Encyclopedia Dubuque
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MARCH, Samantha
MARCH, Samantha (Dubuque, IA-- ). A 2005 graduate of DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, March was named "Influencer of the Year" at the American Influencer Awards in Los Angeles in 2020.
Her fondness for beauty and makeup began as a child with her grandmother's collection of beauty aids. By 2020 this had evolved into being an "influencer" on internet sites as Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchap covering such topics as makeup tutorials to recommendations on brands of products. March expanded her ChickLitPlus blog into a YouTube channel and podcast and published eight novels from 2011 to 2020.
In March, 2020 she began a collaboration with Ofra Cosmetics which she had often recommended. According to Business Insider, influence marketing might be worth $15 billion by 2022.
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Source:
Gloss, Megan, "A Look of Influence," Telegraph Herald, April 3, 2020, P. 1C