This week in the Trending 7, we’re turning to stories and how they’ve evolved over the past 10 years. As well as a fun debate we held about Instagram vs. Snapchat, read all about this year’s top tech trends and find out how, as a marketer, you can connect with an increasingly skeptical consumer base. 14 Powerful Hashtag Tools You Should Be Using in 2017 Hashtags are invaluable for getting more eyes on your social…

This week, we’re all about looking forward. We’ve compiled the best posts that highlight the 2017 advertising forecast, what the phenomenon of “fake news” means for brands, and what social media experiments you can carry out this year to make sure your brand stands out. Social Media Marketing Ideas: 15 Powerful Experiments to Test in 2017 When you take into account that more than 500 million Tweets are sent a day and only 2 out…

First impressions are important. Think about when you land on a website, what’s the first thing you do? I’m willing to bet you scroll around to take it all in visually. Visual is the key word here, and it’s why images are so important. Source People remember 80% of what they see and only 20% of the stuff they read – so you can see just how important they are. Oh, and did we mention…