Ahrefs Podcast How to Build a $2.1B Brand with a Team of 10 (Gamma’s Playbook)
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Mar 3, 2026 
Kristin Fracchia, Head of Marketing at Gamma who built brand-conscious campaigns that scaled to millions, walks through audacious launch tactics. She breaks down the Twist framework, staging viral stunts with influencers and celebrities, and pragmatic PR moves like landing big exclusives. Expect sharp takes on distribution, attribution, and making tiny teams punch above their weight.
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Mix Agencies With Direct Creator Relationships
- Scale influencer marketing by combining direct relationships with multiple platform-specialist agencies instead of one monolithic partner.
- Agencies bring platform expertise; keep close ties to top creators for repeat, long-term relationships.
Invest Time And Budget In Influencer Marketing
- Expect influencer marketing to be hard to track and long-term; invest meaningful budget and time rather than tiny experiments.
- Treat influencer spend like CPM brand reach and use sustained investment over months to surface meaningful impact.
Use Self-Attribution As A Practical Influencer Proxy
- When creators' links kill reach, measure influencer impact via a how-did-you-hear-about-us survey and map social-channel buckets to CAC.
- Gamma estimates ~25% of users come from influencers and ~50% from word of mouth using this proxy attribution.
