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What is Influencer Marketing?
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Advantages of Influencer Marketing?
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Case Studies on Successful Influencer Marketing?
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3. VBOUT’s resources to help you prepare for the upcoming year
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Every brand in the world should have an Influencer Marketing element to their overall marketing strategy. The next six (6) chapters will walk you through the detail of how to build your first Influencer Marketing strategy from scratch.
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This webinar is all about using digital marketing fundamentals to amplify your influencer marketing reach. Today influencer marketing is a growing tool for any size business. However, it is being underutilized and not amplified with online marketing basics, like SEO. In this session you will learn how to use powerful digital marketing tools like SEO and your own social media to help you take your influencer marketing campaigns to the next level.
What you will learn:
- The best social media channels for influencer marketing and why
- How to use SEO to amplify influencer marketing
- How to use influencer marketing to enhance your SEO
- SEO best practices to amplify your influencers message
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This document discusses various digital marketing strategies and tactics. It covers topics such as mobile and internet usage trends, search engine marketing, contextual advertising, behavioral advertising, geo targeting, email marketing, rich media advertising such as pre-roll videos and product placements, widgets/gadgets, social media optimization on Facebook, mobile advertising, and online global branding campaigns. Specific examples are provided for Detik.com profiles, Yahoo Indonesia WAP usage, and Tourism Malaysia's online global branding campaign.
This document provides an overview of digital marketing fundamentals. It defines digital marketing as using digital platforms like websites, blogs, social media and mobile marketing to reach target audiences. Some key points made include:
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- Popular digital marketing channels include search engine marketing and social media marketing.
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Social Media Marketing and Influencer Marketing
are a few buzzwords that have taken the marketing
world by storm in recent years. It has increasingly
become one of the most popular trends in marketing.
In fact, influencer marketing is already worth as
much as $8 billion, and is steadily on track to gain an
additional $7 billion by 2022, making it a $15 billion
industry according to a study by Business Insider.
As more companies begin to understand and see the
potential for success with influencer marketing, we
are seeing a shift away from traditional marketing
strategies such as radio, print, and T.V. ads. Eighty
percent of companies that have already implemented
an influencer marketing program say it performs
as good as - if not better than - other marketing channels (Media Kix).
Ready to dive more into the world of influencer
marketing? This guide teaches the basics of influencer
marketing and will help you establish a social media
influencer marketing program of your own.
2015 Influencer Marketing Guide
Getting the right people talking about your brand is vital for building credibility. In fact, recent studies show that nearly 60% of marketers plan to increase their influencer marketing budgets in 2015. Kick start your own social campaigns by learning how to identify, engage, and measure influencer impact.
Download this influencer marketing guide to learn:
•How to identify your ideal influencers
•When and where your influencers are most active
•Tips for engaging influencers with your brand
•How to add influencers to your social marketing strategy
Influencer marketing is a strategy used by brand to promote one of its goods or services online. Some influencer marketing alliances between brands and influencers are less formal then that; they only seek to increase brand recognition.
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Imagine a world where 70% of teens trust influencers more than traditional celebrities. This isn't a futuristic scenario but the reality of today's marketing landscape. Influencer marketing has transformed how brands connect with their audiences, creating powerful, authentic relationships.
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Influencer marketing involves using influencers to spread a brand’s message to their followers.
Social media is the platform that makes it possible. Influencers enjoy considerable power to influence their followers, and this makes them valuable for marketing products and services.
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Influencer Marketing is so much more than a fashionable phrase. In this free guide, featuring tips, tricks and case studies, we take you through how you can identify and utilize influencers to supercharge your campaigns and help you reach the audience you need.
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Nano- and micro-influencers with between 1,000-100,000 followers are an important group for brands and retailers to partner with given their lower cost and ability to seem more authentic to consumers. As social commerce grows, more sponsorship opportunities will become available for smaller influencers. While some larger influencers can earn enough from newsletters or livestreams to turn down corporate work, most nano and micro-influencers will need brand partnerships to have social media as their full-time job.
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How influential is your influencer: FPS observesFame Per Second
Influencer marketing is an effective digital marketing tool that allows brands to connect directly with audiences through social media influencers. Influencers have established loyal followings who are likely to try products or services that influencers recommend. While flashy ads are distrusted, recommendations from influencers are more credible. Successful influencer campaigns identify niche influencers in the relevant industry or topic and work with them to create engaging content that drives engagement, sales, and other metrics. Both transparency and incentives are important for maintaining relationships with influencers over the long term.
This document provides guidance on identifying and engaging influencers to help drive engagement for marketing campaigns. It defines influencers as people who have the potential to influence others due to their social networks and relationships. The document outlines three types of influencers: citizen influencers who are everyday supporters, professional influencers who have credibility in their field, and VIP influencers who are celebrities. It explains how to identify influencers within these categories based on the size of their network and affinity for your cause. The document also provides tips on designing influencer programs and engaging different types of influencers to help amplify marketing messages through word-of-mouth recommendations.
Case View with Prince Khanna - Social Media Influencer MarketingET Cases
Prince is the Founder & CEO of Eleve Media – India’s top-most Influencer Marketing platform, enabling marketers to co-create content with online Influencers, Celebrities & Bloggers.
With over 8 years of experience in the Digital Media and Marketing space, Prince has previously spearheaded MensXP.com the business unit of Xpert Media Technology and India’s fastest growing E-mag in the Men Lifestyle domain, for Sales and Management of Digital Advertising in the Indian & International markets.
Prince started his career in the Digital Media space with Quasar Media and later drove Media Sales effort for Web18’s flagship product Money Control.
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• What Is Influencer Marketing?
• Why Does It Work?
