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When Content4Demand and ON 24 published the results of their Demand Gen Report earlier this year, it shared some valuable insights into where influence marketing is headed. From a “nice to have” consumer platform that saw a spike in interest around 10 years ago, to the valuable (and increasingly used) business-to-business (B2B) one that itRead more

Reaching out to an influencer begins with an email. Whether you have already initially spoken to the influencer or not, writing that email confirms you mean business. Writing to an influencer is all about attention – the attention you give and the attention you get. If you can catch her attention, the more likely theRead more

Social influencers, and influencer marketing in general, are once again under the microscope as media publications share articles that are split into two trains of thought. The first is that social influence is the worst thing to happen to marketing, while the second states that influence marketing is a key business strategy in 2019. So which viewpointRead more

The search for brand influencers, and how to identify them, has seen numerous pieces of technology come and go over the years. Some, good – others, not so much. Remember Klout, anyone? As the sophistication of the technology has grown, so has the methodology of identifying brand influencers. Or has it? Despite numerous pieces ofRead more

In a recent Facebook discussion between marketers, the question was asked if social influencers are just the equivalent of traditional media buying. The point being made was, with all the paid influencer programs being used to shill product, has the role of the influencer been reduced to a simple ad platform? In this week’s episodeRead more

Is there a future for public relations in the era of social media? Will influence marketing kill traditional PR? And what’s the actual difference between the two? To begin with, it might be really tricky to distinguish traditional Public Relations from Influencer Marketing without knowing exactly what you’re talking about. The two seem similar inRead more

In recent weeks, there’s been a spate of YouTube influencers taking to their channels to say they’re feeling burned out, and that their mental health is suffering. Much of the criticism from these influencers is that they’re feeling the pressure to “always be on”, regardless of how they feel and what’s happening in their livesRead more