Important Social Media Marketing Trends That Will Impact Your Business

Shane Barker
The Startup
Published in
10 min readApr 22, 2019

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About 68% of Americans use Facebook and 73% use YouTube according to the Pew Research Center. Over time, social media has evolved into a great tool for marketing. Just like other forms of marketing, the social media landscape is changing at a quick pace. This makes it important for you to keep up with the latest trends.

You also need to future-proof your social media marketing strategy. It needs to be reviewed to see what works for you and what doesn’t. This can help you optimize it to get the best results possible.

Let’s take a look at the most popular social media trends that will affect the future of social media marketing.

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Shane Barker
The Startup

Shane Barker is a digital marketing consultant that specializes in sales funnels, targeted traffic and website conversions. #InfluencerMarketing Writer for INC.