• Top Influencer Channels
• Product Placements
• Branded and Sponsored Content
• Influencer Marketing Campaign Tactics
• What Is a Social Media Influencer? Nano, Micro, and Macro
• Different Types of Social Media Influencers
• Emerging and Declining Influencer Channels
• Brand Awareness vs. Direct Response KPIs
• Measuring Brand Awareness ROI
• Measuring Direct Response ROI
• Setting Up Tracking
• Industry Consolidation
• Live Video
• Automation, AI and More
• What Are the Different Types of Influencer Marketing Companies?
• What Is an Influencer Marketing Agency?
• Pros and Cons of Influencer Platforms
• Whatever Happened to MCNs?
• Influencer Identification and Outreach
• Crafting an Influencer Agreement
• Campaign Best Practices
• Spotting Fake Followers
• FTC Disclosure Guidelines
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Different Types of Influencer Marketing Campaigns
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Different Types of Influencer Marketing Companies
What’s Next for Influencer Marketing?
How to Work with Influencers
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What Is Influencer Marketing?
Influencer marketing is the practice of partnering with people who have
influence with your potential customers. These influencers have built a
loyal following on social media through online content creation, and will
collaborate with brands to help them generate awareness about their
product or service. Over the last several years, influencer marketing has
evolved from an ancillary marketing tactic to a multi-billion dollar industry.
By 2020 influencer
marketing spend will be
billion$5-10
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Searches for influencer marketing increased dramatically in 2015, but have
flattened out in recent years as the concept achieved broader awareness.
86% marketers use
influencer marketing.
92% of that group
find it useful.
Source: Search Engine People
65% of companies
plan to spend more on
influencer marketing.
Source: Google Trends
Rapid
Growth
Maturity
Period
INFLUENCER MARKETING INTEREST
86%
65%
92%
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Source: Mediakix
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Why Does It Work?
Influencer marketing works because influencers have built loyalty and
trust with their audience. They act as ambassadors to a particular group of
people, and help brands connect with audiences in a more authentic way.
Source:Tubefilter
80% of audiences
skip YouTube ads.
80%
Source: eMarketer
2/3 of Millennials
block ads.
2/3
Traditional outbound marketing involves promoting through banner ads, TV
commercials, direct mail, video pre-roll ads, etc. Marketers still invest in this
approach, but it works less and less, especially with younger audiences.
The last several years saw a dramatic increase in inbound marketing efforts,
which are focused on earning audience interest through useful content,
newsletters, organic search traffic, and social media.
1. TRADITIONAL ADVERTISING IS STRUGGLING
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Consumers today seek inspiration, set goals, connect with friends, and
live their lives through social media. They spend more time on social
media than watching television (Bloomberg), and they trust social media
influencers more than traditional celebrities.
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over 5 years of
their life on
social media.years
Source: Mediakix
92% of consumers
trust influencers
more than ads or
celebrities.
Source: Forbes
Teens find YouTube
stars 17X more
engaging
than celebrities.
Source: Variety
17x
2. SOCIAL MEDIA IS KING
92%
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Nordstrom Markets Its
Anniversary Sale
How Uber Partners
With Top Influencers
Fast Food Ads With
Top Instagrammers
CASE STUDIES: BRANDS LEADING THE WAY
American Express
Influencer Partnerships
How Nike Reaches
Millions
Coachella Activations
You Can’t Miss
You probably already know the top social media
networks out there, many of which have powerful
influencers to partner with.
While user count is important, user engagement is
perhaps even more relevant in an era with limited
consumer attention spans. These days, people
tend to spend a lot more time consuming online
video. We’ll discuss this trend more later on.
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has over 400 million
daily active users.
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2Different Types of
Social Media Influencers
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• What Is a Social Media Influencer?
• Nano, Micro and Macro-Influencers
• Types of Social Media Influencers
• Emerging and Declining Channels
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What Is A Social Media Influencer?
A social media influencer is someone who has built a sizable following
across one or more social media channels (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram,
Snapchat, Twitch, blogs, etc.).
An influencer’s audience consumes their content as a source of
entertainment, information, and inspiration. Some influencers invite their
fans into their personal interests, travels, discoveries, struggles, and
everyday lives. This breeds a deep level of intimacy with their followers.
CELEBRITIES VS. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS
What’s the difference between celebrity sponsorships (with actors,
singers, athletes, etc.) and marketing with influencers who built a following
exclusively through online content? Click to learn more about the pros and
cons of celebrity endorsements vs. influencer marketing.
SELENA GOMEZ LELE PONS
20M subscribers
144M followers
12M subscribers
29.4M followers
Some of the most
popular influencer
categories include:
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ENTERTAINMENT GAMING
LIFESTYLE
TECHNOLOGY
FASHION & BEAUTY FITNESS
FOOD
TRAVEL
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PROS CONS
Niche audience
Micro-
influencers often
cultivate niche
communities,
and can tap into
audiences with
specific interests.
Lower price tag
Micro-influencers
generally come
with a lower price
tag per post.
Higher relative
engagement
Because they
post to a smaller
audience, they
may receive more
engagement per
post.
Lower reach
They may tout
higher relative
engagement, but
micro-influencers
reach much fewer
people.
More to manage
Brands often need
to work with many
micro-influencers,
leaving room for
complications.
Less brand lift
Micro-influencers
can’t drive as
much awareness.
One macro-
influencer can
provide larger
impact at scale.
NANO, MICRO AND MACRO-INFLUENCERS
While the definition differs based on channel, opinion, and context,
generally influencer tiers are broken out like this:
Followers/ Subscribers
DID YOU
KNOW?
