{"id":835,"date":"2026-02-06T08:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/affiliatemarketing\/?p=835"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:23:06","slug":"everything-you-know-about-marketing-is-changing-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/affiliatemarketing\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"Everything you know about Marketing is changing (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dnjcBnQphKk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>9,210 Marketers Surveyed. Here is where the money is going in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing budgets aren\u2019t shrinking, they are shifting. If you are still using a 2024 or 2025 allocation strategy, you are likely overpaying for underperforming channels. 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