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How to Connect Your Brand with a Multicultural Audience: Marketer Allyssa Munro
Long gone are the days when brands could target a single audience with one message. Today, celebrating diversity and embracing inclusion isn’t a trend, but an imperative.
How This Beauty Brand Won Shoppers With Less Than A $10,000 Marketing Budget
EADEM launched in over 260 Sephora stores nationwide. Instead of relying solely on paid social media tactics, the brand founders, Marie and Alice decided to embark on a more nostalgic approach: a golden ticket giveaway.
How Beauty Brands Are Going Back To Basics To Sell Products
Indie beauty and lifestyle brands that used to rely on Instagram and TikTok influencers to promote their products are now hiring traditional sales reps to drive sales at retailers like Sephora and Ulta, now that stores are finally seeing an uptick in foot traffic.
Why Some Brands Thrive In A Tough Economy - While Others Fail
During economic downturns consumers are more mindful of their spending habits; setting financial restrictions to reduce their bills and reset their budget.
TikTok Faces Uncertain Future In The U.S. After Congressional Hearing
On Thursday, March 23rd, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew sat before Congress to discuss the impact and implications of his growing social media app.
The New Requirement For Effective PR? Affiliate Marketing
As the traditional media business model of selling ads has become less lucrative, publishers have sought alternative ways to generate revenue.
New Study: Influencers Have Greatest Impact on Consumer Sustainability
A recent study done by Unilever shows that influencers have the single largest impact on consumer sustainability decisions, ahead of TV documentaries, news articles and even government campaigns.
Beauty's Latest Social Media Trend? Deinfluencing
Deinfluencing, the latest viral TikTok trend, involves users sharing what products influencers didn’t like and suggesting alternatives.
How Social Media Marketing for Super Bowl LVII Compares To Traditional TV Ads
For decades the Super Bowl has served as advertisings biggest night of the year. But according to new reports, social media marketing has increasingly become a more powerful awareness driver during the game.
What Beauty Brands Can Learn From Super Bowl LVII
A shift is happening, particularly amongst beauty brands who have primarily dominated digital-first platforms like TikTok and Instagram. From E.l.f Cosmetics to Fenty Beauty, many brands have turned to the third most-watched television program of all time, Super Bowl LVII, to create buzz.
Why Beauty Brands Are Facing Backlash For Using the Word ‘Clean’
‘Clean’ products have been a driving force in beauty for years. But now, many are inspecting the ingredient list with extreme diligence and the result has caused a wide-spread of confusion.
What Estée Lauder and E.l.f. Can Tell Us About The Beauty Market in 2023
Estée Lauder and e.l.f. Beauty's outlook for 2023 couldn't look more different: Lauder reduced its fiscal year forecasted sales in November and on the same day, e.l.f. raised its outlook.
Instagram Adds New ‘Quiet Mode’ to Help Users Take Breaks and TikTok’s Ban on College Campuses
Instagram’s adding more ways for users to control their in-app experience, with new tools that better enable you to take a break from the app, and options to manage what you’re shown in content recommendations.
New Report Shows Which Social Media Apps Are Most Popular and Why
Meta continues to wear the crown as most downloaded and engaged app overall. However, BeReal, the popular 'anti-Instagram' app, is a close competitor.
Microsoft to Integrate ChatGPT into its Bing Search Engine
ChatGPT is part of the newest generation of artificial intelligence systems that can converse, generate readable, English language text on demand - all for free.
TikTok Shares Key Tips in its 2023 ‘What’s Next’ Report
Based on its internal insight, TikTok has published its 2023 ‘What’s Next’ report, which looks at the key shifts that TikTok’s seeing in social and cultural sentiments and what it can mean for TikTok user behavior.
AI Art App Trends on Social Media and Sparks Controversy
Lensa AI is an open-source artificial intelligence tool that creates artistic stylized portraits from 10-20 selfies - all for $3.99.
How Beauty Brands Are Benefiting From Making E-commerce Feel Like Social Media
Social media is changing every day but one thing that seems to hold true is the power of video, particularly when it comes to influencing and selling products.
How to Market Your Brand During a Recession
The theme of this year’s holiday season, so far, appears to be discounts and promotions. 65 percent of consumers surveyed plan to spend more time looking for discounts than shopping this season.