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I hope you’re sitting down for this ­— as of 2016, Instagram estimated that users shared, on average, more than 95 million photos and videos every day. Now that you’re sitting, go ahead and grab those chair handles — that equates to 1,099 posts every SECOND. And that’s just on Instagram.

Read More 5 Ways to Improve Your Social Media Strategy in 2019’s Crowded Landscape

In today’s world, time is precious. It seems like most everything we do is fast-paced and scheduled, and the time we get to spend outdoors chasing our passions grows shorter and shorter. For outdoor enthusiasts, time spent in the field or on the water is priceless — and when they do get outside, they want to use products from the brands that share their core values.

Read More The Power of Brand Partnerships

For online retailers, Cyber Monday presents a huge opportunity to boost fourth-quarter (and annual) revenues. In fact, since its introduction in 2005 as the online answer to the brick-and-mortar-heavy Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales in the US have grown from roughly $484 million in the debut of the “shopping holiday” to a single-day online record of­ nearly $6.6 billion (with a B!) in 2017, according to statistics from Adobe Digital Insights.

Read More Beyond Cyber Monday: 6 Ways to Boost Online Sales Throughout the Holiday Season

There’s no doubt that members of the outdoor community are passionate about their pursuits and loyal to the products they love — not to mention vocal about the products they don’t. They are an engaged audience who actively seek out helpful, entertaining content about the things they love. And YouTube personalities are only too happy to provide it.

Read More 8 Ways for Outdoor Brands to Leverage YouTube Celebrities

As savvy marketers already know, owned media — the likes of company blogs, websites and social media platforms — has become a key piece to today’s marketing puzzle. And for outdoor brands in particular, creating a strong owned-media plan is both a vital part of a successful marketing strategy and a real opportunity to connect with (and even spur loyalty among) outdoor enthusiasts in a cost-effective way. Here, we’ll explore this critical marketing tool, along with a few ways outdoor brands can reap its rewards.

Read More The Importance of Owned Media — and How Outdoor Brands Can Leverage It

Want to make a social media marketer cringe? Tell them, “We want you to make a viral video,” and watch them squirm. In a world where brands are at war over the short attention spans of potential online consumers, it’s rare to stand out in the endless abyss of internet content and achieve that coveted viral status. Not sure what makes a piece of content “viral?” Here — I Googled it for you: Vi·ral (adj.) - relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one internet user to another. On...

Read More Chasing ‘Virality’: 5 Tips to Help Your Next Video Go Viral on Social Media

We were recently in FL hanging out with Flip Pallot and shooting images for a few of our clients. Some days on the water are better than others. The morning light and cloud cover made for a great early scene. Flip's sea foam green Hell's Bay Marquesa is perhaps the most photogenic skiff ever made. We swapped Flip over to the photo skiff and the extra visuals from the casting platform paid off quickly.   Cleaning up back at the house to close out a great day.

Read More A Day with Flip

We would rather be outside. We might as well just admit that up front. We all have had jobs at some point or another that kept us inside; we didn't like that. Some of us have had jobs that kept us outside, but not the fun kind of outside. We didn't like that either. At some point in all of our lives, we just decided to change course and start navigating towards a life and career that we actually wanted to live. Years of persistence, willpower, sweat and networking later, here we are together, a group of folks with the same passion,...

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