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As we head for 2024, TikTok remains at the forefront of viral content, shaping cultures and setting standards.

From its inception as a lip-synch video app to its current status as a global powerhouse platform for creators of all kinds, it has consistently redefined the boundaries of social media engagement.

In this article, we’ll dive deep into the top 12 TikTok trends of 2023, offering insights and actionable tips to master the ever-evolving world of TikTok.

Whether you’re a seasoned TikToker or just stepping into this dynamic realm, understanding these TikTok trends is your ticket to staying ahead of the curve.

What is TikTok

TikTok is an app that launched in 2017 and has quickly gone viral. 

The platform was intended to be a creation app for lip-synch videos, but with the easy-to-use video editing software that comes with the app, TikTok has quickly evolved and is used by foodies, comedians, fitness gurus, bloggers, and more.

TikTok really originated from two apps. TikTok’s Western audience mostly originated from Music.ly, while the Eastern audience had the app originally. In China, TikTok is run on a separate app called Douyin.

What Can You Do on TikTok

Like most social media, TikTok prides itself on allowing users to interact in a variety of ways.

Videos and Music

The central aspect of the TikTok experience is through videos. Users can upload their own videos or create a video with in-app editing software. 

TikTok also collaborates with and integrates Apple Music into the app. Users have the ability to use the music in their own videos and to discover music through other user’s videos.

Engagement

On TikTok users engage with each other through liking and commenting on videos. These videos can also be shared and discovered by hashtags.

Creating engaging materials is key! Your viewers should be dying to check out your profile and watch your latest creations.

In-App Purchases

TikTok features the ability to purchase “coins,” which can be used in exchange for virtual gifts. Users can then send these gifts to other TikTok Users and the coins are converted into diamonds. Once a user has enough diamonds, they can make a monetary withdrawal.

Profiles and Live Streaming

Like other social platforms, users have the ability to create a profile to showcase their created content. Users can follow each other to be notified when a new video is posted. Additionally, users can livestream on on TikTok.

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TikTok Demographics

Knowing the demographics of TikTok is incredibly useful for brands and influencers alike. 

  1. 41% of users are between the ages of 16 and 24 – Generation Z seems to love TikTok
  2. TikTok users in China and India are among the most active
  3. About 60% of TikTok users are female

TikTok Stats

We’ve gathered some TikTok stats that will show you the potential value of marketing on TikTok.

  1. In 2018 TikTok was the most downloaded app in the Apple Store
  2. In 2018 TikTok was the 6th most-downloaded app in the world
  3. TikTok is available in 154 countries
  4. TikTok is available in 75 languages
  5. 500 million active TikTok users worldwide
  6. 800 million people have installed TikTok
  7. 42% of TikTok revenue comes from the United States
  8. Average of 29% engagement rate (compare this to an average engagement of 2-5% on Instagram)

Trend #1: Memes

You’ve probably heard of a VSCO girl, someone characterized by Birkenstock sandals and too many scrunchies on her water bottle. Memes like this are going to be taking off and going viral, just as fast as they’re disappearing.

If you see something that you think is funny and still politically appropriate, it’s worth making a video because you might just be the next viral thing!

Trend 2: Episodic Content/Short Form Series

Episodic content in which creators make their videos into a series following the same subject boomed in 2020 and continues in 2023. 

Because TikTok videos can only be 60 seconds, creators don’t have much time to connect with their audience or create a more in-depth video.

This makes TikTok the perfect platform for shorter videos that all fit within the same series, a mini-series if you will.

Knowing how to tell a story in less than 60 seconds and leave the viewer with a cliffhanger makes for a great TIkTok creator.

This became more prevalent as the platform allowed longer videos, increasing the limit from 60 seconds to 3 minutes in mid-2021.

Trend 3: Branded Hashtag Challenges

Brands have had great success going viral by creating hashtag challenges, and this is only going to continue in 2021. 

Take Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show for example.

The #TumbleWeedChallenge is where people roll on the ground like a tumbleweed while music from old westerns plays in the background.

The challenge quickly went viral, and if Jimmy Fallon wasn’t already known by GenZ, he is now.

Brands and influencers can create their own challenge by posting a video with a unique and memorable hashtag.

Tagging other brands, influencers, and users is a great way to get the tumbleweed rolling.

Trend 4: Branded Stickers

Similar to Snapchat, TikTok offers branded stickers. Brands can pay to have a sticker or filter with their information on it.

For example, the NFL created a sticker for the Superbowl which helped promote the event. 

Stickers are a great way to get people thinking about your brand without having to create a viral-worthy challenge.

Trend 5: Behind the Scenes

People love to know the faces behind big brands! Giving viewers an insight into what a typical day at the office looks like or even a day in the life of the social media coordinator for the brand is going to be even bigger in 2021.

We’re already seeing this type of content perform well on other social platforms like Instagram. Major brands are taking to Instagram stories to get real with their audience.

Trends seem to show that less edited photos and longer, more relatable captions are going to do better this year. 

The same can be said for TikTok. Get real with your audience and you’re likely to see a huge boom in following.

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Trend 6: Music and Dance Challenges

These are a mainstay of TikTok, but the specific songs and dance moves change regularly.

Hits like “WAP” by Cardi B, “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, and “Renegade” were notable in 2020 and 2021. Newer songs kept emerging as dance challenge favorites.

Trend 7: Dalgona Coffee and Food Trends

The Dalgona coffee trend from 2020 paved the way for other food and drink challenges in 2021.

Viral recipes like baked feta pasta and nature’s cereal were quite popular.

Now we’re seeing all sorts of foods being highlighted by creators with recipes being a new hit.

Trend 8: Cottagecore and Aesthetic Shifts

The “cottagecore” aesthetic, which romanticizes rural life and nature, was big in 2020 and 2021.

As with all aesthetic trends, new ones continuously emerge, like dark academia, fairycore, and goblincore.

Trend 9: Niche Interests and Communities

Communities around specific hobbies, professions, and interests, like “BookTok” (book lovers) or “WitchTok” (modern witches and spiritual practitioners), grew in prominence.

Trend 10: Mental Health Awareness

More creators started discussing their mental health journeys, therapies, and self-care routines, normalizing the conversation around these topics.

The pandemic is responsible for this trend – which has a positive upside.

Trend 11: Fashion Revivals

As with most fashion trends, older styles came back into vogue. Y2K aesthetics and styles from the 2000s made a significant comeback in 2021 and continue into 2023.

Trend 12: Edutok

Educational content across various fields, from science and history to finance and career advice, found a large audience on the platform.

Many B2B content creators are experimenting on TikTok with good results. Expect to see this trend grow into 2024.

If you are a B2B company, this is a good time to start experimenting with creators here.

Creating a Content Strategy for TikTok

In order to succeed, go viral, or simply create brand recognition through TikTok, you need to have a content strategy. 

We’ve put together a few ideas to help you get started.

Consider TikTok Its Own Entity

The same material that you create for your Instagram stories won’t do as well when transferred directly to TikTok. With only 60 seconds to be as creative and eye-catching as possible, your marketing team really needs to dedicate time to creating unique TikTok content. 

TikTok is especially unique because it’s truly been grown by Gen Z. The majority of the people who use TikTok today wouldn’t even consider getting a Facebook account so your team would be smart to work with someone who represents this demographic.

While material made for Facebook certainly won’t work on TikTok, you can always share your TikTok videos with other platforms. TikTok has conveniently created easy ways of sharing.

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Remember Who Your Audience Is

Tour audience on TikTok is probably going to be vastly different from your audience on Facebook and Instagram. If you want your content to perform well on TikTok you need to know the trends.

But simply knowing the trends isn’t enough. 

You need to engage in them! Your CEO should be rolling on the floor to Western music like a tumbleweed with the best of them.

Creating this personal connection through shared experiences is what social media trends of 2023 seem to be all about.

Use the Materials Provided

Part of the charm of TikTok is the in-app editing features.

Most of TikTok’s users aren’t familiar with Adobe Premier and don’t have professional-level footage to work with.

While professionally created videos might do well, you’ll be able to connect better with your audience by using the same tools that they have at their disposal.

Another option is to start experimenting with the growing list of AI apps on the market.

Get Started Today

TikTok evidently has even more potential for 2021 and knowing the upcoming trends can help you master your content strategy.

Keep reading to learn the key to understanding social media psychology or get in touch to contact us so we can have a conversation and see where you want to take your marketing next year.

Got a question? Pop it into the comments below.

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Working with influencers can give your brand a more trusted and credible image. People with a desire to look and feel good will often seek out top brands and personalities for inspiration.

In the social media sphere, a number of health and fitness influencers have amassed massive followings. Since health is such a diverse genre, these influencers cover a huge range of topics. These include mindfulness and meditation, Paleo and Ketogenic diets, plus a growing interest in foods that promote wellness.

Boiling down the top 10 health influencers of 2019 was no easy task. We started with a list of over 100 health influencers (make sure you check out our top list of influencer tools) with a presence on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.

We also looked at the number of times each influencer was mentioned on Google news. In addition, we factored in their brand partnerships, their own branded products, and the overall quality of their health and fitness ethos.

This list excludes spiritual figures and healthcare executives. Even though they are just as influential, this list focuses on influencers who spread their messages primarily through social media.

Michelle Lewin

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Michelle Lewin did not have the easiest life growing up with her mother and siblings in Venezuela.

However, instead of letting their situation bring her down, she used it to push her boundaries and thrive in the world of fitness, bodybuilding, and overall physical health care.

She first found her love for working out and taking care of her body as a teenager when her mother brought her to their local exercise center. This was further strengthened when she met Swedish bodybuilder Jimmy Lewin who she eventually married in 2010.

At an early age, she was already traveling the world to pursue a modeling career for various agencies, brands, and platforms, and even to participate in amateur bodybuilding competitions.

When she moved with her husband to the US in 2012, she also began joining several National Physique Competitions and International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness competitions which she won multiple times within a few year’s time.

As she was thriving in the bodybuilding and fitness scene, she was also actively documenting her journey on her social media accounts which made more people notice her. Her growing following of more than 13 million on Instagram, almost 9 million likes on Facebook, over 461,000 followers on Twitter, and over 382,000 subscribers on YouTube just shows how much people look up to her.

On top of her rapid success, it is her modest and never-give-up attitude that really endeared her to her fans and allowed her to snag a spot on our list.
“The most important thing is to keep a constant, be disciplined, find the way to reach the better version of yourself,” she said in this video. “You need to set the excuses aside and find some time for yourself.”

Product endorsements:

Fitplan and Mealplan: She has worked with several brands throughout her career, but according to an interview with Forbes, her main focus at the moment are her own brands, specifically Fitplan, which is a personal training app, and Mealplan, which is a meal plan and recipes app

Joe Wicks

Technology has given people more effective ways to get healthy and fit—Joe Wicks was one of the few who delivers without cutting any corners.

He started out his social media journey on Twitter where he showed his followers how they can get a healthy body on his posts called “Lean in 15”. On his posts, he shares easy-to-do recipes you can recreate in 15 minutes, helping you achieve a healthier lifestyle. His posts also include short high-intensity interval training sets you can do anywhere with minimal equipment involved.

He eventually gained a large following across his social media platforms with over 2.7 million followers on Instagram, 3.1 million likes on Facebook, 309,000 followers on Twitter, and 729,000 subscribers on YouTube. He is now widely known as The Body Coach.

