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Advertisers are getting squeezed on all sides. Traditional ads are going away, digital ads are skyrocketing in price. What’s the solution?

There has been a ton of bad news on the web about the bad behavior of influencers. Is it time to regulate social media influencers? The author says, “no.”

The Marketing Rebellion is here, ushered in by a new book from Mark Schaefer. How do you succeed in an ad-free, loyalty-free, funnel-free world?

Focusing on the Stories format could be the key to answering the tricky question of retaining the stagnant user base Facebook faces on social media.

Marketers have long enjoyed the high Instagram organic reach and engagement. But given the history of its parent company, Facebook, that may be ending.

By Kerry Gorgone, {grow} Contributing Columnist Brands trying to use Instagram to reach their audience already have to fight for engagement: 70% of instagram posts don’t

The announcement of IGTV from Instagram is a bet on vertical video, and begs the question, what does this mean to the future of television?

This annual research into new media trends is chock-full of insights and curiosities. Learn why you might need an audio strategy, the fastest tech segment right now, social media usage trends, wy YouTube means music, and more!

In this revised and expanded version of a marketing classic, Mark Schaefer takes his beloved book Social Media Explained to a new level.

Mark Schaefer provides an outlook of ten big ideas that will be driving the future of social media marketing in the next few years. He stresses the need to embrace the chaos!

Sex sells in marketing and advertising putting the spotlight on unattainable beauty. But there has been a shift toward a more natural look.

Creating a new social network is a perilous proposition but Amazon Spark may beat the odds. What marketers need to know about this new entry.
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