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Millennials vs. Gen Z: Why Marketers Need to Know the Difference

Hubspot Marketing

In recent years, there's been a common misconception that Gen Z and millennials are essentially the same. When companies discuss reaching younger audiences, many often lump Gen Z and millennials into the same group and create one campaign strategy that they believe fits both groups.

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How to Target Millennials Through Paid Ads

Neil Patel

Millennials are something of a mythical bunch in society. Even narrowing down what age group millennials represent is challenging, and many people have differing views. This confusing picture makes it challenging to target millennials through paid ads, but don’t let it put you off. When Were Millennials Born?

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AmEx’s Member-Get-Member program is a winner with Millennials, Gen Z

Martech

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. We spoke with Jean Castanon, AmEx’s VP of Product Referral Marketing, to find out what’s behind the program’s success. Our mobile app is now driving the majority of the referrals. Why we care.

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How agile marketing teams can work with AI

Martech

Broaden job skills on an agile marketing team Many marketing teams still operate with specialists who perform a very limited job function. While these super-specialized roles have never been ideal for agile marketing , they will be even more problematic with the onset of AI.

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Understand Pet Owners Across Generations for Effective Marketing

Girl Power Marketing

Marketing in any industry requires a deep understanding of a brand’s target audience before creating campaigns and choosing distribution for those campaigns. When it comes to pet ownership, however, marketers must fully understand the preferences of all ages, from Generation Alpha to the Silent Generation. Pet Marketing for Gen X.

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The HubSpot Blog's 2023 Social Media Marketing Report: Data from 1200+ Global Marketers

Hubspot Marketing

Let’s face it - social media marketing in 2023 is harder than ever. Marketers also need to share it across a bunch of different apps and tweak it to fit the aesthetic and tone of each platform. The biggest change social media marketers have seen in the past year is the growing importance of building active social communities.

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Nine ideas to market to young people who avoid marketing

Businesses Grow

Younger people are moving away from traditional media, burrowing themselves in private communities, and moving out of reach of marketers. How do you market to young people who seem unreachable? I posed this question to the smart marketers of the RISE community and thought I would share their insightful and creative answers!

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