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    <title>Blog v2</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:55:22 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2024-11-21T13:55:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The Influencer is dead. Long live the Community.</title>
      <link>https://startduel.com/blog-v2/the-influencer-is-dead.-long-live-the-community</link>
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 &lt;a href="https://startduel.com/blog-v2/the-influencer-is-dead.-long-live-the-community" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://startduel.com/hubfs/Theme_2023/Images/Mask%20Group%2033.png" alt="The Influencer is dead. Long live the Community." class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The concept of influencer marketing is a great one. People buy into people, and influencer marketing is all about authentic storytelling for brands that want their message to not only be heard, but trusted and actioned.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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&lt;p&gt;The concept of influencer marketing is a great one. People buy into people, and influencer marketing is all about authentic storytelling for brands that want their message to not only be heard, but trusted and actioned.&lt;/p&gt;  
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      <category>Brand Ambassador</category>
      <category>Influencer Marketing</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://startduel.com/blog-v2/the-influencer-is-dead.-long-live-the-community</guid>
      <dc:date>2023-10-30T13:01:02Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Paul Archer</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Build a Brand Advocacy Program</title>
      <link>https://startduel.com/blog-v2/how-to-build-a-brand-advocacy-program</link>
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 &lt;a href="https://startduel.com/blog-v2/how-to-build-a-brand-advocacy-program" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://startduel.com/hubfs/Facebook%20Post%20%E2%80%93%2048.png" alt="How to Build a Brand Advocacy Program" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;People believe in marketing less than any other time in history as customers continue to lose trust in many brands and trends. A recent study by media agency UM found&lt;a href="https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/05/09/only-4-people-trust-what-influencers-say-online"&gt; only 4%&lt;/a&gt; of people trust influencers on social media, and&lt;a href="https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/#view/1"&gt; paid acquisition costs&lt;/a&gt; are rising even as conversion rates drop. The harsh reality is that modern marketers are investing more in paid channels with less returns.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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&lt;p&gt;People believe in marketing less than any other time in history as customers continue to lose trust in many brands and trends. A recent study by media agency UM found&lt;a href="https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/05/09/only-4-people-trust-what-influencers-say-online"&gt; only 4%&lt;/a&gt; of people trust influencers on social media, and&lt;a href="https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/#view/1"&gt; paid acquisition costs&lt;/a&gt; are rising even as conversion rates drop. The harsh reality is that modern marketers are investing more in paid channels with less returns.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  
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      <category>Brand Advocacy</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://startduel.com/blog-v2/how-to-build-a-brand-advocacy-program</guid>
      <dc:date>2020-02-07T12:56:00Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Siv Padhy</dc:creator>
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