Coordinated, anonymous attacks can come for any company or individual these days. What is behind the Rage Farms that attacked Cracker Barrel and other brands? Who is doing it, and why?
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The Cracker Barrel marketing implosion became personal. When marketing becomes politicized, could this backlash happen to me? Could it happen to you?
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2024 was insane and exhilarating. A group of global marketing experts help us understand what we learned about marketing in the era of AI and hyper-connected consumers.
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In 2019, Mark Schaefer predicted a fourth marketing rebellion. Evidence shows it might be here.
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Can we still use social listening platforms to reach increasingly disconnected customers? Mark Schaefer and Sara Wilson discuss the challenges with current methods on The Marketing Companion podcast.
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I love exploring and learning about communities but was shocked when I received death threats in a beloved brand’s Discord Community!
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As Discord and other secret communities flourish, companies reliant on social listening platforms will have to find new answers. This article exposes this trend through the story of an intelligence leak.
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A 2009 blog post with marketing predictions about the future turned out to be an interesting little gem.
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Time to take a new look at ChatGPT for marketing. The days of magic tricks are over.
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