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Brand growth: Which social media channel is most effective?


It's a trick question, thereโ€™s no right answer here, but here are some interesting insights on this topic from the Influencer Marketing Hub.

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜†๐—ฟ๐˜€+.
A phenomenal stat from the network that serves 60% of the world's social media audience.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜†๐—ฟ๐˜€+, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.
Plus with 1Bn monthly active users and well established shoppable features it remains a favourite of many.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต๐—•๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†.
And as we all know video content is far more efficient in driving engagement metrics.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐˜†๐—ฟ๐˜€+.
But do you want to have to use your 'work' voice all the time?

๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด.
But loyal. Seemingly most of the teen early adopters have remained, growing older with the platform.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ.
A 70:30 M:F split to be exact, but a favoured instant news channel for sports with over 2Bn sports tweets last year.

๐—”๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ-๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฐ.
The sweet spot for marketable consumers with disposable income.

So maybe there is a right answer, but it will take some homework.

Our advice is to get out there and start posting, measure the results consistently, scale what is working and discard the rest!