In 2015, his “Lean in 15” social media videos became a fully published cookbook entitled “Lean in 15: 15-minute meals”, which sold over 900,000 copies. The following year, he became a TV presenter with his very own show “The Body Coach” on British outlet Channel 4, where he helps people achieve their best self through his programs.

What made him stand out the most, though, is how inclusive his recipes and workouts are and how he practices what he preaches. He shows his followers how effective his recipes are by doing it himself and joining them in their journey towards a healthier and fitter lifestyle.

He designed his program so that even the busiest people can incorporate it into their lives without sacrificing its quality. And, this is why he is part of our list.

Product endorsements:

Joe Wicks’ 90 Day Plan: Although he has worked with several brands throughout his career, Joe has decided to focus more on his own brand. He manages the 90 Day Plan, which includes over 90 brand new easy-to-follow recipes and workouts as well as his very own kitchenware line that includes cookware, ovenware, and even storage materials.

Kayla Itsines

Any list of health influencers would not be complete without Kayla Itsines, the founder of the SWEAT app and the acclaimed Bikini Body Guide (BBG).
Before she reached her current level of success, she has already dedicated her life to health and fitness.

At 18 years old, she was already a qualified personal trainer in Adelaide, Australia. She would train women of all ages and post their before-and-after transformation photos on her social media accounts, which eventually gained popularity and earned her more clients.

As her following grew, her partner and fellow personal trainer Tobias Pearce helped her devise a workout plan that can easily be done by her clients with minimal equipment wherever they may be in the world. In 2014, that easy-to-recreate program became the foundation of her best-selling Bikini Body Guide.fitness influencers instagram

With more than 11 million followers on Instagram, 26 million likes on Facebook, 416,000 followers on Twitter, and 311,000 subscribers on YouTube, she has earned a spot as one of the most influential personalities when it comes to health and fitness, but she still remains to be humble and focused.

In an interview with Hello, she credited her followers and the women she trains as her source of inspiration. “The fact that I’m showcasing the success of other women. Rather than showcasing what I do, it’s more like, look at this girl, look at what she’s done” she said.

Product endorsements:

SWEAT and Bikini Body Guide (BBG): Itsines has been constantly improving her own brand ever since she started to gain a significant following on social media, and this can be seen in the success of her SWEAT app, a fitness guide with 28-minute workouts, Bikini Body Guide, a 12-week workout program, as well as her very own meal plan.

Massy Arias

Massy Arias did not live the healthiest lifestyle growing up in the Dominican Republic. In fact, she just found her love for exercising and living a healthier lifestyle after going through a bout of depression.

“I fell into a deep depression when my brothers both developed cancer. I was basically living in the hospital and in an awful relationship where I lost sight of my worth,” she said in an interview with Elle.

Her situation got worse after her brothers fell ill. She was rapidly losing weight, hair, and self-confidence during those trying moments of her life. So, one day, she decided to take things into her own hands and turned to workouts to find herself again.

She documented her journey on her social media accounts, and eventually, it garnered her more than 2.6 million followers on Instagram, 318,000 likes on Facebook, 80,000 followers on Twitter, and 58,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Through her fitness journey, she was able to rediscover herself and claim back her life. As people started seeing her progress, they asked her to train them herself.

Today, Arias continues to help people all over the world by training them and posting about effective workout routines, supplements, and meal plans. At 29 years old, she has shown the world that you can definitely bounce back with the help of the right lifestyle and determination.

Product endorsements:

Massy Arias, MankoFit, Tru Supplements: Massy Arias has been crafting her brand since she began in the health and fitness scene. She has seen great success in the workout plans, meal plans, and vegan and organic supplements that she has been endorsing.

She is also an active endorser of Covergirl and Fabletics.

Dwayne (the Rock) Johnson

He started out as a college football player and then became a star in the World Wrestling Federation as ‘The Rock’. After retiring from the ring, Dwayne Johnson became a blockbuster movie star in such films as Jumanji, The Scorpion King, and the Fast and the Furious 6.

He has over 100 million Instagram followers, but a lot of those follows are because of his film or wrestling work. He also uses his Instagram channel to showcase his hardcore workout routines. However, what really gets him on this list is a single post made while on the set of his HBO show Ballers. In the post, he opened up a dialogue on mental health by recounting a story of his mother’s attempted suicide.

The post got over 1.5 million likes and 100,000 comments. More importantly, it helped to remove the stigma about mental health discussions. “Struggle and pain are real,” he wrote in the post. “We’ve all been there on some level or another.”

Although a large portion of his social media content is devoted to promoting his movies, his workouts are a key ingredient as well.

Thus, he makes our list. Not for his entertainment fame, but rather for using his platform to encourage mental health dialogue and awareness. Given that fitness requires passion and motivation, his influence adds depth to the discussion, and also inspiration in the results.

Product endorsements:

Under Armour: This is one of the best celebrity-brand partnerships in the retail sector. Johnson’s own Project Rock product line features shoes, shorts, tights, and t-shirts. Recent additions include headphones, earbuds, and workout bags.

Adriene Mishler

Adriene Mishler is a multi-talented woman. She is an actress who appeared in films, such as Detective Calzone, Austin High, and Everybody Wants Some! However, when she is not on set, she is making free yoga videos that are easy to follow. These videos cater to everything you want and need, from losing weight to finding your inner zen.

“Find what feels good,” is the message Mishler spreads since she started helping people understand the practice of yoga beyond stretching and flexibility.

She has led millions of people across the world to fitness through her channel “Yoga with Adriene”, which has earned her more than 554,000 Instagram followers, 523,000 Facebook likes, 81,700 Twitter followers, and more than 5.3 million YouTube subscribers.

She creates videos of simple yoga flows that her subscribers can easily follow at the gym or at their own homes.

Product endorsements:

Yoga with Adriene: This is the brand she started with and has cultivated through the years. Under her brand, she runs “Find What Feels Good,” a yoga video subscription service, and sells clothes and accessories perfect for yoga.

Deepak Chopra

Long before health and fitness advocates started taking over social media, Deepak Chopra has already made a name for himself.
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With a background in medicine, he started as a licensed physician when he first moved to the US and even became the chief of staff at the New England Memorial Hospital in the 1980s. However, during his time there, he became involved in the Transcendental Meditation movement, which changed the way he viewed human healing.

He then established the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center and wrote several books about alternative medicine and healing, which gained nationwide popularity. During the 1990s, Oprah Winfrey interviewed him due to his innovative ways and beliefs, and this propelled his career more.

Today, Chopra is a public speaker, author, advocate of alternative medicine advocate, and “the O.G.(uru)” with a firm belief that the “perfect health” can be attained as aging is “fluid and changeable.”

Eventually, he became the executive director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine of Sharp HealthCare and the co-founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.

His musings, books, beliefs, and alternative ways of living has helped many people live a healthier life, making him one of the most influential people in the health and fitness industry today at the age of 72.

Product endorsements:

Deepak Chopra: His name and books are his own brand. Under it, he has multiple best-selling books, a resort and spa, a 21-day meditation experience app with Oprah, as well as videos and podcasts.

Simeon Panda

If you are into bodybuilding, then you have probably heard of Simeon Panda.

His love for weightlifting and bodybuilding started right in his own home. He began lifting when was just a skinny 16-year-old who wanted to improve how he looked. This further improved when he got to college and met a friend who inspired him to practice and lift more.health and wellness instagram influencers

“I was training in my living room and a friend of my brothers who had not seen me in a while came over and was shocked and said I was huge. That really motivated me to go at it even harder,” he said in an interview.

The bigger and fitter he got, the more motivated he was to improve his routine. This went on until he started joining bodybuilding competitions where he was eventually recognized as a pro in Musclemania.

As the years passed by, he was able to develop his own name, brand, and following which earned him 5.4 million followers on Instagram, 5.5 million likes on Facebook, 102,000 followers on Twitter, and 1.1 million subscribers on YouTube.

Product endorsements:
SP Athletics: Aside from his workout programs, Panda is also the CEO and founder of some of the top athletic wear brands today. These include Just Lift clothing and gym accessories, Vanquish Fitness clothing, as well as the products under the SP Athletics line. These lines also partner with other brands, such as TW Steel.

Emily Skye

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Before becoming the health and fitness powerhouse she is today, Emily Skye was deeply involved in the modeling industry.

However, the pressure of maintaining her the thin physique of models eventually took its toll on her, which cost her happiness and health.

“None of it made me happy, being skinny never made me happy, being as perfect as I could be never made me happy,” she said in an interview with Whimn Body and Soul.

Eventually, she decided that enough is enough. She took her life into her own hands and credited meeting her boyfriend and business partner, Declan Redmond, in helping her change her mind about health and fitness.

Since the changes, she’s put on 13 kilos while lifting heavy weights and doing some HIIT. She claims these changes have made her happier and healthier. What’s more, she no longer obsesses about her looks. Instead, her focus is on training for health and longevity.

Today, Skye has more than 2.6 million followers on Instagram, 10.5 million likes on Facebook, 113,000 followers on Twitter, and 74,000 subscribers on YouTube. And, she uses these platforms to help other women gain confidence in themselves through proper workout and nutrition.

She never forgets where she came from but, instead, she uses it to encourage other women who have gone through the same experience, making her a standout influencer.

Product endorsements:

Reebok: Aside from maintaining her own brand, Skye is also a brand ambassador for Reebok. They have worked together to create workout shoes and clothes to empower women to “be more human,” which is the brand’s philosophy.

Caleb Marshall

While other health and fitness influencers promote the lifestyle by going to the gym, lifting weights, or practicing yoga, Caleb Marshall promotes a healthier life through dancing.

Marshall first began posting fun dance videos in October 2014 on his YouTube channel “The Fitness Marshall”. He has been performing with his local show choir and for school events that it was only natural for him to gravitate towards dancing until his college days.

Although he was majoring in film production at the Indiana University, he still turned to dance as his main creative outlet. He eventually recorded his energetic and sweat-inducing choreographies which then gained traction online.

Today, he has more than 238,000 followers on Instagram, 955,000 likes on Facebook, 11,800 followers on Twitter, and more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube, who regularly watch his videos. In 2017, he even had the chance to tour the world and dance his heart out with his supporters.

However, over the past year, Marshall was faced with massive changes in his life that almost made him cease The Fitness Marshall. Thanks to his loyal “Booty Army” and their unending support, he did not drop it.

I had spent the last year trying to be something for everyone else that I forgot they fell in love with The Fitness Marshall because I WASN’T trying to be anything for anyone,” he said in a post. “I want to do a better job of representing as many people as I can.”

Product endorsements:

Imperfect Produce & Booty Army merchandise: As a fitness enthusiast, it is important that your nutrition is in line with how hard you work, which is why Marshall partnered with Imperfect Produce to promote organic food that lessens food waste at the same time.

Along with this, he also maintains and develops his own brand that promotes self-love and a healthier lifestyle.

Conclusion

As this list shows, each health influencer on this list has a few things in common. First, they (obviously) focus on a particular aspect of health. Second, they touch on broad, relatable topics that widen their appeal beyond their health niche. Third, they all endorse very carefully selected brands.

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The key takeaway is to recognize how to leverage your position on social media platforms. One option is to start your own influencer brand, build up a following and then use that platform to market your products.

A more effective method is obviously to partner with established influencers. Keep in mind that the influencers mentioned in this article are the best of the best.

