Neil Patel

AUGUST 30, 2021

Gen Z’ers, which includes those born between 1996 and 2012, now make up 20 percent of the US population and account for $143 billion in direct spending. If you are still focused on millennials, it’s time to start paying attention to a new generation of consumers. Here are five ways to attract and keep Gen Z customers.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Which social media networks should your brand focus on? Social media management is evolving rapidly, and consumers are becoming more discerning about where they engage. And they expect your brand to meet them where they already are. But half of all users also interact with brands there at least once per day.

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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.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There’s no question about it: Gen Z is built different. But the definition of who qualifies as Gen Z varies depending on who you ask (for example, if you ask me, it’s anyone who has never had to rewind a VHS). Marketing to Gen Z vs. Millennials. How to market to Gen Z: 7 best practices.

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illumin

JANUARY 14, 2025

Brands, agencies, and retailers need to navigate these shifting trends to stay competitive. In the coming years, agencies will rely heavily on AI for campaign management, media buying , content personalization, and performance measurement. By the end of 2025, AI tools like these will be the norm across agencies.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We unpack how your brand can use these examples to spark your own scroll-stopping ideaswhile maximizing your budget and doing more with less. In this end-of-year lineup, were sharing the best brands on social media in 2024, according to members of Team Sprout. Maybe the occasional irreverent or sexually explicit brand voice.

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Hootsuite

AUGUST 30, 2022

How do you adjust your marketing strategy to include Gen Z without turning away your existing audience, or worse, looking like you’re trying too hard? Here’s what you need to know about Gen Z to effectively market to this savvy, smart, and social-first generation. General Gen Z stats.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As brands continue to rely on multiple social media accounts to reach audiences and grow, influencers have become a fundamental part of successful digital strategies. It’s not hard to see why— Influencer marketing can increase your brand’s reach, engagement and overall credibility. Check out their profiles, posts and engagement rates.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

It’s a visual search engine, productivity tool, and e-commerce powerhouse for brands of all sizes. pic.twitter.com/mQ1l5jbaJm — Stallion Stats (@MegansStats) April 10, 2024 The question is, should your brand tap into Pinterest’s unwavering potential in 2025? Why is Pinterest a valuable platform for brands? The strategy?

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Sprout Social

MARCH 27, 2025

Fortunately for influencers, creators and brands, that turned out to be completely wrong. Once a small-but-mighty phenomenon, the creator economy has transformed into a full-fledged forcereshaping everything from how we consume content, to the relationships between audiences and brands. What is the creator economy?

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Martech

JANUARY 17, 2025

A critical component of this stack is the content management system (CMS) , which must address key challenges businesses face today: Achieving visibility in multimodal search. Managing total cost of ownership. Many brands rely on paid ads to make up for poor organic discovery, even though consumers trust organic content more.

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Hubspot Marketing

MAY 9, 2022

In April, BeReal – a social media app that hosts many Gen Z users, saw 315% YoY daily download growth. Meanwhile, another popular Gen Z app called Poparazzi is seeing 96,100 downloads per month (just from the Apple App Store.). 3 Newer Social Media Platforms With Large Gen Z Audiences. have brand potential?

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Hubspot Marketing

MARCH 26, 2025

In TikToks early days of mostly dance challenges and lip-syncing exchanges, Shola West , a Gen Z career advocate, speaker and educator, spotted a gap. The social media entrepreneur makes her money from brand partnerships, workshops, and other aligned collaborations. It was about adding value. Now, its her full-time business.

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Hubspot Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

From its catchy jingle to its famous golden arches to iconic characters and mascots, the burger chain contains many branded elements that stand the test of time. Director of Brand, Content, and Culture Marketing Anna Engel and Brand Marketing Manager Nathaniel Gaynor both say the secret sauce lies in its fan-driven strategy.

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Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

And what if I told you it wasn’t just meme pages, but some of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups and the world’s most iconic luxury brands are using memes to make millions, too? And it’s been used by the biggest brands in the world — from Duolingo to Porsche, Sony, and more. Of course you would! Know who you cannot offend.

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Martech

JANUARY 22, 2025

RMNs let brands reach consumers with laser-like precision when they are ready to buy. Zero loyalty : They will switch brands after even a single negative experience. “[J]ust one single poor experience” can shatter brand loyalty, underscoring the importance of consistently exceeding expectations.

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Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s the social media home for Gen Z users across the globe and whether you are an aspiring influencer or a brand, you shouldn’t ignore a platform with that potential reach – especially if you’re targeting Gen Z. But how do you make a splash on TikTok and get noticed?

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

But at the same time, brands and influencers must be upfront about partnerships to avoid hefty penalties. In this article, we’ll break down the FTC influencer guidelines, why they matter and the branded content policies for each major social media network. You want your influencer partnerships to feel natural and engaging.

