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Gaining referrals from Millennials and Gen Z: Thursday’s daily brief

Martech

The referral program kicked off in 2011 as an easy way for members to refer their friends to AmEx and get rewarded for doing so. Some 79% of referrals through the program represent the Millennial or Gen Z age groups – and a statistic like that can hardly be a coincidence. Why we care. Yelp has long served local businesses.

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Secrets of Organic Marketing in 2025: Why Paying for Ads Isn’t the Only Answer

Hubspot Marketing

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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21 Snapchat Stats That Matter to Social Media Marketers

Hootsuite

Mostly, social media stats are a great starting point for brands looking to create an effective social media strategy. If your brand is planning to use Snapchat for business , be sure to incorporate Snapchat statistics into your social media plan. These are all important Snapchat statistics in 2020 for businesses and brands.

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The History of Social Media Since 2003

Hubspot Marketing

2011 - Snapchat followed Instagram as a mobile-only experience and the first app to popularize disappearing messages and ephemeral content. 2011 - Google+ was created, where users could create Circles of people they wanted to connect with and share content exclusive to those micro-networks. Let’s go dive into the timeline of events.

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8 Social Media Platforms That Weren't Founded in the U.S.

Hubspot Marketing

In 2019, as mobile-first mindsets grew in millennial and Gen Z audiences, Tencent transformed the QQ website into a standalone app. The QQ and QZone are great examples of a social media brand that gained traction long before we signed on to well-known platforms owned by U.S. QZone, a social media site and app, launched in 2005.

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Purposeful profits: How brands can grow by rethinking productivity

SmartBrief - Marketing

Our focus on making everything we produce bigger, faster and more profitable has led us to prioritize material gain and brand or corporate status over our objectives as a society. Let’s examine four ways that brands can echo the approach of Nike and others to embrace purposeful profits. What if we start doubting how we do things?

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Social Media PR Playbook to Build Trust & Avoid Brand Disasters

SocialPilot

Social media can either make or break your brands image. One viral post that’s all it takes to ignite a movement, catapult your brand to global fame, or destroy its years of reputation in the blink of an eye. It helps you build brand awareness, attract potential buyers, and feature in posts by top creators in your industry.

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