Use these examples as references as you search for influencers that reach the audience you are targeting. There are literally thousands of budding influencers out there begging for resources to help them power their own brand.

Find them, reach out, and negotiate deals that fit with your budget. The sky’s the limit.

And if you ever need help in finding the right influencer for your campaign, contact me!

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This post is the ultimate list of influencer marketing companies, agencies, platforms, software, and tools.

So if you are looking for a free influencer marketing platform, an influencer talent agency or an Instagram influencer search tool you’re in the right place.

Influencer marketing is one of the fastest-growing segments in the marketing field today.

Influencers are people who blog, podcast, video blog and have large social media followings on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest and others.  Their content is considered interesting, accurate and relatable.

People like it.

The result is that social media has changed how relationships are formed and how people assess products and buy them. This is because the internet “reduces” the distance between users and allows people to communicate with each other from all over the world.

This direct communication means that advertising no longer reaches audiences as effectively as it once did.

When companies want to promote their products, working with influencers is the way to go. Influencers can mediate between the customer and the brand in a way that advertising cannot. Their bridging of that divide creates a brand connection with the consumer.

Here’s some statistics to prove the point:

The reason is the relationship begins with the consumer’s trust in the influencer and companies working with that influencer benefit from that trust.

To help you find resources to help you, we’ve broken our list down into sections to find the information you want quickly.

Click on the section you want to go to:

  1. Influencer Marketing Agencies and Consultants
  2. Influencer Marketing Platforms
  3. Influencer Marketing Tools (software)
  4. Influencer Marketing Companies

Here’s the list:

 

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1: Influencer Marketing Agencies and Consultants

If you need a full-service, comprehensive influencer marketing agency to partner with, I’ve got just the list for you.

They can help you with designing your objective, KPIs, developing a strategy for executing it for you.

This list of agencies includes top companies from all across the Web – and they’re sure to have the talent, knowledge, and connections you need for a successful influencer marketing strategy.

360i

360i is a comprehensive digital marketing company with offices all around the world, including Atlanta, NYC, Chicago, Toronto, and London. They specialize in all things digital and have partnered with multiple Fortune 500 companies such as Coca-Cola, Nabisco, and Nestle for influencer marketing campaigns.

1000 Heads

1000 Heads is a Word of Mouth (WOM) agency with social expertise at their core. They want brands to talk to people, and to be talked about by people. They recognize the importance of “social” in social media and create social content strategies for all of their clients in The United States, United Kingdom, Dubai, Australia, and Germany.

Acorn Influence

Acorn Influence is a digital agency focused exclusively on influencer marketing. Located in Bentonville, AR, they focus on providing maximum ROI on all of their influencer marketing efforts. By using smart algorithms, comprehensive client-focused strategy meetings, and smart data analysis, Acorn Influence can pinpoint the perfect influencer market for your company.

Animas Media

Animas Media is the outdoor industry’s influencer marketing and social content creation company focused on fostering communities, building brands, and driving sales. Animas Media is more than just another do-it-yourself software tool. Their influencer marketing campaigns are always custom built — never off-the-shelf. This managed approach brings expertise to every step of the development process, resulting in influencer programs as unique and individual as your brand. Animas Media’s hand-picked roster of top content creators and social media influencers are trusted, engaged, and authentic. You’ll collaborate with influencers and micro-influencers that are proven, easy to work with, and invested in your success.

Blerrp

Blerrp is a full-service social media agency with the largest exclusive influencer network (worldwide). They create compelling content that influencers share in the most organic way possible. Through their creative vision and influencers, they are able to deliver your brand’s message across all of the popular social media platforms. They also offer full tracking and analytics.

Boost Insider

Boost Insider is a global digital agency, focused on full-stack influencer marketing solutions – particularly in the online video gaming community. Boost Insider has a network of over 80,000 influencers, ranging from celebrities to top online influencers and micro-influencers. Their primary focus is on driving traffic to your website and increasing sales and conversion rates through smart endorsements and focused partnerships with specific influencers.

Brains on Fire

Brains on Fire is a word of mouth / social media agency that typically works with nonprofits, associations, foundations and socially conscious for-profits and startups who view people as more than a transaction and their business as a catalyst for positive social good. They help their clients succeed through a mix of participative insight, insanely clear strategy, emotional storytelling, soulful identity development and authentic community building.

Clever

Clever is one of the pioneers of influencer marketing. Reach your audiences across all social media platforms. Depend on guaranteed results and award-winning service.

Collectively

Collectively combines a traditional, agency-style business model with advanced proprietary software designed to connect brands with the most innovative, creative voices on social media (influencers). They’ve partnered with top brands like Sephora, GMC, HP, and many more, and have built a large community of influencer partners who are ready to engage with the right brands.

Come Round

Come Round is a full-service influencer marketing agency (since 2009) with its own proprietary platform focusing on combining the entire spectrum of influence including everyday influencers, existing brand advocates, micro-influencers and high-reach content creators. The focus lies on building long-term brand advocacy for clients where relationships and bespoke experiences are at the heart of things. Through in-home campaigns, influencers and consumers are prompted to become brand advocates. The Come Round platform is built on Nielsen research stating that recommendations from friends & family are the most trusted form of advertising. All campaigns are tailored to the needs of each individual client.

Confluencr

Confluencr is an agency in Mumbai with an influencer network in 16 countries including India. They scale businesses using Youtube and Instagram video campaigns that influence brand preference and conversions. They offer technical support, brand collaboration, and content strategy support. Through their creative support will help you rank and improve the aesthetics of your channel. The Confluencr team helps influencers get deals with brands. They can act as your spokesperson to the brand and secure content that will help you grow. With the right keywords the trending topics they will make sure your channel thrives better than ever.

DInfluencer

DInfluencer (Digital Influencer) is based in India and is an influencer marketing agency designed to get people talking about your brand. They work to connect brands with the right kind of influencers. This starts with identifying your key influencers to generating engagement and measuring success. They do it all.

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Engagement Labs

Engagement Labs is an innovative, industry-leading data and analytics firm that focuses on the social ecosystem and its impact on business. Their TotalSocial® platform is the only platform that combines online and offline data with predictive analytics. Their team consists of awarding-winning industry experts with deep knowledge and experience in social media (online) and word of mouth (offline) marketing. Their clients are a diverse group of Fortune 500 brands and companies.

Evolve!

Evolve! is a social marketing and influencer engagement agency that blends influential people and the media with social campaigns to create high awareness and leads for their customers.  Evolve! uses Raynforest, the first influencer marketplace, great content, and proven growth methodologies to deliver strategic programs that give clients winning and measurable results.

Fizz

Fizz is a word of mouth marketing (WOMM) agency based in Atlanta, Georgia. They identify the customers and potential customers most likely to talk about your brand (they call these people “Influencers”) and then use creative tactics to encourage communications between Influencers and members of their social network. Bring all of this together and you have “Word of Mouth Marketing,” the most effective technique available for growing your brand and increasing your sales. WOMM includes tactics such as evangelist, viral, grassroots and seeding, to name a few. Although these may seem like buzzwords, each is a distinct tactic that has its proper time and place. They are often used together to create great stories about your brand that people will want to share with one another over an extended period of time.

Fuse Marketing

Fuse Marketing is a full-service digital ad agency focused on the younger generation, including Generation Z and millennials. For over 20 years, they have delivered content campaigns, consumer insights, social media campaigns, and smart influencer partnerships that help grow brands in the extreme sports and lifestyle market segment. Previous partners include Mountain Dew, HTC, UFC, Starbucks, and more.

The Goat

The Goat is a neutral influencer agency that uses data through their unique CRM system and campaign experience to ensure they are always using the most effective influencers in order to hit your KPI’s. They’re CRM is unique because they’ve built it by tracking thousands of influencer posts over the past 4 years. As the largest neutral influencer agency in Europe, they have built great relationships with influencers across the world. This allows The Goat to get influencers to work on minutes notice, pre-contract, because they have built trust through the market. This flexibility is crucial to success.

Hypetap

Hypetap is an influencer agency with its own platform. The Hypetap process works like this: You create a project brief outlining your goals, find influencers you want to work with, negotiate with them on rates and digital rights, manage your relationships and measure your campaign results.

IMA

IMA is a full-service digital agency focused exclusively on influencer marketing. From influencer contact, acquisition, development, and partnership, IMA can help you through the entire process of designing a smart influencer marketing strategy. Their team includes strategists, digital content creators, creatives, and social media experts who partner with you and key influencers to deliver top-notch content and maximize engagement.

INF

INF Influencer Agency is in partnership with The Feldman Agency, one of North America’s premier music management groups with over 40 years in the entertainment business, artist representation, talent management & booking, event services and corporate consulting. INF represents a curated roster of top online personalities and social media influencers, spanning areas of fashion, beauty, food, home, tech, lifestyle, and travel.

Influence Central

Influence Central is an agency that puts a premium on building relationships with influencers.  They help you to elevate consumer awareness, increase brand affinity and address brand detractors. They create measurable programs that drive lift through authentic first-person recommendations. Establishing and activating passionate and influential brand advocates is at the core of what they do. Their vetted community of thousands of online influencers is comprised of expert storytellers and tastemakers across a variety of topic areas. Whether online or for in-person events, their influencers have the reach and authority to inspire their followers to take action on behalf of your brand.

Ivy Worldwide

Ivy Worldwide is a full-service influencer-marketing focused consultancy first established in 2007. The firm provides a comprehensive goal-setting framework, strategic consulting, influencer identification and contact, and strategy execution services. They provide brands with a comprehensive influencer marketing solution.

Japanbuzz

Japanbuzz is a digital agency specializing in social media management, SEO, digital PR, TV spot placement, e-commerce analysis, and influencer marketing.  Their knowledge and connection with Japanese influencers allows you to find places to market across all major social media channels used in Japan.  Keep in mind that activities that work for your global campaign may not be relevant in Japan. Japanbuzz can also offer partnerships for agencies looking to improve their Japan footprint.

Lefty

Lefty is part influencer marketing platform and part creative agency. They work with brand and marketing agencies to engage with the five million influencers contained in their database. Lefty does all the heavy lifting for you including creating the brief to arranging the contractual agreements. They have worked with some major companies such as Uber, Airbnb, Hilton, and Absolut.

Mediakix

Mediakix is an influencer marketing agency focused on influencers using social media platforms like YouTube and Instagram, as well as newly-emerging social media channels. Their focus on innovation and growing social channels provides clients with fantastic ROI.

Open Influence

Open Influence is an award-winning creative and strategic influencer marketing agency. Using a top-down approach, our dedicated creative team designs influencer marketing strategies that result in cohesive brand experiences while celebrating individual creativity.

Outloud

Outloud is a full-service influencer marketing agency that creates & executes strategic campaigns that deliver real results. Over their 12+ years doing influencer marketing, they’ve helped launch campaigns for more than 250 popular consumer brands, facilitating over 22,000 sponsorships with more than 8,000 impactful creators.

PopShorts

PopShorts specializes in mobile-focused social influencer campaigns. They possess audience data on more than 50,000 influencers, so they choose who they work with deliberately.  They select the best channels and influencers for a campaign, based on client goals and available data.

Pulse Advertising

Pulse Advertising carefully designs and executes tailored campaigns to make sure they receive the attention they deserve by connecting them with their network of social media influencers and their followers, your target group.  Pulse Advertising services include brand awareness, brand re-positioning, market entry, product launch, and social strategy. Their focus is on fashion, beauty, fitness, travel, and lifestyle.