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Micro-influencers are generally assumed to have
higher engagement, but Mediakix found only a 0.1%
difference in engagement rates between micro- and
macro-influencers. See the full infographic here.
PROS AND CONS OF USING
MICRO-INFLUENCERS
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Most influencers are categorized by their most popular social platform,
although today many of them diversify across channels. For example, here
are some examples of Instagram stars who expanded their presence to
YouTube. This multi-channel approach gives both the influencer and the
brand sponsoring them a chance to promote across multiple channels.
That being said, each channel has its own set of unique influencers, users,
and content format. Let’s take a look at the most popular types of social
media influencers across each.
The Different Types of
Social Media Influencers
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Travel & Adventure
2.8M Followers
Family
4M Followers
Fitness & Health
2.4M Followers
JACK MORRISKC STAUFFER EMILY SKYE
INSTAGRAM
Quick Start Guide:
• Brand Guide: How To Market
With Top Instagram Influencers
• 30+ Instagram Case Studies
From Top Brands
Learn More About Instagram
Video:
Instagram has exploded in growth in the last few years, and in June 2018 they
exceeded 1 billion users. This information was announced in tandem with the
launch of IGTV (Instagram TV), which along with Instagram Stories represents
a concerted push into the video space.
Collaborating with top Instagram influencers is a great way to position your
product or service in a visually-striking or highly personalized way. Instagram
has a high concentration of Millennial users, and strong usage among Gen Z
and Gen X age groups. It attracts influencers in fashion and beauty, travel and
hospitality, lifestyle, design, fitness, food, and more.
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• Is Instagram the New Youtube?
• 9 Instagram Stories Stats You
Can't Ignore
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Technology
3.4M Subscribers
Men & Lifestyle
4.5M Subscribers
AUSTIN EVANS ALPHA M
Quick Start Guide:
• 5 Different Types of YouTube
Marketing Campaigns
• 11 Ways To Advertise on
YouTube [Infographic]
Video Streaming
Competitors:
• Twitch vs. YouTube: Behind
YouTube’s Plan to Win Over
• Instgrammers vs. YouTubers:
Which is Best for Your Brand?
Beauty & Comedy
13.7M Subscribers
RCL BEAUTY 101
YOUTUBE
YouTube was one of the earliest influencer channels, with YouTubers
(“Creators”) drawing attention from brands as early as 2006. YouTube is the
largest video platform is the world, and offers lot of creative freedom to
showcase products, services, and experiences in a long-form video format.
YouTube is used by a wide range of audiences, especially people aged 18-34.
That, coupled with the ability to easily embed links makes YouTube influencer
marketing campaigns effective for both branding and direct response
campaigns. That said, the video medium is no longer unique to YouTube, which
is facing growing competition from both Twitch and Instagram.
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Lifestyle & Family
1.3M monthly visits
Food & Recipes
3.7M monthly visits
CUP OF JO SKINNY TASTE
Quick Start Guide:
• What Is a Lifestyle Blogger?
• Working With Bloggers to
Promote Your Business
Outreach Tactics:
• A Comprehensive Guide to
Blogger Outreach
• Crafting the Perfect Influencer
AgreementDesign & DIY
906,600 monthly visits
A BEAUTIFUL MESS
BLOGS
Blogs became the very first influencer marketing channel when food, lifestyle,
and mommy bloggers began to parter with brands in the early 2000s. Blogs
generally provide access to an older demographic (25-49 year olds) and allow
for more in-depth, personalized storytelling.
For brands, partnering with bloggers can drive brand awareness, sign-ups,
website traffic, promotions, and other direct-response KPIs. Successful
sponsored blogs also have the unique advantage of building organic traffic
over time, meaning a single blog post could lead to ongoing returns over
several years.
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FACEBOOK
With over 2.2 billion users and 8 billion daily video views, Facebook has the
largest global reach of any channel. Traditionally, Facebook fell behind other
social networks in fostering an influencer community. More recently, however,
Facebook doubled down with a Creator App for influencers and a proprietary
Brand Collab Manager for companies who want to partner with creators.
Facebook Live videos, watched 3x longer than standard videos, are used by
top influencers and brands to reach Facebook’s global audience. While many
influencers use Facebook as a secondary channel for livestreaming to their
fans, others have built their primary following on Facebook.
Comedy
3.8M Followers
Comedy & Gaming
9M Followers
LAURA CLERY JON PAUL PIQUES
Quick Start Guide:
• Behind Facebook’s Video First
Growth Strategy
• Facebook Native Ads vs.
Marketing With Influencers
• Facebook Stories vs. Instagram
Stories
Facebook Video Case
Studies:
• How Top Brands Use Facebook
Video & Livestreaming
• How JC Penney, Best Fiends
& Saks Use Facebook Live
Influencers
Family
1.6M Followers
HOLDERNESS FAMILY
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TWITCH
Twitch launched as a livestreaming platform in 2011, and has gained rapid
traction amongst gamers. The majority of their over 15 million viewers are
aged 18-34, and spend an average of 95 minutes per day on Twitch — over
double the time spent on any other social channel.
A slew of brands have begun experimenting with Twitch sponsorships, hoping
to tap into this engagement. Influencer sponsorships have largely been led by
gaming companies, but brands like Coca-Cola, Old Spice, South Park Studios
and KFC have started experimenting with Twitch as well. Twitch is emerging
very quickly, and represents a powerful new channel for brands to reach highly
engaged audiences in innovative ways.
Quick Start Guide:
• What Is Twitch? A Brand Guide
for Marketers
• Case Study: Brands Working
With Twitch Influencers
Video Streaming
Competitors:
• Twitch vs. YouTube: Which Is
Best for Influencer Marketing?
