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According to a recent report by Brandwatch, the use of emojishas dramatically risen over the years, with 95% of people online having used emojis, making it the internet’s most popular language.

The report also found that fear emojis spiked in the run-up to the EU-referendumand sad emojis spiked during May 2017 because of the Manchester terrorist attack.

As a business its important to come across as human, so it is becoming increasingly important to be able to communicate with customers across digital platforms. And as emojis are the most popular language, businesses perhaps need to jump on board and use them more.

The business case for using emojis

• Marketing channels

The number of online marketing campaigns that used emojis to communicate a message marked an increase of 777 per cent, according to a study by mobile marketing company Appboy.

The same study found that general use of emojis in emails has increased by 7100% since 2015, with the high use among older demographics perhaps surprising. The most frequent users of emojis were 25 to 29 year olds 76 per cent of whom frequently using them to communicate.

Emojis have very much become part of the fabric of the digital world, with 92%of the online population using them.

• Generate an emotional response to your brand

As well as incorporating the set template of emojis into your marketing campaigns and social media, there is evidence that demonstrates how effective unique emojis can be creating your own emojis to reflect your brand and message.

In 2014, the Social Neuroscience Journal published a study that revealed that emojis generated the same emotional response from people as a human face. it’s author, Dr Owen Chu.rches, confirmed that emojis were a new form of language that were producing.

• Tailor to an overseas audience

In the Plusnet EmojI White Paper, Dana Loberg, founder of US emojI and mobile sticker creator MojiLaLa, explained the potential in micro-targeting? emojis towards international demographics for businesses looking to reach overseas audiences.

for example, if Nike wants to build-out their stores in Asia, they can create very local language and slang emojis that best relate with the people they are trying to attract, she said.