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The growing success of visually oriented social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram is encouraging more interest in producing visual content among advertisers.
March 2016 research by communications firm Lewis, which examined the use of visual content (which refers to both images and video) among marketing decision-makers, found the demands of social media and the format’s high engagement rates are key reasons for its use. According to Lewis’ study, 94% of marketing decision-makers already produced visual content. When asked about the reasons for producing such image-focused media, 67% said it was “more engaging,” while another 50% said “social media requires” its creation. Read the rest at eMarketer.
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