• Caffeine TV vs. Twitch: Video
Livestream Showdown
956,000 followers11.9M followers 2.9M followers
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SNAPCHAT
Snapchat influencers first arose with the release of Snapchat Stories in 2013.
Marketers started working with top Snapchat influencers on takeovers, product
placements, and other creative sponsorships to reach teen audiences.
More recently, however, Snapchat has struggled amidst competitors, stagnated
user growth, and nervous investors. While its future remains in the balance,
Snapchat may offer some brands a channel to diversify campaigns, but is likely
not the ideal medium to plan a long-term influencer marketing strategy.
Quick Start Guide:
• The 9 Ways to Advertise on
Snapchat [Infographic]
• Understanding Snapchat: Key
Terms, Functions, & Features
Brands Should Know
Understanding Snapchat’s
Struggles:
• Snapchat vs. Instagram Stories:
Who Wins? [Infographic]
• Is Snapchat Dead as an
Influencer Channel?
Beauty & Fashion
FROM HEAD TO TOE
Visual Artist
CYRENE Q
Art & Comedy
TURBANCHINO
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Instagram Pushes Into Video With
Stories and IGTV
Instagram has made a dedicated effort to break into video in the past
several years, and it appears to be paying off. On July 2016, Instagram
launched Instagram Stories, which has a over 400,000 million daily users
today. On June 2018, Instagram launched IGTV, which allows creators to
upload fullscreen, vertical videos up to one-hour in length.
This represents a bold effort to compete with YouTube, and a bet on
vertical video as the future of video consumption. For influencers, IGTV
offers a new opportunity to engage with existing audiences and attract
new followers. IGTV’s longer format also offers a new opportunity for
brands to get creative with narrative-style influencer content on Instagram.
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Snapchat’s Declining User Base
Where Instagram has flourished, Snapchat has struggled. By 2018
Instagram Stories attracted over twice as many daily users as Snapchat’s
Stories. Snapchat also struggled with several functionality issues.
Users had a hard time finding their favorite influencers with Snapchat’s
limited discovery capabilities, and influencers didn’t get much information
about their engagement analytics (a huge problem for brand monetization).
This, compounded with an unpopular redesign and a disparaging tweet
by Kylie Jenner, sent Snapchat in a tailspin from which it has struggled
to recover. In the second quarter of 2018 Snapchat actually lost users, a
troubling trend.
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Different Types of Influencer
Marketing Companies
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• What Are the Different Types of Influencer Marketing Companies?
• What Is an Influencer Marketing Agency?
• Pros and Cons of Influencer Platforms
• Whatever Happened to MCNs?
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What Are the Different Types of
Influencer Marketing Companies?
Influencer Marketing AGENCIES Influencer Marketing PLATFORMS
Influencer NETWORKSInfluencer Marketing TOOLS
Agencies strategize and launch
successful influencer marketing
campaigns for brands, in partnership
with social media influencers.
Platforms leverage online databases,
networks, or marketplaces for brands to
search, identify, and request sponsorship
with specific influencers — and
compensate them in-platform.
Originally referred to as multi-channel
networks (MCNs), networks and media
distribution companies provide services
and production support to creators
(largely on YouTube) and brands.
There are various forms of software
that provide channel data and
campaign analytics for one or more
social media apps and platforms.
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Influencer marketing agencies partner with social media influencers to
creatively plan and execute paid sponsorships, product placement, and
branded content on behalf of their client.
To launch a successful influencer marketing campaign, marketers must:
Identify key target audience(s)
Define clear KPIs (key performance indicators)
Determine the right social media channels
Select from thousands of influencers
Build, execute, and optimize several multi-channel campaigns
Without dedicated internal resources, this process can be overwhelming
for many brands. After managing hundreds of campaigns, agencies have
developed insights on the best practices, unique creative strategies, and
top influencers who can reach different industries and demographics.
Influencer marketing agencies typically do not manage talent but maintain
healthy, long-standing relationships with social media influencers, their
managers, and associated networks. Unlike companies who represent
influencer talent directly, marketing agencies can act in the brand’s best
interest first.
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What is an Influencer
Marketing Agency?
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Influencer Marketing Agencies vs.
Other Ad Agencies
Many brands work with media, advertising, creative, PR, and digital
agencies to help manage their advertising needs. With the growth and
importance of influencer marketing, many of these agencies have expanded
their offerings to provide influencer marketing services.
In contrast to other agencies, influencer marketing agencies focus solely
on executing influencer campaigns. The world of influencer marketing is in
constant flux, and this specialization helps influencer marketing agencies
get ahead of trends, develop best practices, and identify the best social
platforms and talent to meet the goals of a given campaign.
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Pros and Cons of Influencer Platforms
Influencer marketing platforms provide a hub for brands to find and recruit
social media influencers for a campaign. While platforms vary, most allow
marketers to filter influencers by category, location, follower count, and
social media platform, and manage campaigns directly through the tool.
PROS CONS
Ease of Use and Scalability
Platforms allow for simple search and
selection of influencers, and quick
review of their content for campaigns.
Campaigns can be initiated and
managed fairly easily.
Lower Cost
While they do charge fees, platforms
can sometimes provide a lower barrier
to entry in terms of cost compared to a
hands-on agency.
Reporting
Platforms have built-in reporting
features, allowing brands to review
results through a dashboard as a
campaign unfolds.
Limited Choice
Macro-influencers (who provide greater
reach) typically work with a manager and
are not accessible through platforms.
No Assurance of Best Practices
Platforms are generally not able to
ensure the submission of quality
content, or adherence to FTC rules.
Time Intensive
Influencer marketing requires hands-
on collaboration, management, and
optimization, which is time intensive.