Reign Agency

Reign Agency is a multicultural influencer marketing agency that designs and executes custom influencer marketing strategies and campaigns made for multicultural audiences. Through the largest global network of multicultural influencers, brands are able to reach and engage target audiences. They have collaborated with Amazon, Alice+Olivia, New Look, CLUSE, and more.

Shane Barker

Shane Barker is an accomplished digital marketing consultant who specializes in influencer marketing campaigns. Shane has built an impressive list of accomplishments, from working with celebrities on digital reputation management to helping some of the largest brands in the world understand and leverage the power of social media influencers. As a regular contributor to publications like Inc.com, The Huffington Post, CMO, Social Media Examiner, Social Media Week, MarTech Advisor, and many others, he continues to grow, and share his knowledge in the influencer space.

Silkworm Social

Silkworm Social is an influencer talent agency and provides opportunities for brands and influencers to come together and generate authentic, engaging content that’s specially engineered for organic shares, increased traffic, and higher conversions. The results-oriented team at Silkworm Social is dedicated to serving both influencers and companies by creating brilliant partnerships that are beneficial to both parties.

Social Match

Social Match is an agency based in Germany that focuses on Instagram influencers.  Social Match works with you to develop an individualized campaign which means they help with research and matching the best influencers for your brand and your goals.  They take care of running the campaign for you.

Socialyte

Socialyte is a full-service agency and handles everything from strategy, content creation to execution.  Socialyte works closely with you to develop and manage a customized influencer marketing program. Campaigns are crafted to realize predicted reach and engagement goals, ensuring the success of each and every one of your influencer programs.

Socioar

Socioar is creative digital communications agency.  Socioar helps clients with everything from brand identity, website design and social media marketing to digital PR, reputation management, and influencer marketing.

StackInfluence

StackInfluence is a micro-influencer agency focusing on the Amazon marketplace — They’re first movers in the Amazon influencer marketing space. Their network of vetted micro-influencers, proprietary management software and cash-back rebate program help create curated digital content and drive high valued traffic to Amazon listings. For merchants, this increases rankings, sales and brand awareness while eliminating the hassle and risk of influencer transactions.

Stargazer

Stargazer brings a unique approach to influencer marketing for e-commerce businesses and mobile app companies.
Their clients are leaders in performance marketing like Poshmark, Mercari, Instacart, Reddit. Their automated solution searches and values influencers based on likely performance metrics, rather than brand awareness metrics. They persue an ROI-based model.

Sway Group

Sway Group is a full-service agency that combines traditional digital advertising methods with an emphasis on influencer marketing. They recruit, contract with, and communicate with influencers for you.  This allows you to streamline your marketing campaigns and reduce the time spent micromanaging individual influencers.

The Amplify

The Amplify is part of the You & Mr. Jones, the brand technology company. The Amplify uses influential social media creators to distribute content for clients to amplify their message. They are only interested in partnering with “A-List” brands.

The Cirqle

The Cirqle is an exclusive network of influencers with just 9,000 on its database. That might seem a small number in comparison to other platforms, but The Cirqle prides itself on highly creative and quality campaigns. It has worked with brands including Samsung, Belstaff, Oliver Sweeney, and Made.com.

The Influence Agency

The Influence Agency is a team of digital marketing professionals that specialize in custom digital advertising strategies for brands and influencers around the globe. For agencies, they offer an extensive list of influencers in all categories with identifiable brand affinity. This means connecting you with influencers that fit perfectly with a brand image – creating a more authentic campaign. For influencers, they provide unique business opportunities to leverage their following, in order to promote and endorse some of the biggest brands in the world, while getting paid to do it.

THE INFLUENCER MARKETING FACTORY

The Influencer Marketing Factory is a global influencer marketing agency that helps brands and companies get in front of Gen Z and Millennials, creating and managing influencer marketing campaigns on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

THE INFLUENCE MARKETER

The Influence Marketer, Tom Augenthaler, is an accomplished consultant in influencer marketing strategy and campaign design. With a distinguished record to back him up, Tom helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and marketing teams leverage the power of influencers to boost brand awareness and generate strategy-driven ROI. As a contributor to Social Media Examiner, Social Media Today and The Beauty Influencers he shares his thought leadership and knowledge.

The Mobile Media Lab

The Mobile Media Lab focuses on Instagram. The MML Network is made up of influential Instagrammers and talented photographers around the world who create and share stunning images for clients. The MML works with you every step of the way from campaign development through influencer activation to ensure your goals are met.

The Motherhood

The Motherhood is the mother of all influencer networks. They connect brands with key consumers through a network of smart, passionate influencers from millennials to lifestyle-focused to moms and beyond. The Motherhood specializes in connecting brands with the right influencers – women and men who feel a personal connection to the brand objectives and harness that connection to create authentic, impactful sponsored content. The Motherhood’s neighborhoods of influence play a key role in helping to drive engagement and increase sales, sparking deep loyalty among consumers, and our work with them generated more than 3 million online impressions every single day of the past year.  The core of their network is The Mometer: a proprietary database and project dashboard filled with insights on the top influencers in food, fashion, tech, DIY and beyond – all of them trusted bloggers they’ve gotten to know over the years.

The Story Teller Marketer

The Storyteller Marketer, founded by Jason Quey, helps e-commerce stores, small businesses, and startups spread their story faster, by combining the power of content and influencer marketing. They offer a six-week, money-back guarantee. If you don’t think they’re on track to deliver the results you desire, they’ll give you a full refund.

Trepoint

Trepoint focuses on influencer marketing, as well as SEO, SEM, and PR campaigns. By providing a comprehensive online marketing strategy that includes influencer marketing alongside traditional digital advertising techniques, Trepoint allows smaller brands to consolidate their advertising and marketing campaigns under one roof.

VaynerMedia

VaynerMedia is full-service digital agency built for the now. Led by Gary Vaynerchuk, VaynerMedia partners with clients to drive their business outcomes with best-in-class modern video production, media planning & distribution, influencer marketing, Google & Alexa voice services.

Viral Nation

Viral Nation is a talent agency representing top social media influencers on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook Twitter Snapchat & Musical.ly. They have the largest exclusive talent network in the industry and they specialize in creating content, for top brands, through their influencers in the most organic way possible.

Vizified

Vizified is a Pinterest focused influencer marketing agency.  Their process starts with doing a deep dive to understand your brand/company in detail. Vizified then works with Pinterest influencers to create attractive visuals of your product and then develops a storyline to accompany the visuals. The influencers then share this content with their followers — driving awareness and engagement for your brand.

Wellness Amplified

Wellness Amplified is the ONLY influencer marketing agency focused on the breadth of specialties in Health, Wellness + Nutrition. They have access to the largest community of credentialed health & wellness influencers with digital followings. They strategically partner brands with these experts – healthcare professionals, wellness practitioners, and healthy lifestyle advocates, offering marketers the ability to reach health-minded, wellness-aware consumers AT SCALE.

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2: Influencer Management Platforms

Looking to handle your campaigns with social media influencers in-house?

These influencer marketing platforms will help you connect with industry professionals, content marketers, publishers, content creators and influencers of all kinds.

They can also help you set up and manage campaigns and measure your ROI.

All in one place

Activate by Bloglovin’ Rebranded https://try.activate.social/
Activate by Bloglovin’ provides an easy method by which your company can connect with over 100,000 influencers across dozens of social channels. With this platform, companies can create custom content, amplify it, and measure the results of past campaigns to continually improve their reach. Companies using this service include H&M, Snackwell, PUMA, Aveda, BirchBox, and more. (Note: Bloglovin’ bought Sverve in February 2016).

Adly
Adly connects agencies and brands with influencers and celebrities with a focus on engagement, leads, and sales. This platform works with influencers across all popular social platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn and even Google Plus. Adly has worked with some of the world’s most famous brands including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Samsung, GE to name few.

Affable

Affable is an influencer marketing software providing solutions for enterprises, agencies, and D2C e-commerce. Their AI-driven platform allows you to plan and execute your influencer campaigns strategically – from finding you the best suitable influencers to measuring their impact. Affable tracks influencers across different social media channels like – Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook.

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Blogfoster
Blogfoster is based in Germany and bills itself as the leading platform for influencer and blog marketing. It says it has over 35,000 influencers on its database has worked with 400 brands creating over 15,000 collaborations. Blogfoster works primarily with bloggers, Instagrammers, and YouTubers and provides a platform that connects them with brands alongside robust reporting analytics.

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BrandBacker
BrandBacker is an online influencer content marketing platform. It connects you with who you want to get exposure with on blogs, vlogs and social networks to thousands of influencers looking for opportunities. BrandBacker helps clients like you reach millions of new customers and influencers while tracking every read, click, share, like, tweet, reblog & more.

Brandnew
Brandnew’s software allows you to discover content creators across all major social media channels. Track all data sources on one platform and discover the total impact of your creator (influencer) marketing. Social networks include Instagram, YouTube, Blogs, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook.

BrandSnob
Brandsnob is a multi-national influencer marketing platform with an intuitive, streamlined mobile application – you could think of it as a “Tinder for influencers.” Influencers can browse brand campaigns and apply for the sponsorships while brands can quickly and easily create campaigns right from their mobile phones. Currently, BrandSnob focuses on Instagram but has plans to expand across other social channels.

BuddyMarketing
Buddy Marketing, founded in 2016, is a growing nano-influencing and digital marketing platform that leverages the power of friend-to-friend marketing for brands and businesses. Equipped to provide everything from content marketing to social media engagement, Buddy Marketing is the only company in the world to focus specifically on nano-influencing and providing brands with organic, grassroots marketing potential through friendly recommendations. As a result, Buddy Marketing provides jobs for individuals around the world while delivering online marketing results to interested businesses.

Buzzoole
Buzzoole is a social media advertising platform that allows advertisers to identify social Influencers and brand advocates on any social media channel. Using the Buzzoole platform, you can engage influencers in a fully automated way by providing special offers or inviting them to exclusive events, thus stimulating the buzz around your products and services. Buzzoole helps influencers to optimize their online presence and engagement within their social network. It helps them become influential in subjects in which they have the expertise and teaches them how to become a potential brand ambassador.

Buzzweb Rebranded https://hypeauditor.com
Buzzweb is a marketplace connecting brands to social influencers across various verticals including sports, lifestyle, gaming, entertainment, fashion, beauty & more. Their niche is top-rated micro and medium bloggers with 5k to 400k followers. They work with brands, SMBs and agencies as well.

BzzAgent (bought by PowerReviews)
BzzAgent is an online platform that connects brands with over 1 million volunteer reviewers, bloggers, and individuals who spread brand awareness through Word-Of-Mouth (WOM) marketing. Individuals can sign up for the site and earn “MyPoints” rewards for honest reviews of products and services, while advertisers can benefit from organic reviews and product recommendations.

Collabary
Collabary by Zalando is an influencer marketing platform, which enables brands to streamline their entire influencer marketing campaign execution. Collabary covers the campaign creation, the discovery of influencers and the management of their participation above all social media channels. Currently, more than 3500 screened Influencers are on Collabary. About 100 Brands – mainly active in the lifestyle industry like fashion, food, and beauty – have run around 200 successful campaigns and created over 5000 authentic content pieces. YouTube was recently implemented as an additional channel to the campaign flow with audience data now accessible.

