Serious Social 09/11/2017

November 9, 2017

What are you talking about? Shopping. What are you talking about? Reality show influencers who break the rules. Serious Social gets serious around the clampdown on influencers not declaring brand endorsements, while the Instagram conversation centres on social commerce, and how it’s a match made in shopping heaven. Brands, take notice of both, it’s potentially game-changing news.

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