Fees
Platforms charge roughly 10-15% of
your total campaign spend in fees.
• Influencer Marketing Platforms vs.
Agencies
• 4 Disadvantages of Influencer
Platforms
• What Is an Influencer Database?
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Whatever Happened to MCNs?
YouTube networks (also referred to as multi-channel networks or MCNs)
emerged alongside YouTube to help influencers grow their audience,
publish content, and secure advertising deals. Around 2016, however, it
became clear that the business model of splitting ad revenue between the
creators, the MCN, and YouTube was flawed.
Networks like AwesomenessTV were able to innovate by creating original,
branded content in-house, rather than just managing disparate influencer
channels. However, the direction of most YouTube MCNs simply didn’t
make sense in an increasingly multi-channel social media ecosystem.
Today, many former MCNs have evolved into media and production
companies, and doubled down on creating value for both influencers and
brands. But none of them call themselves “MCNs.”
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How to Work
With Influencers
4
• Finding the Perfect Influencer
• Influencer Agreements
• FTC Disclosure Guidelines
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The Influencer Marketing Process
The best social media influencers are trusted as tastemakers. They start
cultural trends, shape the latest must-have products, and embody lifestyles
that fans seek to emulate.
Working with influencers can offer powerful new ways for brands to
reach audiences, but there are many nuances to a successful influencer
partnership. Working with influencers can be more resource-intensive than
traditional digital marketing channels, like PPC or social media advertising.
Here are a few critical steps to note when working with influencers:
Influencer Identification
Influencer Outreach
Influencer Agreement
Influencer Marketing Best Practices
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INFLUENCER IDENTIFICATION
Influencers are the foundation of your campaign, and selecting the right
creators is a crucial decision. Here are some key steps:
DEFINE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE
Identify target demographics, life stage, and interests. This can help narrow down the
categories, social media channels, and influencers you want to leverage.
DETERMINE YOUR BUDGET
Sizing up your budget will help you determine if you can achieve the wide reach of a macro-
influencer, or will only be working with a small set of micro-influencers.
IDENTIFY YOUR KPIS
Whether you want to achieve brand awareness, more clicks, or conversions, specific
influencers and social media channels will be best for achieving your goals.
DECIDE ON SOCIAL PLATFORMS
Different social channels will be ideal depending on your KPIs and target audience. For
example, a hotel brand might sponsor a travel Instagrammer, while a gaming company might
focus on Twitch and YouTube livestreaming gamers.
IDENTIFY YOUR INFLUENCERS
Based on these and many other factors, narrow down your influencers. You can research
influencers using ranking tools like SocialBlade, influencer platforms, or manual search. You
should look for influencers whose aesthetic, messaging, and passions align with your brand.
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INFLUENCER OUTREACH
Most social media influencers are inundated with requests from brands,
in addition to thousands of comments and likes from fans. Crafting a clear
outreach message is essential to help the influencer quickly understand the
opportunity.
Many top influencers have managers fielding their outreach requests.
Working with a reputable influencer marketing agency helps facilitate this
process as these agencies cultivate long-standing relationships with top
influencers and their management.
If you’d like to try cold outreach, here are a couple tips:
ENGAGE WITH THEM
Before reaching out to an influencer, follow them on their various social media channels.
Show sustained interest in their work by liking and commenting on their posts.
REACH OUT TO THE INFLUENCER
Contact the influencer or their manager with specific and concise information about working
together (the campaign brief, the budget, etc.). Ask the influencer about their own goals, and
see if you can help achieve them through this campaign (for example partnering with another
influencer, traveling to a new place, or pulling off an exciting new stunt).
CULTIVATE A RELATIONSHIP
Build rapport with the influencer before the campaign begins. The more they resonate with
you and your brand, the smoother the creative process will be.
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Click here for a more in-depth
guide to influencer outreach.
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INFLUENCER AGREEMENT
A well-crafted influencer agreement serves to protect the interests of all
parties, define ownership, and clarify expectations.
Here are a few critical items to include:
CLEAR DEADLINES
Define the duration of the campaign, deadlines for sponsored content to be created, and the
dates sponsored content should be shared.
OWNERSHIP CLAUSE
Document whether the influencer or the brand owns sponsored content after a campaign goes
live, and who has usage rights.
SPECIFIC CAMPAIGN DELIVERABLES
Spell out the specific talking points the influencer must meet, and the format of those talking
points (verbally within a YouTube video, written in an Instagram post caption, etc.)
EXCLUSIVITY CLAUSE
Outline a time period for exclusivity and clearly list competitors the influencer is barred from
working with in that time frame. Your sponsored post probably won’t have the same impact if
the influencer partners with your direct competitor the week after your campaign.
FTC DISCLOSURE GUIDELINES
Clearly outline the disclosure expectations in order to meet FTC guidelines. Include exact
verbiage an influencer must include, such as “sponsored by” or “paid partnership with.”
STANDARD CONTRACT CLAUSES
Don’t forget standard clauses, such as non-disparagement clause, indemnification clause, and
a termination clause should they become necessary.
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on FTC disclosure, skip to the
end of the chapter.
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INFLUENCER MARKETING BEST PRACTICES
Before we dive into best practices, it’s important to underscore that
executing a successful influencer marketing campaign will require
significant time and resources. You will likely experience a long trial-
and-error learning period before you determine how to best combine
influencers and social platforms to meet your marketing objectives.
With that in mind, her are a few of the best practices when it comes to
creating, implementing, and managing influencer marketing campaigns:
UNDERSTAND THE INFLUENCER’S INDIVIDUAL BRAND AND VOICE
Spend time looking through their content, engagement, and overall aesthetic. Review their
previous brand collaborations and sponsorships, and identify campaigns that align with the
kind of engagement you’d like to achieve.
