your brand noticed in today’s crowded digital landscape requires a herculean effort. You reach your target audiences even when they don’t encounter your brand directly online. You boost your brand visibility, and widen your marketing reach beyond what you can achieve with internal efforts alone.

Branding 125

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The metaverse is the new internet frontier and popular brands are taking advantage of this evolving technology. In this article, we’ll discuss how top brands are approaching metaverse brand activations and industries making the largest strides. Metaverse brand activations: What they look like today.

Real Estate 126

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 17, 2024

Modern SEO is about developing a cohesive brand identity and implementing a content strategy that genuinely serves your target audience across the web. This article explores a new paradigm for SEO, one rooted in effective brand building. A brand is the cornerstone of marketing, shaping how a business: Communicates with customers.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2022

That said, it's hard to ignore the hype around TikTok, its fantastic engagement rate , and its massive user base. Here, I spoke with HubSpot's social media team to gather their best tips for bringing your brand on TikTok. For some brands, this includes TikTok — for others, not so much. Increase brand awareness.

Branding 138

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2022

However, when it comes to your brand or business blog, renaming your blog doesn't have to be. From the start, you can choose a blog name that stands the test of time, and the various iterations of your brand's life-cycle. Outgrowing a brand, or at least a brand name, is common. Use a blog name generator.

Branding 145

Branding Food User-Generated SEO 145

Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 29, 2023

billion users of the internet, it also hosts 1.8 We use the internet to find information via search engines, get our entertainment and buy goods and services online. Instead of watching television we now stream our video entertainment via the internet. billion active users in 2022 and revenue of $8.6 billion smartphones.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 22, 2024

They were the largest and most influential generation in the history of modern consumerism, yet their social movements and corporate distrust confounded advertisers who had to completely rethink their playbooks. After decades of consistently marketing to young people, marketers are again mystified by a new generation. Sound familiar?

Gen Z 94

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Sprout Social

MAY 4, 2022

Perfect for building awareness and encouraging awesome user-generated content, brands are rightfully scrambling to find TikTok hashtags for their own challenges. Below we break down TikTok challenges work and the best practices for brands looking to leverage them. million user videos created in only two days.

Branding 125

Branding Gen Z Fashion User-Generated 125

Sprout Social

JULY 14, 2022

Or is it something brands can genuinely take advantage of? Major companies and startups alike are becoming early adopters, collaborating with metaverse companies to create branded activations and more. Instead of tech giants like Google or Apple controlling the internet, everyday users will own, operate and contribute.

Branding 130

Branding Fashion Gen Z User-Generated 130

SocialPilot

JANUARY 21, 2024

As one of the world’s most popular social media platforms , it offers unparalleled support to its users. You can not only reach out to more people in less time, but you can also establish a significant presence for your brand. It’s a win-win situation for your brand, your partner, and your audience.

Branding 98

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Sprout Social

JUNE 27, 2022

This new opportunity has revolutionized how B2C brands interact with their customers. Quite a few brands are trying to answer that question for themselves. With more than one billion active monthly users, buyers of all kinds are flocking to TikTok for inspiration, entertainment, education and more.

Branding 141

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Chicago brand Lost Girls Vintage created a countdown to promote their holiday dress shop—especially enticing for a company with exclusive, limited vintage stock where you have to shop fast. This is especially useful for brands who rely on long-form content, like media companies. People want to see the faces behind a brand.

Branding 138

Branding Gen Z User-Generated Promotion 138

Sprout Social

JANUARY 19, 2023

There isn’t much regulation at the moment, which has led to inconsistent expectations and user experiences, especially surrounding security and privacy best practices. According to a Sprout survey of 300 marketers responsible for their brands social media strategy, 64% cite data, privacy and brand safety as concerns within the metaverse.

Branding 127

Branding Real Estate User-Generated Communications 127

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In marketing, brand awareness is a significant focus—in fact, it’s likely one of your main goals. In this article, learn how to build your own customer marketing strategy, how it creates customer trust and see some stellar customer marketing examples from brands who are getting it right. This is where customer marketing comes in.

Customer Marketing 133

Customer Marketing Branding Customer User-Generated 133

Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As your social media users consume more and more video content, having a YouTube presence is more than just a box to check in your broader social strategy. Like this job description from Blizzard Entertainment shows, the role also includes monitoring audience sentiment and generating analytics reports. Let’s dive in.

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the main things we've learned during the COVID-19 pandemic in regards to how people consume content is that they want to be entertained in different ways. If your brand doesn't give consumers this option, then you're missing out on a big fraction of your audience — that's where the powerful tool of video comes into play.

