Brands are signing deals with fewer influencers. In 2023, the majority (46%) of US marketers were working with one to five influencers per campaign, per an August 2023 report by Linqia. That’s a big drop compared with 2021, when the most common number of influencers per campaign was between 11 and 20. “Brands are getting more sophisticated about how they’re partnering with creators.
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| Jul 31, 2024
Prove the value of diverse digital content that goes beyond product listings, such as influencer videos. More like this:. Shoppers want AI to help with product research and customer service. Most social media users research on social platforms before making a purchase. Physical stores have more influence than any single digital channel in driving fashion discovery.
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| May 24, 2024
Respondents were located in the Canada, France, Germany, the UK, and the US at companies with over $500 million in revenues.
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| Aug 21, 2024
Snapchat could become a bigger player in influencer marketing. Just 17.8% of US marketers will use Snapchat for influencer marketing this year, per our latest forecast. But as more creators turn to the platform, brands will likely want to get more involved as well. While we consider Snapchat a social app, its users primarily use it for more-private visual messaging, which has held some marketers back.
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| Apr 25, 2023
YouTube’s popularity is largely due to its wide library of creator and influencer content and the ability for viewers to engage socially with those videos. That will expand in 2025 in at least two ways. More creator content: Netflix already has a history of licensing made-for-YouTube content, mostly in children’s entertainment.
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| Nov 14, 2024
Ways to approach influencer marketing before the year ends.
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| Nov 3, 2023
This year, spending growth on traditional search (8.6%) will trail behind retail media (26.0%), connected TV (CTV) (18.8%), and social (16.0%). By 2026, advertisers will spend more money on social networks than traditional search. More than half (50.5%) of all search ad spending will go to Google this year, per our March 2024 forecast. Use this chart:.
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| Jun 14, 2024
But now because so much of that comes from influencer marketing and comes from kind of following your favorite creators, just going to the mall as a social activity simply to shop and leverage the opinions of your friends, I think is redundant now with so much social shopping. Rachel Wolff (05:11):.
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| Mar 12, 2025
The B2B social media landscape is rapidly evolving thanks to younger buyers and AI. To adapt, marketers need to lean into influencer marketing, have a multichannel approach, and embrace generative AI.
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| Jun 27, 2023
By diversifying marketing channels, brands can reduce this risk and reach their target audience through multiple channels, including email, influencer, and SMS marketing. As long as there is an organizational willingness to experiment, brands have the power to overcome the industry’s concerns about imperfect data.
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| Apr 17, 2023
In its Q2 2024 earnings, parent company Tapestry reported $1.5 billion in Coach revenue, marking a 6% YoY increase. Coach’s goal of attracting the “timeless Gen-Z” consumer—young shoppers with a classic style who invest in ageless fashion—began in 2021, as reported by the Business of Fashion, when it began looking at customer data to discover which designs were most popular among young consumers. 8.
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| Apr 26, 2024
But 29% of Gen Zers and millennials turn to social media influencers to learn new ways of practicing self-care. 25% seek out ԴڱܱԳ’ advice for new product discovery.
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| Sep 6, 2024
On today's episode, we discuss the impact Threads will have on Twitter usage, how much of a revenue boost this could be for Meta, and what advertisers should be thinking about with the arrival of this new app. "In Other News," we talk about Snap's efforts to tempt creators and whether it's possible to actually prove that social media is bad for teens. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jasmine Enberg and Debra Aho Williamson.
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| Feb 1, 2023
From Influencer Marketing to Digital Payments
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| Jan 18, 2023
A lot of creators are making money off of it, off of the ad revenue sharing program. I'm curious to see how that continues to unfold as especially more smaller creators get involved. And I'm curious to see if they can translate that into influencer marketing and brand dollars as well. Marcus Johnson:. Let's move on. What are we talking about?
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| Aug 8, 2023
Our analysis (and not an official forecast) has Meta taking between 22.5% and 27.5% of TikTok's US ad revenues were it to be banned from the country. The high figure assumes the vast majority of TikTok’s US ad revenues would be reallocated, while the low figure assumes a reallocation rate of roughly 75%.
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| Mar 13, 2024
Of course, you have to spend money on the vehicle to deduct it, and the cost is far higher than the deduction. As Axios puts it, TikTok may be less worrisome for propaganda pushed by the Chinese government than for the misleading and harmful content that US citizens post in exchange for likes and shares—whether it’s an air fryer Velveeta recipe or tax counseling.
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| Mar 18, 2024
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| Apr 8, 2025
Creators are stepping into the “real world” too, as advertising platform Adomni partnered with influencer marketing firm Influential to have videos appear on new mediums such as digital billboards and shopping mall screens. What would it take to translate TikTok to OOH?
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| Oct 18, 2023
As social media network user growth wanes across key platforms and advertisers navigate the complexities of measurement post AppTrackingTransparency (ATT), social media platforms have increased ad loads to boost revenue. Pinterest’s ad load increased by 30% in Q2 of this year, while Meta's ad inventory grew by 34%.
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| Sep 29, 2023
Instagram will see $40.21 billion in worldwide ad revenues this year, according to our forecast. The platform has the opportunity to boost that figure while eating into Twitter’s projected $2.98 billion worldwide ad revenues. Instagram has beaten Twitter in worldwide ad revenues since 2017.
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| Jul 11, 2023
In today’s episode of The Banking & Payments Show podcast we talk about how financial services companies partner with creators on social media to reach younger audiences. In the ‘Headlines’ segment we examine the partnerships between banks and influencers by discussing the ĢAV article, “How to make finfluencer partnerships work with a smaller marketing budget.” And in the ‘Story by Numbers’ segment, we shift the conversation to how many financial influencers there are on social media and the steps a bank needs to take to find the right finfluencer to partner with. Join the discussion with host, Rob Rubin, content creator and finfluencer, Taylor Mitchell, and analyst, Lauren Ashcraft.
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| Nov 12, 2024
Digital grocery adoption soared during the pandemic when consumers were spending more time at home and avoiding shopping in stores. Since then, many have continued to use these platforms for their easy ordering and fulfillment options. Alcohol is inherently different from core food and beverage products. For most consumers, alcohol isn’t viewed as a necessity.
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| Jun 9, 2023
Retailers can align affiliate spending with actual sales, which minimizes the risk of overcommitting resources. Partnerships offer retailers extended reach, cost-effective marketing, enhanced credibility, diverse audience targeting, scalability, data-driven insights, and risk mitigation.
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| Oct 20, 2023