It’s that time of year again…
No, I’m not talking about all the food fests and family gatherings and all the other things that are happening and about to happen.
Nor am I referring to Shiny Object Friday or Even Slicker Monday.
I am – yikes – looking ahead to next year and all the hot marketing trends you need to know about now so you can be ahead of everyone else in implementing them.
Trends like these 8 business-critical ones:
And these, the first two of which I absolutely love as they are exactly what I am embracing with my marketing (the second is more my daughter’s passion which means it will inevitably filter through into what I am doing):
https://voluum.com/blog/7-digital-marketing-trends-2019/
You’ll notice that social media is mentioned in both those round-ups so let’s now take a deeper dive into that and find out what you need to do to make yours sizzle in the coming year.
First let’s look at the top social media trends:
YouTube is a big trend so here’s an excellent tutorial on how to make that work for you in 2019, in just ten steps – there’s an excellent bonus guide on how one entrepreneur got 23M views with no budget and no expensive gear:
https://blog.hootsuite.com/youtube-marketing/
Instagram is another 2019 biggie – take a look at this first:
https://sproutsocial.com/insights/instagram-trends-for-every-marketer/
And then learn all about the vital Instagram hashtags and how to deploy them for 2019 here:
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/instagram-hashtags
While Instagram stories will be bigger than ever so here’s how to use them for best effect here:
https://blog.statusbrew.com/businesses-make-use-instagram-stories/
There’s a lot to take in via all those links so I will continue with the deep dive stuff next week and share more resources on how to get specific trends working for you. In the meantime, relax and feel uplifted with this wonderful TED talk that explores the theme of thankfulness…
One man’s journey to thank all the people responsible for his morning coffee:
Whether you celebrated Thanksgiving or not this week, here’s my heartfelt thank you for being there to add to the theme of gratitude.
