“Over a quarter of Gen Z Brits are turning to TikTok for financial advice”

Jul 29, 2023 | Digital

When I started posting stuff on YouTube, my children of all ages did ask me: ‘Why?’ Not, as I (and you, I’m sure) first thought, because they were worried I’d be an embarrassment; which I probably am. No, because ‘no-one looks at YouTube now, you should be on TikTok’. Well, they said the same about Facebook and they were probably right, its returns and audience are both diminishing and ageing. Should we, as a profession, focus on oldies who already have money, or keep an eye to the future and talk, too, to those trying to get some. So if you run any sort of business and want to reach an audience of Gen Zs (parents ask any available Gen Z), abandon worries about Chinese government officials spying into your bedroom, and embrace the future, I’d (and they’d) say. Yes, I’m going to give it a go.

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“The tech winners and losers of the pandemic”

“The tech winners and losers of the pandemic”

Although ethical/sustainable funds eschew fossil fuels, arms and fags, they are more often than not ‘tech heavy’, investing in the Industries of the Future. Most dropped Meta/Facebook when the degree to which they may or may not have been stalking us all became apparent.