by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel Brands are always looking to leverage the “latest thing” in terms of social media trends to help amplify their marketing and advertising, and this holiday season, the latest and greatest thing is TikTok. While many brands have begun to consider ways to make the most of their presence […]
Read MoreRebranding and the Mysterious Case of OnlyFans
Mid-last month, the subscription site OnlyFans—prominent for its base of sexually explicit content creators—announced it would start banning “pornography” from its site at the beginning of October. This, understandably, came as a shock to both content creators and subscribers. If you thought that OnlyFans was a platform built specifically for explicit sexual content: no! It’s […]
Read MoreHow to Succeed on Social Media By Using Your Competitors
by Christopher Tompkins | ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR Social media marketing can all be a bit of a haze, especially if you’re going into it with an untrained eye. Your posts are getting interactions, but are they getting enough? What could you do to make them perform better? Are the conversions you’re making off of […]
Read More3 Reasons Why A Competitive Analysis Is Essential
You take on a new client: an ice cream brand that isn’t quite on the level of Ben & Jerry’s, but it’s on the rise and has serious potential to disrupt the industry. But, before you can start thinking big, you need to get a better picture of the landscape for the product to find […]
Read MoreHow Agency Executives Can Encourage More Diversity In The Industry
by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel Diversity has been a hot topic in the business community for decades. Today, many companies are doing more than just talking about increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in their workplaces; they’re taking action, putting policies and practices in place that they hope will open new doors, eliminate bias […]
Read More12 ‘Old-School’ Marketing Tactics That Still Work
by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel If you are old enough to remember the Fuller Brush salesperson knocking on your door, you may have noticed that certain marketing maneuvers that were once ubiquitous seem to have disappeared. Given the buzz and energy around digital and social media advertising in recent years, some old-school tactics […]
Read More11 Ways VR And AR Stand To Impact Advertising, Marketing And PR
by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel When virtual reality and augmented reality technologies first appeared on the scene, consumers were excited about the possibilities. While VR/AR tech is still evolving, many of the futuristic applications people imagined have yet to manifest. Those that have been brought to life are popular among certain communities of […]
Read More10 Unexpected Storytelling Lessons From Agency Leaders
by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel If you go looking for tips on how to tell a great story, you won’t have to search very far or wide. There are millions of different pieces of advice out there on storytelling. Many are valuable and sound, but most of them reiterate the same basic concepts: […]
Read MoreHow Marketers Can Leverage Partnerships In The World Of Paid Fan Content
by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel With the creator economy exploding and social media fans becoming more aware of its lucrative potential, quality user-generated content may not be free for brands to use much longer. In the burgeoning world of paid fan content, merely having their work showcased by a brand online might not […]
Read MoreIs Your Blog Terrible? Fix it in 5 Easy Steps
Look at your online marketing as a multi-layer, albeit unified machine. Your website, email blasts, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and even your Angie’s List page should all work together. But there’s something missing. A blog. Blogs are what we like to call “semi-temporary content”, meaning that in 5 years one of your blogs could still […]
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