Influencer Marketing
FTC Cracks Down on Misleading Influencer Marketing
Transparency is essential in marketing efforts – not only to keep the trust of your customers, but also to avoid getting into trouble with the government. Influencer marketing is based on partnering with content creators who appeal to your brand’s audience, and authenticity is key to a campaign’s success. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission…
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It’s Time to Invest in Influencer Marketing on Instagram
2015 was an exciting year for brands on Instagram. The social network was growing continuously in popularity, yet it still offered fresh new opportunities for brands to engage with their followers. It’s already clear that 2016 is off to a different start. Instagram has 400 million active users and 80 million photos posted each day, and it’s becoming…
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4 Social Trends for 2016
Happy 2016, everyone! We’re thrilled to kick off a new year with a clean slate and fresh opportunities. While you’re mapping out your marketing strategies and goals for the next 12 months, here are a few social trends you should keep in mind to get the most out of your efforts. It’s all about video…
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How to Do Influencer Marketing the Right Way
Influencer marketing – teaming up with leading bloggers and social media personalities in your space – is the most effective way to connect your brand’s message with a receptive audience. It has the power to expand your reach exponentially and take your marketing goals to the next level – but only if you invest…
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The Successes & Challenges of Influencer Marketing
In the days before social media and blogs (in other words, the not-so-distant past), only the big brands with the even bigger budgets could afford to pay influencers to promote their products and services. This usually meant signing an actor or an athlete or a musician as a brand ambassador to wear your clothing line,…
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Goodbye, Online Ads; Hello, Influencer Marketing
It’s a dirty little secret that no one in marketing wants to admit: we all hate traditional digital ads. Think about it. When was the last time you were killing a few minutes online and a banner ad intrigued you so much that you thought, “Wow! This is fantastic. I can’t wait to click through…
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Influencers + Professional Videographers= Awesome!
As marketers we all know that video is a very important part of our content strategy and we are gearing up for it to become even more important in 2016. According to Cisco VNI, consumer internet video traffic will go from 64% in 2014 to surpass 80% by 2019. Marketers are responding by shifting television…
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MtoM’s Celebrity & Athlete Influencer Marketing
Authenticity is at the core of the marketing we do at MtoM. We partner with brands we believe in, ranging from family and lifestyle to millennial and fashion companies. And we use targeted influencer marketing to amplify their message in an authentic way that really speaks to their audience. Why Influencer Marketing? There’s so much information available online…
Read MoreMore Streaming Video! Facebook Launches Live for Verified Celebrities
Yesterday Facebook launched their own live streaming video service, “Live,” as part of their Mentions app which is only available to verified celebrity accounts. The service places Facebook in competition with Twitter’s Periscope and Meerkat which both launched earlier this year. We are excited for the possibilities of utilizing this feature with verified influencers in our campaigns.…
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Behind Successful Online Video Advertising
With over 100 hours of video uploads on YouTube every 60 seconds, more than 4.75 billion pieces of content on Facebook every 24 hours, and 500 million new tweets per day, marketing on social media can seem daunting. But, social media is an awesome leveler: any company can shine, regardless of brand awareness or marketing…
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