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10 Examples of Brands Hopping on Social Media Trends (That Worked)

Social Media Strategies Summit

It quickly became a meme, and Semrush was one of the first brands to hop on the trend with this LinkedIn post that resonated with marketers everywhere.  Wendy’s Joins In With The Bear Memes For a brief moment in September 2022, the world of social media was awash with memes featuring actor Jeremy Allen White as the sexy chef in The Bear.

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Praying and piggybacking: Who is Nesamani and why are brands talking about him?

Unmetric

The world yesterday realized that meme culture is well and truly alive in South India, for all of a sudden, social users everywhere were praying for a fictional South Asian character. A user on a Facebook memes page asked a harmless question about hammers, leading to a Tamil user making a reference to Nesamani. Who is Nesamani?

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Social Networking Stats: Tumblr Serves 20 Billion Page Views Per Month, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Posterous: 15 million monthly users. via Posterous. With over 80 million blogs and tens of millions of users ( GigaOM ), the platform has grown popular for sharing pictures, stories and memes without losing its “intimate, community feel.” Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users. via Tagged. via AdWeek. Reddit: 46.8

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What is Reddit, and Should Your Brand Be Using It?

Hootsuite

Every thread has an OP (original poster) who started it. For entertainment via memes, humor subreddits, or to discuss TV or movies. For example, instead of saying “the memes subreddit,” I’d say “r slash memes.”. Reddit is a social network with a forum-style discussion structure. What is a subreddit?

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Why Tumblr Might Be The Perfect Vehicle For Your Brand

Small Business Mavericks

Aside from the fact that web properties like Geocities and Posterous have been cut off from the World Wide Web – and it could happen to Tumblr too – Tumblr might actually be a good way to help you attract new readers for your blog and new customers for your business. That’s not to say that Tumblr is for everyone.

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Three Creative Ways to Use Social Media to Promote your Event

Webbiquity SMM

Don’t forget to include it on all relevant social posts across your platforms and on any physical promotional materials such as bags, t-shirts, posters, and presentation templates. • The key here is to keep it short, simple, appropriate, and recognizable. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different content.

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Rooster Sauce, Big Baseball Cards and Meme in the Making

Jeff Esposito

Topps produces full-size posters of baseball cards – this is just awesome… I can see me buying a big Keith Hernandez because anyone who collected baseball cards in one of the Five Boroughs in the 80’s knew one Keith Hernandez was worth six Gregg Jeffries cards. Any good weekend plans?

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