Hootsuite

APRIL 22, 2025

With over three billion active monthly users , Facebook is still the worlds most-used social platform. And dont let clickbait news headlines sway you: Gen Z and Millennials are using Facebook. Marketing on Facebook doesnt have to cost a lot, either. Use OwlyWriter to: Instantly generate new social media postsand ads!

Gen Z

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For social media professionals in the UK or targeting its highly engaged user base, staying ahead of the game requires a solid grasp of the latest stats and trends to make smart decisions. The evolving role of AI: AI is becoming more prevalent in social media management, but ethical and strategic implementation is crucial.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

MARCH 26, 2025

With 82% of the UK population using social media across a growing number of networks, businesses can reach virtually any target demographic through social media marketing. Research from the UK Sprout Social Index showed the quality of your product or service matters most. With a substantial user base of 24.8

Entertainment

Hootsuite

MAY 1, 2025

Why are influencer marketing campaigns so effective? Influencer marketing campaigns work because they build trust, drive engagement, and deliver measurable results. 36% of millennial consumers trust recommendations from people they follow more than traditional ads. Heres why: The trust factor. Try it free today.

Influencer Marketing

Sprout Social

MAY 29, 2025

Arming yourself with clearer benchmarks and industry statistics isnt just helpfulits the key to confidently explaining whats working, defending your social media marketing strategy and making smarter decisions that drive future success. The global social commerce sector is growing at a 13.7%

Gen Z

Sprout Social

JUNE 25, 2025

Brands that understand how to create content and experiences that meet intent on social have a competitive edge. Why investing in social now is the best deposit in your brand’s future Sprout’s Q2 2025 Pulse Survey found that Gen Z and Millennial consumers are increasingly making purchases based on what they discover on social.

Gen Z

Use Insider

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This is the same Neil Patel, sharing his insights alongside Eric Siu, CEO of marketing agency Single Grain. The Marketing School podcast covers a wide range of topics, including: SEO, social media marketing, influencer marketing, content optimization, industry trends, and new technologies.

Millennials

SocialPilot

JULY 14, 2025

Don’t waste your name field—treat it like a headline → “Jenna | Social Media Coach for Creators” > “Jenna Marie” For Example Take SocialPilot’s Instagram Bio: “All-in-One Social Media Management Platform. It’s direct, keyword-rich, and clearly communicates the value proposition. Built for agencies and brands.”

Real Estate

Vertical Response

JANUARY 18, 2025

Search engine marketing (SEM) can be used to create high-visibility links and drive quick consumer actions. Countdown timers are a common tool in FOMO marketing, visually communicating the urgency of an offer and encouraging immediate action. Around 60% of millennials reportedly make impulsive purchases influenced by FOMO.

Millennials

SocialPilot

JUNE 26, 2025

Ideal Use Cases (with Built-in Marketing Insights) Instagram shines when used for building brand affinity, visual storytelling, and community growth. It’s especially strong for B2C brands, creators, local businesses, and even service providers who want to communicate visually. billion monthly users.

Gen Z

SocialPilot

APRIL 23, 2025

Some popular social channels include Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter (now X), LinkedIn, and YouTube. 48% of Gen Z and 47% of millennial consumers prefer to learn about new products through short-form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels. Try SocialPilot for free! It helps foster trust. Ensure compliance and ethics.

PR

SocialPilot

MARCH 10, 2025

Appeals to Younger Audiences Millennials and Gen Z live and inhale memes. If your brand wants to stay relevant and culturally connected, meme marketing is the perfect solution. Understanding your audience is the foundation of any successful social media strategy. Why Is Audience Perception Essential in Meme Marketing? .”

Gen Z

Sprout Social

MAY 19, 2025

Influencer marketing is one of the strongest tools to add to your social media marketing toolbox. And it’s something social media marketers can’t sleep on86% of consumers purchase because of an influencer at least once a year. This would be a successful influencer seeding.

Influencer Marketing

Martech

JULY 18, 2025

X (formerly Twitter) has changed a lot in the past couple of years, and for B2B marketers, it may not feel like the obvious place to focus. But X still has an active user base —especially among millennial buyers — and it offers something most platforms don’t: a fast-moving, public way to join conversations as they happen.

Gen Z

Martech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Why use TikTok for B2B marketing? While the platform initially appealed primarily to Gen Z and younger millennials, it experienced significant growth among older demographics and professional audiences. of TikTok’s US user base are Millennials. It also offers social media marketing tips and tricks.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As a result, it can be hard to know how to tailor your digital marketing strategy accordingly. But heres the thing: social media marketing isnt just about trends and hashtags. At a time when misinformation spreads rapidly online, financial institutions can use social media to inform and protect their audiences.

Marketing Strategy

Martech

MAY 3, 2022

Meanwhile, organic engagement is growing on newer platforms, especially through the use of influencers, allowing marketers to reach new generations of customers. billion people worldwide use social media, and the social media advertising market’s worldwide revenue was $153 billion in 2021, according to data from Hootsuite.

Social Media Marketing

Hootsuite

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Tracking essential Snapchat user stats, familiarizing yourself with the most up-to-date Snapchat business statistics, and learning interesting facts about the social media platform can take your social media marketing strategy to the next level. Let’s get started. And 38% identify as male. Source: Statista.

