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How to Strategically Use Social Media Trends to Boost Your Brand

Ignite Social Media

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. Will joining this conversation help us achieve our current social media goals ?

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

Social Media Strategies Summit

But tapping into buzzworthy conversions isn’t a silver bullet for social media success. For GoFundMe, they’re usually tied to a significant news moment or a cultural conversation — like noticing a surge in violence against Asian Americans and figuring out what they can do to help. Trends mean different things to different brands.

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Top 10 Influencer Marketing Campaigns

Social Media Strategies Summit

cokepartner #ad ♬ original sound – Rickey Thompson These organic posts drove the conversation on social media, alongside bespoke and remixed memes, face filters, and WhatsApp stickers. It was launched before the 2022 midterm elections to spark conversations and encourage voter engagement.

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How a Candle Company Uses Social Media to Drive a Better Customer Experience

Buffer Social

By approaching every conversation with genuine interest, they are leveraging social media to drive a remarkable and unforgettable customer experience that has fans coming back over and over again. We spark conversations through quizzes, videos, contests & giveaways. Tell us more about you! What's Southern Elegance Candle Co.

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Wendy’s Social Media Strategy: Serving Humorous Engagement Online

Keyhole.co

However, the brand is equally famous for its notorious brand wars, memes, and tongue-in-cheek marketing strategies. By tracking social media trends , the brand is smart and quick to get ahead of viral memes and trending topics. million LinkedIn: 170K (‘The Wendy’s Company) TikTok: 1.7 Wendy’s food has hordes of ardent loyalists.

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Red Bull’s Social Media Strategy: Marketing So Fly, It’s Giving Wings

Keyhole.co

Most cola and energy drink companies began with a product-forward attitude. Using intriguing user-generated content If used correctly, user-generated content (UGC) can be an excellent boon to brand authenticity, enhanced engagement, and a higher conversion rate. It generated a plethora of memes from the audience in the comment section.

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For financial services brands, social media is a risk mitigation friend—not foe

Sprout Social

Add viral “meme stocks”—stocks that can become overvalued due to positive online sentiment—to the mix, and it became clear social media has real world implications and the potential to derail financial companies. It should encompass conversations across the internet.