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How Urban Outfitters Promotes Themselves on Social Media?

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Shuzhen

Personally, I’m really interested in fashion and I also love shopping. Urban Outfitters is one of my favorite shops and I always love to go their stores and try clothes on. As I am taking strategic social media communication course at Drexel University, I chose to follow Urban Outfitters and audit their three main social media platforms. This article will mainly focus on evaluating three of their social media platforms, which include Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Several questions will be addressed, like how often do they post on each platform? Do they successfully bring customers on site? What are their best practices in each platform? 

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The Secret of Building Brand Trust in Brand’s Online Communities

For this blog post, I am going to discuss research which focuses on the value of Social Media Brand Communities (SMBC) to that brand and examine how the community contributes to brand trust. This is a worthy study for any business seeking to build brand trust with their consumers online. This blog addresses several points, including the results of the research paper, application to real life practices, and connections to Urban Outfitters. 

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3 Things and Should Learn from Zara

As I have discussed about Urban Outfitters in my previous blog post, I am going to take a look at Zara, another well-known clothing brand, and compare how both of these brands are using social media. The values that Zara, which is one of the largest international fashion companies, defines themselves with are beauty, clarity, functionality, and sustainability. Even though Urban Outfitters and Zara target different segments, it is worthwhile to learn how each of them use social media to promote themselves. Zara actually has lots of followers on their social media platforms even though they do not post very often. So, I am going to talk about the three social media best practices that Urban Outfitters should learn from Zara.

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