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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why influencer affinity is the future: 73% of influencers put more effort into content when they’re passionate about the brand
Finding suitable influencers can be tough but the real magic is even more difficult. Infl...
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,...
56% of brands use the same influencers across different campaigns and it’s not just because it makes influencer logistics easier
Long-term influencer and brand partnerships have been cited as on the increase since as...
In-house or outsourced? Self-service platform or 3rd party campaign? PR department or social team? Optimisation of influencer propositions is high on the radar for plenty of agencies in 2022.
For the majority of ou...
Conversion rate’ is a traditional marketing measurement, but should we all be switching to ‘lift rate’ and can influencers benefit both, one or neither?
Woodsman and outdoors-types have agonised for millenia over whethe...
We are all ‘Molly Maybes’, stuck in a potentially infinite loop of non-decision making, but influencers have the, well… influence, to break the cycle and drive consumer action.
There is a story on my daughter’s bookshel...
The marketing funnel is a well-accepted marketing model, but what about influencers in the marketing funnel? Are influencers only there to generate reach or do they have a bigger part to play?
Could you be doing more wi...
Influencer marketing statistics make for good headlines, but often the story behind the statistic is more interesting.
This recent article, for example, led with the claim that 71% of marketers are boosting their influe...
Your agency has just won an influencer marketing brief for a major fashion brand. What a result!
There’s some well deserved jubilation and then the hard work begins.
Perhaps you’ve got an idea of the sort of campaign y...
If you’re an agency that works on campaigns with influencers then you will know by now that finding the right influencer to work with can be tricky.
Let’s say you have a client who wants you to run a fashion campaign f...
Finding influencers is tricky. If you’re an influencer manager or looking for influencers to work with for the first time then you’ll quickly find that one of the major challenges is what we call ‘discovery’: identifying...
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....
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...