Branding 123

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Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 9, 2023

billion monthly active users ; to accomplish this in a one-year time frame is no easy feat. That just goes to show how popular TikTok is among users and how much cultural importance social media holds over the world. It’s absolutely vital to expand your brand, business, or creative endeavor across a variety of social media networks.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 11, 2024

This trend or less visibility for AI-generated answers started in mid-April, when the number of Google Search results without SGE jumped to 65% , up from 25%. We next saw multiple examples of incorrect and dangerous AI-generated answers , such as Google suggesting people drink urine and eat rocks. UGC loses visibility in AI Overviews.

Real Estate 113

Real Estate Entertainment eCommerce User-Generated 113

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 15, 2021

With over 1 billion monthly active users , TikTok has quickly become one of the largest social media platforms in the world. What started as a fun video streaming app for Gen Zers has taken the marketing and advertising world by storm, completely changing the way brands create and share content. Moreover, 47.4%

Entertainment 141

Entertainment User-Generated Gen Z Transform 141

Sprout Social

AUGUST 17, 2022

Brand safety, that is. A recent study found that 75% of brands have been exposed to a brand safety incident within the past year. In this new world of social advertising, brand safety issues aren’t an “if”—they’re a “when”. In this new world of social advertising, brand safety issues aren’t an “if”—they’re a “when”.

Branding 131

Branding Health Advertising Advertisers 131

Hootsuite

AUGUST 11, 2022

Brand awareness: It’s one of those concepts you know you need to understand, but perhaps you find it somewhat… hard to pin down? Brand awareness = people being aware of your brand. And what’s the exact brand awareness definition that makes sense for your business? What is brand awareness? You’re not alone.

Branding 131

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Martech

APRIL 26, 2024

Sam Altman’s proclamation that “movies are going to become video games and video games are going to become something unimaginably better” is more than just a prediction — it’s a vision of a new frontier in entertainment and content creation.

Transform 118

Transform Entertainment User-Generated Education 118

Vertical Response

JULY 7, 2024

Wondering which social media platforms to use to elevate your brand in 2024? Instagram excels in visual content and influencer marketing, providing numerous creative formats and strong e-commerce features, making it essential for brands targeting younger demographics. This makes it a vital tool for brand engagement and growth.

Gen Z 79

Gen Z Branding User-Generated Influencer Marketing 79

Martech

JANUARY 3, 2024

The space continues to diversify, with more user-generated content inspired by the emergence of TikTok in recent years. Yet, X saw the grand exit of big tech and entertainment brands last year. As the vitriol ramps up in an election year, will users opt out? “We

Entertainment 140

Entertainment Advertising Advertisers User-Generated 140

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In 2022, the average daily time spent on social media declined globally leading to a drop in organic reach for brands and creators. However, social media platforms need users to spend as much time on their apps as possible and to continue buying from advertisers in order to remain profitable.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

However, it can be hard for smaller businesses to compete with well-known brands in their market. Alongside customer choice, brand awareness and visibility are critical to business success. Niche marketplaces allow businesses to leverage the power and branding of larger platforms to reach their target audiences.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A new TikTok intersitital is encouraging users to add a shortcut to their device home screen, the latest effort to encourage more people to search on the platform. TikTok is more than a platform for awareness – it can also generate sales and conversions for brands and businesses (look no further than #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt).

Gen Z 118

Gen Z Food User-Generated Entertainment 118

Sprout Social

JULY 22, 2021

Brands caught on to this upward trend and are engaging social media users to drive awareness, clicks and sales. Consequently, understanding how different generations use social media is critical to shaping a social strategy that gets results. Generation X (survey respondents ages 40-55).

Gen Z 144

Gen Z Millennials User-Generated Entertainment 144

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 14, 2021

As video marketing continues taking the world by storm, more businesses adopt it as a pivotal strategy to educate consumers, generate leads, and boost ROI. Not only is video educational and entertaining, but it can help your business connect with your target audience on a deeper level. Videos that tell your brand story.

Content Marketing 145

Content Marketing Gen Z Entertainment Education 145

Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Users were also granted access to Reels editing tools to make videos more engaging. With the ability to publish longer videos and consumers’ love of short form video, there’s a lot of Reel-estate for brands to get creative and boost their engagement. Instagram Reel ideas for fashion and retail brands. Promote hot in-store items.

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2024

I recently experimented with Midjourney to generate an image of two hikers. Companies have been paying for characters to use their products since radio was the entertainment source. I’m not sure if product placement in AI-generated images is a fantasy or a nightmare, but it is an opportunity.

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