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CREATION Pinpoint
CREATION Pinpoint is an influencer marketing platform focusing on the healthcare marketing industry. It allows healthcare marketing and communications professionals to isolate and analyze social media conversations from over 500,000 healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, and physicians.

Crowdly
Crowdly is geared to large consumer brands and focused on cultivating brand advocates. Crowdly believes you have a huge locked asset of authentic customer advocates.  It claims it can help you unlock this base of consumers who organically love your brand, tell their friends about your brand, and have the influence to drive new customers and revenue for you. They don’t like the idea of using rentable “influencers” as they see it as ineffective and potentially damaging to your image.

Crowdtap
Crowdtap has been around since 2009 and partners with brands to offer member influencers opportunities to provide feedback, be creative, and get rewards & free sampling of products. For brands, Crowdtap connects you to a motivated community of people who power your brand conversation with their opinions, ideas, and experiences.

Dovetale
Dovetale is a self-service platform. Their process involves four simple stages: Discover (find your influencers), Network (choose and manage who you want to work with), Payments (low and easy to do) and Measure (your results).  Dovetale comes from the startup program, Expa Labs.

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FameBit
FameBit is a comprehensive online influencer platform that offers simple connections with thousands of top influencers on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, and more. Featuring a simple budgeting tool, a comprehensive content creator selection process, and deep analytics that allow you to drive engagement, FameBit boasts more than 60,000 partnered content creators and 17,000 brand partners. [Purchased by YouTube]

FAMEPICK
Famepick‘s goal is to create celebrity relationships that don’t just drive engagement and sales but also appeal to customers on an emotional level. Emotion creates a connection between your brand and prospective customers that lasts beyond the social news feed and creates a loyal following.

Fango
Fango is an online influencer platform that features over 35,000 content creators and influencer partners, and combined reach of over 400M+ views. Brands and agencies sign up on their website, connect with each other, and collaborate on budgets, content proposals, and more.

FindYourInfluence
FindYourInfluence (FYI) makes influencer marketing measurable, scalable and profitable for your brand, agency and influencer partners. FYI connects more than 100,000 high-value influencers to brands and advertisers. FYI claims to have completed more than 10,000 campaigns for over 500 brands, ultimately driving 3 billion impressions across blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Vine, and Pinterest.

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Grapevine
Grapevine is YouTube-centric and geared for brands and agencies. They work with YouTube channels who possess a minimum of 10,000 subscribers and who upload consistent content. Grapevine has their own analytics engine to help you find the most popular influencers. The influencers are offered product packages in exchange for reviews.

Hollyfy
Hollyfy is a brand integration platform connecting entertainment influencers to brand marketers like you. Influencers create their own page on the Hollyfy site and smartphone app. Here they provide brands with information on the type of content they create, their audience and the kind of work they’re looking for. Hollyfy uses predictive analytics, machine learning & algorithmic matching for effective branded entertainment and new media opportunities.

Hype Factory
Hype Factory matches influencers with clear metrics and brands for creating a great ad content and guarantee fairness of each deal.

Hypetap
Hypetap is based in Australia calls itself a marketplace for brands, agencies, influencers and talent managers. Each influencer on the Hypetap platform is individually selected by-invitation-only. Their database of around 3,000 influencers is small in comparison to other influencer marketing platforms but the quality is high. Hypetap has worked with brands such as Nestle, Disney, Uber, and Nespresso.

HYPR (Bought by Julius in March 2020)
HYPR offers a way to make influencer marketing easy. With HYPR, you can find and understand the social following of almost every influencer in the world. They provide you with easy, understandable, and actionable data in a quick-read format that will help you select influencers who can boost your marketing efforts and drive engagement.

IFDB Talent Dashboard
IFDB Talent Dashboard (ifdb.com) is a relationship management platform that helps marketing teams manage, track, and measure relationships with their brand’s network of influencers and creators.  It’s a game changer for marketing teams and agencies working with internet talent: it provides deep profiles, makes reporting easy, and delivers better ROI on content and influencer marketing programs.  Starting at $79/month for a single user account.

Ifluenz
Ifluenz is a pay-as-you-go influencer marketing platform that has 20 thousand registered and approved influencers in its database. Their thousands of influencers have a highly engaged audience. They have more than just large followings, they generate action, and are influential in a wide range of interests and demographics. Ifluenze has an influencer screening process that ensures that your campaign reaches the right audience for best results.

Infuence.co
Influence.co is a free and premium influencer marketing platform that helps influencers showcase themselves and connect with interested brands like you. An influencer’s page on the platform includes links to their social profiles (Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Snapchat, etc), their recent Instagram photos, their engagement rate, the brands they’ve worked with and how much they charge.

Influencer
Influencer  (founded by Ben Jeffries and Caspar Lee) is committed to bringing the best content marketing experience to Agencies, Brands, and Creators around the world through its innovative software. These guys love social media and care deeply about making influencer marketing easy and scalable for everyone. They really like working with everyone; from start-ups to global brands and being a part of your journey to success.

Influenster
Influenster is an online platform primarily focused on partnering with influencers and content creators in the “product review” space. Influenster features a dedicated online community of over 3 million product reviewers, and partners with businesses to create product reviews and custom content that will boost engagement and drive sales.

Influicity
Influicity is perhaps the largest platform on our list, featuring access to 10 million influencers through their proprietary online software. Their software allows you to connect with Twitter, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and YouTube content creators, and manage your relationships and campaigns from a single, easy-to-use campaign management tool. Intuitive budgeting and analytics tools round out the feature set of this platform.

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InsightPool Rebranded https://www.trendkite.com/
InsightPool bills itself as the “Google for influencers.”  Use the search bar the same way you would use Google. Type in multiple topics to filter through influencers from more than 100 social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.

Intellifluence
Intellifluence is focused on smaller businesses who need a simple, cost-effective way to engage with influencers. Plans are very affordable, and an intuitive design and interface allow even inexperienced marketers to quickly and easily find cost-effective influencer partners.

IZEA
IZEA combines a comprehensive online influencer platform with managed services, occupying a middle-ground between a traditional advertising agency and an influencer platform. You can choose to connect with content creators on your own through their platform, or partner with their team for managed content and advertising services.

Jamballa
Jamballa matches bloggers and brands together based on criteria they specify. This means bloggers are never hassled by products they are not interested in and businesses are only connected with bloggers who want to work with them. Jamballa says they are like eHarmony for blogs and brands. They also offer press release services.

Julius
Julius is a data-driven influencer marketing platform. It gives you access to rich data on 50,000+ influencers, researched by a team of real people, with insights spanning an influencer’s content style, interests, past brand work, audience demographics, latest news and more. Julius has more than thirty searchable data points so you can find the right influencers that speak directly to your audience.

Juulr
Juulr is an influencer advertising automation platform which specializes in the optimization of the CPE (cost per engagement) for brands and organizations. Simply create a profile and you can start seeing real-time insights and information. Juulr gives previews of the influencers with snapshots so brands can assess their eligibility.  If you like an influencer, you can extend an invitation to them which will be either accepted or rejected depending on basis of pay, necessities provided, dates and various other factors.

KashKlik
KashKlik is a fully integrated influencer platform. It enables advertisers to create campaigns and pay per click. You can track the performance of your campaigns with concrete metrics so that you only pay for real engagement. The KashKlik platform provides the most effective way to exploit the potential of influencer marketing, with easily measurable ROI.  For influencers, KashKlik allows you to monetize your audience by creating promotions in which you will be paid to share advertisement campaigns. With KashKlik you get paid for each follower who clicks a link you are promoting. The bigger your audience and the more engagement you are able to generate, the more you will get paid.

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Linqia
Linqia brings the science and accountability of online media to influencer marketing through a results-based approach called influencer media. Linqia’s AI-driven platform continuously learns and improves, matching brands with the right mix of creators who will deliver concrete business results. The platform also serves as a digital content lab, where marketers can organically test and amplify the best performing influencer content to drive greater ROI from their paid, owned and earned media.

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Markerly
Markerly is an end-to-end influencer marketing solution dedicated to connecting brands with real people to deliver authentic and successful brand affiliations. With Markerly, you can build your own branded influencer network with full campaign management capabilities and influencer CRM tools  — or, you can have them manage all of that for you.

Mavrck
Mavrck is focused specifically on connecting brands with “micro-influencers.” These micro-influencers usually have a following of 10K-100K on major social media websites, and represent a very cost-effective method of utilizing influencer advertising. Their platform is available both online and on mobile devices, and they’ve partnered with brands like OREO, Old Spice, P&G, and Converse.

Mustr
Mustr helps you and your team organize your network of journalists and bloggers. That way, you can concentrate on improving your relationship with them. It was developed by a team of PR professionals and corporate communication managers who were tired of looking for a powerful PR solution that would fit all of their needs.

Niche
Niche is a platform that provides creators with the ability to understand and activate their social presence across all networks. Niche, a part of the Twitter family since 2015, works with creators worldwide alongside top brands to develop authentic and resonating branded content. Niche works with industry-leading brands on a campaign-by-campaign basis, you can attend exclusive meet-ups / events with creators from all over the world and access analytics across all of your major social networks.

NeoReach
NeoReach is a comprehensive platform that enables marketers to unify and streamline every part of their influencer marketing: from influencer search, follower analytics, and audience reports. Their technology indexes the social web in real time, providing detailed insights to create lists and select influencers. NeoReach also enables campaign automation as well as tracking and reporting.

Octoly
Octoly is French based and YouTube-centric. Octoly is brand management software that enables businesses to get their products featured on YouTube videos to get increased visibility.  Octoly is a three-step process and starts with brands offering “creators” (influencers) free products to try and review.  Step two is creators then apply to review the products, and step three is brands and their products being featured in video reviews.

Peg
Peg is a YouTube influencer marketing platform that currently works with 1,500+ companies across 169 countries. It uses data analytics software that matches the most relevant YouTubers with the right brands – like you. It does this by allowing you to learn if the YouTuber has referenced your brand in previous videos. Peg also includes some of the most popular YouTubers and works with managers and agents to connect the best talent with the world’s leading brands.

PopularPays
PopularPays is a platform connecting content creators with brands who want third-party content to tell their stories. It starts with the brand creating a campaign, the influencers apply to participate, the brand selects the ones it wants to work with and the influencers then create the content.

Qoruz
Qoruz is an influencer discovery and outreach platform that enables brands to create and grow influential micro-communities to amplify their brand affinity. Qoruz boasts of more than 1 million indexed, global social profiles in its database, and their search engine scans and indexes almost 400,000 profiles every day. They have segmented influencers over more than 140 categories and their keyword search functionality works with more than 1 million keywords and phrases.

Reelio (now FullScreen)
FullScreen In collaboration with the world’s leading talent and brands, they create content differently. Their network, their technology, and their services change the way content is produced, distributed, and consumed by more than 600 million massively engaged subscribers. FullScreen is headquartered in L.A. and were founded in January 2011 by CEO George Strompolos, a co-creator of YouTube’s Partner Program.

Revfluence (now AspireIQ)
AspireIQ is an influencer platform that streamlines influencer discovery, management, and analytics, making it easy to build authentic influencer relationships at scale.

RhythmInfluence Rebranded https://www.rhythmone.com
RhythmInfluence is an online platform dedicated to cross-platform content creation. Their proprietary tools allow you to connect with influencers on Snapchat, Blogger, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube, Twitter, and more. Interestingly, they split their influencers into three primary categories – photo-based content, text-based content, and video content. This allows you to choose the most appropriate strategy, and find influencers who will provide the content that will engage your customers.