HELP THE INFLUENCER CLEARLY UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS
The influencer should clearly understand the company and the goals of your campaign. What
is your company’s mission? Your brand style? What aspects of your product, service or brand
can they connect to personally?
WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER
Allow them to lead with ideas and creative direction of what will work best with their
audience. Content that feels scripted or forced will not go over well with their audience and
usually results in lower views and lower engagement.
IMPLEMENT TRACKING MEASURES
Use trackable links or redemption codes, so you can monitor the KPIs of the campaign, such as
traffic, downloads, sign-ups, or purchases. Learn more about tracking success in Chapter 6.
Agencies like Mediakix
bring unparalleled industry
expertise and impact for
brands looking to invest in
influencer marketing.
Sound
overwhelming?
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LOOKING OUT FOR FAKE FOLLOWERS
As the popularity of influencer marketing has increased, so have concerns
over fake followers. Some influencers, most typically on Instagram, inflate
their numbers by purchasing fake followers (or “bots”), and fake engagement.
An influencer marketing agency will help you avoid these “influencers,” but if
you’re operating alone, here are red flags to look for:
MORE FOLLOWERS, LESS CONTENT
With the exception of a sudden rise to fame, most influencers with a lot of followers should have
a lot of content — hundreds, if not thousands of posts spaced out over several years.
UNCHANGING ENGAGEMENT RATES
Count the number of likes and comments on multiple posts, and note if you tally very similar
engagement levels. Real Instagram influencers will have a varied engagement on each post.
QUESTIONABLE FOLLOWERS
Quickly click through to 10 or 20 followers at random. If you see a lot of accounts with very few
followers, almost no posts, or non-human profile photos, these accounts may be fake.
HIGH FOLLOWING-TO-FOLLOWER RATIO
Most influencers follow roughly 1-5% of their total follower count, so note if they are following
a large base of people (or this number fluctuates dramatically). This could suggest that they
follow a lot of users at once, wait for them to return the follow, and promptly unfollow them.
SHORT, GENERIC COMMENTS
One of the best ways to identify fake Instagram followers is to read through the comments
yourself. If you see a lot of repeated phrases, replies in a foreign language, or vague exclamations
like “Love it!” this may be a sign of purchased engagement.
VIDEO AND STORIES METRICS
Influencer videos should have a strong view count relative to their followers. Ask the influencer
to send a screenshot of their Instagram Story metrics, to ensure the opens are high.
• Spotlight: How Fake Influencers Can
Deceive Brands
• Demand for Fake Instagram
Followers Up 71%
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INFO
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has increasingly monitored sponsored
content over the years in order ensure they are compliant. Today, the FTC
offers a number of guidelines that brands can follow to convey a reasonable
degree of transparency to consumers.
Based on our experience developing sponsored social media content for
global brands, we’ve identified what we believe to be the most important FTC
endorsement rules for disclosure. You can read a helpful summary for top
social channels on the next page, or see the full disclosure guidelines here.
FTC Disclosure Guidelines
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DOs DON’Ts
• Use ambiguous phrases like “Thanks to…” Disclosure
should be clear and straightforward.
• Attempt to hide written disclosure at the bottom of the
video description.
• Make written disclosures too brief to be read or make
them the same color as the background.
• Fail to include written and/or verbal disclosure within the
video itself.
• Disclosure must be verbal, can include written.
• Use words or phrases that are clear and unambiguous,
such as “Sponsored by…”, “Paid Advertisement,” or
“Sponsored Advertising Content.”
• Include sponsorship information above the “show more”
button in the description box.
• For both verbal and written disclosures, disclosure
should be close to the beginning video.
• For written disclosures, must remain on screen long
enough to be read and understood.
• Place disclosure at the beginning of the description and
before the “more” button.
• Use the hashtag #sponsored, #ad, or #paid to disclose
partnership.
• Use the phrase “Sponsored by…” and tag the sponsoring
brand in the post description.
• Bury disclosure among many other hashtags.
• Put disclosure at the very end of the post description.
• Use #sp, #spon, #collab, #ambassador or other hashtags
that don’t clearly convey sponsorship.
• Use the phrase “Partnering with…” or “Collaborating
with…”
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INSTAGRAM
YOUTUBE
• Use phrases or hashtags that are unclear or ambiguous,
such as #sp, #spon, #collaboration, “Thanks to…” or
“Video made possible by…”
• If sponsored content is a video, fail to include
sponsorship within the video itself.
• Rely on built-in branded content only.
• Disclose sponsorship at the beginning of the post’s
description.
• If using hashtags, use #sponsored, #ad, or #paid.
• If sponsored Facebook content is a video, disclose
sponsorship either verbally or in writing.
• Tag the sponsoring brand.
FACEBOOK
FTC Disclosure by Channel
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Different Types of Influencer
Marketing Campaign Tactics
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• Product Placements
• Branded and Sponsored Content
• Influencer Marketing Tactics
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Separating influencer marketing campaigns into buckets is tricky. As both
brands and influencers strive for more subtle, authentic sponsorships, the
line is blurring between exact campaign “types.” However, knowing general
categories can help marketers understand the different approaches that
they can employ in their next campaign.
Types of Influencer Campaigns
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1. PRODUCT PLACEMENT
Product placement is a classic marketing tactic, and can be employed by brands looking for a more subtle
approach to influencer marketing. In this approach, a product is subtly placed in an influencer's post, without
direct mention of the product or brand in the description.
JENNA USHKOWITZ FITNESS PROMOTIONS
In these Instagram posts, influencer Jenna Ushkowitz sports athletic clothing from both Lululemon and Under Armour.
