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How to reach younger consumers: 9 legacy brands adapting for new audiences

Sprout Social

Younger generations like Gen Z and Millennials seek transparency about business practices and values, along with social content that isn’t overly salesy. Authentic, non promotional posts were ranked as the top content type consumers don’t see enough of from brands on social, according to the Index.

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22 Examples of Nostalgia Marketing that Make Customers Feel Good

Hubspot Marketing

Australia Tourism Board Instead of promoting a traditional ad showing Australia's most beautiful destinations, Australia disguised a tourism ad as a star-studded trailer for a fictional reboot of the '80s film Crocodile Dundee. Here's an example of one of the ads: To further promote the line, Adidas also had booths at the U.S.

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Bud Light Tries to Overcome Controversy with A New Ad

Hubspot Marketing

In April the beer brand partnered with transgender actor and TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney on a sponsored social media post promoting Bud Light’s “Easy Carry Contest.” Alcohol consumption has been on the decline for some time, especially among younger millennials and Gen Z. So far, 2023 has been a challenging year for Bud Light.

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5 reasons why marketers should consider TikTok for B2B

Martech

Since its launch in 2016, the platform has multiplied and boasts over one billion monthly active users worldwide. are under 30, accounting for the Gen Z audience and younger millennials. 16% are older millennials between 30-39 years old, 13.9% They recently added four new options to their Promote advertising tool.

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5 Incredible Moments From #DEWcision 2016, Which Really Got Out of Hand

Contently B2C

The company’s latest promotion, DEWcision 2016, asks fans to vote a discontinued flavor—either Baja Blast or Pitch Black—back onto shelves permanently. We have nothing better to do #DewBath #VoteBajaBlast pic.twitter.com/cRu1ezkYLI — Lucas (@musical_lucas) June 8, 2016 Is this peak brand evangelism? I think it is.

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47 Social Media Statistics to Bookmark for 2017

Sprout Social

Statista recorded new Twitter users grew by 43 million year over year in 2014, but only by 9 million in 2016. Since the beginning of 2016, Instagram has released a new feed algorithm, 60-second videos, a complete redesign and logo, videos in explore, Instagram Stories, stickers and hit the 600 million user benchmark. Don’t believe us?

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5 New Social Media Platforms Marketers Should Watch in 2019

Hubspot Marketing

But, if your role specializes in social media, audience growth, or online engagement -- or if your company targets the early-adopters in Gen-Z or millennial age groups -- you'll still want to be on the lookout for platforms that could gain momentum later on. These platforms were either launched or completely rebranded in 2016 or later.

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