You Don’t Activate Community. You Earn Permission
The quiet rules of community There’s a phrase that is increasingly showing up in project briefs: community activation. It usually means well. It signals the brand wants closeness...
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The Athlete Is Becoming the Franchise
Why modern sports fandom is shifting from team-first to person-led Team loyalty still matters. But in today’s social-first sports culture, athletes are increasingly becoming the ...
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Cultural Credibility Has to Connect to Commerce
Why reputation needs a route to revenue (or it stays a vanity metric) It’s very easy to become “liked” in culture right now. A brand can land a witty post, get praised for a ...
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Why Fandom Is a Long Game
Fandom moves slowly. Strategy often doesn’t. There’s a mismatch between how fandom works and how most organisations are set up to operate. A lot of frustration comes from the f...
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The Rise of the Explainer Fan
Most fans don’t start at the beginning… They start with someone explaining why it matters. That shift is subtle, but it’s one of the most important changes happening in f...
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Important Fandom Signals
The most important fandom signals don’t show up in traditional metrics. For a long time, growth has been assessed through a familiar lens: views, reach, impressions, engagement r...
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