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The biggest challenge most brands have with their social media followers is getting them to move into, then down the marketing funnel for their business. You have to find a way to get your followers to click through to your website or other place you control so you can ask them for more information about […]

Did you know that 41 percent of Americans 12 and older have listened to a podcast in the last month? Twenty-six percent have listened in the last week. That’s 74 million people.  And of the people who listen each week, they average hearing eight podcasts.  All that information is from The Infinite Dial. It is […]

For those of you out there who are content creators, whether you call yourself an influencer or not, you know I am a loud champion of owned channels. I harp on the fact that you can’t rely on the social networks … borrowed channels … for your content or audience forever. You need to have […]

You’re starting to hear a theme emerge in a lot of influencer marketing industry predictions and trends talk, it’s been there but seems to be getting louder. The word or phrase I’m referring to is “data-driven.” Most of your influencer marketing platforms have that verbiage in their marketing literature because marketing decision makers like you […]

If you read the tea leaves of the conversations people are having about social media channels these days, you’d probably think TikTok was dominant, Instagram was struggling, YouTube was relevant and everything else was dead. But the way the conversations go and reality aren’t always aligned.  HubSpot published two reports over the last couple of […]

Influencer marketing software is a hell of a lot of confusing. There are platforms that do everything … help you find, prioritize, analyze, select, book, contract, collaborate, review, measure and even pay creators. Then there are softwares that do just one of those things. And some that do 2-3 of those tasks. Then there are […]

The world of social media and content is changing … again. It does that every so often. Unfortunately. more often than we probably care for it do so. Where Instagram, then Instagram Stories were the content du jour for influencers and, thus brands, a year or so ago, now our focus is on snack-able, vertical […]

The world of content creators is deep and wide. There exists literally at least one creator for almost every interest or niche out there. Part of what I love about being an influence marketing strategist is discovering new, interesting, creative people who connect with audiences in fun ways. If they make sense to work with […]

The primary reason I like to interview people about this wild, wonderful world we work in is that I know I don’t know everything. Even though we talk about a lot of the topics that I consider myself fairly well schooled or experienced with, someone else always brings a different perspective to the table. It’s […]

Does the name Sam Farha mean anything to you? If it does, you’re probably a fan of poker. Farha is a rather famous professional poker player. He is most know, however, for a hand he lost. In 2003 Farha was on the verge of elimination from the World Series of Poker Texas Hold ‘Em Main […]

Winfluence is not a podcast about podcasts. There are plenty of those out there. I listen to 2-3 to keep myself informed about the tips and tricks, ideas and innovations in the space. There are far more qualified people out there sharing that type of content specific to genre. Podcasts, however, are content creations of […]

One of the many things I do to stay on top of what’s happening in the influencer marketing industry is testing software platforms, micro-influencer communities, and other tools and services related to our space. Not only do I like to know what’s out there for my clients, I enjoy bringing some of that insight to […]