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Expert Mode: Your Marketing Spend is Up, But Your Impact is Down. Here’s How to Fix It.

Feb 19, 2026

According to recent research from Shutterstock, while global ad spend has surged by 33%, the resulting impact on customers has actually declined by 20%. They call…

Navigating the Brand Impact Gap

Shutterstock: Reclaiming Creative ROI: How Cultural Intelligence and Strategic AI Drive Enduring Brand Impact

Jan 12, 2026

The 2025 Creative Impact Report, presented by Shutterstock, offers a data-driven framework to address this, emphasizing that true business value stems not from sheer volume of…

#796: Shutterstock’s Allison Sitzman on how to counter the marketing impact gap

#796: Shutterstock’s Allison Sitzman on how to counter the marketing impact gap

Jan 9, 2026

Today, we’re going to talk about a paradox that’s likely keeping many marketing leaders up at night: the massive increase in global ad spend versus the…


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