ScribbleLive
ScribbleLive is an influencer platform that’s focused on connecting brands with content creators, and providing smart tools that allow brands to deliver their content effectively, and with maximum ROI.

Sideqik
Sideqik is an influencer activation platform where you recruit, manage, and activate influencers who return results. Through Sideqik you can set up and manage campaigns, get analytical insights about your influencers and measure results.  Sideqik also offers some consulting services.

SociaBuzz
SociaBuzz is based in Indonesia and connects advertisers with influencers. Through SociaBuzz, advertisers have the ability to promote their products and services on social media through influencers easily and quickly. Influencers can earn revenue by promoting the advertisers products and services.

Socialix
Socialix is an influencer activation platform that acts as an end-to-end solution for running effective influencer marketing campaigns. Socialix technology detects optimal brand influencers, makes activations instantaneous and automatically tracks the performance of influencer content. With Socialix, you’ll spend less time doing manual research, cold-outreach and managing communications with influencers. You’ll be able to focus on the things that really matter, such as campaign optimization, strategy enhancement, and data analysis.

Social Native
Social Native connects brands with epic content creators, like you, to create authentic and compelling branded content. Join the platform to collaborate on fun campaigns with the brands you love. Choose the campaigns that work for you, create unique and inspiring content, and earn rewards!

SocMetrics
SocMetrics provides a Web-based self-service platform that helps you to identify existing influencers for your niche, understand the most promising advocates, engage your target list, drive your messages and actions and monitor and analyze your campaign ROI.

SocialSeeder
Socialseeder bills itself as an all-in-one platform. Using SocialSeeder, you can run referral, affiliate, influencer marketing, and advocacy programs in one place. Using SocialSeeder, you can identify and recruit your “ambassadors,” activate them and run multiple, targeted campaigns, engage with them to develop relationships and harvest and monitor every stage of the process.

Style Coalition
Style Coalition is an influencer marketing platform that helps brands tell stories by engaging its network of creative power influencers. Style Coalition has spent just under a decade building and fostering relationships with top lifestyle influencers who have proven successful for brands. Their strongest relationships include the most sought-after celebrities, digital influencers, top models and other industry tastemakers. We capitalize on influencers’ highly-engaged, loyal audiences across blogs, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Pinterest to tell brand stories, increase brand engagement, help with brand sentiment and ultimately, drive sales and deliver ROI.

Surgge
Surgge is a platform for marketers which enables them to search, discover & launch campaigns with hand-picked premium social media accounts.

Shushivid
SushiVid is a Southeast Asia based influencer marketing platform specific to the Asian market. It claims first mover advantage here. Sushivid works by allowing influencers to browse campaigns on the site so they can submit a proposal on the ones that they find most interesting or relevant.

Tapinfluence  (bought by IZEA)
Tapinfluence provides a smart online platform that connects marketers with influencers and boasts powerful automation tools that help smaller business or agencies maintain more control over their influencers – without spending time micromanaging them.

Tempesta Media
Tempesta Media was founded in 2011.  It is a content and influencer marketing platform delivered as managed service for digital agencies and enterprises. Using their proprietary brand value technology, Tempesta Media can accurately and predictably measure each influencer’s ability to drive engagement and action before a single dollar is spent by customers. The result is a micro-influencer program that drives prospects deeper into the sales funnel.

TheSALT
TheSALT helps you identify potential influencers, communicate with them about your brand and turn them into brand ambassadors. TheSALT has built a database that has in excess of 46,000+ registered potential brand advocates. Each individual has completed a 60-question entry form that covers lifestyle, daily activities, brand consumption habits, shopping habits, and family life and travel habits. This process has provided them with rich data about each person, which they filter to ensure that: They are emotionally engaged with your brand message; Sharing information, solving problems and helping others is an integral part of their personality; They have a need to contribute and be recognized; Alignment to influencers within communities represents the exact target market you need.

Tidal Labs
Tidal Labs‘ proprietary ContentMetric® influencer platform combines all the tools needed to manage influencer activations in one enterprise-grade stack. This makes it simple for companies to manage influencer networks, campaigns & destinations. Their influencer CRM/CMS brings together social profiling, influencer management, content, commerce, and analytics together into one tool. Tap into Tidal Labs’ 50k+ editorial micro influencers to get your brand’s private influencer network going.

TRIBE
TRIBE is a self-serve influencer platform focused on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and provides powerful tools to connect brands with influencers and content creators around the world. Simple budgeting and content brief tools allow individual content creators to bid on projects, and a large network of content creators ensures you’ll always find the right influencer for your campaign.

UnityInfluence
UnityInfluence is an influencer marketing technology product designed to make influencer advertising easier for everyone involved. With our AI matching software, we’re able to match brands and influencers effectively and speed up the entire brand collaboration process. Unity believes in making influencer marketing effective at any budget. The starting price is $200.

Vazoola
Vazoola is a platform connecting companies and brands with thousands of key online influencers. Their vetted content creators write articles, make videos, share on social media, and run promotions, and use that influence to promote our advertisers. Vazoola also provides extensive metrics and data analysis to create high-efficiency campaigns.

Veloce
Veloce is an influencer directory focusing on quality rather than quantity. The directory contains 3K+ highly targeted, hand-picked influencers that you can filter by all the world’s countries, 8 niches, 5 social platforms, follower count, and gender. Different from most other directories, all influencers in the Veloce directory are carefully selected and hand-picked by our team and need to meet several strict criteria such as high engagement, no fake followers, and be a true influencer over people to be granted a space. Great results are achieved by quality influencers, not quantity, and this is something we believe was missing in the influencer directory space.

Vetterview
Vetterview is a Forbes and HuffPost featured online, subscription free influencer marketplace, connecting influencers and content creators directly with brand collaboration opportunities. The marketplace eliminates barriers to entry for marketers, business owners and influencers alike. Vetterview empowers collaborations across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and blogs. In addition to the marketplace, Vetterview offers a Managed Influencer Campaign Service that acts as an outsourced influencer marketing team for brands as well as a white label option for agencies, freelancers, and consultants.

Webfluential
Webfluential has been developed as a platform which acts as a ‘one-stop-influencer-shop’. Their technology provides the convenience of being able to search for relevant influencers, shortlist potential candidates, brief participants on requirements, track workflow, monitor results, unpack learnings and manage logistics like payments. This platform is for marketers who choose to utilize the platform rather than work directly with influencers for convenience, expert guidance, resource support and professional campaign management.

Whaler
Whaler makes collaborating with Instagram content creators a lot easier, more structured and above all else, more scalable. Whaler carefully chooses and vets every single content creator based on the creativity and quality of their content, their engagement with their audience and their suitability for collaborating with brands. It’s all about quality, not quantity.  Whaler’s smart algorithm uses this information to make the best matchups between content creators and brands. It’s then down to each content creator to decide if it’s a campaign they think they are suitable to be a part of. All this helps ensure the best results for both the content creator and the brand. If you’ve got a campaign budget of at least $25,000 then you can use Whaler’s managed campaign service where their team takes care of content creator selection,

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3: Industry Tools For Influencer Marketing

No matter that, you’ll need some robust tools to help you stay efficient and effective when working with influencers.

Tools can help you with identification, tracking influencer content and measuring your return on investment.

They can also help you with social listening, so you stay tuned with what’s happening in your niche.

Below is a list of some of the handiest and most powerful influencer marketing software tools available.

Check ‘em out!

AdLib Media Group Rebranded https://www.getadlib.com/
AdLib Media Group makes it easy to scale influencer campaigns with positive, measurable ROI by amplifying influencer content to wherever consumers are, at any time – on the world’s most popular and premium sites and apps.  This includes Unlimited Content Lifetime, Automated Creative Transformation, Guaranteed Views & Unlimited Frequency, Predictable & Efficient CPMs, Zero Effort to Scale Campaigns and Deep Insights & Analytics.  Are you maximizing your influencer marketing?

Adly
Adly is a digital marketing software and services provider. They connect brands and agencies with influencers and celebrities to reach further, engage more deeply, and drive leads and sales. Adly’s tools offer a way to boost engagement and generate earned media using data-driven audience targeting, in-stream social advertising, and real-time events that result in direct sales and actionable insights.

Alltop
Alltop is similar to your standard search engine because you can choose to search for a single keyword or browse through the hot topics that are currently trending. If you find a blog in the list that is “industry recognized”, and has a good social following, then you will be able to track down the details of the writers that are involved and reach out to them.

Ambassador
Ambassador enables you to run referral, affiliate, influencer, and advocate programs on a single platform. An intuitive interface puts marketers in the driver’s seat. Their solution simplifies the entire process, from day-to-day management to reporting and communication. Ambassador claims to be an easy to manage platform offering: An easy-to-use visual editor, automated workflows, pre-built designs and templates, robust customer and affiliate portals and seamless integrations.

Assembly Rebranded https://assmb.ly/
Assembly enables you to bring all your influencer marketing campaigns into one platform. It provides a place where you and influencers can connect and converse on projects together.It also has a payment system set up so the influencers can get paid for their work directly through the platform. Note: It also provides a white label service for brands and agencies to brand the platform as their own.

Awario
Awario is primarily a social media monitoring tool but also helps you identify your influencers by finding mentions of your brand or your industry online through keywords. It shows you the influencers in the hierarchical order based on their followers, subscribers, shares, and website traffic – so it does a bunch of work for you. No matter what your interest area is, Awario can help you find influential people there.

BlogDash
BlogDash has been around since 2011.  BlogDash is an easy-to-use blogger outreach software platform that streamlines communication between PR agencies/brands and bloggers. Using BlogDash, you can find top influencers and bloggers in their niche, engage them with offers, hire them to write content and reviews, and keep track of their efforts and progress.

Brandwatch
Brandwatch is a social listening tool that gives you instant access to conversations from every corner of the public web as they happen. Brandwatch coverage represents the world’s largest source of public data, so you can listen to all your customers, wherever they’re talking. Use their social listening tool to find insights quickly for marketing measurement, competitor benchmarking, influencer identification and outreach, market research and reputation management.

BuzzStream
BuzzStream is designed to help you build relationships with influencers.  You can use the tool as an influencer/marketing CRM. Use their search tool for prospecting influencers or easily import your own lists from spreadsheets, URLs, or even Google search results. They also have a Chrome extension that lets you do this from anywhere online. You can build lists for link building, promoting content and blog posts. It also lets you manage conversations and templates easily.

BuzzSumo
BuzzSumo is one of the single most popular tools that influencer marketers use today. Using BuzzSumo, it’s easy to research what topics are popular among your target audiences on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and more. You can also get an in-depth look at the content your competitors are producing, and quickly identify individual influencers who are willing to partner with your agency or company.

CloutHQ
CloutHQ helps take your influencer marketing to the next level by providing a suite of tools designed to streamline and optimize your influencer relationshipsis. They offer a dynamic influencer platform that allows you connect and collaborate with influencers at scale. It is designed to give you the relevant information you need for sourcing and collaborating with influencers. CloutHQ is on a mission to become the first influencer database that allows everyday people to find, qualify, and hold influencers accountable with a suite of tools designed for efficiency.

