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Is the influencer and creator space still the Wild West? I argue that it is not. However, I recently saw a post claiming that it is, citing unpaid invoices by a popular agency/creator platform and a talent agency committing financial misconduct. IMO these are not symptoms of the Wild West but rather examples of poor business practices, which can happen in any industry. It's time to stop making excuses for these companies using the Wild West as a scapegoat. Having been in the industry since its early days, I've seen a significant evolution. The days of creators signing away their rights and cheap dedicated YT videos are long gone. It's about time we distance ourselves from the "Wild West days", acknowledge the industry's growth, and focus on holding companies accountable and to higher standards. I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this. #creatoreconomy #influencermarketing

NEW: The difference b/t acquiring and engaging customers with Braze ($BRZE) CEO & Co-Founder Bill Magnuson. Austin Hankwitz and I caught up with Bill on the latest episode of After Earnings, presented by Morning Brew and Stakeholder Labs. STREAM / LISTEN: https://lnkd.in/ejDVBEvS HIGHLIGHTS: ✦ Engagement strategy and the data that makes brand messages relevant ✦ How engagement marketing can improve overall company ops (e.g. a push notification sent from a rideshare platform that encourages people to book early due to inclement weather, thus reducing stress on the network) ✦ The unique mindset of former founder CEOs when companies go public ✦ Does restricting spammy comms infringe on a political org's First Amendment rights? (Spoiler alert: No) STREAM / LISTEN: https://lnkd.in/ejDVBEvS

WE’RE HOSTING OUR FIRST EVER CREATIVE SOUP. A gathering of people who get together and discuss creative ideas they have. We want to help as many people as possible realise their creative idea, but each idea might be really different to the next – so what you end up with is one big melting pot of ideas all thrown together … a bit like when you make a soup! In this discussion, you – the audience – get to hear about the ideas and then vote for your favourites which will be funded by Junction to become a reality. We have no clue what ideas might be presented – all we know is that each one will be creative, involve creativity, and be focussed at attracting adults from Goole and the surrounding areas as either audiences or participants. When all ideas are presented you’ll be able to vote for your favourites – those that win will then be funded by Junction. https://lnkd.in/e3eDjU4A

#Alignable, #Tumblr, #Reddit, and #Patreon are the last four #SocialNetworks on our journey through #Alternatives to the 🎯 historical big boys! Let's dig a little further and explore them, each distinctive from the others and positioned uniquely in their niches. All four of these #SocialPlatforms hold untold opportunities for #BusinessPromotion, provided the #Marketers follow all rules and use the system in a manner that appeals to users. Learn more at 👉 www.thesocialmedialady.com

#Alignable, #Tumblr, #Reddit, and #Patreon are the last four #SocialNetworks on our journey through #Alternatives to the 🎯 historical big boys! Let's dig a little further and explore them, each distinctive from the others and positioned uniquely in their niches. All four of these #SocialPlatforms hold untold opportunities for #BusinessPromotion, provided the #Marketers follow all rules and use the system in a manner that appeals to users. Learn more at 👉 www.thesocialmedialady.com

#Alignable, #Tumblr, #Reddit, and #Patreon are the last four #SocialNetworks on our journey through #Alternatives to the 🎯 historical big boys! Let's dig a little further and explore them, each distinctive from the others and positioned uniquely in their niches. All four of these #SocialPlatforms hold untold opportunities for #BusinessPromotion, provided the #Marketers follow all rules and use the system in a manner that appeals to users. Learn more at 👉 www.thesocialmedialady.com

✨ Virtual_Decisions: REACHOUT ✨ It's #TechTuesday and we're giving you a sneak peek into our fifth film, REACHOUT 🙌 REACHOUT helps participants plan for independent living after secure custodial sentences. There are lots of benefits to using technology in healthcare and you can read about just a few of them on todays blog here: https://lnkd.in/eAtKphF5 👈 #VirtualDecisions #NewBlog #VRExperience

It's Monday, and we've welcomed some new followers in the last few weeks, so let's start the week with a quick refresher. Who are The D Hammond Group - and what do we do? ⬇️ #commercialbuildingservices #buildingmaintenance #facilitiesmanagement #propertymanagement #buildingoperations

Back in 2015, Paul Charney, Kenny White and I made what some might have called a very silly gamble. We started Funworks because we truly believed that "fun" wasn't frivolous but a solid weapon against advertising’s biggest challenges (and everything we loathed.) Misalignment, misbriefs, broken budgets, invisible work, inertia, exhaustion, etc. We thought fun could help tackle them all. Not just pool tables or having more happy hours with clients (nothing against those things). We were hellbent on changing the traditional “siloed-slow-expensive” agency process by incorporating much of what we learned from sketch, improv and design thinking. Fun could align us faster with clients around bolder ideas that moved consumers. (Hence “works.”) Over the past nine years, what started as a gut feeling has been proven time and again by scientists and psychologists much smarter than us-- and the results we've achieved with our clients. Fun brought together over 70 employees, 100+ brands, and countless clients (I mean, technically we could count them, but that seems like a weird assignment.) After Covid, the climate of the industry, made us question our love for it. I decided I did--especially the way we were doing it. And Kenny and Paul decided they didn’t as much when we started. That’s when we realized another by-product benefit of our process: YES, we would part ways, AND we’d still love and help each other however we could. They started another company called Funmentum Labs and I would keep and run Funworks alongside the amazing Fiorella Juarez, MBA. Cut to today, the advertising industry has become a reflection of the world as a whole- a lot of fear, confusion, desperation and, heartache. All of which is completely understandable. It seems we’re facing ten times the challenges and uncertainty it once was.    Fun can help a lot of it. But it’s not the only tool needed to overcome them.  We need savvy tech and passionate, skilled, curious people and partners who know how and have desire to use them. Personally speaking, those people need to be incredibly optimistic and fun, too. That’s why I’m extremely happy to announce that Funworks will be joining, Barrett Hofherr.  In a world that sometimes feels heavy with challenges, their "Optimism Always" philosophy resonates deeply with our own belief in the power of positivity. Together, we want to tackle the evolving landscape with a potent mix of proven fun, cutting-edge tech, and passionate creativity. It's a new adventure, and I couldn't be more excited to embark on it with this amazing team. To everyone who's been part of the Funworks story so far—thank you. Your creativity, heart, and trust have meant the world to me. And to those I'll be working with at Barrett Hofherr, especially Jamie Barrett and Matt Hofherr—thanks for having me. Really looking forward to having a lot of fun with you. Onward and upward, cm #advertising #creativity #digitalmarketing #fun #marketing #optimism #innovation