The Crossroads of Influence Marketing

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Influence marketing is at a crossroads. As we know it today, influence marketing is primarily defined by social scoring platforms like Klout, Kred and PeerIndex. However, while these platforms are decent starting points for brands looking to identify influencers, they don’t really go deep enough into contextual and situational human relationships to offer a true [...]


Special Pre-Order Promotion for Influence Marketing Book

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In two weeks (or less, depending on shipping), Influence Marketing: How to Create, Manage and Measure Brand Influencers in Social Media Marketing will be released. The culmination of over three years worth of client research and implementation, discussions with technology vendors, concerns over the impact of scoring on peoples’ livelihoods and more, the fruits of [...]


Free Download of “Situational Influence”: Chapter 5 of Influence Marketing

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With less than four weeks until Influence Marketing: How to Create, Manage and Measure Brand Influencers in Social Media Marketing is released, it’s time to offer a little taste of what you can expect when you buy it. So I’m delighted to have Chapter 5, “Situational Influence: A New Model for a New Era” available [...]