Author: Marcus Lane
Marcus has spent twelve years working agency-side, running influencer campaigns for everything from DTC startups to Fortune 500 brands. He’s known for deep-dive analysis and hands-on experimentation with every major platform. Marcus is passionate about showing what works (and what flops) through real-world examples.
A TikTok Shop category template playbook that cuts creator onboarding time by standardizing bulk listings before creators ever open a brief.
A practical Amazon Inspire playbook for structuring shoppable short-form content that wins discovery traffic and drives measurable conversion.
Facebook Reels monetization is quietly outperforming for older-skewing audiences—here’s why brands should revisit budgets in 2026.
A YouTube Community Tab playbook for using polls and text posts to warm audiences before sponsored videos, boosting early watch time and CTR.
Vuori’s nano-to-macro creator ladder cracked menswear without a single discount code, proving full-price growth is possible.
Crumbl turned a weekly menu reset into a nationwide creator ritual, proving operational cadence can outperform paid media on reach and cost.
Rhode never touched a warehouse, yet sold out every drop since 2023 by shipping product straight to creators. Here’s how.
Aritzia runs two creator models at once — equity-style retainers and tiered seeding — and each solves a different retention problem.
A B2B guide to structuring LinkedIn newsletter sponsorships, from creator-fit vetting to disclosure, pricing, and measurement.
A brand playbook for briefing creators on Pinterest Idea Pins, turning seasonal boards into shoppable lists that actually convert.