Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There’s no question about it: Gen Z is built different. But the definition of who qualifies as Gen Z varies depending on who you ask (for example, if you ask me, it’s anyone who has never had to rewind a VHS). Marketing to Gen Z vs. Millennials. How to market to Gen Z: 7 best practices.

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illumin

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the coming years, agencies will rely heavily on AI for campaign management, media buying , content personalization, and performance measurement. As of 2024, 62% of Gen Z consumers are already shopping through social media, and this number is expected to rise.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The process of sourcing, contracting and managing influencer contracts plays a key role in the eventual success of any influencer campaign. Brand and audience affinity If you’re marketing a health product, it’d be counter-productive to partner with an influencer known for reviewing fast food.

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Vertical Response

JULY 7, 2024

With more than 7 million active advertisers, Facebook Ads Manager allows businesses to target their audience with precision. Brands can use Stories to share behind-the-scenes content, product launches, and real-time updates. Snapchat – Engaging Gen Z with Ephemeral Content Snapchat is a favorite among Gen Z, with 58.8%

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

It’s a visual search engine, productivity tool, and e-commerce powerhouse for brands of all sizes. Key takeaways Pinterest marketing is the practice of using the platform as a visual search engine to help relevant audiences discover products or services. Proof: 80% of Pinners have discovered a new brand or product on Pinterest.

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Buffer Marketing

APRIL 29, 2025

I find myself wanting to buy a new product I’ve seen on Instagram at least once a week. What started out as a simple photo-sharing app has evolved into a powerful social commerce platform where you can show off your products, find new customers, and even make direct sales. much of Europe, and Asia-Pacific).

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Sprout Social

MAY 14, 2025

The report also found that approximately one in five Australians creates social media content to generate income. Gen Z most actively earns money from social media, with 40% of users in this demographic using it as an income source. However, the data reveals that Gen Z uses Instagram, YouTube and TikTok the most.

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Martech

JANUARY 17, 2025

A critical component of this stack is the content management system (CMS) , which must address key challenges businesses face today: Achieving visibility in multimodal search. Managing total cost of ownership. Gen Z increasingly turns to platforms like TikTok and Instagram for discovery, with nearly 40% bypassing search engines.

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Hubspot Marketing

MAY 9, 2022

In April, BeReal – a social media app that hosts many Gen Z users, saw 315% YoY daily download growth. Meanwhile, another popular Gen Z app called Poparazzi is seeing 96,100 downloads per month (just from the Apple App Store.). 3 Newer Social Media Platforms With Large Gen Z Audiences. Does BeReal.

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Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As Gen Z and Gen Alpha take hold and become the next class of founders, CEOs, and CMOs, I believe this trend will only continue to grow. This is something super underrated that most social media managers don’t think about. Instead, we picked on product managers (again, another easy target).

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Martech

JANUARY 22, 2025

Dig deeper: Amazons new Retail Ad Service brings RMN to the masses “When you’re Unilever and you’re selling products in the heat of the moment, in real-time when somebody is ready to buy, it’s not the right move to put something on Facebook or Snapchat or in a Google search result,” he said. .

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Sprout Social

MARCH 27, 2025

Additionally, brands can collaborate with creators through Facebook Live Shopping online events, where they can showcase and sell products in real time. Brands can also work with creators through affiliate marketing programs, allowing them to tag products in posts and earn commissions on sales. TikTokMadeMeBuyIt).

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Surreal Cereal: The unusual LinkedIn darling Surreal Cereal, the high protein, low sugar cereal, uses LinkedIn to draw attention to its latest product launches, brand partnerships, out-of-home advertising campaigns and to comment on the oddities of office culture. They weave in the product somehow, on one of the very last slides.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In other words, if a content creator is paid to talk about a product, receives a free item or gets a discount, they must make it clear in their posts. If an influencer received a free product, discount or any other benefit, they must disclose it—even if their review is genuine and unbiased. DO: Be crystal-clear. Keep it simple.

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Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s the social media home for Gen Z users across the globe and whether you are an aspiring influencer or a brand, you shouldn’t ignore a platform with that potential reach – especially if you’re targeting Gen Z. But how do you make a splash on TikTok and get noticed?

