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Everyone says marketing will be dead in 2 years

Danielle Theobald
Danielle Theobald
Social Media Strategist · 4 Nov 2026 · 1 min read
Everyone says marketing will be dead in 2 years

Everyone says marketing will be dead in 2 years

I agree

The old long-successful current methods of marketing will be obsolete

100%

By 2027, a SMM will be just another trend that doesn't exist anymore

'Instagram Management' - who is she?

Because it's not working anymore!!!

Organic growth is so slow on the old marketing models that they're just kinda not worth it

ROI can take months to come, community takes years to build and people are tired of being sold to

So yeah... marketing will be dead... as we currently know it

but the new methods? yeah they're working, and they're coming in big time

CVR, LTV and ROI are the key metrics I look at now, not impressions or followers

Marketers will have to adapt, or they'll get left in the dust

(and the exact same applies to brands and their founders as well)

ps - I'm currently in the process of closing my old agency and opening a new one that caters to the shift in marketing. Keep your eyes peeled 👀

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