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Lara is a Sport Industry executive, who has decades of experience in the business, most recently as VP of Sales for\u0026nbsp;sportsmarketing\u0026nbsp;and international media rights agency MP \u0026 Silva’s North and South American divisions. 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When I think about the dollars that have been spent on marketing campaigns with folks like these Fakefluencers below that could have been:Going into the pocket of real influencers who understand how to drive real values and conversion for brands.Helping a brand not only hit their revenue goals but exceed them.\u0026nbsp;my blood boils with passion that we are on the right path.Check out our Linkedin Post today f...","published_at":"2021-08-10T21:48:20Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/147566"},{"id":147398,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:147398","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"Video post: Why do Brands need to pay influencers real money, not just gift their product?","preview":"Almost every day a brand marketer asks me if they can just find influencers who will post for the in-kind offer.\u0026nbsp; In this short linked in video post I breakdown why that isn't a great idea.\u0026nbsp;","published_at":"2021-08-04T21:55:31Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/147398"},{"id":147285,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:147285","type":"FeedItem::Update","title":"In case you missed it... 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