The blog below is reproduced in full from The Cog Blog because every advertiser needs to think hard about Brian Jacob’s message. What’s It Got To Do With Us? 13 October 2022 When I was at college, I remember being told by our advertising lecturer that we should...
The forecast: US TikTok users will spend more time with the social media platform this year than YouTube users will spend on YouTube. This difference will be just about a fraction of a minute but will expand in years to come. It’s likely that this trend will be...
Have you ever gone to post an emoji only to find it doesn’t exist? It’s a frustrating experience, particularly when it’s such an obvious one. How could the emoji gods Unicode forsake you in your time of need? (Unicode is responsible for choosing what...
Gen Zers 18–24 are reshaping the way brands connect with consumers Unlike the generations that came before them, most Gen Zers don’t remember a time before smartphones and social media. For Gen Z, using social media to follow their interests and favorite...
This week’s blog comes from a piece from back in April, in The Cog Blog, which regular readers will know is a favourite of mine (and written by a good friend and ex-colleague). I’ve been meaning to feature (steal!!) it for a while. Advertisers advertise in...
Recently (March 2022), Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, said in one of his Stories that Instagram hashtags don’t “really” help with post distribution. Social Insider has analyzed 75,361,233 Instagram posts published between March 2021 and...
