Billion Dollar Boy, a global influencer marketing agency, is announcing the launch of StoryTracker, an industry first AI-powered Instagram Story tracking tool. This unique piece of software allows influencers and influencer marketing professionals to locate, categorise, save, download and analyse Instagram Stories before they disappear. With Instagram recently releasing figures showing that Stories now has […]
Influencer marketing company Buzzoole released the results of research on the use of #ad and #sponsored on Instagram in the first half of 2018. The influencer marketing brandtech company was able to measure the growth of Influencer Marketing campaigns run across social media and found that overall, Instagram posts tagged with the hashtags #ad and #sponsored […]
A new report by influencer marketing platform, ZINE, calculates that brands are squandering $2.02 billion annually by paying top flight celebrities to promote their products with limited results. Influencer marketing is currently valued at $5billion globally with 54 per cent being spent on A-list celebrities. However, the new study found that only 25 per cent […]
“Compete to unleash summer” is the tagline for Malibu’s summer tournament, Malibu Games; a three-day-long, non-stop fun-fest to kickstart the summer season – including a bold retake on some of our most beloved summer games. It’s Malibu’s belief that summer is when we feel most free and happy. And this year Malibu, the world’s number one […]
A coalition of pioneering influencer marketing agencies, architects of the influencer marketing industry, announced the formation of the Influencer Marketing Association (IMA), designed to represent brands, agencies, networks and influencers. The national trade association will act as the voice of the industry, providing counsel around influencer marketing trends, measurement standards, transparency guidelines, and best practices for marketers […]
Global entertainment agency PMK•BNC has appointed Naomi Ticehurst as head of influencer marketing in the UK. Ticehurst will be responsible for the strategic influencer framework for the agency’s UK, European and global clients such as American Express, Unilever and Diageo. She will drive thought leadership across the business and cultivate influencer relationships and access for […]
The results from a recent survey published by field marketing agency Gekko entitled Shopper Influencers reveals that the bricks and mortar retail environment continues to play a significant role in influencing shoppers purchasing decisions across both general and high value goods. The survey by OnePoll was conducted among 2000 UK consumers between 18 and 55+. Even among […]
Nearly three quarters of the public incorrectly believe there are no rules or regulations surrounding influencer marketing and almost half think it is damaging for society, according to a new survey. A survey of 2,000 people across the UK on behalf of the prize promotions agency Prizeology looked at influencer marketing on social media platforms […]
Decision makers make up their minds about business-to-business purchases far earlier than expected, according to a new study from B2B Marketing, in conjunction with the leading full-service, global creative B2B powerhouse gyro. The report entitled, “Group. Mind. Set. How Group Dynamics Impact B2B Decisions,” set out to find the truths about today’s group dynamics among […]
Leading PR and content agency, The Lucre Group, has today announced its latest account win for its Travel and Leisure division; the luxury holiday brand, Beyond Escapes. Beyond Escapes is a brand-new holiday company due to launch in January 2018 here in the UK. The company’s philosophy is to create the perfect escape that is […]
