# Creator vs. Influencer: The New Social Marketing Paradigm Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/creator-vs-influencer-the-new-social-marketing-paradigm Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/creator-vs-influencer-the-new-social-marketing-paradigm.md Podcast: [Most Innovative Companies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160) Published: 2026-08-28T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV3379785236.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV3379785236.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/most-innovative-companies-4108160/episodes/creator-vs-influencer-the-new-social-marketing-paradigm Duration seconds: 3810 ## Resource On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to former Fast Company senior editor and now Alto editorial director Jeff Beer about why the influencer bubble is finally popping. Then Yaz talks to Cotopaxi CEO Lindsay Shumlas about Cotopaxi’s sustainability efforts, international expansion, and how they build credibility.  To check out Jeff’s reporting, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/91576953/the-influencer-bubble-is-finally-popping  For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to fastcompany.com/news ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/most-innovative-companies-4108160/episodes/creator-vs-influencer-the-new-social-marketing-paradigm/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/creator-vs-influencer-the-new-social-marketing-paradigm.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.