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title: Joybyte Blog | Ben Gerster
description: Ben Gerster is the award-winning marketer and founder behind Joybyte, a social media service that puts the power of human based marketing in the hands of SMBs. With nearly two decades of visual-forward marketing, branding and small business management under his belt, Ben inspires brands to escape social media mediocrity through his visionary remote team-based model and belief that brands, like humans, have a heartbeat and pulse that can drive authentic connection with their consumers when managed joyfully.
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### [TBA Worldwide Acquires Joybyte](https://blog.joybyte.com/tba-worldwide-acquires-joybyte)

 CHARLESTON, S.C., November 1, 2023 – TBA Worldwide, a rapidly growing network of data-driven advertising agencies and specialty marketing firms, including Brandon, the largest independently owned i...

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 By [Ben Gerster](https://blog.joybyte.com/author/ben-gerster)  
 on November 01, 2023

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### [8 examples of amazing D2C holiday advertising on social media](https://blog.joybyte.com/8-examples-d2c-holiday-advertising-social-media)

 Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday...the ecommerce trifecta is looming. Is your ecommerce brand ready to wow customers?

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 By [Ben Gerster](https://blog.joybyte.com/author/ben-gerster)  
 on November 11, 2021

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