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

Keyhole.co

The brand leverages this and encourages UGC by hosting events and competitions related to extreme sports, gaming, and more. Dipping into memes and current trends Ideal for quick consumption, memes, and trend-based content have surpassed being mere funny bits into valuable marketing materials for brands.

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Top 8 Viral Social Campaigns of the Year

Social Media Strategies Summit

These impressive results show how social media can be used to bolster offline events. #4 This is largely thanks to viral user-generated memes and parodies like the video above from comedian Trevor Wallace. This video took a jab at competing fast-food chicken brand, Chick-Fil-A, which is closed on Sundays. Source: Spotify.

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Your Social Media Content Calendar and Ideas List for Every Official (and Non-Official) Holiday of 2024

Buffer Social

Without fail, awards season will set off a tidal wave of memes, GIFs , hashtags , and inside jokes that offer a great way to connect with your audience. or loves American football, Super Bowl Sunday is another annual event to keep an eye on for social media trends. ⚡ Looking to start a new calendar from scratch?

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What Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Means To Your Reach

Mindjumpers

Based on surveys showing that people prefer links to articles about current events, Facebook will put a bit more focus on articles and make the algorithm better at distinguishing between relevant news versus a meme photo. Especially on mobile. What does it mean for brands?

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16 Ways to Promote Your “Boring” Brand or Product on Social Media

Hootsuite

Mail-order vitamin company Ritual mixes in personal letters from its CEO with memes, informational posts and product intel. Luckily, there’s always a fresh trending topic or current event to weigh in on. Stand out from the crowd with eye-catching graphics , a shocking infographic or funny meme. dollarshaveclub.

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8 Popular Instagram Trends of 2020 (So Far!)

Later

There’s no question that hosting a virtual event is a great way to provide a valuable service or entertainment for your audience to take part in, which can work wonders for building brand loyalty and trust. Facebook is launching new video features that compete with Zoom? Instagram Trends 2020 #5: Memes are Taking Over.

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Social Media Campaigns Kick-Off 2014 World Cup

The Realtime Report

Today marks the start of the 2014 World Cup, a month-long event highly anticipated by fans – and marketers – around the globe. Memes will also play a large roll on the site; a new tool allows users to either design their own art or remix existing illustrations, and share them across different social media platforms.

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