social media

New parents are inundated with e-commerce ads and encouraged to spend more on baby products. It’s not a coincidence.

LinkedIn is no longer just a job-posting site — it’s a full-blown social media platform, and it’s growing fast. It’s also becoming increasingly critical for finding (and keeping) a job.

For years, brands never really paid attention to Reddit. But as LLMs and AI bots scrape the internet, Reddit has become valuable internet real estate for marketers.

A chance encounter led Justin Lee Williams to a career as a line dancing instructor at a time when the hobby is seeing a surge in popularity.

As more dollars flow into influencer marketing, the creator management industry is growing, too.

Some are making more money as influencers than they did in finance.

Charity trends like the Ice Bucket Challenge and Movember were everywhere on social media in the 2010s. But things change.

“When you're scrolling, chances are most of the things you're seeing are actually stealth paid advertisements,” said Lane Brown at New York Magazine. “You have no idea they are ads, but they are.”

Emily Stewart, senior correspondent at Business Insider talks about the rise of for-profit online courses.

A growing number of meteorologists are taking a non-traditional path, making a name and a living, doing the weather online.