Raghav Bagai, Co-Founder, Sociowash, writes about the massive engagement that brands can derive by jumping on the bandwagon of meme marketing but if done the right way

Ramya Ramachandran, Founder & CEO, Whoppl, puts down a checklist brands and agencies must follow in order to collaborate with genuine influencers

Neha Bahri, Founder Director BConnect, writes how content has the power to create an ever-lasting impact on a brand's target audience. The key is to ensure that brands are consistent and streamlined in their content marketing approaches

Sid Mewara, Co-Host and Executive Producer, The Big Forkers, shares tips on creating content that is candid and keeps the audience hooked

Abhishek Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, Trinity Gaming, writes that of all influencers, gamers are known to have the best audience engagement. Content creators play games and entertain their audience. Their fan base is largely between ages 15 and 30, which is the most targeted demographic in advertising

Ritesh Ujjwal, CEO and Co-founder, Kofluence, lists eight influencer marketing trends that brands can ride on to maximise reach and engagement

Natasha Puri, Content Marketing Lead at Pepper Content, writes that there is enough data to prove the effectiveness of content marketing. However, she still sees brands make a hash of it, making rookie mistakes time and again. Puri lists five mistakes with examples of content marketing that backfired

Shivani Kamdar, Head of Content, SoCheers, writes that empathy, brand love and community building are three themes around which brands have been building their content to keep the engagement game on during these unprecedented times

Kunal Kishore Sinha, Co-founder, ClanConnect, writes how AI is changing the way influencer marketing is done by simplifying and adding more accuracy to the process —helping brands to craft and launch more effective and successful marketing campaigns

Author Ankit Agarwal, Founder, Do Your Thng, analyses the rise and fall of various short-form video content platforms across the globe

Kyle Fernandes, CEO, Meme Chat App, weighs in the pros and cons of memes becoming a medium for news

Vaibhav Odhekar, COO and Co-Founder at POKKT, writes about key challenges the influencer marketing ecosystem face and the solutions

Shuchi Sethi, India Lead, Casting Asia (Asia's largest influencer marketing platform) at POKKT, gives tips on how to overcome challenges in influencer campaigns

Yan Han, International Business Chairperson, Topline Consulting Group, shares five points around which influencer marketing will evolve and adapt to the changing circumstances of the social order

Kartik Kala, Business Head at TopSocial India, explains how paid promotions are not the same as paying to buy fake followers and participating in their promotion

Neel Gogia, Co-founder, IPLIX Media, writes how long-term tie-ups are the best way for both brands and influencers to grow together and make the partnership a success

If used creatively and efficiently, Audcasts can be the ticket to widespread recognition, says Karan Gupta, Managing Director at Zirca Digital Solutions

Asif Upadhye, Director at SPRD, writes how like everything else, there is also a dark side to influencer marketing that brands need to watch out for