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.
LinkedIn’s professional identity signals are the most underused targeting asset in influencer marketing. Here’s how brands can deploy creator whitelisting far beyond B2B thought leadership.
Instagram’s algorithm now rewards product-tagged video over static carousels. Here’s how to redesign your creator briefs to capture shoppable-first distribution.
Learn how to brief TikTok creators for six-month live selling schedules built around the 90th-percentile watch-time threshold to systematically double livestream commerce revenue.
Learn how to build integrated OTT, linear TV, and social creator distribution plans that maximize ROI across streaming, broadcast, and social feeds.
Zillow’s NotebookLM experiment shows how brands can turn AI research tools into high-intent content channels — here’s what marketers need to steal from this playbook.
When a small creator cohort controls 60% of YouTube viewership, brands face real concentration risk. Here’s how to build discovery infrastructure that finds high-potential voices early.
Most Instagram budgets are captured by a tiny creator cohort. Here’s how to identify those high-performers, quantify your concentration risk, and build a more resilient roster.
Learn how to identify creators capturing disproportionate Instagram engagement and build partnership structures that sustain shoppable post performance at scale.
LinkedIn’s Amazon partnership transforms the platform into a precision B2B ad engine. Here’s what it means for creator campaign targeting, data strategy, and brand ROI.
Instagram now rewards shoppable Reels that drive completion, saves, and purchase intent. Here’s how brand teams should redesign creator briefs to win.