09/12/2025
Each year, I scan for trends for the next year, and what I have found for 2026 are no surprises, really. Excluding the changes to Australia’s teen social media restrictions, the two main drivers are treating your content like a TV series and the push for businesses to make sustainable improvements to the environment and society.
Firstly, and yet again, businesses will face increasing competition, and making a robust social media strategy is more critical than ever. Forbes suggests focusing on entertaining and not selling your brand or product; selling should be secondary to entertaining. This may sound contradictory to your PR and Marketing goals; however, that is where the attention is now going.
The key to standing out lies in adapting to the rapid evolution of digital platforms, leveraging generative AI, embracing ‘closed-loop’ sustainability, and improving customer experiences, which will drive business transformation.
The second, and close to our hearts, is the push for businesses to make sustainable improvements to the environment and society. As the next group of ASIC mandates are rolled out to the big end of town, this will have an effect on us, the little end of town. Business.gov suggests that consumers and other stakeholders want businesses to make sustainable improvements to the environment and society. And I am seeing this more and more each day.
Online PR is here to help with your 2026 social media goals, backed by PR and aligned with ISO 26000: Social Responsibility. Additionally, TasESG Group, our parallel business, also supports both ends of town with their ESG concepts, frameworks, and more.
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