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Exploring the transformations of ‘X’ (formerly Twitter)

28 September 2023
Categories: General, Marketing

In the constantly evolving world of social media, ‘X,’ previously recognised as Twitter, has undergone substantial metamorphoses and adaptations that have left advertisers and users equally captivated and at times perplexed. These alterations have not only reconfigured the platform but have also wielded a notable influence on contemporary marketing methodologies. In this blog, we will delve into the odyssey of ‘X’ and scrutinise how it has fundamentally transformed the landscape of social media marketing. The Evolution of ‘X’ The inception can be traced back to ‘Twitter,’ a microblogging platform that took root in 2006, gaining recognition for its 140-character confinement…

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The do’s and don’ts of Social Media Marketing

5 April 2022
Categories: General, Marketing

Social media is mainly used to post an occasional selfie, keep up with friends and family, and follow your favourite celebrities’ daily lives. But for businesses and brands, social media has become a valuable tool. Business owners can use the various platforms to promote businesses and brands, direct consumers to websites, and build a connection with customers and potential customers. Besides this, social media marketing is also able to collect consumer data which marketers can use to improve the marketing, it can offer more information about industry competitors, and it can even increase market share. To do social media marketing…

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Using influencer’s influence in marketing

1 February 2022
Categories: General, Marketing

Influencers have become one of the greatest digital assets for digital and social media marketing in the past decade. The Influencer Marketing Hub estimates that the industry itself grew to a whopping $14billion in 2021 (read more here). The industry continues to grow and with the advent of new social media apps and platforms like TikTok (read more about TikTok is and its rapid success here), the influence that influencers hold also continues to sky rocket as people find new ways to become influential – making influencing far more profitable across platforms, industries, demographics and areas…

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Why is it essential to include social media marketing in your marketing plan?

30 October 2020
Categories: General, Marketing

Scrolling through social media is the last thing most people do before they go to sleep and the first thing they do right after they wake up. Let us have a look at some interesting average social media user stats. Daily time spent on Facebook is 58 min. Daily time spent on Instagram is 53 min. Daily time spent on Twitter is 1 min. Daily time spent on LinkedIn is less than 1 minute. (17 minutes monthly for the average user) With people spending so much of their time in a day online the chance that your posts or…

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So, what’s up with vertical videos?

4 October 2019
Categories: General

Should marketers be producing videos in vertical orientation? We look into this relatively new trend and bring you into the frame. Why vertical? Videos have traditionally been shot in landscape (horizontal) orientation and for good reason to, the human eye tracks better on the horizontal plane and most videos were viewed on a computer monitor which has a landscape orientation. So why the sudden move to portrait (vertical) videos? The obvious answer is smartphones. We naturally hold them in a vertical orientation, and this is how 98% of people see their social feeds. Where did it all start? Not…

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The Evolution of Marketing

25 July 2019
Categories: General

The marketing industry is constantly evolving and is an intricate blend of both strategy and technology. Previously, marketing was simply about trying to sell goods and services. These sales attempts may be as old as civilisation itself but the concept of marketing as we know it derives from the developments of the industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was during this time (the industrial revolution) that purchasing goods became easier for a consumer than make things themselves. The current definition of marketing is closer to “the management process through which goods and services move from concept…

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Social Media Management

19 April 2019
Categories: General

Social Media has infiltrated nearly every aspect of our lives  Social media is constantly evolving and has infiltrated nearly every aspect of our lives – keeping up with it isn’t an easy task. Of course, social media isn’t just for personal use -it has become an integral part of digital marketing and can help a business develop from a start-up into a smooth-running machine. Social media marketing is all about communication.  According to industry legend, Neil Patel, “Social media marketing is the process of creating content that you have tailored to the context of each individual social media platform in…

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