Social Marketing
How Teens and Parents Approach Screen Time [REPORT]
Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone
How Does Diversity in Social Networks Impact Survey Response?
There have been various explanations for the decline in survey response rates that can jeopardize the quality of the data. Among them is the social capital hypothesis, which attributes the drop to declining social capital — the strength of people’s friendship networks and community ties.
How U.S. Adults Use TikTok [REPORT]
A new Pew Research Center study matching the survey responses and on-site behaviors of U.S. adult TikTok users finds that a minority of avid posters create the vast majority of content on the site. And most users post seldom, if at all – instead using TikTok primarily to view and consume content made by others.
A Better, More Transparent Way Forward with Social Media
Facebook, Instagram, and the other traditional social media giants are past the apex of their popularity. And while user numbers remain high, fewer younger people are signing up in the first place. Ampere Analysis found that 18 to 24-year-olds were cooling off on social media as far back as 2018, and this trend has only accelerated since.
Branded Influencer Content Partnerships essential keys to Marketer’s Playbook in fast growing Global Market [REPORT]
With media spend on the global influencer market expected to approach $6 billion in 2024, a new research report released by Snapchat and MAGNA Media Trials revealed how content creators and brand-sponsored content could push the industry even further. The robust study called “Unleashing Influence: A Marketer’s Guide to Influencer Success”
Americans’ Social Media Use [REPORT]
Social media platforms faced a range of controversies in recent years, including concerns over misinformation and data privacy. Even so, U.S. adults use a wide range of sites and apps, especially YouTube and Facebook. And TikTok – which some Congress members previously called to ban – saw growth in its user base.
Creator Marketing: Winning with Gen Z Hispanics on Social
Today more than ever, marketers recognize the power of social media and its ability to reach Gen Z audiences. But the real challenge? Creating long-lasting connections and loyalty with this young, increasingly Hispanic consumer base. By Leslie Koch, VP of Social Media at TelevisaUnivision
50% of Consumers Will Significantly Limit Their Interactions with Social Media by 2025
A perceived decay in the quality of social media platforms will drive 50% of consumers to abandon or significantly limit their interactions with social media by 2025, according to Gartner, Inc.
Teens and Social Media Fact Sheet [REPORT]
YouTube tops the list among teens, with roughly nine-in-ten saying they use the platform. TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram also remain popular – more than half of teens report using each of these sites.
Teens Spend Average of 4.8 Hours on Social Media Per Day [REPORT]
Just over half of U.S. teenagers (51%) report spending at least four hours per day using a variety of social media apps such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), a Gallup survey of more than 1,500 adolescents finds. This use amounts to 4.8 hours per day for the average U.S. teen across seven social media platforms tested in the su
Resources for Crafting Your Social Media Strategy in 2023
Social media transformed marketing by shattering monoliths into a thousand pieces. TV, print, and radio were the big three once upon a time, and now a brand must be conscious of marketing spend on dozens of different channels.
Threads and the Future of the Social Media Landscape
Threads is a new social media app that launched on July 5, 2023, created by Meta, parent company of the renowned social media apps Facebook and Instagram. Threads is like Twitter, featuring a feed of text-based posts with a 500-character limit, that users can comment on, like, and share – encouraging real-time conversations. Threads also allows users to upload photos and videos to the feed.
What New Social Media Laws Mean for Brands
Federal and state laws regulating social media for teens and children could have repercussions for advertisers
What is social media?
Social media comprises the applications and websites that allow people to interact with other users, businesses, communities, and content.
Why Can’t We Connect with People as Strongly as We Do with Our Devices?
Since the end of the pandemic, there has been a seismic shift toward living in the moment and not experiencing everything through a screen. As we were all forced to stay in our homes and not engage in normal in-person meetings, we all longed for the day that we could see each other again. So were brands and agencies, who spent the time alone from customer interaction retooling their industries to become fully digital.
No Turning Back: AI Is the Future of Social Media
Just as we've witnessed massive shifts in social media since its early days, we find ourselves at another pivotal moment in the still nascent existence of social media — one that I believe has the potential to completely disrupt what we consider social media to be. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing the way we interact with the Internet, and in the coming years it's going to shape social media, and the way people use it, more than any other variable.
BODEN Helps Brands Tap the Power of the Mamiverse
Latina moms are an ever-present force in the lives of their family unit, shaping its core values and identity, driven by a deep-seeded relationship with la cultura. They work hard, love harder and oftentimes appear to truly do it all. But this passion and perseverance extends well beyond the home.
Facebook Waning, TikTok Gaining Among U.S. Moms [REPORT]
It’s May and that means Moms are on our mind, having just celebrated Mother’s Day and released our Moms and Media 2023 study. The report combines data from a sample of U.S. Moms from Edison’s Infinite Dial® (sponsored by Amazon Music, Wondery and ART19), with recent data from an additional online survey of Moms. One top-of-mind finding fresh from this latest report is that fewer Social Media Moms are using Facebook most. Among Moms who use any social media, 54% say they use Facebook most. Notably, back in 2017, a solid 72% of Social Media Moms cited they used Facebook most. As the graph below illustrates, Facebook’s dominance has been trending downward.
Internet Usage Among U.S. Moms is Up as they Rely on Tech and Flock to TikTok [REPORT]
Moms in the U.S. are spending more time on the Internet, increasingly embracing digital devices, and using TikTok more, according to this year’s Moms and Media 2023 report from Edison Research.
Search advertising, forecast to be worth $350.4bn in 2023, is set for unprecedented disruption from retail media, social media and AI
Search marketing is on the cusp of its most consequential transformation since Google first introduced its sponsored keyword search auction over 20 years ago, and the more recent introduction of the use of data and algorithms to provide greater personalization in search results.
