Stories By Cecilia Carloni
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Agency
Saying No As A Strategy: Keith Pape On Structuring YellowPike Media Around Business Outcomes
January 30, 2026For Keith Pape, digital marketing is not about impressions, likes, or viral moments that fade as...
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Commentary
Live Selling Shifts From Side Hustle To Primary Revenue As Majority Of Sellers Rely On Livestream Revenue
January 30, 2026More than half of live sellers now generate most of their annual revenue through livestreaming, according...
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Agency
Creator Marketing Agency Billion Dollar Boy Taps Piet Southey To Drive U.S. Expansion
January 30, 2026Billion Dollar Boy has appointed Piet Southey as U.S. Managing Director, a newly created role designed...
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Platform
YouTube Promotes Nicole Bell To Lead Canada Operations
January 29, 2026YouTube has promoted Nicole Bell to head of Canada, a move that positions the 10-year company...
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Influencer
From YouTube Hobby To Brand Collaborator: Darcei Giles On Building Authority In Beauty
January 28, 2026Before Darcei Giles ever stepped inside a Korean cosmetics lab or advised brands on undertones, she...
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Strategy
Creators As The New Store Associates: Why PACKFIRE & Popfly Built An Ambassador Program For Trust, Not ROI
January 28, 2026PACKFIRE, an outdoor brand selling portable fire pits, began developing its creator strategy with no expectation...
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Commentary
Senate Democrats To Host First Creator Summit At U.S. Capitol On Feb. 11
January 26, 2026Senate Democrats are planning their first creator summit, bringing together content creators, independent journalists, and new...
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Strategy
How A Dark Comedy Film Became A Creator-Led Campaign: Inside D(e)AD’s Path To Global Scale
January 26, 2026What does it look like when an independent film skips festivals, studios, and traditional distributors, and...
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Commentary
Managing Creator Contracts At Scale: 25 Industry Voices On Tools, Trade-Offs, And Legal Risk
January 23, 2026As creator partnerships scale, contracts have moved from back-office paperwork to frontline infrastructure. What once worked...
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Influencer
Bryan the Diamond On Building A Creator Career Through Consistency, Relatability, And Long-Term Strategy
January 23, 2026Before he was recognized by fans in public spaces, Bryan the Diamond was working overnight delivery...
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Tech
Ipsos Synthesio Adds ViralMoment AI Video Intelligence Tools To Social Listening Platform
January 23, 2026Ipsos Synthesio, a consumer intelligence platform, announced a partnership with ViralMoment, an AI-powered social video analytics...
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Commentary
Survey Exposes Social Media’s Funnel Gap As Marketers Struggle To Translate Strategy Into Practice
January 23, 2026Despite near-universal agreement that social media is essential to brand building, most marketers still fail to...
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Strategy
Inside Vybes Villa: How A Dating App Became Creator-Led IP
January 22, 2026On January 12, Gen Z dating app Vybes premiered Vybes Villa, a creator-led reality series designed...
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Influencer
Influencer Chiara Ferragni Makes Fashion Comeback With GUESS Spring 2026 Campaign
January 22, 2026GUESS has announced Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni as the face of its Spring/Summer 2026 global advertising...
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Agency
Creator Agency NewGen Extends KSI Partnership Into Fourth Year
January 22, 2026NewGen has retained KSI as a social publishing services client for the fourth consecutive year, the...
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Commentary
The 10 Fastest-Growing Canadian Instagram Accounts Of 2025
January 21, 2026Winnipeg fitness creator Shai Ross added 1.6 million followers in 2025, leading a list dominated by...
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Influencer
YouTuber Alan Chikin Chow Partners With Netflix, HYBE AMERICA For Scripted K-Pop Series
January 21, 2026YouTube Shorts creator Alan Chikin Chow is developing a scripted series for Netflix in partnership with...
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Technology
Redflag AI: Bringing Enterprise-Grade Content Protection To The Creator Economy
January 19, 2026For years, content protection has been a problem solved primarily for the largest media companies: film...
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Platform
TikTok Deploys Enhanced AI Detection Technology To Remove Underage Users In Europe
January 19, 2026TikTok will roll out enhanced age-detection technology across Europe in the coming weeks, following a year-long...
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Influencer
Sedge Beswick Launches YouTube Series To Share The Unseen Realities Of Building Creator-Led Businesses
January 19, 2026Marketing consultant and strategist Sedge Beswick has spent much of her career working behind the scenes...
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Technology
Creator Vetting Platform VwD Launches AI Scoring Update With OnlyFans Account Detection
January 19, 2026VwD has rolled out a set of updates to its creator vetting platform that adjust how...
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Commentary
California Lawmaker Ro Khanna Introduces ‘Creator Bill Of Rights’ Targeting Platform Economy Protections
January 16, 2026Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) has introduced a resolution supporting expanded protections for creators and digital workers...
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Agency
CreatorX Debuts Ahead Of Podfest With Multi-Channel Creator Advertising Exchange
January 16, 2026Creator Exchange (CreatorX) has begun onboarding creators, networks, and advertisers ahead of Podfest (Jan. 15-18) in...
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Influencer
Ravengriim Breaks Down Her Long Game: Consistency, Creative Control, And Expanding Beyond Social Video
January 15, 2026Ravengriim built her creator career by refusing to flatten her interests into a single lane, operating...
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Platform
TheFlow Founder Michael Hanuschik On Designing A Healthy Ecosystem For The Creator Economy
January 15, 2026Michael Hanuschik believes that for digital platforms to be healthy ecosystems, the creators must receive the...

