Marketing
fromForbes
1 week agoWhy A Social-First Approach Is The Future Of Marketing
Marketing in 2026 must be social-first, treating social as the central, connected trunk of all brand strategies from awareness to commerce.
General Mills is turning snack time into showtime. The food giant has launched "The Snacktime Sketch Show," a four-episode comedy series designed to make its brands as laughable as they are craveable. The social-first experiment aims to blend humor, culture, and digital reach into something both bingeable and bite-sized. Each episode riffs on a different corner of pop culture. The debut, " Snack Island," parodies " Love Island" with an absurd twist: instead of contestants, the housemates are General Mills snacks.
Social-first marketing continues to pick up steam as legacy brands race to modernize their approach. Social ad spending has climbed steadily over time, but the H&R Block news is the latest signal that more organizations - including those in conventionally staid categories - are enacting bolder moves to orient their strategy around a channel that is essential for connecting with younger consumers and requires an always-on mindset compared to traditional ad campaigns.