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There is no shortage of 2013 trend-spotting blog posts published over the past 30 days, but I just couldn’t resist sharing some of my own. There are some trends that I have seen from our particular vantage point (firmly entrenched in the middle of the relationship of brand/agency and blogger) that I haven’t seen covered [...]

With updates of Google’s algorithms said to put more emphasis on the quality of content and the conversation around that content in assessing SEO, we wondered how the people creating content (bloggers) and the people promoting content (brands) feel about where they are both posting and pimping. We dove right in to one of the [...]

While Facebook’s IPO success gets batted about by the financial folks, Pinterest is busy doing what it has been doing all year: pushing shopping carts. Pinterest’s rapid growth and platform, plastered with sumptuous photos and clever infographics, are driving sales from fans and funding from international investors. With a recent $100 million investment by a [...]

One of the more infuriating aspects of the social media space these days is the prevalence of ambulance chasing. We all know about ambulance chasing in the legal space. An accident occurs, and the lawyers practically run after the ambulance to get first dibs on the inevitable lawsuit. Sadly, the very same practice now happens in [...]

Our first month in existence has been an amazing one! Thank you to everyone for all of the support. Here are links to some of the amazing articles that have been written about Sway Group to date: MamaPundit, 6/19 Meet the Ari Gold of Mommy Bloggers AdAge, 6/20 Mommy Bloggers Have Their Own Talent Agency, [...]

I have been thinking about forming a business like Sway Group for over two years now, but had always hesitated. There were so many great reasons NOT to launch my own company. It is scary to leave a secure, high-level job as an executive. I loved the company where I worked (Edelman), I loved my [...]