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Informative, useful & interesting content

The influencer marketplace is growing and maturing dramatically so we produce content that tries to be informative, useful and interesting; a bit different to the news you might read on news sites.
5 changing influencer trends to look out for in 2023
29 Mar, 2023

5 changing influencer trends to look out for in 2023

Ellisia, our Campaign Executive, looks at the trends she’s seeing in influencer marketing campaigns and how they’ll shape the sector this year and beyond. We know social media changes rapidly and, because of that, what...
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What will influencer pay and contracts look like in 2023 and how will you manage them?
27 Feb, 2023

What will influencer pay and contracts look like in 2023 and how will you manage them?

What will influencer pay and contracts look like in 2023 and how will you manage them? As the influencer marketing ecosystem continues to mature, influencer remuneration is changing and diversifying. With different paym...
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Influencer marketing in 2023; changes, challenges and what’s just below the surface
26 Jan, 2023

Influencer marketing in 2023; changes, challenges and what’s just below the surface

Some personal thoughts from our Managing Director on how the influencer marketing landscape will change in the next 12 months and what those changes will mean for all of us. January is typically the time for planning, f...
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Full funnel YouTube strategies, influencers and accurately measuring your successes
15 Jan, 2023

Full funnel YouTube strategies, influencers and accurately measuring your successes

Selecting an influencer and having them post a video on YouTube is now only part of the picture. Different influencers for different parts of the ‘messy middle’ can help to improve your measurable results.   In the beg...
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How to work with overseas influencers
18 Dec, 2022

How to work with overseas influencers

Brands and agencies are facing increasing challenges working with influencers internationally. When the expertise you need is across borders, how can you get access to the right creative talent and navigate a financial a...
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There is a distance between influencer marketing and social media and it’s growing wider by the day
24 Oct, 2022

There is a distance between influencer marketing and social media and it’s growing wider by the day

Is TikTok a social media platform, or an advertising channel? Are influencers social stars, or creatives? What does the emerging gap between social and influencer marketing mean for your company?   Writing in The Drum,...
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Is cross-channel influencer deployment the main focus for agencies in 2022 and beyond?
23 Jul, 2022

Is cross-channel influencer deployment the main focus for agencies in 2022 and beyond?

Is an agency's main job now to achieve ‘influencers everywhere, conversion anywhere’?   Influencers are increasingly being deployed by brands and agencies with the intent of making consumers take action. This was just...
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Influencer Boosting
11 Aug, 2021

Influencer Boosting

How to set up your account for boosting brand collaborations and supercharging your impact! What is influencer content boosting? Boosted content is when a brand puts spend behind an influencer's organic social media po...
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Influencer marketing in 2021 and beyond: long-term influencer partnerships and influencers as customer service?
30 Mar, 2021

Influencer marketing in 2021 and beyond: long-term influencer partnerships and influencers as customer service?

The idea of influencers being used outside of the traditional marketing format is nothing new, but actually pulling the trigger on that idea is. Discussions around influencers as long-term sales people, community advoca...
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Word of mouth marketing is back and it means more than just influencers
23 Mar, 2021

Word of mouth marketing is back and it means more than just influencers

Word of mouth is hardly the sexiest marketing phrase of the moment. Important though it may be to retail and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) markets in particular, it’s probably not something your agency has recently...
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Fairness, equality and transparency; how we balance influencer union concerns with brand’s needs for value and performance
3 Jan, 2021

Fairness, equality and transparency; how we balance influencer union concerns with brand’s needs for value and performance

Some years ago, when we started speaking to people about influencer marketing and our platform, we would talk about how the sector could be a little like The Wild West and how we helped brands to ‘tame’ it. The regulati...
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EAS explained: how the metric we developed solves a key influencer marketing challenge
6 Dec, 2020

EAS explained: how the metric we developed solves a key influencer marketing challenge

It’s late. The office (or home office nowadays) is already in darkness. You’re tired. And you’ve just been set a task to find 25 micro influencers who know vegan food inside out and might have a side interest in running....
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How to brief an influencer
17 Nov, 2020

How to brief an influencer

“The brief is the moment where the success of your campaign can be decided. A great brief can have your influencers’ creativity running wild, whilst staying on brand and on target for what you want to achieve.” The br...
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How can brands help to maximise externally run influencer campaigns?
3 Nov, 2020

How can brands help to maximise externally run influencer campaigns?

How can brands help to maximise externally run influencer campaigns? We often get asked by the brands we work with whether there’s anything they can be doing to help their influencer campaigns to succeed. If you’re exp...
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6 ways to use influencers in more creative ways
11 Oct, 2020

6 ways to use influencers in more creative ways

Just recently I wrote an article for CIPR’s Influence magazine covering the hiring of influencers in the US as a way to get consumers back into shops.  It’s a unique approach to working with influencers, brought about b...
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Why brands should look to YouTube influencers when it comes to promoting their product
16 Sep, 2020

Why brands should look to YouTube influencers when it comes to promoting their product

Guest blogger, YouTube Channel and Brand Creator Glyn Horton talks here about why brands should look at YouTube influencers when deciding how to market their products.   YouTube boasts its position as the second larges...
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FAQ for brands or agencies not yet working with influencers
13 Sep, 2020

FAQ for brands or agencies not yet working with influencers

If you’ve not yet started using influencer marketing to promote your brand or product, or the brands you work with, then we appreciate that it can seem a big step. We’re here to make that step as easy and successful as...
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With trust in super influencers at an all time low, where should your influencer marketing efforts turn?
14 Jun, 2020

With trust in super influencers at an all time low, where should your influencer marketing efforts turn?

Do you remember the Scott Disick Bootea Shake Instagram post? It’s a few years ago now, but if you follow celebrity and influencer marketing, you’re into the Kardashians or you slow down for social media car crashes, th...
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