Author: Samantha Greene
Samantha Greene
Samantha is a Chicago-based market researcher with a knack for spotting the next big shift in digital culture before it hits mainstream. She’s contributed to major marketing publications, swears by sticky notes and never writes with anything but blue ink. Believes pineapple does belong on pizza.
Boards now screen CMOs for algorithm fluency. Here’s why platform literacy became a non-negotiable executive hiring requirement.
Amazon Live is investing in creator newsletters and education hubs to build retention infrastructure that pure payouts can’t buy.
Estée Lauder’s tiered creator model shows why brands are ditching single-tier rosters for macro-to-emerging strategies that cut risk and lift ROI.
TransUnion data shows most marketers can’t prove AI ROI even as budgets grow — here’s the measurement gap driving the disconnect.
Gartner’s 25% AI-answer traffic forecast demands a new content sequencing model — here’s how to reallocate budget before 2026 budgets lock.
Whatnot and Amazon Live now hire influencer managers on CAC, FTB, and LTV targets — here’s how brands must adjust hiring and reporting.
Identity resolution is becoming the connective tissue linking martech stacks, as cookies fade and agentic AI demands one trusted customer view.
Zeotap’s collapse signals a broader shift: brands are moving data activation inward, and MarTech stacks need to follow.
CMO tenure just hit 4.1 years, and shrinking runways are forcing faster, riskier AI adoption decisions inside marketing orgs.
Founder personal brands are outrunning corporate identity in retail expansion — here’s how to structure equity, risk, and ROI around that shift.