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Sprout Social

MAY 20, 2025

Gen Z and younger millennials are eschewing traditional financial advisors in favor of advice from social media. According to the Q2 2025 Sprout Pulse Survey, 71% of Gen Z and 68% of Millennials say social media has had a positive impact on their financial decisions.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

SAP today announced integrations with customer success and product experience vendor Gainsight and online marketplace integrator ChannelEngine. Online marketplace and sales channel integrator Gainsight will integrate with SAP Order Management Services (SAP OMS) and SAP Commerce Cloud. Gen Z values innovative marketing.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It touches almost everything: social media photo filters, fonts on YouTube videos, sales decks, and of course your website and products. Brand Purpose Before you start doodling logo ideas and playing around with color palette generators, make sure you’ve laid a strong foundation for your brand identity. Brand Identity Elements 1.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

How to Overcome This Challenge Christina Garnett , former principal marketing manager at HubSpot, suggests researching what already exists when looking for new ideas. Content has the same need to find product-market fit as products and solutions do.” Lead generation is also proving to be a hurdle in 2024.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Once you've earned a rank, its (generally) manageable to keep it there, making SEO cost-effective or sometimes free to continue ranking. Sticking with the printed song lyrics keyword: businesses selling printed lyrics might promote the product as a gift for the paper anniversary. SEO has compounding benefits.

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Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In just one scrolling session, you might search Instagram for makeup tips, Facebook for products, or even TikTok for something niche — like bat videos. Social Media Search Trends to Watch Younger Generations Embrace Social Search Social media is deeply embedded in our daily lives, especially for Gen Z and Millennials.

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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. Get started The post 38 YouTube stats marketers need to know in 2025 appeared first on Social Media Marketing & Management Dashboard.

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Sprout Social

JULY 20, 2021

Despite having promoted the launch for weeks to upwards of 40 million followers on Instagram alone, Jenner launched her site with just 5,000 units of product. The lip kits sold out in under a minute, largely due to the disparity between the hype around the product and the amount available. What are Instagram Drops?

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Jeff Bullas

JANUARY 10, 2023

Influencer marketing is a relatively new digital marketing strategy that involves using celebrities or influencers to promote a brand or product through social media. Influencer marketing can also be used to reach new audiences, increase sales, strengthen brand advocacy, and improve lead generation. What is influencer marketing?

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Advocacy content can include everything from job postings to blog articles to industry resources to new product launches. It aids in PR crises and issue management. Fifty-six percent of millennial and Gen Z consumers trust influencers more than brands. It improves staff recruitment , retention , and engagement.

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Buffer Marketing

JULY 22, 2024

For example, the telecommunications provider in Switzerland, Swisscom , ran Snapchat ads for launching their new product, “blue.” In that case, your marketing strategy for both organic and paid efforts should be to promote discounts, discuss the benefits of your products, and redirect people to your store.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 10, 2025

The BBC found that 57% of millennials and Gen Z are influenced by nutrition trends on the platform. Street food POV accounts Another significant TikTok trend UK users are engaging with is content managed by street food trucks, created by UK food influencers. million followers who appreciate his game recommendations.

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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. Some brands do this quite well, says Emma Sneddon , a freelance social media manager, referencing examples like REFY and Free Soul. People want to see behind-the-scenes.

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Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2025

Additionally, Buffer’s social media manager, Lindsay Ashcraft , highlights a broader trend: people seeking private communities where they feel comfortable participating. Matt shares that, “ the rise of native AI tools within social media platforms will empower social media managers and creators.

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Sprout Social

MAY 7, 2025

Digital marketing is about more than creating content and managing campaigns. These tools make it easier to manage overflowing WhatsApp inboxes and track campaigns. The app is used by people of all ages, but Gen Z have notable expectations from WhatsApp and businesses.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

You see, B2C works with third parties or “middlemen” like wholesalers, retailers, or distributors to get your product into consumer hands. Your product goes straight from the manufacturers to the consumer who bought it through the brand’s website, store, or popup. Encourage user-generated content (UGC): More on that shortly.

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Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2025

have said they’ve purchased products promoted on TikTok, and another 36 percent said they haven’t bought anything yet, but are open to doing so. have said they’ve purchased products promoted on TikTok, and another 36 percent said they haven’t bought anything yet, but are open to doing so.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 16, 2025

As Matthew Liotti, Brand Content Manager at Crayola, put it, We like to remind people were a 120-year-old brand thats still young and relevant. Instead, bring your audience on a journey with your brand, helping them imagine whats possible with your products. We love to test and learnespecially with video.

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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. What problem do they have with [your industry/product]?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The evolving role of AI: AI is becoming more prevalent in social media management, but ethical and strategic implementation is crucial. Brands targeting Gen Z and younger Millennials may need to prioritise other platforms. Brands targeting Gen Z and younger Millennials may need to prioritise other platforms.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The platform is also thriving with Gen-Z and millennial audiences that might be using that platform to make purchasing decisions later on in life. At the moment, we don't encourage you to put all your money into Reddit ads or a community manager to build subreddits just yet. Gen Z makes up 26% of Reddit Users.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 13, 2025

Their behaviours on these networks, such as the time spent and the networks used, differ.According to a 2024 report , heres how much time each generation spends on social media: Gen Z: 10 hours and five minutes. Gen X: six hours and five minutes. At 42% , Gen Z is Pinterests fastest-growing user base in Australia.

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