Brand growth: Which social media channel is most effective?
It's a trick question, thereโs no right answer here, but here are some interesting insights on this topic from the Influencer Marketing Hub.
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐+.
A phenomenal stat from the network that serves 60% of the world's social media audience.
๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฎ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐+, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฌ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Plus with 1Bn monthly active users and well established shoppable features it remains a favourite of many.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ.๐ฎ๐ต๐๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐.
And as we all know video content is far more efficient in driving engagement metrics.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฐ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐+.
But do you want to have to use your 'work' voice all the time?
๐ฆ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด.
But loyal. Seemingly most of the teen early adopters have remained, growing older with the platform.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ.
A 70:30 M:F split to be exact, but a favoured instant news channel for sports with over 2Bn sports tweets last year.
๐๐น๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฒ'๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ-๐ฏ๐ฐ.
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!