Sprout Social

MARCH 14, 2025

As the industry steadily gains popularity outside of Asia, more brands and creators are tapping into its potential. This article will break it all down: what live social shopping is, how it works, the latest trends and real-world brand examples. A self-hosted app gives you complete control over the branding and shopping experience.

Branding

illumin

JANUARY 14, 2025

Brands, agencies, and retailers need to navigate these shifting trends to stay competitive. Cross-Channel Integration With consumers engaging with brands across multiple platforms from social media to connected TVs and podcasts cross-channel marketing will be a must for agencies.

Gen Z

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 27, 2025

Build a Brand Gen Z Wants to Work (and Buy) From written by Jarret Redding read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Len Silverman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Len Silverman, a veteran marketer, former Learning Center owner, and author of Mesh: Aligning Your Personal Brand with Gen Z.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

JUNE 26, 2025

Influencer marketing has become one of the most powerful tactics for brands on social media, enabling them to leverage creators’ existing reach and credibility. Further, younger generations are the most impacted, with 90% of Gen Z and 84% of Millennials saying some of their purchases within this period were influenced by social.

Influencer Marketing

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.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

JANUARY 15, 2025

You get affiliate influencer marketing: a high-impact strategy for boosting brand awareness and sales. Affiliate influencer marketing, or influencer affiliate marketing, is a type of brand partnership where influencers earn a commission for driving product or service sales through their content.

Influencer Marketing

Sprout Social

JULY 9, 2025

Others have trusting audiences but don’t fit your brand’s ethos. Keep reading and get to know 30 of the top fitness influencers in Australia—and how to choose the right one for your brand. Based in Adelaide, she’s earned a massive and loyal following, making her an ideal partner for brands targeting a broad and engaged audience.

Branding

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.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

JUNE 11, 2025

More than just a single approach, influencer marketing now represents several campaign types and a core way for brands to use socials to expand reach, further influence and gain new followers. Influencers don’t just drive platform choices, they also influence brand engagement. This list isn’t exhaustive, of course.

Influencer Marketing

Sprout Social

MAY 14, 2025

But how can brands effectively reach these users? From generational trends to platform preferences, we cover the must-know details about Aussie social users and their online behaviours. The report also found that approximately one in five Australians creates social media content to generate income.

Gen Z

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?

Gen Z

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.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

APRIL 28, 2025

But unlike other social platforms, where engagement might be more straightforward, Reddit’s community-first culture requires brands to earn users’ trust by providing real value. Reddit’s users lean young, making it a great social network to reach Gen Z and younger millennials.

Branding

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?

Gen Z

Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Sticking with the printed song lyrics keyword: businesses selling printed lyrics might promote the product as a gift for the paper anniversary. Source SEO increases your brand visibility. If you do your research and strategically create content for SEO, you will undoubtedly increase brand visibility.

SEO

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. Fifty-six percent of millennial and Gen Z consumers trust influencers more than brands.

PR

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.

Gen Z

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

25-34 is the largest age group on YouTube Unlike competing platforms like TikTok, whose user base skews heavily Gen Z , YouTube remains a popular platform for users across generations. YouTube stats for business Ready to build your brand on YouTube? Currently, YouTube Shorts sees around 70 billion daily views.

Gen Z

SmartBrief - Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Additionally, a report at Statista indicated that 70% of Generation Z respondents were more likely to prefer watching sports through social media platforms. Putting the star in star power Social media has elevated athletes from mere players to influencers with personal brands. Record-breaking viewership for the 2023 Super Bowl.

Gen Z

Martech

JANUARY 17, 2025

Many brands rely on paid ads to make up for poor organic discovery, even though consumers trust organic content more. Prioritizing SERP saturation and discovery features is essential for any brand. Gen Z increasingly turns to platforms like TikTok and Instagram for discovery, with nearly 40% bypassing search engines.