She tags the companies' Instagram accounts, but doesn't mention them in the description or promote their products.
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2. SPONSORED CONTENT
Sponsored content broadly refers to influencer content which was produced in partnership with a sponsoring
brand. The heavy-handedness of the “sell” will vary. The influencer might just give the brand a quick
“shoutout,” or they might integrate a product deeply into the content. Here are a couple specific examples.
“BROUGHT TO YOU BY”
This refers to influencer content which is “brought to
you by,” or “sponsored by” a brand. For example, Lynda
sponsored this episode of a popular music parody series by
YouTuber Jacksfilms. In the middle of the video, Jack pauses
to mention that “today’s music video was brought to you by
Lynda.com,” then returns to his normal programming.
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INTEGRATED SPONSORSHIP
In this blog post, health, food, and home lifestyle blogger
Janae talks about her weekly dinner ritual, and walks through
her experience cooking a family meal with Blue Apron. The
Blue Apron menus and ingredients are clearly integrated
throughout her post, and she links to Blue Apron at the end.
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Six Influencer Marketing Tactics
Now that you understand the different campaign “types,” here are some
more specific tactics marketers employ when executing these campaigns.
1. UNBOXING
3. PRODUCT EXCLUSIVE OR PRE-RELEASE
2. THEME OR HASHTAG CAMPAIGN
In this popular content format, an influencer will unpack a
product from its packaging and show viewers its contents.
For example, in this video Alexandra Airene opens a box from
subscription beauty service FabFitFun and walks through each of
the items inside. This tactic is most common on YouTube, but can
be done on Instagram Stories, IGTV, or Facebook as well.
This approach generally coincides with an unboxing, and is
particularly common for highly anticipated technology products.
For example, in this video Sara Dietschy demonstrates and
reviews new iPhone Xr and Xs a week before they were released.
This tactic revolves around promoting a larger theme or
hashtag across social media, and is often a driven by multiple
influencers. For example, Chiquita bananas encouraged people
to draw faces on their bananas and tag #dressmychiquita, and
amplified the campaign with influencers like Marcus Dobre and
Ellie Cham.
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4. SHOUTOUT
5. GIVEAWAYS AND CONTESTS
6. DISCOUNT CODE OR CONVERSIONS
A “shoutout” refers to your brand receiving thanks or “props”
from the social influencer. For example, in this video Devin
Graham (devinsupertramp) parachuted off a desert cliff from a
custom slip-and-slide, and added a “SUPER thanks to Subaru
for making this dream project a reality!” in the video description.
This approach can be applied on any channel.
Giveaways are another classic tactic for drumming up excitement
about a product or service. Partnering with influencers, like
Arhaus did in this furniture giveaway with The Every Girl blog,
can enable brands to widen the reach of their contest and
generate more desire for their products.
When showcasing a product or service, influencers can also
provide a discount code to their followers — like PewDiePie
does during this video where he offers 10% off Loot Crate. This
approach enables the brand to track conversions and ensures
that they are measuring the ROI of their sponsored posts.
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Brand Awareness vs. Direct Response
Once you’ve defined clear campaign objectives, you can select the right
KPIs (key performance indicators) to measure whether you’ve achieved
the desired impact.
At a high level, most marketers have two broad goals: brand awareness
and direct response. In some cases, it’s a combination of both. Here are
some of the most common metrics for each:
of marketers face a
challenge with measuring
campaign ROI
Source: Econsultancy
65%
BRAND AWARENESS KPIs DIRECT RESPONSE KPIs
Branding campaigns focus on
expanding awareness of a brand
and generating buzz around
their product or service. Brand
awareness KPIs include:
• Reach (e.g. views, impressions)
• Social engagement (e.g. likes, shares,
comments, follows, mentions)
• Media mentions (e.g. mentions, links from
press)
• Website traffic (e.g. traffic from search,
direct traffic, traffic from press)
Direct response campaigns aim to
drive a specific, immediate user
action. These conversion-based
KPIs include:
• Registrations
• Email signups
• App downloads
• Account creation
• Purchases
• Link clicks
For direct response
campaigns, try to focus
on a single KPI. If an
influencer tells fans to
download your app,
buy your product,
and register for your
newsletter in a single
video, the lack of a clear
call-to-action will make
them less likely to take
action.
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Measuring Brand
Awareness ROI
There are three different types of metrics you can use to measure the
impact of an influencer campaign on overall brand awareness:
1. REACH
Impressions - Post reach refers to the
total number of post impressions or views.
On Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube
videos, views are displayed. On standard
Instagram and Facebook posts, views must
be estimated.
3. ENGAGEMENT RATE
Likes and favorites - A well-liked
photo or video not only carries weight
for other users, but also factors positively
into some social platforms’ algorithms,
increasing the post’s visibility.
Comments - Viewers who reply to a post
are showing extra interest and willingness
to interact. This speaks to the popularity of
the post, and the willingness of followers
to continue a conversation around it.
Shares, hashtags, and mentions -
When a user shares a post, it’s generally
a sign of endorsement. Users integrating
hashtags into their own post indicate some
kind of social alignment or brand affinity.
Each of these actions helps to expose the
brand to audiences outside the reach of the
original post.
2. SOCIAL SENTIMENT
Comments - Comments in which
users tag friends, include positive emojis,
or voice intentions to purchase are all
meaningful forms of positive social
sentiment.
Likes vs. dislikes - The like vs. dislike
ratio of a post (as opposed to the total
number of likes) is indicative of overall
social sentiment. The dislike feature is
available on select platforms including
Facebook and YouTube.
PRO TIP“Free tools like
socialmention enable
you to sort the number
of positive, neutral, and
negative mentions of
your brand by date.