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Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2025

Creators and brands will be world-building Prediction : Creators and brands are moving beyond traditional strategies to create immersive, interconnected ecosystems — what some call the rise of the “cinematic universe” for content. In the same vein, Matt predicts that brands will face challenges with AI in 2025.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Yup, these influencers and brand ambassadors have been under your nose all along. Employee advocacy is when employees share their company’s content or values on their personal social media accounts to boost brand awareness and build trust. It aids in PR crises and issue management. What is employee advocacy?

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Once you've earned a rank, its (generally) manageable to keep it there, making SEO cost-effective or sometimes free to continue ranking. Source SEO increases your brand visibility. If you do your research and strategically create content for SEO, you will undoubtedly increase brand visibility.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Brands must ensure social is prioritized as a critical communication tool and provide their teams with the resources needed to produce creative, relevant, and authentic content.” Lead generation is also proving to be a hurdle in 2024. Lead generation is a job all on its own. Read the room. Follow the trends.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

With Gainsight data accessible within the Sales Cloud platform, customer success managers will be able to expand cross-sell and upsell opportunities while sales representatives will be able to incorporate customer satisfaction and product usage insights into subsequent sales cycles. Gen Z values innovative marketing.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Even the most well-known legacy brands need to adapt to attract audiences over the years. For any business to be successful long-term, they need to be able to evolve to meet the needs and expectations of the next generation. For example, a life insurance brand may want to appeal to both older and younger generations.

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Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 10, 2023

Influencer marketing is a relatively new digital marketing strategy that involves using celebrities or influencers to promote a brand or product through social media. Whether it’s an endorsement or just a brand mention, influencer marketing is an extremely powerful tool. What is influencer marketing? Influencer marketing channels.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 17, 2024

In 2024, brands are encountering a variety of challenges that can impact their reputation. Their decisions are under close scrutiny and require strategic foresight to effectively manage these issues. Several brands have encountered reputation problems due to their products. Legal battles. 29 to March 15, 2024.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 13, 2025

Whether youre running a local business or a multinational corporation, social media marketing is a must for brands of all sizes. As a result, brands will need to prioritise compelling visuals, strong targeting and data-driven strategies to maintain a competitive edge. Gen X: six hours and five minutes. million users in 2028.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Dollar Shave Club, Blue Apron, and Glossier are all well-known brands built on the business model and considered masterclasses in marketing — let alone D2C marketing. Many D2C brands are digital or ecommerce -focused, so they thrived in this climate. Speaking of which … Lower Costs By cutting out the “middlemen,” D2C brands save money.

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Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 22, 2025

Organic marketing is all about naturally attracting your audience to your brand or business. The main goal of organic marketing is to increase brand awareness and build a natural connection with your audience through educational or entertaining content. Think product reviews, interviews, or features about your team, brand, or offer.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 16, 2025

As Matthew Liotti, Brand Content Manager at Crayola, put it, We like to remind people were a 120-year-old brand thats still young and relevant. Its the place where Crayola can take the content our brand has always produced, and put a social-first, video-centric spin on it. We love to test and learnespecially with video.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As we move into 2025, several key themes are emerging: Authenticity and genuine connection: UK consumers are increasingly drawn to brands that communicate with sincerity and meaning. The evolving role of AI: AI is becoming more prevalent in social media management, but ethical and strategic implementation is crucial.

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Set Up

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Read more: Marketing Attribution: Tracking Touch Points Throughout the Customer Journey Since these shares don’t leave referral data, they’re tough to monitor, making it difficult for Brands to gauge how well their content is performing. Read more: It’s Giving… Marketing to Gen Z Remember the BuzzFeed quiz rage?

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illumin

MARCH 6, 2025

A brief look at the financial and tax preparation services world Financial services encompass a broad range of offerings designed to manage money for individuals, businesses, and governments. Are the Gen Z type of first-time tax filers who would likely resort to digital means? trillion in 2024 to $35.86 trillion in 2025.

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Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2025

A TikTok ad is an advertisement by a brand or creator appearing on people’s For You page. TikTok users can customize their ads a lot , including whether they want to use branded content or user generated content , video or carousel, bidding strategy, etc. Enter: TikTok ads. 56 percent of TikTok users in the U.S.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Overall, content can drive brand awareness and build trust with your audience but digital content management comes with a wealth of operational benefits that analog mediums dont. Design School is essentially the brands resource center, where users can learn about design principles, color theory, trends, and how to use the Canva tools.

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Martech

JULY 21, 2022

consumers (51%) say they’d be less loyal to a brand if the digital experience isn’t as enjoyable as in-person, according to PwC’s Customer Loyalty Survey 2022. For Gen Z, that number soared to 69%. Thirty-two percent of Gen Z stopped using a brand in the last year. More than half of U.S. Why we care.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The user-influenced platform , which embraces discussion and community engagement, rather than content creation or branding is vastly different from other networks -- like Facebook or Instagram -- where brands naturally find their niche. But, in the past few years, Reddit's made attempts to gain more attention from brands.

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