16 Ways to Boost Story Engagement

Instagram is a powerful channel for businesses to reach a larger audience — in fact, approximately 80% of the platform’s one billion users follow at least one business on Instagram. If your brand is on Instagram, you need to be communicating and engaging with your audience, and Instagram Questions can help you do just that. … Read more

How Three Companies Grew Revenue With Social Media Shopping Tools [New Data + Case Studies]

Social Media Shopping Tools – Shopping on social media has become increasingly popular over the past few years. In fact, 57% of consumers report social media as their preferred method for discovering new products — over television ads (56%), YouTube ads (49%), and retail stores (42%), and only surpassed by “searching on the internet” (58%). … Read more

6 Short-Form Video Trends Marketers Should Watch

HubSpot’s survey on 2022 marketing industry trends found that 51 percent of those marketers who currently use short-form videos plan to invest more in 2022. While 38% intend to invest the same amount, What’s more? Social media marketers are planning to spend more on short-form videos in the future, as they have higher ROI. How can you … Read more

The Best Time to Send an Email [Research]

Here’s a little exercise for you: Check the timestamps on the emails you’ve gotten in the past day. What have you found? For me, I noticed that most of my emails, especially my subscription emails, were sent between 9-10 AM, or 5-6 PM. This isn’t a coincidence, either. While the answer to “What’s the perfect … Read more