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Many Brands Are Replacing Influencers With In-House Creators

While this isn’t the end of influencer marketing, brands are stepping forward to own the voice, the narrative, and the ROI.

Once upon a time, influencers were the darlings of digital marketing - jetting off to retreats, hashtagging their way through #sponsored posts, and helping brands chase virality. But in 2025? The script has flipped. Big time.

Recycling: Not Just for Plastic and Cardboard
Social Media, Creative Carolyn Delacorte Social Media, Creative Carolyn Delacorte

Recycling: Not Just for Plastic and Cardboard

As a brand manager of a lifestyle company, you probably spend many hours each week carefully creating content. (Or at least you want to.) You do this for your website, perhaps for a blog and as SEO support for product descriptions, for Instagram, Linkedin, BlueSky, Pinterest and more. That’s a ton of content. It can take all day, and at many bigger companies, a team of 10 or more social media experts work on a brand’s social accounts each and every day. That’s not something that’s feasible for a smaller startup working on a shoestring budget - and this fact alone makes it hard to compete on most social media platforms.

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