{"id":2039,"date":"2019-06-23T08:55:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T06:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2019-06-23T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T06:55:53","slug":"how-tiktok-and-spotify-could-win-through-location-based-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/how-tiktok-and-spotify-could-win-through-location-based-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"How TikTok and Spotify could win through location-based marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are many opportunities for apps and businesses to collaborate on co-branded experiences tied to brick-and-mortar locations.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

TikTok, the video creation app, is looking to monetize<\/a> its popularity, and for good reason: since its founding in 2016, TikTok has achieved one billion downloads<\/a>. It was reported recently that TikTok is testing sponsored ads<\/a> that direct users to advertiser\u2019s websites. This development is not surprising because TikTok has already been doing this kind of advertising in China, where the app is known as Douyin. As TikTok seeks to grow, I think it\u2019s worth considering whether location-based services could be part of the company\u2019s future \u2013 a path that streaming app Spotify is exploring already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About TikTok<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

TikTok has an interesting history worth noting here. The app, owned by ByteDance, was founded first as Douyin in 2016 before launching in the United States as TikTok in 2017 and merging with popular video creation app Musical.ly. The app offers users \u2013 mostly Gen Z and millennials \u2013 a platform to create short videos of themselves lip-syncing to different songs. But it\u2019s not just the songs that matter. TikTok is also popular because users can add all kinds of customized filters and challenge each other using hashtags. TikTok is a perfect app for a culture that values self-expression, video, and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TikTok now has achieved a critical mass needed to monetize successfully, and the app will no doubt adopt some lessons from Douyin to make the app resonate with businesses. For instance, in China, Haidilao Hot Pot<\/a>,<\/strong> a popular hot pot chain, challenges users to create their own hot pot dishes and post them on Douyin<\/a>, along with hashtags that raise awareness for the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotify goes local<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But as we know from apps such as Snapchat and Pok\u00e9mon GO, there are plenty more opportunities for apps and businesses to collaborate on co-branded experiences tied to brick-and-mortar locations. This is where there is real fun to be had. As Foursquare has shown, a business that knows how to capture user data and apply it at the location level has a distinct advantage beyond a company that simply advertises locally on occasion. This is why Spotify is building its own location-based services. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n