Chart of the Week: 71% of consumers in the UK and US will unfollow an influencer if it was revealed that they had bought followers, showing how easy it is to lose trust in the industry.

Influencers can help to make or break a brand. When you work well with influencers, they can raise brand awareness, get more people engaging with your company and increase conversion. However, if your campaign isn’t handled properly, it could result in a lack of trust and your audience going elsewhere. This is why it is vital to understand what you should and shouldn’t do when dealing with influencers. After all, one wrong move could cause damage that takes years to repair. According to Takumi’s latest research into the realities of influencer marketing, there are a lot of aspects of influencer marketing that can turn consumers off. [si_guide_block id="27934" title="Download our Individual Member Resource…

The Complete 6-Step Guide to Running a Successful Influencer Marketing Campaign

In the world of marketing, influencer marketing has been picking up a lot of steam. Influencer marketing has helped businesses increase brand awareness and even drive sales. It can bring up to 11 times the ROI of banner ads. That’s because people are increasingly using ad blockers and cutting the cord with advertisers. A survey by PageFair showed that 11% of the global population used adblock in 2016. The survey also said that blocking ads would increase over the next few years. With influencer marketing, businesses can still reach their target audience, even if they’re blocking ads. And better yet, they can reach their audience through content they actually opt into, making…

In the past couple of years, the popularity of influencer marketing has seen a meteoric rise

You can expect this trend to continue. In fact, in a study by Tomoson, influencer marketing was rated as the fastest-growing online customer-acquisition channel, beating organic search, paid search, and email marketing. 59% of marketers plan to increase their influencer marketing budgets over the next 12 months. But even as influencer marketing enters the mainstream, and more businesses see it as an essential part of their marketing strategy, marketers now have a new challenge ahead of them. Like any other marketing activity, significant money and resources go into the execution of an influencer program. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that marketers are now closely looking at the performance of their influencer marketing campaigns to make sure…

Which creators to use to raise brand awareness and maximise your ROI

In recent years, and even months, the influencer marketing industry has grown exponentially and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. In 2017, 86% of marketers reported using influencer marketing and 39% of those reported plans to increase influencer marketing spend in 2018 (Linqia, 2017). The industry is booming. As a relatively recent marketing trend, those who are new to influencer marketing may find the lingo may be a little confusing, and it may be hard to know who to use and when. [si_guide_block id="81741" title="Retail E-commerce Marketing Trends 2018" description="Get insight into 16 ecommerce trends for 2018, structured through our RACE Framework"/] The first phrase that must be defined is 'creator', versus the more commonly used, 'influencer'. Despite its name, those in influencer marketing generally tend to work more with creators than with influencers. Influencers are those social…

Advantages and drawbacks of different influencer marketing solutions.

Did you know that searches for the term “influencer marketing” increased almost by 200% between 2016 and 2017? And, by just the fifth month of 2018, the average monthly searches have already increased by another 60% compared to 2017. This clearly indicates how influencer marketing has been growing over the past couple of years. And it definitely doesn’t show any signs of stopping. By 2020, the global spend on influencer marketing is expected to be anywhere between $5 and $10 billion. The growing popularity and success of influencer marketing have encouraged many marketers to focus more on it. 85% of marketers are using it, and 90% of them have…