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How to Strategically Use Social Media Trends to Boost Your Brand

Ignite Social Media

However, not all trends are created equal when it comes to brand marketing. In this video, Community Managers AnnE Ford and Dervon Thompson will explore how to identify relevant trends for your brand, when to join in on viral trend conversations, and tips for putting your unique spin on trending topics.

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Viral and Cultural Moments: How and When Brands Should Tap into the Conversation

Social Media Strategies Summit

With that in mind, we gathered a panel of leading social media marketers to discuss everything you need to know about jumping on trends, including real-world examples of brands that got it right (and wrong). Trends mean different things to different brands. Consumers crave authenticity.

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Use Instagram Memes to Increase Customer Engagement (and Share Your Sense of Humor)

agora pulse

Should your brand or agency publish memes? Find out why this content performs so well and how you can improve engagement with Instagram memes. Memes could hold the answer to your agency or brand. Sure, it’s easy to dismiss memes as the funny content you share with your friends over text and chat apps.

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32 Signs You Might Be a Social Media Marketing O.G.

Ignite Social Media

We’ve been doing nothing but social media marketing for brands since 2007. Your blog was an important part of your personal brand; 15. You remember when social media was all about authenticity , then became about a perfectly curated feed, then came back around to authenticity again; 25.

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The Meme-ification of Instagram

Buffer Social

We’re seeing this happen on Instagram today: less polish, more authenticity. In particular, we’re noticing an embrace of memes — that historically unpolished, yet highly relatable category of social media content. The Trend on Instagram: Less Polish, More Authenticity. Memes included. Memes are clever.

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Mastering The Social Media Shift: 8 Key Trends Shaping Digital Success

Social Media Network Marketing

From the rise of short-format videos to the increasing importance of authenticity and transparency, understanding the latest trends is crucial for success. Meme Culture: Memes have become a cultural phenomenon on social media, offering a unique way for brands to connect with their audience in a humorous and relatable manner.

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Social-Led Brands Are the Future—Here’s Why

Hootsuite

And all that strategy got us thinking about the relationship between social and brand identity. Classic marketing wisdom used to say the brands we love earn our trust with an amazing product experience and consistent, emotionally resonant messaging. Social-first brands like us are taking it one step further. hot dog combo.

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