Collabor8
Collabor8 enables brands to find and cultivate new relationships with influencers all within a single iPhone app.  Using Collabor8, you can manage collaborations across all communication platforms and never miss anything. Collabor8 enables you to search for new influencers to work with, you also have the ability to chat directly with them once you have agreed to collaborate with each other. When the time comes, you can also make and receive payments through the app. The best part is they don’t take an y cut out of the collaboration fee.

Commetric
Commetric Influencer Network Analysis (INA) is a patented methodology that combines sophisticated natural language search, entity extraction, free-text data mining, and dynamic network mapping technology. It discovers key influencers in the context of a conversation and visually maps their prominence and influence. Using this tool you can deep-dive into key influencers, emerging issues, topics and terminology driving conversations.

Followerwonk
Followerwonk helps you find, analyze and optimize for social growth.  With this tool, you can dig deep into your Twitter analytics to learn more about your followers, find and connect with influencers in your niche, use visuals to compare your social graph to others and easily share your reports.

Fourstarzz
Fourstarzz is a meta-search engine focused on influencer discovery and outreach (aggregating the influencer inventories from multiple sources). Using it you can find new influencer partners with incredible precision, and narrow down your choices based on their audience size, platform, and more. Fourstarzz also has a new tool – the Influencer Marketing Campaign Designer. They believe this is unique to the industry and especially helpful for inexperienced marketers.

Gen.Video
Gen.Video is about video storytelling and they claim to be the only do-it-all video platform for influencer marketing and e-commerce video. As you likely know, 92% of consumers trust recommendations from peers over brands, so Gen.video’s influencers have highly engaged subscriber bases and specialize in making product videos that educate and excite shoppers – including for Amazon.com.

GRIN
Grin helps you find your ideal influencers by searching their database of thousands of prospects, all filterable by location, engagement rates, and social network. You can even see their content and verified contact information, eliminating the need for internet stalking. Own your outreach with Grinʼs outreach tools: Narrow down your selects with their collaborative lists; Reach out to unlimited influencers using their proven templates; Then monitor your success so you can optimize where needed. Their management tool enables you to brief the influencers better, create specific assignments to the influencers to create the content you want, and track everything from influencer content to shipment status. Grin also takes care of influencer W-9s along with how and when you pay.

GroupHigh
GroupHigh is focused on both bloggers and social media influencers, allowing you to partner with key content creators across both traditional blogs and newer platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and more. Their most unique feature is their comprehensive blogging search engine. You can search through more than 15 million blogs, sort them by reach, location, MozRank, content type, and more. If you’re looking to partner with bloggers for sponsored content, GroupHigh is a very powerful tool indeed.

iambassador
Iambassador is a tool specific to the travel industry connecting you with leading travel influencers from around the world. While not specifically a platform, iambassador provides marketing, content creation and education services between the two.

Iconosquare
Iconosquare is an Instagram-only social media marketing tool.  It lets you see Instagrammers’ metrics and provides a continuously-updated list of the top Instagram influencers and brands on the platform.

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Influencerdb Rebranded https://influencerdb.com/
Influencerdb is a data-driven software tool for influencer research and analytics. Find and analyze influencers and their target groups. Organize all your influencer relations in one tool built for teams and monitor all postings from influencers mentioning you or your competitors.

Inkybee
Inkybee is blog-centric and geared for agencies and is a suite of simple web-based tools to help you manage the entire digital outreach process from finding influencers through to measuring outreach campaigns.

Kasitoko
Kasitoko is an influencer marketplace where agencies and advertisers can access influencer inventory from all the networks that use Kasitoko’s SSP technology. They offer a free white label solution to manage and publish influencer campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Kasitoko lets you create your own influencer network, with no need to invest in technology. Everything is streamlined and automatic, from influencer relationship management to analytics and reporting for your influencer campaigns.

Klear
Klear claims to possess an influencer search engine comprising 500 million profiles, 60,000 categories, and 5 years worth of historical data. With it, you can find and assess influencers and get social media analytics for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Blogs as well as Youtube.

Klout is kaput. Lithium sunset the Klout service on May 25, 2018.

Kolsquare
Kolsquare is an Influence Marketing campaign management solution that optimizes the communication strategies of brands and agencies in the face of new digital challenges.
Their technology enables professionals to identify the best influencers profiles, manage their influence marketing campaigns from A to Z, and measure their results and performance.
Kolsquare offers hundreds of clients (Coca-Cola, Danone, Publicis, Orange, My Jolie Candle, Lego, Sézane, Decathlon, etc.) the latest Big Data, AI and Machine Learning technologies to activate inspiring and authentic partnerships with +1.5M K.O.L (Key Opinion Leaders) of +5000 followers in 180 countries on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.
Kolsquare mobilizes the skills and expertise of 70 experts to provide brands and agencies with everything they need to better reconcile technology, performance and strategy.

Kred
Kred is somewhat similar to Klout, providing a platform where individual users can sign up, have their social profiles analyzed, and be categorized by their individual specialties, audiences, and expertise. Marketers can then browse these profiles to identify individual influencers who may be a good fit for their campaigns.

Launch Metrics
Launch Metrics software helps you find and engage influencers. Get a comprehensive look at them including comprehensive social metrics, published content, contact information and topics of interest. Launch Metrics software uses over 100 different ranking criteria to help you assess an influencer’s authority by topic. You can also get a clear picture of the influencer’s audience including gender, age group, and interests.  Launch Metrics also gives you insight into influencers’ past brand engagements.

Little Bird
Little Bird is a very powerful tool that can be used to monitor engagement and content in a particular market segment. Little Bird lets marketers create custom market segments by importing .csv files and creating custom keywords, allowing marketers to understand what content is performing well in a given market segment. These powerful analytics tools are very useful indeed and can help inform your next influencer marketing campaign.

Lissted
Lissted helps you discover the true influencers in communities.  They use specially designed algorithms to analyze influencers and to predict who is likely to matter most in a community on Twitter. They then blend the response of these influential voices with the general reaction on other social media like Facebook and LinkedIn. The result is the discovery of who and what matters online, grounded in real-world influence.

Mention
Mention shows you people who are already talking about your brand, then pick out which ones are influential.  They have social listening dashboards and monitoring features that can help you build and reach out to a list of influencers to track campaign activity and monitor the social activity it garners. Mention can also help you create a report summarizing the results.

Ninja Outreach
Ninja Outreach is focused on reaching influencers, as well as generating business leads. This powerful tool is built around a customized metasearch engine that lists more than 25 million websites, social profiles, and other information. All of these results can be organized through powerful filtering tools, to help marketers drill down and find the right influencers for their campaigns. Ninja Outreach also includes a built-in CRM tool to help you stay in contact with your influencers, and a powerful set of analytics tools which can help you measure campaign ROI.

OpenSlate
OpenSlate measures and scores the value of YouTube video content for brand advertisers. OpenSlate’s proprietary data about content quality, brand safety, context and audience alignment powers the most effective auction-based YouTube strategies for many of the world’s largest brands. They claim to analyze 2+ billion metrics every day about more than 300 million videos that have been published by more than 850,000 YouTube channels.

Pitchbox
Pitchbox is a tool that helps you find influencers and manage your email outreach.   It is a tool meant for agencies, publishers, and brands. The software is used by a variety of digital marketing types including SEO companies, marketers and growth hackers. Pitchbox is integrated with top SEO providers such as Moz, Majestic, SEMRush, and LRT which ensures that you only pull back the most authoritative influencers.

PowerReviews
PowerReviews delivers software and network products that empower brands and retailers to generate and display ratings, reviews, and answers to consumer questions—all within a single, flexible, multi-tenant SaaS platform. They don’t just generate more reviews, they get those reviews in front of more shoppers at the moment of purchase. They make sure consumers find your products and services while they’re shopping by syndicating your reviews to Google.

Publicfast
Publicfast helps every brand find the right influencers (over 35,000) across all social networks, and across the globe. You will find topics (over 35), which show your expertise in the best way, five major social networks are already live — all you need to do is join in (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and VKontakte (VK) – with more coming soon.

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Reachbird
Reachbird is a keyword based influencer search engine.  Reachbird has 20 filters allowing you to target down to the finest nuance including e.g. country, city, gender, age or categories like professional athletes, actors or musicians. Using Reachbird, you decide which influencers fit your brand based on relevant KPIs like topic engagement rate, topic distribution, audience breakdown or ratings.

ROI Influencer Media
ROI Influencer Media offers breakthrough Predict technology, providing deep data on real audience engagement. Influencer campaigns include tracking total viewed impressions, video views, likes, shares, retweets, site visits, amplification and conversions. Through ROI, you can leverage talent to create the engaging custom branded content across the leading social platforms and your brand’s own sites and social media pages. They also build custom audience profiles using Predict technology for the extension and targeting of media campaigns.

Scrunch
Scrunch is an end-to-end influencer marketing tool, focused on providing an all-in-one package to marketers that combines a search engine, campaign management software, and influencer CRM tools. Scrunch also features optional managed content services – you can partner with Scrunch agency services to conduct your marketing strategy, in case you need to automate your influencer marketing campaign, or need additional assistance.

Shoutcart
Shoutcart  is a marketplace to buy and sell Instagram influencer shoutouts. Looking for an influencer to mention your brand or product on Instagram? You can do it directly from the platform. It allows you to choose influencers from the Shoutcart database. Prices vary depending on the size and reach of the influencer’s platform. Once you’ve paid, upload your image or video along with the caption, your Instagram name and the time and day you want them to publish them.

Simply Measured Rebranded https://sproutsocial.com/
Simply Measured is geared for digital agencies and helps you understand your audience’s interests, influence, interactions, and i ntent. Simply Measured helps you with social listening, social analytics, content share tracking and conversion tracking.  You can identify influencers, understand your target audience, and analyze emerging topics of conversation to strategically drive brand awareness. Learn who is talking about your brand, what they are saying, and where they are saying it.

SocialBlade
SocialBlade is an aggregator of YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and other social media statistics including the number of subscribers/followers and how much content an influencer has posted.  It lets you see the reach, activity and stats of each platform’s top social media leaders.  SocialBlade also offers help to YouTube influencers to grow their channels more efficiently and effectively.

Social Junction
Social Junction is a multi-platform influencer identification tool. The goal is to make finding the perfect influencer for your project fun and easy. Their proprietary “Search and Match” technology allows you to perform deep searches (using over 60M keywords and search phrases & demographic filters) to create interactive pitches using real-time data across multiple social platforms.

SocialToaster
SocialToaster works through their custom fan engagement platform where you can empower your biggest supporters to act as word-of-mouth ambassadors for your brand; Content is sent directly to them through SocialToaster and they share with the click of a button.

TalkWalker
TalkWalker is an analytic tool that helps you discover your most important influencers. It’s social media analytics platform enables an in-depth study of your influencer universe including blogs, newspapers and which individuals are the most influential. To determine your effectiveness, results are sorted out under the categories of engagement, post number, and sentiment. This lets you watch the influencer metrics that you need to track.

Terakeet
Terakeet finds influencers who matter to your customers and inspire them to write about your brand. They have an ability to run unpaid influencer campaigns making their approach adaptable to a range of goals, from brand and product awareness to enterprise search engine optimization.

Traackr
Traackr is the first-ever “IRM” – Influencer Relationship Management software. This powerful software allows you to upload custom profiles for each one of your influencers, and track the performance of each and every one of your influencer partners with in-depth analytics. By doing so, you can promote a better relationship with your influencer partners, and maximize your ROI by partnering only with influencers who have proven to get results.

