What’s the Viral ‘Influencer Accent’ and Why Is It So Popular Online?
Influencers with big followings on Instagram and other platforms are starting to put up “paywalls” by charging fans for exclusive content.
Vogue • Influencers are putting up paywalls. What does that mean for brands?
As influencers try to monetize, they are bringing all the old off-line tools to make it happen. Selling everything from makeup and swag to exclusive "how-to" guides, the playbooks all rhyme. But is slapping your name on a t-shirt in your Shopify website, selling new age self-help courses, and slinging sponsored posts all we really got?
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
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Discoursers: These are the mouthpieces with megaphones who can help you get your message heard. It includes the traditional media, authors, podcast hosts, blog owners, and social media leaders.
William Arruda • Digital You: Real Personal Branding in the Virtual Age
Research suggests that after people listen regularly to faster-paced speech, they have great difficulty maintaining their attention when addressed by someone who is talking normally—sort of like the feeling you get when you come off an expressway and have to go through a school zone.