On Tuesday 19th February, Social Republic CEO, Rob Illidge, spoke at the Lancaster University Social Media Conference.
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Amongst other notable speakers, Rob discussed the development of our agency from launch to global agency, including how he was able to grow a network of over 400 freelancers and how the traditional agency is dying.
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The conference was a huge success and has allowed
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Event organiser, Islay, commented:
“It was great to see so many social media experts on campus delivering sessions on such a range of topics to our students.
We hope that the students feel empowered to peruse their interests in social media.”
A huge thank you to all the team involved in creating the event.