Category Archives for TikTok

TikTok Uncertainty Made Paid Social Diversification a Business Issue

April 2025 kept paid social strategy in a state of tension. Search Engine Land reported that advertisers were pulling back from TikTok and boosting Meta amid ban uncertainty, while Marketing Dive had been tracking how…

TikTok Reaching 1 Billion Users Made Short-Form Discovery Mainstream

In September 2021, TikTok announced that more than 1 billion people used the platform every month. That milestone moved TikTok from “emerging social app” to mainstream discovery engine, especially for younger audiences and culture-driven categories.…

TikTok For Business Made Short-Form Video a Serious Ad Channel

In mid-2020, TikTok introduced TikTok For Business as a home for its marketing solutions, then followed with self-serve advertising tools for small and mid-size businesses. The platform was quickly moving from cultural phenomenon to a…