This document discusses strategies for brands to challenge data from large tech companies in order to grow their margins and market share. It notes that while social media usage and advertising revenues are growing, social media often underperforms other marketing channels in driving conversions. However, social media is better at driving consideration than direct conversions. The document advocates rethinking social media strategy and metrics to focus on engagement over conversions since social media users are usually not ready to purchase. Attribution models also need to be reworked to better account for social media's role in the full customer journey.