Sam Blumenthal

The reality is,  all marketing spend, from PR to Facebook direct response ads, create a context that acquires a consumer.

In eCommerce, there is no such thing as 'direct response'. A user may interact or click on an ad, but more times than not, the transaction happens later. There is also no such thing as organic traffic or revenue.  Somewhere

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Already the norm in Asia, Coresight Research predicts that the livestream shopping market is poised to reach $6 billion this year and $25 billion by 2023. In the social media space, Facebook, TikTok and Google-owned YouTube are turning to e-commerce and affiliate marketing as another means of monetizing content creators, whose videos garner... See more

Young viewers “have a strong connection to our boys; they wanted to dress like them and play along,” Vashketov says. “They believe Vlad and Niki to be their friends. Creating merchandise was a very natural and organic step for our brand.” After selling T-shirts and blankets, the family is branching out. Up next: toy lines from Playmates and Zuru... See more