Speaking at PRSA Boston’s annual social media summit, DraftKing’s director of social marketing, Josh Karpf, theorized that ephemerality is driving the growth of “dark social,” or private messaging shared outside of trackable media.
Ephemerality Driving 'Dark Social'
Fri., May 26, 2017
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