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Influencer Marketing expert and Head of Marketing at Linqia, Keith Bendes breaks down the top stories in social media, influencer marketing and the broader creator economy.
Meta, YouTube and TikTok all had big events in the month of September, releasing a flurry of AI features to help brands and creators develop better content and partner smarter. So let's dig into all of those announcements, as well as the best brand influencer activations and the reports worth reading from September.
Meta is about to pay out a landmark lawsuit, Amazon is joining YouTube’s affiliate program, Disney strikes a deal with TikTok, MySpace may make a comeback, and much more. It was a busy month in the world of influencer marketing and social media so let's dive into the top stories, best brand influencer activations, and reports worth reading from the last month of summer.
Creators are becoming high value for search, Meta reverses course on AI feature after backlash, YouTube is bringing custom thumbnails to shorts and much more. It was a busy month in the world of social media, so let's take a look back at the top social platform updates, brand influencer campaigns and reports worth reading from the month of July.
LinkedIn has decided to play in the big leagues, Meta is betting on series content and long form TV viewing, the UK is on the way to banning social media for minors, and the entire marketing industry descended on Cannes for the annual Lions Festival. Needless to say it was a busy month in the industry, so let's break down the top platform news, best brand influencer activations, and reports worth reading from June.
Meta is in it's "separate app for everything" era, YouTube is making it more interesting to be a top 1% fan, LinkedIn is going all in on IRL, and much more. It was a busy month in the world of social media and influencer marketing, so let's break down the top platform news, best brand influencer activations, and reports worth reading from May.
Affiliate links have come to Reels, Vine is back, and Alix Earle launches a new brand that sells over $1 million in less than 5 minutes! It was a busy month in the world of social media and influencer marketing, so let's break down the top platform news, best brand influencer activations, and reports worth reading.
Newfronts, landmark Meta/YouTube court cases and more. This may have been the busiest month of the year thus far in the world of social media and influencer marketing, so let's break down the top platform news, best brand influencer activations, and reports worth reading.
February was a weird month. It started with Moltbook and UpScrolled exploding onto the scene, saw Spain and many more countries join the fold of a potential u16 social media ban, and a slew of new social features including Snapchat subscriptions, TikTok's local feed and Instagram's "Shop the Look" feature that has creators up in arms. So lets dive into the top social platform updates, best brand creator activations and reports worth reading.
TikTok finalized it's US spinoff, Meta is testing paid subscriptions, X does a $1M giveaway for articles, and much more. Let's dive into the social platform news, best brand influencer activations, and reports worth reading in this edition of the Influencer Marketing Roundup.
The TikTok spin off has been "signed", Instagram is launching a TV app, the Oscars is coming to YouTube, and much more. It was a busy month in the world of social media and influencer marketing, so let's dive into the top social updates, best brand influencer activations and reports worth reading.
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