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The FTC and Influencer Campaigns: Carusele’s Stance
The FTC and Influencer Campaigns: Carusele’s Stance

It's time for brands to start paying attention to what the FTC has to say. FTC oversight of influencer marketing has been getting a lot of attention recently following two letters from four groups...

The Secret to Digital Content Marketing: Most of It Doesn’t Matter

Digital Content marketing is getting a lot of attention these days, but is it working? Content marketing – it’s a phrase that can make marketing executives twitch just a little bit. Digital content...

Three Reasons Influencer Marketing Must Be More than Just PR
Three Reasons Influencer Marketing Must Be More than Just PR

While PR is an effective tool, influencer marketing plays a much bigger role in the future. PR used to involve sending a press release to newspapers, magazines and TV networks — traditional media...

Paying Celebs $187K for a Social Post? That’s Just Stupid!

Paying celebs means paying a high price for something that might not even reach your audience. When Kim Kardashian West peddles a product, it certainly has the potential to be heard. With more than...

The Biggest Challenge of Influencer Marketing? Finding Relevant Influencers

Brands struggle to uncover resources for finding relevant influencers for campaigns. Google Trends searches for the term “influencer marketing” are increasing exponentially. The resulting...

The Currency of Trust and its Impact on Influencer Marketing

Trust drives results in many influencer marketing campaigns. Did you know that 67 percent of consumers are influenced by online reviews? Or that 69 percent of shoppers read recommendations from...

Paid Influencer Marketing: Please Don't Kill the Golden Goose

Aesop’s Fable proves a valuable lesson about paid influencer marketing. There have been a lot of opinions proffered recently about paid influencer marketing. Some say it works, like this chart...

Carusele Media Serves 2 Billion Impressions of Native Advertising

Content Marketing Company Distributes Content Everywhere® with over 2 Billion Impressions served.

Marketers' Opportunity in 2016 is Huge, if They Can Move Quickly Enough

Marketing in 2016 is harder than ever. I clearly remember carefully crafting brochures in the 1990s as our number one marketing effort. Today, technology, including social media, has changed...

“Influencers” is a lie

The term “influencers,” as often used, is part of a great lie.