Stories By Anthon Garcia
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Strategy
Elevating Influence From Tactic To Strategy: How Anorak Travel Creates Travel Campaigns With Purpose
March 14, 2025The Vogue Hotel Montreal faced a marketing emergency in 2021: new ownership had failed to acquire...
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Brand
Best Buy To Rollout Digital Storefronts For Content Creators, Influencers
March 12, 2025Best Buy plans to launch a program this spring enabling influencers and content creators to build...
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Technology
AvatarOS Raises $7 Million Seed Capital To Develop AI Influencer Technology
March 11, 2025AvatarOS has closed a $7 million seed funding round led by M13 with participation from Andreessen...
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Commentary
AiMCO’s Sold-Out Influencer Events Signal The Return To In-Person Connection, Beauty’s Digital Renaissance
March 11, 2025The Australian Influencer Marketing Council’s (AiMCO) recent beauty influencer breakfast sessions exposed the creator economy’s hunger...
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Technology
Sprout Social Presents Rebranded Influencer Marketing Platform To Enhance Creator Partnerships
March 11, 2025Last month, Sprout Social rebranded its influencer marketing platform, formerly known as Tagger Media, to Sprout...
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Agency
Lindsey Gamble On Creator Must-Have: A Business Mindset
March 7, 2025When TikTok disappeared for 12 hours during recent regulatory challenges, creators who had built empires on...
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Strategy
The Art Of Gaming Integration: How Livewire Is Elevating Brand Presence In Gaming
March 5, 2025Over three billion gamers spending two hours daily in virtual worlds represent an untapped marketing frontier...
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Talent Management
Grail: Stripping Creator Management Down To Its Core
March 5, 2025"We're going to look after your dogs on the weekend. We're going to be your best...
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Commentary
Digital Talent Industry Reaches Record Growth As Brands Shift To Creator-Led Strategy
March 3, 2025The digital talent management industry (DTMI) expanded by 15% in 2024, with influencer marketing spend hitting...
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Influencer
MrBeast Targets $5 Billion Company Valuation In New Funding Round
February 28, 2025YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known professionally as MrBeast, is seeking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars...
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Commentary
YouTube Dominates Gen Alpha Media Consumption, New Research Shows
February 27, 2025YouTube commands 78% of viewership among U.S. children aged 2-12, according to Precise TV's Winter 2024/2025...
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Brand
H&M Seeks Stronger Asia Presence, Turns To We Are Social For Influencer Strategy
February 26, 2025H&M has selected the socially-led creative agency We Are Social to develop its content creator strategy...
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Platform
TikTok Rolls Out Performance Solution For Automotive Ads
February 26, 2025TikTok has announced the general availability of its Automotive Ads, a catalog-based solution designed specifically for...
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Platform
Instagram Rolls Out New Instagram Monetization Scheme Via Comment Section
February 24, 2025Meta has introduced Testimonials, a new advertising format on Instagram that enables creators to monetize product...
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Influencer
MrBeast Attributes $700M Success To Standing Out From The Crowd
February 24, 2025Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, revealed his strategy for achieving viral success on YouTube in a...
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Commentary
Dubai Press Club Gathers Top Local And International Influencers And Content Creators
February 21, 2025Dubai Press Club (DPC) hosted a gathering of prominent digital content creators and social media personalities...
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Technology
How AI Adoption Accelerates Influencer Marketing
February 20, 2025Artificial intelligence is streamlining how brands connect with social media influencers, with 54.8% of marketers reporting...
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Agency
The Influencer Marketing Factory On Navigating Industry Shifts
February 20, 2025Alessandro Bogliari co-founded The Influencer Marketing Factory (IMF) in 2018 with only $1,500 and a vision...
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Commentary
TikTok Creators With Mid-Sized Followings Dominate Platform, Study Shows
February 19, 2025A new study from Pew Research Center reveals that mid-tier content creators, not mega-influencers, represent the...
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Commentary
India’s Creator Economy Surges 322% In Four Years, Research Shows
February 18, 2025New research from influencer marketing platform Qoruz reveals India's creator economy has expanded from 962,000 influencers...
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Commentary
Study Reveals Instagram Creator Engagement Growth In 2024, Influencer Rates
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Strategy
Essential Creator Skills For 2025: Insights From 14 Industry Leaders
January 21, 2025Recent research from LTK and Northwestern University's Retail Analytics Council shows that 93% of companies plan...
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Commentary
Study Reveals The #1 Factor Driving Podcast Listeners Back For More Episodes
January 17, 2025New research from Signal Hill Insights reveals that entertainment value is the most critical factor in...
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Commentary
Highlights of the 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025 in Dubai
January 15, 2025The 1 Billion Followers Summit ended recently in Dubai, gathering more than 15,000 content creators, 420...
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Platform
New Research Reveals How TikTok’s Algorithm May Shape American Views Of China
January 9, 2025A new study from Rutgers University researchers suggests that TikTok's content distribution patterns differ significantly from...