Author: 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.
Venture-backed consumer brands launching with creator-led strategies are your highest-ROI partnership targets. Here’s how to find them before your competitors do.
AI displaces tasks, not headcount—new research shows only 5% of AI-driven changes create new roles. Here’s how brand marketing leaders should restructure creator program staffing.
AI search now surfaces answers before prospects visit any brand site. Here’s how professional services brands must structure creator and owned content to win that zero-click moment.
OpenAI’s IPO and emerging ad tools could reshape how brands split budgets between creator programs and paid media. Here’s what marketing leaders need to model now.
Meta’s $20B subscription revenue signals a platform shift brands can’t ignore. Here’s how to rethink creator partnership economics before the ad-only model becomes obsolete.
As creator economy consolidation accelerates, brands that don’t renegotiate partnership terms risk overpaying for underperforming talent inside increasingly institutionalized production networks.
IAB projects £18B in AI ad spend by 2030. Here’s how brand teams should sequence human creator investment and AI-generated formats to maximise ROI.
MLB Players Inc. proves collective creator networks drive brand ROI at scale. Here’s what their centralized production model reveals for B2B brand teams building multi-creator roster partnerships.
When amplified creator spend hits $14.15B, matching sponsorship budgets, brand teams need a new planning framework to allocate, measure, and justify every dollar.
YouTube now commands over 12% of daily viewing. Here’s how brand teams should evaluate creator video bundles against linear TV upfront commitments before budget locks.