This week, the FTC announced a major update that may impact your influencer marketing programs.  The FTC released a new disclosures guide for influencers. While the intent behind the FTC's rule on disclosures remains the same, this new 101 guide for influencers provides updated guidance on...

  While Pinterest embraces its search engine reality, the FTC proves it knows how social networks work and Twitter starts to grow again, all in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. Pinterest is Officially Embracing Its ‘Discovery Engine’ Status With the launch of their first advertising...

Following consumer buying trends where social media content has increasingly become an important factor in purchase decisions, more and more brands are turning to influencer marketing as a way to reach engaged audiences. As more and more brands see the opportunity and get involved, however,...

We’re talking FTC guidelines on influencer marketing that aren’t really as complicated as they may appear and why now’s the time for your brand to jump on the “Going LIVE” bandwagon, all in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. Have You Gone Live Yet? If...

Around this time each year, marketers jump at the chance to write, tweet, and speak to lists that wrap-up up the year with "Top 10 Marketing Campaigns of 2015" or "5 Marketing Trends to Consider in 2016". We couple these lists with lengthy explanations of each item...

Facebook continues to lose relevancy as Twitter tries to lure new users. Plus, data that suggests ad-like content doesn’t belong in social. Facebook Loses Relevancy as Network Shifts Focus to Acquired Properties Global Web Index released their Q3 report this week and the most notable finding was...

Remember Ello? It’s ba-aack – or at least it claims to be. If you don’t remember this blip of a social network that became the social network of the moment, for literally just a moment, don’t worry, you didn’t miss much. The app launched with some...

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