HypeAuditor launches custom influencer Media Kit Platform

HypeAuditor, the AI social media analytics platform for brands who want fair and transparent influencer marketing, has launched HypeAuditor Media Kits, a free service that quickly and easily generates custom media kits for influencers to distribute to brands and agencies – at zero cost to the creator. 

In a recent survey of 254 Instagram influencers, based globally, with more than 1,000 followers, HypeAuditor found that there is a strong demand for media kits amongst...

3 January 2023 | Social Media Marketing

Gartner offers uncertainty in AI-centric 2023 CMO forecast 

Gartner has offered its yearly prognostications to marketers as 2023 approaches – and it is set to be a battlefield where misinformation through social media and AI will be the primary enemies. 

The analyst firm has identified five trends in all, many of which have long deadlines attached but are still worth considering. Gartner argued that by 2027, four in five enterprise marketers will establish a ‘dedicated content authenticity function’ to combat misinformation. This...

16 December 2022 | Social Media Marketing

Travellers want more inclusive, authentic content on social media

Kimpton diverse people.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, has released findings from a new global survey on consumer sentiment on social media content of travel brands and traditional travel influencers.

Kimpton polled more than 4,000 people from Australia, Japan, the UK and the US and found an overwhelming need for more authentic and varied travel content as well as a high demand for travel brands to do more to feature inclusive and...

13 December 2022 | Social Media Marketing

Navigating the choppy waters of social commerce

Islands in a rough sea.

Marcel Hiollerbach, chief innovation officer at Productsup, analyses the current social commerce landscape and how businesses can use tech to minimise commerce anarchy.

Social commerce’s domination has been a long time coming with 44% of the world’s population already using social media. Turning these growing platforms into commerce platforms was a natural next step with brands and retailers jumping on the opportunity. As such, the social commerce market is rapidly expanding,...

28 November 2022 | Commerce

75% of marketing agencies are outsourcing additional help

A 'help wanted' sign.

69% of in-house marketers and 75% of marketing agencies are sourcing help from either freelancers or content marketplaces.

This is according to content creation platform Verblio, which surveyed more than 400 content marketers to find out about the current state of digital content marketing.

The study into how freelancers, agencies and in-house digital marketers are using the tools of their industry, found that 21% of agencies said that content creation makes up more than...

13 October 2022 | Content Marketing

Irish Distillers adds digital label solution to support responsible choices 

Irish Distillers, producer of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys, has today announced the launch of a digital e-label system which aims to better inform consumers about the products they are consuming, as well as encourage responsible drinking.

The digital labelling initiative is beginning with a European pilot program across Pernod Ricard’s strategic international brands, including Jameson and Absolut in the Irish market, before being rolled out...

4 October 2022 | Social Media Marketing

Maira Genovese, MG Empower: How ‘influence’ is reshaping marketing

MG Empower founder and president, Maira Genovese, explains how influencer marketing is evolving, and shares tips on how to incorporate it into an overall marketing strategy.

For anyone who doesn't know about MG Empower, could you tell us a little bit about what it does?

We are a fully integrated marketing powerhouse offering a range of best-in-class marketing services, from community-building and brand co-creation to amplification and full awareness campaigns, to world-class...

28 September 2022 | Social Media Marketing

David Shadpour, Social Native: Why brands should focus on authentic content creation

Social Native's founder and CEO urges brands around the world to build an army of creators, and embrace user generated content.

For anyone who doesn’t know about Social Native, what's the company all about?

The name itself, Social Native, has some depth to it. In the early print days, you'd hire a big agency, they would do a photo shoot and they'd print it for you and put it in a magazine. 

Then television came out and you had to do sight and sound. You hire a big...

15 September 2022 | Advertising

Room Unlocked, Alex Payne: Authenticity and purpose in influencer marketing

Alex Payne, Room Unlocked's co-founder, discusses the future of influencer marketing and how it can successfully form part of an overall marketing strategy.

Could you tell us a little bit about what the company does?

Well, several of our clients have described us as a cross between Tinder and LinkedIn, which we quite like. Room Unlocked facilitates partnerships between interesting brands and celebrities and influencers - but our point of difference is that it is all mutually...

12 September 2022 | Advertising

Marketers engaging better with disabled consumers but barriers remain

A barrier blocking a road.

83% of businesses are doing more to provide accessibility in digital marketing than in the past, demographics such as age, gender and race are more often prioritized in marketing efforts.

This is according to the 2022 Accessible Marketing Survey conducted by Capterra, an online marketplace vendor serving as an intermediary between buyers and technology vendors within the software industry.

One in four American adults live with a physical or mental disability, yet they...

1 September 2022 | Advertising Technology