Generation Z is a consumer audience different from any before it. Value-conscious and with a firm finger on the pulse of developing trends, they have also caused marketing professionals to redefine their strategies and campaigns. Those visionaries who have joined the ranks of many top brands (or formed their own), and those who joined the advertising and marketing industries, have found themselves part of a new and influential collective Gen ZEO. Made up of young entrepreneurs and bold trendsetters, Gen ZEO members are taking the reins of the brands they work for and adapting their brand strategies and messages to better resonate with today's young and growing consumer audience. Follow Gen ZEO to learn more about how Gen ZEO is reshaping the marketing and advertising industry and what it means for the future.

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Thanks to Gen Z, Deeper Connections Will Become the Currency of the Future

The 5 levers that fuel organic brand love when it comes to this cohort.

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The Math Isn’t Mathing: Gen Z’s Emotional State and Spending

More than half of Gen Z have missed at least one BNPL payment in the last two years.

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Gen Z Is Resilient and Honest, and They Expect the Same From Brands

The same old tactics won't work to successfully market to the youngest consumers.

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TRUFF Co-founders on Launching a Community-driven CPG Brand

Thanks in part to the popularity of internet hits like “Hot Ones,” hot sauce and truffles are having a big moment right now. Nick Ajluni and Nick Guillen, co-founders of [...]

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PRZM Co-founders Discuss How Gen Z Is Reshaping the Luxury Market

Liz Toney and Larry Milstein, co-founders of Gen Z consultancy PRZM, discuss how Gen Z’s interest in luxury goods has created a booming secondhand market.

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Gen Z Talent Manager Jeff Levin on the Future of Content and Entertainment

Jeff Levin talks about monetizing social influence and what networks and brands are getting wrong about Gen Z.

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In Times of Crisis, Gen Z Urges ‘Be a Brand, Not Our Best Friend’

Founder and CEO of the Ambassadors Company, Maxine Marcus shares Gen Z insights around perceived brand authenticity, loyalty and more.

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How Graze Founder Aims to Modernize and Humanize Virtual Dating

In this episode, Heather Hopkins talks the state of the online dating industry and how GOATdate went from wireframes to growing app.

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New Findings on How Gen Z is Adapting in a Pandemic

Prior to this current health crisis, many marketers may have found themselves scrambling to understand the ever-evolving and notoriously elusive cohort that makeup Generation Z. While much of that focus [...]

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How-tos for Generational Marketing to Millennials vs. Gen Z

Millennials and Generation Zers are both notorious for shaking up the status quo in more ways than one. This fact, along with their closeness in age, have led many to [...]

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When Your App Gets Acquired by Squarespace: Tech Entrepreneur Andy McCune Talks Big Ideas

Just two years ago, Andy McCune co-founded the popular social stories template app Unfold, which has already amassed over 9 million monthly users including celebrities like Selena Gomez and Camila [...]

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Ex-Snapchat Engineer Shares Latest in Product Drops and Gen Z Ecommerce

At just 19 years old, Drake Rehfeld was part of the research engineering team at Snapchat. In 2017, Drake co-founded influencer ecommerce platform Demeanor, which is now a part of [...]

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This 22-Year-Old Built a Platform to Help College Creatives Land Jobs With Major Brands

As a student at Syracuse University, Kelsey Davis was already landing video gigs with companies like Coca-Cola, Land Rover and Conde Nast. She quickly realized how difficult it was to [...]

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Gen Z Tech Entrepreneurs Talk Future of Influencer Marketing

At just 22 and 21 respectively, Trufan co-founders Swish Goswami and Aanikh Kler already have a ton of overwhelming achievements for their ages. Swish is a serial tech entrepreneur, venture [...]

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22-year-old DTC Marketing Maven Nik Sharma Urges Brands to Keep it Simple

At just 15 years old, Nik was already handling social strategy for celebrities like Pitbull and Priyanka Chopra. Now at age 22, he's already built up a long list of [...]