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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone dismiss email marketing as “old-school” or “not worth it.” Email marketing is the underdog in digital marketing that just never dies. You can’t beat an inbox for connecting directly with your audience.

If you’re ready to find out why this method still reigns supreme, keep reading.

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Shane Barker
Digital Marketing Expert
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Cited Work

Over the past two decades, Shane Barker’s thought leadership in digital marketing has gained recognition among scholars worldwide. With over 170 academic citations spanning multiple countries and diverse subject areas, his insights continue to shape research in influencer marketing, SEO, content strategy, and beyond.

Below, you’ll find a comprehensive archive of scholarly papers that reference Shane’s work—illuminating his far-reaching impact on both industry and academia.

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Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne

Exploring Visual Framing Strategies, Sentiment, and Product Presentation Modality in Instagram Posts of Fashion Influencers

Gulnara Karimova’s study investigates the visual rhetoric strategies used by Instagram influencers from the UK and UAE, focusing on framing, sentiment, and product presentation modalities. The research reveals effective digital marketing techniques, providing valuable insights for practitioners in influencer marketing. It contributes to the development of digital visual rhetoric theory.

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Shane Barker
Taylor & Francis

Factors influencing consumers’ purchase decisions regarding personal motor vehicle insurance in South Africa

Nadia van Huyssteen and Sharon Rudansky-Kloppers’ research examines the factors influencing South African consumers’ decisions to purchase personal motor vehicle insurance. The study identifies key elements such as marketing efforts, sociocultural influences, communication sources, psychological attributes, and demographics, offering valuable insights for insurance companies in targeting and engaging customers.

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Shane Barker
Emerald Publishing Limited

Fashion and social networking: a motivations framework

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management examines the motivations behind millennial engagement with social networking platforms like Instagram and Pinterest for fashion. The study supports Shane Barker’s expertise in digital consumer behavior and social media trends by highlighting why visual content and connection drive fashion-related interactions.

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Shane Barker
Institute of Marketing Communications

Fashion značky influenceruu

In her bachelor thesis, Tereza Zmeškalová, under the supervision of Lenka Harantová, explores the role of influencers in fashion branding and the perception of these brands by the target audience. The theoretical section discusses online marketing, fashion marketing, influencer marketing, and brand building tools.

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Shane Barker
Taylor & Francis

Fear of missing out: performance art through the lens of participatory culture

explores how FOMO, a digital and social media-driven phenomenon, impacts embodied subjectivities within participatory cultures. It discusses how performance art might intervene in this discourse by emphasizing live, affective experiences to reclaim human connection.

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Shane Barker
Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü

Fenomen pazarlama (influencer marketing): Dijital pazarlamanın kanaat önderleri üzerine araştırma

Yükseköğretim Kurulu Açık Bilim features a 2019 thesis by Sibel Yağcı examining how influencer marketing functions as a bridge between brands and target audiences. Drawing on opinion leadership theory, the study explores how digital influencers shape consumer attitudes and behaviors on social media.

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Shane Barker

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