Instagram launched Stories in 2016 in response to the growing demand for ephemeral content, which was popularized by Snapchat. That was a smart move. Today, 900+ million people use Instagram Stories every day. For context, if Instagram Stories were its own platform, it’d be the world’s eighth-largest social network. Given its popularity, it’s no surprise…
Influencer Marketing is a growing industry: it is expected to reach $10 billion by 2020. Marketers have already seen an increase in competition and costs as a result of the marketing strategy’s popularity. According to the 2019 Influencer Marketing Benchmark Report, nearly two-thirds of marketers surveyed intend to increase their spending over the next 12…
We have put together a list of 8 awesome female executives that will be joining us on stage at the Social Media Strategies Summit, NYC this year. Nilukshi De Silva, Global Brand Marketing and Digital Media Director at Urban Decay Cosmetics (L’Oréal Luxe Division). Nilukshi is an integrated marketing and digital media strategist with a…
Social media has become one of the most influential platforms that brands all over the world are using to reach their audiences. It can be a powerful tool that reaches a virtually endless demographic, enabling brands to market themselves with relative ease and superior efficiency. One wrong step could land your company in hot water…
Instagram Stories launched in 2016 as a response to Snapchat’s disappearing stories. And it worked: while Snapchat was once thought of as a threat to Instagram, the platform’s growth continues to accelerate. Since it’s launch, 250 million users have started sharing stories, and it is believed that this feature significantly contributed to the jump in…
WordPress (WP) is the most efficient and well-known website builder. There is no doubt that WP is the content management system of choice of many web developers and designers. Currently, WP is supporting more than 75 million sites on the Internet, and along with that are 44,000 plugins and extensions. Because of WordPress, a lot…
In 2018 hashtags are everyone and most people use them in their social media posts. You see them on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Snapchat, events, commercials, etc. So, the question that comes up all the time is why is a hashtag so important and should I be using them? Why hashtags are important In…
If you’re a brand trying to identify your target market, there is one place you can find them all: online. Your existing and potential customers have fully completed the digital transformation- it’s time for brands, marketers, and businesses as a whole to do the same. What is the digital transformation? The digital transformation is…