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Measuring Direct
Response ROI
Direct response KPIs are focused on whether or not people perform
a specific action. Here are a few examples of metrics which help you
measure this conversion-based ROI:
CLICK-THROUGH
“Click-through” or click-through rate (CTR)
describes the number of times consumers
click on a link in a promotional post. These
links can lead to a product page, landing
page or another target destination.
SALES
Perhaps the most coveted conversion is a
purchase. Purchases can be further analyzed
by price point, new vs. existing customers,
and average order value (for example, did
one influencer drive fewer total clicks, but a
higher average order value than others?).
DOWNLOADS
Downloads are a digital product exchange
between a brand and its customers. These
transactions include the downloads of
software, apps, and eBooks.
SIGNUPS
Signups create a direct relationship between
brands and potential new customers. People
might subscribe to a newsletter, become a
member, or create an account.
COST-PER-ACQUISITION (CPA)
The cost of the acquisition measures the
average cost to acquire a new customer based
on influencer payment, production costs,
platform or agency fees, etc.
CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE
(CLV)
Most marketing teams calculate ROI right
after the campaign, but it’s also important to
measure customer value over time. You may
find that customers referred from influencer
content (or another marketing channel)
spend more money with you in their lifetime.
PRO TIP“Click here to learn
more about Influencer
Marketing ROI.
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Setting Up Tracking
Before your campaign launches, determine how you will track KPIs (such as
traffic, downloads, signups, mentions, or transactions) that you assigned to
your campaign. Some methods for tracking include:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This analytics platform enables you to
record traffic sources and measure specific
conversions using custom UTM codes.
DISCOUNT OR REDEMPTION
PROMO CODES
Creating unique promo codes for every
influencer enables your brand to track
how many conversions each influencer is
responsible for.
DEDICATED LANDING PAGES
Building landing pages for a specific
influencer offers insights into who visited
and converted on that page, and also allows
you to tailor unique messaging to their
audience.
TRACKABLE LINKS
Shortened links, like bit.ly links, can be
strategically placed in sponsored content
to track click-through rates (CTR), referring
channel, country, and more.
HASHTAGS
Assigning unique hashtags for your
campaign allow you to directly track the
impact your brand has across digital and
social media.
CONVERSION PIXELS
Placing a conversion pixel on your website
helps you to identify people who visited
your site within 30 days of seeing (but not
clicking) a sponsored blog advertisement.
Up to 40% of visits via influencers are not
tracked because they don’t come from direct
click-throughs.
PRO TIP“Make sure you spell out
your brand’s social media
handle (e.g. @mediakix) or
any hashtags you’d like the
influencer to include in their
sponsored post.
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What’s Next for
Influencer Marketing?
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• Industry Consolidation
• Live Video & Stories
• Emerging Social Platforms
• Automation & AI
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What’s Next for
Influencer Marketing?
As influencer marketing spending sky-rockets towards $5-10 billion, there
is no question that the industry will continue to grow. More creators, more
channels, and more sponsored advertising. The question is, what will that
future look like?
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INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
Signs point to a rapidly maturing industry, as top companies consolidate through a series
of acquisitions. No doubt this trend will continue, as agencies, networks, and platforms
continue to merge and form a handful of top players.
LIVE VIDEO & STORIES
Nearly half of today’s livestreaming audience is watching more live video than a year ago,
according to eMarketer. Live streaming is the backbone of platforms like Twitch, and has
emerged as a prominent feature of established social media networks like Instagram and
Facebook. This indicates increasing consumer demand for this raw, unedited, “moment-
driven” video format, which helps followers feel more personally connected to the day-to-
day lives of influencers.
EMERGING SOCIAL PLATFORMS
The social media landscape will inevitably evolve as platforms like Twitch battle with
YouTube for the loyalty of livestreamers, Instagram continues to eclipse Snapchat with
Stories, pushing further into video with IGTV. Meanwhile, smaller emerging platforms like
Vero will likely continue to crop up and vie for influencer attention.
Source: eMarketer
47% of livestreaming
viewers are streaming
more live video than a
year ago.
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MORE CREATOR & BRAND SUPPORT
Between Twitch’s new affiliate and merchandise integrations, Facebook’s Creator App,
and Youtube’s promise of additional creator features, it appears major social platforms
will remain in a heated battle to attract and retain influencers. Meanwhile, more
platforms, agencies, and tools will undoubtedly aim to help brands partner with these
influencers more successfully.
MORE SOCIAL PRODUCT DISCOVERY
More consumers today are using social media newsfeeds for product discovery. Search
is still the top channel where shoppers conduct product research, but social media is
quickly catching up. GlobalWebIndex found that 28% of global internet users turned to
social media during their online product research, a number that has jumped every year
for the last several years.
AUTOMATION VS. PERSONALIZED APPROACH
Given the challenges of scaling individual influencer campaigns, there is growing
interest in using artificial intelligence (AI) to help brands work with influencers.
A number of platforms have emerged to provide this offering, but as mentioned in
AdWeek, “there is concern that these emerging companies focus too heavily on platform
automation and not heavily enough on what makes influencer marketing successful in
the first place—authentic relationships between real people.”
Even if AI helps optimize company-to-influencer matchmaking, a human touch will
always be required to drive the creative narrative and maintain strong relationships
with the influencers. To solve this, some brands have decided to bring their influencer
marketing in-house. Others have decided to supplement or fully outsource their
influencer marketing to an agency who can handle the nuances of campaign
management. No matter what the approach, there will remain a strong need for a
creative, human-based approach for the foreseeable future.
Source: Mediakix
92% of consumers trust
recommendations
from a person over an
advertisement.
92%
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