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The Twilight renaissance: Why retailers need social media for trend forecasting

Sprout Social

This is yet another trend that was born without the help of any designer or magazine. How social influences fashion trends. In the past, style inspiration was limited to what was seen on screen or in magazines. 3 social-first fashion trends that made waves in 2021. Even a vampire romance movie from 2008.

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How to Create Shareable Content on Social Media 

Ignite Social Media

Keep up to date with what’s trending One of the best ways to create shareable content is to actually jump into trends. Whether it is a meme, hashtag, challenge or even a holiday — use current trends to your advantage. The most successful types of shareable content are: 1.

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Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends

Adam Sherk

A tactic that some news and content sites employ is monitoring Google’s Hot Trends list in an effort to identify hot topics and then quickly produce matching content around them. Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity.

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39 Instagram story ideas to boost engagement for your brand

Sprout Social

The term “sticker” can mean a lot of different things on Instagram—from interactive polls, quizzes and questions boxes, to trending holiday stickers. Then, everyone who uses your prompt shares a photo, reshares the prompt and in turn inspires their followers to continue the trend. Share a trending meme.

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How to Make Short-Form Videos That Stand Out

Hootsuite

Pay attention to trends Short-form video trends move fast, and the best creators are the ones who can stay ahead of the curve. Audiences are drawn to these trends, and incorporating them into your videos will increase the chances of your video reaching more people. scrubdaddy Is it a problem?

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Experiment: Can Post Timing Improve Your Instagram Engagement?

Hootsuite

The hottest social media trend this fall? I prepped a handful of beautiful wedding photos to post to the Instagram account of a wedding magazine I work for (we have about 10,000 followers), and scattered them across the course of a week in a deeply non-methodical way. One likely explanation? Wednesday afternoon? on a Thursday?

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4 Top Sports Brands on Social—And What We Can Learn From Them

Likeable

Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ bright orange, furry, googly-eyed mascot, became an overnight sensation back in 2018 after his recreation of Kim Kardashian’s “Paper” magazine cover garnered 6.1 Since then, the Flyers have used Gritty as a way to join topical and trending conversations in an authentic, ownable way without selling out.

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