{"id":6969,"date":"2022-09-08T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/we-can-do-better-snapchat-to-target-millennials-after-missing-goals\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T15:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:37:25","slug":"we-can-do-better-snapchat-to-target-millennials-after-missing-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/we-can-do-better-snapchat-to-target-millennials-after-missing-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We can do better\u2019: Snapchat to target millennials after missing goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEO says messaging app needs to focus on thirtysomethings and \u2018big five\u2019 countries \u2013 Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Japan<\/p>\n<p>Snapchat is coming for the oldies \u2013 in Gen Z terms, at least. The messaging app is focusing on attracting users in their 30s, according to a leaked memo from its co-founder and chief executive, Evan Spiegel, as part of a goal to increase usage \u201cin at least one new large country or demographic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the memo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/7\/23340157\/snapchat-evan-spiegel-leaked-memo-turnaround\">published by the Verge<\/a>, Spiegel laid out his company\u2019s plans for recovery after a year in which 20% of Snapchat\u2019s staff were laid off, and four of its five stated goals missed. \u201cWhile the macroeconomic environment certainly contributed to these misses, I believe we can do better,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/sep\/08\/snapchat-target-millennials-move-to-grow-to-450m-daily-users\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/93f638c4d05cb94ef2f87310eca85d368dca9d2d\/0_88_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=72d21ade37ba78ba500ee1754f365636\" title=\"\u2018We can do better\u2019: Snapchat to target millennials after missing goals\" \/>CEO says messaging app needs to focus on thirtysomethings and \u2018big five\u2019 countries \u2013 Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Japan<br \/>\nSnapchat is coming for the oldies \u2013 in Gen Z terms, at least. The messaging app is focusing on attracting users in their 30s, according to a leaked memo from its co-founder and chief executive, Evan Spiegel, as part of a goal to increase usage \u201cin at least one new large country or demographic\u201d.<br \/>\nIn the memo, published by the Verge, Spiegel laid out his company\u2019s plans for recovery after a year in which 20% of Snapchat\u2019s staff were laid off, and four of its five stated goals missed. \u201cWhile the macroeconomic environment certainly contributed to these misses, I believe we can do better,\u201d he wrote. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO says messaging app needs to focus on thirtysomethings and \u2018big five\u2019 countries \u2013 Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Japan Snapchat is coming for the oldies \u2013 in Gen Z terms, at least. The messaging app is focusing on attracting users in their 30s, according to a leaked memo from its co-founder and chief executive, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/08\/we-can-do-better-snapchat-to-target-millennials-after-missing-goals\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We can do better\u2019: Snapchat to target millennials after missing goals<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}