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

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Since then, marketers have been trying to reach a revolving door of youth generations—from Boomers to Gen X to Millennials, and now Zoomers and Gen Alpha. In this guide, we explain how Gen Z wants brands to show up on social media and what it takes to market to them the right way. What brand content does Gen Z engage with?

Gen Z

Calvyn Lee Blog

JULY 31, 2025

Baby Boomers Millennials Generation X Generation Z Question: Which level in the social media marketing hierarchy focuses on defining the brand’s approach to achieving its objectives? Place Price Product Promotion Question: What is the primary purpose of a social media strategy within a broader marketing framework?

Marketing Mix

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

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

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

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Instead, it’s the first impression of what your brand offers. For example, influencer partnerships are a fantastic idea for promoting your brand, but they work best for B2C brands, as they can be more persuasive to the individual. B2C brands know that they’re often selling a one-time purchase product.

B2C

Martech

AUGUST 6, 2024

The way customers make purchases and interact with brands is changing. And how does digital engagement connect back to branding? We recently spoke with Keith Farley, a marketer with experience at big brands like Coca-Cola and Stanley Black+Decker. Sometimes, as a brand, we meet people on their darkest day.”

Gen Z

Sprout Social

MAY 14, 2025

But how can brands effectively reach these users? The Index also reports that 93% of users say its important for brands to keep up with online culture via their social media accounts. Australian brands looking to connect with under-16s must take the bill and its potential outcomes into consideration.

Gen Z

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As a content marketer, I‘ve always been ready to team up to boost a brand’s vibe and reach. When one of my freelance clients needed some brand growth on a budget, I was pumped to jump into the influencer marketing game. percent of marketing agencies and brands invest 10 to 20 percent of their marketing budget into influencer marketing.

Influencer Marketing

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

Set Up

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Their behavior indicates that they care about their physical and social impact on the world and demand transparency from Brands. How should Brands react to Gen Z? Brands must use subtle, value-driven messaging that seamlessly integrates into their content and doesn’t feel like advertising. And trust creates Brand loyalty.

Gen Z

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

JULY 15, 2025

Medical professionals and brands play an important role in making that ideal vision happen. The world of HealthTok is vast, and there are spaces brands, doctors or certified specialists can speak to. This is where users want brands to step up and do more to dispel false statements. Despite its risks, HealthTok isn’t going away.

Health

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. Facebook marketing is promoting your company or brand on the Facebook platform.

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

Litmus

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Customer retention suffers when brands focus only on the first sale, ignoring differences in customer journeys. In this article, we’ll cover what customer lifecycle marketing is and how you can implement it to convert casual browsers into loyal brand advocates. Personalized messages keep customers engaged and loyal. New visitor?

Health

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

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

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

Sprout Social

JUNE 18, 2025

The Gen X demographic Currently between the ages of 45 and 60, Gen X goes by many names, all for different reasons: The middle child generation: They fall between the Millennials that come after them and the Baby Boomers that precede them. Gen X’s loyalty to Facebook, and to the brands that show up well there, is worth investing in.

User-Generated

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

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

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. Snapchat offers marketers direct access to Gen Z and millennials, two groups with a combined $5 trillion in spending power.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

MARCH 26, 2025

Is your brand struggling to get the traction you expected from your social media strategy? After that, the quality of your brands content and how you engage with followers are what makes businesses stand out to consumers on social media. How are other UK brands using Facebook? We have the answer. Tuesday : 56 p.m.

Entertainment

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

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

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

Hootsuite

MAY 1, 2025

Influencer marketing campaigns are a multi-billion-dollar business , and each year, more and more savvy brands partner with influential social creators to drive revenue, boost visibility, and connect with motivated audiences. The best campaigns align creator authenticity with brand goals, clear KPIs, and audience targeting.

Influencer Marketing

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

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When you hear the word influencer, its not uncommon to think beauty bloggers and Instagram models, but the professional space is also ripe with impactful voices that can help B2B brands build brand awareness, boost engagement, earn trust, and ultimately close more business. But where do you find them and get them on board?

Influencer 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.

Advertisers

Buffer Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you're an individual looking to build a personal brand or a business aiming to reach new customers with your social media marketing, TikTok offers an unparalleled opportunity for growth. This visibility is vital for brand recognition and expanding your influence.

User-Generated

Spiralytics

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It’s become a space where trends take root and brands engage with customers more casually and conversationally, which in turn provides a phenomenal opportunity for marketers. The social media giants potential for creativity and virality allows brands to tap into a younger and more diverse audience. With over 56.1

Shipping

Spiralytics

JANUARY 15, 2025

This significance translates to a powerful social media presence today, connecting brands with a dynamic and influential audience. As users spend more time on the platform, brands have more opportunities to reach them with content and ads. ( RivalIQ ) Brands posted a median of 3.31

Non-Profit

Hubspot Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The Drum ) Over 43% of marketers noted that focusing on the customer and their experience with your brand became more important this past year. HubSpot ) 34% of marketers say that Millennials (age 28-43) are the most difficult audience to reach with marketing content. Creating content that reflects your brands values (e.g.,

Transform

Sprout Social

APRIL 10, 2025

If your brand wants to participate in a trend, time is of the essence. Sometimes accounts are entirely focused on these sketches, whereas influencers or brands might create one-off sketches amidst a wider strategy to capitalise on the trend. Nostalgic content Gen Z and millennials are both heavily interested in nostalgia.

Gen Z