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When Content4Demand and ON 24 published the results of their Demand Gen Report earlier this year, it shared some valuable insights into where influence marketing is headed. From a “nice to have” consumer platform that saw a spike in interest around 10 years ago, to the valuable (and increasingly used) business-to-business (B2B) one that itRead more

Take a look at any conversation between marketers online, and you’ll probably see the topic of owned social media communities at the forefront. The reason for this is simple – as social media enters its teenage years, it’s becoming a bit of a handful, just like its human counterparts. From the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica data scandalRead more

When it comes to influence marketing ROI, it’s really not that different from how you measure the success of any marketing campaign. You base the results on the goals and KPIs at the start of the campaign. Take me – I’m an old-timer. I come from a background of 25 years in marketing, and gainedRead more

In the world of influence marketing, we can break the types of influencers into six categories – Mega, Macro, Micro, Advocates, Referrers, and Loyalists. While these titles may seem like buzzwords, they’re actually important and effective breakdowns of the different types of influencers, especially when it comes to their audience. Without segmentation like this, anyRead more

Facebook is in the news again, for all the wrong reasons. An article on The Verge shares the story of one of Facebook’s content moderation sites, and how having to watch horrific videos all day is taking its toll on the mental health of the contractors working there. This article comes out the same weekRead more

With the news that CrossFit are deleting their accounts on Facebook and Instagram, the multi-national brand is just the latest in a growing number of brands pulling, or deleting, their social media accounts. British restaurant chain Wetherspoons, cosmetics firm Lush, and now CrossFit – are these brands leaving social media just a one-off, or isRead more

When it comes to influence marketing, there are several tactics and metrics you can implement/measure to ensure your campaign’s success. These can range from simple (reach, impressions, blogger outreach, etc.) to more defined and advanced (leads, brand lift, niche communities, etc.). However, as important as these are, you’ll struggle to implement any of them withoutRead more

When it comes to the customer lifecycle, a lot of marketers and businesses are still only thinking in the linear – find an audience, look to attract them, sell a product/service, and done. But this misses a far bigger picture in the journey. While getting leads and conversions is important, it’s just one facet ofRead more

When it comes to loyalty and/or affinity programs, many businesses and brands are still missing the mark. Too many go for short-term thinking, and offer discount after discount to get customers into their stores, and this can hurt them in the long term. With new programs from Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons, updated programs fromRead more

Social influencers, and influencer marketing in general, are once again under the microscope as media publications share articles that are split into two trains of thought. The first is that social influence is the worst thing to happen to marketing, while the second states that influence marketing is a key business strategy in 2019. So which viewpointRead more