SEO

Martech

JULY 24, 2024

Brands have the ability to leverage social media and these brand activations in a digital way, and this has changed the dynamic.” Brands capitalizing on the success of exceptional athletes should acknowledge the broader cultural impact of women athletes on all of us. For that Olympics, 86% of the sponsors were Japanese brands.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

JUNE 24, 2025

That makes Snapchat a valuable avenue for building brand familiarity. Snapchat predominantly reaches Gen Z and younger millennials, including specifically 90% of 13- to 24-year-olds and 75% of 13- to 34-year-olds. Gen Z students from ages 13 to 27: 64% have made a purchase influenced by the app.

Gen Z

Martech

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Also, 23% engage with ad-based games or quizzes promoted by the brand. Gen Z consumers are 52% more likely to value QR codes and links for more information, according to the Samsung Ads study. For many mobile users, just seeing the brand or product name in a compelling ad gets them searching on their phones anyway.

Gen Z

SocialPilot

MAY 8, 2025

If you don’t understand who your brand is talking to, your message is just noise. The brand capitalized on audience data and social listening to define its “Wrapped” campaign and customize content to individual user likes. It makes the difference between your brand being seen and being ignored altogether.

Gen Z

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.

Gen Z

Hootsuite

APRIL 22, 2025

Key takeaways Facebook marketing involves promoting your company on Facebook to build awareness for your products, grow an audience, and generate leads and sales. And dont let clickbait news headlines sway you: Gen Z and Millennials are using Facebook. in the public eye) or a well-known brand. Capture B2B leads?

Gen Z

Spiralytics

JANUARY 20, 2025

Todays consumers, especially Millennials and Gen Z, are looking for more. They want brands that speak to them as peoplenot just as a demographic box to check. Gender-neutral advertising is a modern approach to inclusivity thats reshaping how brands connect with their audiences. How can your brand get it right?

Advertisers

Sprout Social

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This diverse range of athletes has sparked a global sports marketing renaissance, and is giving brands a way to expand their reach (especially to new audiences). Which expands the opportunities for brands and athletes alike. million in 2023 from brand endorsement deals, including her partnership with Accelerator Active Energy.

Transform

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. It’s called a “Promote campaign.”

Advertisers

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.

Manufacturing

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

We unpack how your brand can use these examples to spark your own scroll-stopping creative ideaswhile maximizing your budget and doing more with less. We help you envision how social can increase your brands awareness, foster community engagement and grow the bottom line.

Gen Z

Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 8, 2025

But if you want to know what people really think about products, brands, trends, or industries Reddit is where youll find the unfiltered truth. Since 2005, Reddit has been the place for honest, no-holds-barred recommendations whether brands like it or not. This could work in your favor if youre a B2C brand. respectively.

Gen Z

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. Digital content can also be cross-posted or promoted to multiple platforms with just the push of a button. Examples of Great Digital Content 1.

Tentpole

Martech

MAY 1, 2025

YouTube has long been a go-to advertising platform for B2C marketers, but it’s often still a question mark for B2B brands. More B2B brands are waking up to YouTube’s potential, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s not just for Millennials or Gen Z Gen Xers alone account for 1.5

Gen Z

Sprout Social

MAY 8, 2025

With the rise of social search, unprompted brand discourse and unfiltered consumer sentiment, Reddit has become a goldmine for real-time, organic insightsand a competitive advantage for brands that know how to harness it. Why tracking Reddit trends is important for your brand Reddit is built to spark trends.

Gen Z

Hootsuite

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Unlike traditional marketing and advertising, social marketing fosters two-way communication between brands and social media users. Social media marketing is the practice of using social media platforms and tools to promote your business and connect with your audience.

Social Media Marketing

Buffer Marketing

JULY 22, 2024

But it has a “sponsored,” “promoted,” “boosted,” or any similar label attached to disclose the post is an ad. In social media advertising, you create and run ads from your brand account.  Let’s say you aim to increase brand awareness via social media ads.

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