Category: social media

As new trends constantly emerge in the social media space, Captiv8 works to produce high-quality content that is both relevant and interesting to audiences. So with that, we decided to conduct a study to analyze new and emerging trends in Influencer Marketing. The results of this study were found by pulling a sample set of…

Let’s be honest, the November Snapchat redesign did not go over very well. Even Spiegel admits it, and shared during their Q2 earnings call yesterday that they attributed their DAU drop to “the disruption caused by our redesign”. But after taking some heat, Snap rolled out a redesign of the original redesign in hopes to…

New York Fashion Week is less than two months away and even though most of us aren’t lucky enough to get a coveted invite, it can still feel like we’re there by following our favorite fashion influencers; last year alone there were over 50k posts on Instagram tagged #FashionWeek2017! So, how can you get into…

Summer isn’t the only thing that’s hot right now. Instagram stories are too – and they could be the platform that you’re underutilizing. Facebook recently conducted a survey and discovered that people use and perceive content on the Instagram feed and Instagram stories differently. What did the study find? 47% of respondents say that Instagram…

Hopefully, your Father’s Day was filled with lots of so-bad-they’re-funny dad jokes, home cooked barbecue, and quality time with the big guy. And, hopefully, you were able to capture some of those priceless moments on camera. But, if you didn’t quite get those Instagrammable photos yesterday — we can show you who did. Using Captiv8…

Next week, our co-founder, Krishna, will be speaking alongside hundreds of other world-class thinkers, innovators, and brand leaders from across the world at the Cannes Lions Festival. The Festival is from June 18 to June 22, and brings together the who’s who in advertising, with a focus on the top creative minds in the industry….

Today’s influencer campaigns are no longer just about building awareness. As we explained in a blog post earlier this fall, a growing number of marketers are using creators to help impact all stages of the marketing “purchase funnel,” including sales. But what are the best platforms for encouraging purchases? Are there specific product categories that…

YouTube at its heart is a video-sharing platform. After all, video is the reason this wildly-popular video-sharing tool now claims more than one billion users. But despite its incredible popularity, YouTube’s creators and marketers face stiff competition. Whether we’re talking about Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, or Instagram, all of today’s top social media platforms inevitably are…

Any brand marketer will tell you that building a popular, and highly-engaged, social media account takes a lot of work. There’s decisions to be made about how to create compelling content, how to best interact with fans and customers and how to ensure the brand’s messages are communicated in an engaging way. While there’s no…