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The Top 5 Marketing Trends that Won Gen Z in 2023

These 5 marketing trends helped brands reach young consumers in authentic and unique ways…

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team
KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • CapCut memes and larger than life ads made for some of the most viral social media marketing moments
  • K-Pop collabs proved the genre is no longer a niche musical category and instead a major marketing opportunity
  • Food merged with fashion in super unique ways and CPG brands leaned into the “kidulting” trend we predict we’ll see more of in 2024
Last year’s biggest marketing trends were all about getting weird—and while a lot of weird campaigns and collabs stuck around this year, we also saw some new strategies that made reaching young consumers pretty fool-proof for brands. To break through the constant social media noise, marketing had to go big (really big, in some cases) whether by pairing up with major celebs or showing they truly understand the Gen Z sense of humor, through social content or even in high quality merch.   YPulse covers the kinds of marketing that Gen Z and Millennials pay attention to in our yearly Ad...

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