How social-centric Gallery Media is taking on events, TikTok Shop and ever-changing algorithms
Jan 23, 2024
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Gallery Media Group discusses tackling social commerce with TikTok Shop, adapting to algorithm changes, and enhancing experiential events. They share insights on integrating social platforms into revenue streams, creating engaging content for brands, and leveraging live shopping experiences on TikTok for growth.
Gallery Media Group adapts to changing algorithms by testing TikTok Shop and enhancing event experiences for sponsors.
The company focuses on influencer collaborations and leverages TikTok Shop to seamlessly integrate commerce into social content.
Deep dives
Shift in New Year's Resolutions: Giving up Social Media and Sugar
Many individuals, including the podcast hosts, discussed their New Year's resolutions, which included giving up sugar, happy hour drinks, and social media. The challenges and motivations behind these resolutions were highlighted, showcasing a trend towards healthier lifestyle choices and a break from digital consumption.
Exploring Gallery Media Group's Experiential Approach
The conversation shifted towards Gallery Media Group's unique approach to experiential marketing, focusing on events as content creation opportunities. By hosting curated events like Gallery Beach House, the company enables long-lasting engagement with brands and creators, enhancing the traditional event model to elevate sponsor experiences and generate extensive content at scale.
Innovative Influencer and Creator Network Strategy
The discussion delved into the evolving influencer and creator network strategy, emphasizing the importance of building products around influencers to merge social and PR approaches. The creation of products like Hype, leveraging headline-based content with influencers, showcases a trend towards collaborative content creation and market engagement.
Commerce Ventures Into Social Platforms: TikTok Shop Experiments
Exploration of commerce dynamics on social platforms, particularly TikTok Shop, revealed a nascent yet promising avenue for revenue generation. Through live shopping experiences and frictionless transactions within the TikTok environment, publishers like Gallery Media Group are adapting to consumer behavior shifts, integrating commerce seamlessly into social content ecosystems.
Digital media companies have to be willing to change with the times if they want to make 2024 a growth year.
For Gallery Media Group, publisher of PureWow and ONE37pm as well as over 70 social media-first brands like @Recipes and @Cocktails, this means testing out new social offerings like TikTok Shop, creating social campaigns for clients that will still work despite rapidly changing algorithms and modifying its experiential business to improve the ROI for sponsors.
On the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast, GMG’s CRO Chris Anthony shares how the new ad products and event offerings launched in 2023 are contributing to his sales team’s go-to-market strategy in 2024.
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