Social Media Marketing

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Social media marketing is essential for any business. billion social media users worldwide and, for most of us, social media is part of our everyday lives. What this means is, if you want to reach your target audience, social media is the place to do so. There are now 3.8

Social Media Marketing

Sprout Social

MAY 24, 2022

Ten-cent text messages, AIM chat rooms with your best friends and glittery MySpace pages with bulletin boards are just a few nostalgic elements from the early days of social media. Soon enough, features like direct messages and @-mentions arrived, changing the trajectory of social media forever.

Social Media Marketing

SocialPilot

JANUARY 21, 2024

In fact, as per a recent study by Arrivia , nearly one in three travelers seek their next vacation ideas on social media. Particularly Gen Z and millennials, a whopping 60% and 40%, respectively, turn to social media for travel planning. Dive in to learn how to do hotel social media marketing.

Social Media Marketing

Sprout Social

JULY 22, 2021

Before we get started, let’s get familiar with the groups surveyed for the Sprout Social Index™ 2021: UK & Ireland Edition , which we’ll reference throughout. Millennials (survey respondents ages 24-39). The score on Generation Z and social media. The full scoop on Millennials and social media.

Gen Z

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 13, 2020

No department understands the need for change like marketing does. We’ve been forced to adopt new technology, upskill like crazy, reshuffle positions and create new roles to manage content marketing, social media marketing, and marketing analytics. Marketing has already gone through the ring of fire.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But after running a follow-up survey of our own audience and comparing our findings to third-party data, we realized consumer views about social marketers were mostly spot-on. The only difference is experience level (most people working in social aren’t entry-level or freelancers). Who are social media marketers, really?

Millennials

Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You can’t draw a solid line in time between Gen Z and Millennials—being part of a certain “generation” is just as much about cultural influence as it is about age. Download the full Social Trends report to get an in-depth analysis of the data you need to prioritize and plan your social strategy in 2022. Communication is key.

Gen Z

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As brands realize that their audience, particularly millennials, care about causes and make purchasing decisions based on brands’ values, they have gotten increasingly on board with taking sides. Visual communication helps you better communicate with your audience. GIFs Communicate a Lot in a Short Time.

Millennials

Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Early Years The early years of social media (1970s - 1990s) laid the foundational elements of the platforms we know today. 1971 - Ray Tomlinson sent the first email, marketing the beginning of modern electronic mail. 1985 - America Online (AOL) is founded, and it lets users communicate online via email and messaging.

Gen Z

Sprout Social

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Now there are ads on kids’ games, ads targeting Millennial parents, ads targeting Gen X parents and so much more. Marketing to parents has never been easier, and there are so many brands that are doing it right. What are parents looking for on social media. Let’s start with the basics. Melissa & Doug.

Branding

Hootsuite

APRIL 26, 2023

This is where social media market research comes in. By practicing social listening and social media monitoring , marketers can get an accurate, up-to-the-minute understanding of audience attitudes and customer needs. What is social media market research?

Market Research

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 5, 2013

” Previous interviews covered customer experience , thought leadership , , creating a content culture , the roles of content and technology , the future of search , the science of marketing , the rise of Content Brands and we asked whether the customer or the content is king in the future of marketing.

Millennials

Hubspot Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Video (short form, specifically) Short-form video is the top trend marketers will be leveraging in 2023, and HubSpot’s 2023 Social Media Trends Report found that it is the highest ROI format for social media marketing. It’s also the top content type marketers plan to leverage for the first time in 2023.

Gen Z

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In fact, leads that your employees generate through social media marketing posts are seven times more likely to convert than leads you generate through other channels, according to Sociabble. Gen Z Will Continue to Influence Marketing More Than Millennials. Live Video. million for the previous “generation x”.

Market Trends

Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2017

More specifically, many brands are using messaging apps to communicate one-on-one with customers, which is completely changing the way customer service gets done. In 2017, marketers should expect greater investment in mobile advertising. 5) Ephemeral content will continue to find its place and purpose.

Millennials

Hootsuite

MAY 27, 2020

In this post, we’ll walk you through an eight-step plan to create a winning social media marketing strategy of your own. Bonus: Get a free social media strategy template to quickly and easily plan your own strategy. How to create a social media strategy. Do a social media audit.

Millennials

Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 13, 2020

In 2019, as mobile-first mindsets grew in millennial and Gen Z audiences, Tencent transformed the QQ website into a standalone app. QZone still serves as a social media platform while QQ is now similar to the Facebook Messenger app. millennials like me were children, we raced home from school to message our friends on AIM.

Gen Z

Martech

JANUARY 4, 2023

Then you have to communicate with them in the best possible way, at the right time and with the information they’re looking for. Here’s our list of the top B2B marketers to follow. She’s the author of the best-selling “The Zen of Social Media Marketing,” which is now in its 4th edition.

CMO

Econsultancy

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Unsurprisingly, LinkedIn remained the most implemented social platform by the B2B companies surveyed and has been used by 86% of these brands in the past year. Seventy-nine percent also use Facebook, ranking it second, while a further 60% regularly use Twitter for their marketing communications. Social Quarterly: Q4 2021.

Social Media Marketing