Tracx Rebranded https://www.talkwalker.com/
Tracx is a social listening tool that enables you to discover new opportunities and better understand all aspects of your business – from customers, to competitors and influencers. The system refines and analyzes mass amounts of data from across the social web, then makes that data actionable.

Tubular Labs
Tubular Labs tracks all video content cross-platform, all-device, globally. They analyze over 2.5 billion videos and the viewing habits of more than 400 million consumers across 30+ platforms to produce actionable insights that help you craft winning online video strategies.

Zoomph
Zoomph delivers deep influencer analytics to activations. help brands understand their connections. Zoomph doesn’t just capture vanity metrics. They distill data into social narratives that are specific to your campaigns and big data strategies. The combination of their platform, social identity data, and tools help drive your ROI strategy.

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4: Influencer Marketing Companies

Here’s a list of influencer marketing companies that don’t fit neatly into any of our above three categories.

These companies offer a diverse range of services, including software, content creation, advertising, consulting, and more.

Each can help you optimize your program:

Collective Bias
Collective Bias is focused on creating original content for specific brands, and engaging with influencers to promote their content, and drive traffic to your website, social channels, and other properties. They feature an online software suite that can help you track the performance of your content, and measure your ROI, market reach, and other key KPIs that can help you determine the efficacy of your content marketing campaign.

Experticity
Experticity (formerly ReadyPulse) is – as the name may imply – focused on experts. This company focuses on connecting brands with experts in their chosen market, such as industry professionals, retail sales associates, brand aficionados, expert enthusiasts, and more. Currently, Experticity has a database of more than 1 million experts who can be used to build your brand. Experticity pairs these “experts” with specific companies that are in their areas of expertise. They then review your products, create original content related to your brand, and share their knowledge about your industry – organically driving sales, and helping to reinforce your brand as an industry leader.

Get Reviewed
Get Reviewed is a content creation company focused on bloggers who drive sales with targeted product reviews. Advertisers sign up, browse bloggers and influencer partners, and can select the influencer that they think is the best for their product. The bloggers will then craft custom content based on advertiser specifications, and share it organically on their self-hosted websites, boosting brand engagement.

HireInfluence
HireInfluence provides marketers with a powerful influencer marketing tool in their “AdvoWire” content creation tool. This search engine provides a simple way to request content from creators at scale, stream social content, and discover new influencers who could be useful in your campaign. HireInfluence also offers full-service “white glove” content creation and influencer campaigns, if you’d like to outsource your influencer marketing strategy.

Influencer Marketing Hub
Influencer Marketing Hub as a general industry resource – we are on a mission to provide insights into platforms, agencies, tools and how-to guides in the influencer marketing industry. Whether you’re just getting started or well known to millions of followers, their Influencer Tools, Guides, How-To’s and Influencer Marketing Resources are here for you. For brands and marketers, Influencer Marketing Hub gets you up to speed on the most effective way to market yourself online. Learn how influencers can help you reach bigger audiences using tools to manage campaigns.

Onalytica
Onalytica operates on a unique business model. They provide end-to-end influencer engagement software that can help you identify key influencers and run smart, analytics-focused campaigns. However, they also offer a large library of educational resources to aid new marketers, and they provide support services to aid marketers who are new to the world of influencer marketing and would like guidance from a professional partner.

Passiontainment
Passiontainment matches influencers with start-up and new ventures. They also work with influencers to develop and vet their own inspirational ideas and evaluate approaches they have already been offered. Passiontainment’s network of digital experts help evaluate and adapt deals and give a realistic, independent perspective on proposals.

Prestige Pro Media
Pristige Pro Media is a digital marketing agency that includes influencer marketing as one of their services. Their focus is on getting conversions for your online store.  Along with influencer marketing they can help you with setting up a conversion strategy, paid social media, e-commerce website and development, email, and metrics reporting and analysis.

Speakr
Speakr combines a cutting-edge software platform that can be used to engage with over 37,000 key influencers, alongside professional services that can help you get the most out of their award-winning software. You can choose to create and manage your own campaigns through their software, or partner with their professional services team for a fully-managed influencer marketing campaign. Previous clients include SONY, FOX, Samsung, Disney, Best Buy, and more.

Upfluence
Upfluence is focused on two primary products. “Reachr” is their advanced metasearch engine that provides advertisers and brands with a wide variety of influencers across every major social media platform, and “Publishr” integrates Reachr’s search capabilities with an advanced Content Management Software (CMS). Marketers and agencies can use Upfluence on their own, or partner with professional strategists, industry specialists, and media planners for a full-service influencer marketing solution.

Zuberance
Zuberance is a full service “advocate” marketing company. It enables you to systematically identify/engage, mobilize, amplify, and re-engage advocates (influencers). Zuberance’s integrated analytics track their actions and results.  With Zuberance, you can encourage and enable advocates to publish and share reviews, stories, and more to the third-party sites including CNET, Amazon, Apple iTunes, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest and more.

Find Your Next Influencer Marketing Partner!

In the fast-moving world of digital marketing, social media influencers can give you an extremely valuable competitive edge.

This comprehensive list of marketing agencies, consultants, platforms, and tools will give you all of the information you need to pick your next influencer marketing partner, tool, or platform.

Start using this powerful marketing strategy now – you’ll be totally blown away at the results that you’ll see in your business.

If we’ve missed an awesome tool let us know in the comments below and we’ll be sure to add it.

So what influencer management software are you using?

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Stuck trying to figure out how to choose the right influencers?

No problem.  I will guide you in pinpointing genuine influencers who genuinely connect and resonate with their audience.

Thinking of collaborations on platforms like YouTube, blogs, Twitter, or Instagram? You’re in the right spot with this guide.

But first, I have to share this with you…

A client shared with me a significant $50,000 investment in influencer marketing that yielded no tangible results. No increase in traffic, sales, or brand awareness.

Upon exploring further, she revealed that the influencers, suggested by an agency, weren’t the right fit.

After a brief assessment, I had to agree.

And this isn’t an isolated incident.

An Econsultancy survey highlighted a challenge: 73% of marketers find it tough to select the right influencers.

At the core of this challenge? The influencer choice. If not chosen judiciously, campaigns can underperform, affecting your marketing ROI.

One prevalent misstep? Choosing influencers based solely on their follower numbers.

So, how can you make informed decisions and select the best influencers that truly resonate with your brand?

Join me as I unpack insights and strategies from my experience in the field.

Let’s dive in!

What’s Influencer Marketing and Is It Effective?

Let’s break it down:

Influencer marketing is about partnering with key figures who already engage with the demographic you’re aiming for.

These individuals wield considerable influence over their audience because they are trusted by their followers.

The strategy?

Determine who your target market respects and listens to, then shape your marketing efforts around these influencers.

Different from the often disruptive nature of traditional advertising, influencer marketing leans into a more subtle approach: it’s about suggestion and persuasion.

However, the true litmus test is its efficacy.

This method’s booming popularity speaks volumes about its impact. Let’s put some numbers to it:

  • 60% of consumers turn to blogs and social media on their mobiles before making a purchase.
  • 77% of consumers rely on online reviews prior to buying. (source)
  • Impressively, 85% of consumers view online reviews with the same trust as personal recommendations. (source)

Understanding this, it’s no wonder that from startups to established giants, businesses everywhere are harnessing the power of influencer marketing.

Who is Considered an Influencer?

There are ten primary categories of influencers who consistently generate content online:

  1. Celebrities
  2. Journalists
  3. Authors
  4. Bloggers and blog editors
  5. Podcasters
  6. Social media mavens (covering platforms like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest)
  7. Event curators
  8. Academic scholars
  9. Market analysts
  10. Professionals (including doctors, nurses, lawyers, judges)

Content is typically classified into two primary formats: short-form and long-form.

Short-form content dominates social media platforms. Its transient nature means that its relevance may only last for a brief window—sometimes as short as mere minutes.

It’s dynamic, fleeting, and highly engaging.

On the other hand, long-form content is more substantial, often found on blogs, podcasts and video channels.

Its impact is enduring and therefore searchable for months, even years.

For example:

There are blog posts still available online from influencer events I ran over 10 years ago! The point is, that long-form content is searchable for years after it’s published – which is great for demand gen.

Also, each mention or backlink from an influencer’s platform can enhance your site’s authority, offering you the added advantage of SEO benefits.

Take Tim Ferriss of the “4 Hour Work Week” as an example. He’s a proponent of long-form content, emphasizing its longevity—content that can be discovered and valued for years.

Many businesses, including notable names like HP, have adopted this approach and continue to reap its rewards.

How to Start Your Influencer Journey

Let’s set the record straight: selecting influencers purely based on their social media stats is a misstep.

What you need to prioritize are the qualities that resonate with your business ethos and brand identity.

So, what’s my strategy?

I opt for influencers who are in sync and pertinent to my message.

This approach ensures that my campaigns yield tangible business outcomes.

For instance, let’s delve into the performance of one of my campaigns, specifically focusing on product sales:

Sales graph showing the start and finish of an influencer campaign that yielded sales.

I haven’t changed how I find and select influencers since 2008 aside from incorporating more tools.

And I’ll talk about a number of those here.

About the only thing I do differently is I use better CTAs and a UTM to track conversions when it makes sense:

UTM Tracking CodesHave a clear CTA and use UTM codes to track traffic and conversions on your landing pages.

So, if you follow my advice and look for influencers based on congruence and relevance, your campaigns will perform better.

How Can You Identify the Right Influencers?

While many have their unique ways of scouting influencers, I’ll share methods that have consistently delivered results for me:

  1. Begin at Home. If you’re an established brand with a following, analyze your social media and blog interactions. Who’s commenting? Who’s sharing? Among these active participants, you might stumble upon potential influencers. An influencer already engaging with your content likely understands your target audience and has a favorable impression of your brand, reducing the effort required to bring them on board. Tools like Mention can be handy in identifying such influencers within your circle.

    (For brands just starting out, it’s okay to skip this and jump to the next method.)

  2. Harness the Power of Google. Utilize lists already curated by others. Searching for “Top Fashion Bloggers” or “Leading SEO Experts” can yield valuable lists of influencers, tailored to your niche, and it doesn’t cost a dime.

  3. Employ Hashtag Research. This method involves probing relevant hashtags on social platforms and deploying online tools to zero in on prominent voices in your field.

  4. Explore Influencer Platforms—But Tread Carefully. These platforms can streamline your influencer search. However, a word of caution: many platforms don’t meticulously screen influencers for authenticity. It’s on you to scrutinize for potential fake followers or inauthentic engagement.

  5. Dive into YouTube. A treasure trove for video content creators, YouTube offers a myriad of potential influencers to collaborate with.

  6. Leverage Referrals. As you begin to build relationships with influencers, seek their recommendations. Tapping into their network can be a goldmine for discovering other genuine influencers.

Remember, it’s all about quality over quantity.

The right influencer can amplify your message in ways that resonate authentically with your target audience.

Discover the Right Influencers Using Google: A Walkthrough

Imagine you’re on the hunt for influencers in the realm of SEO.

Here’s a simple step-by-step:

  1. Head over to Google.
  2. Type phrases like “Top SEO Influencers” or “Leading SEO Experts” into the search bar.
  3. Browse the results, sifting through the various lists that appear.
  4. Identify potential influencers who resonate with your brand.

Just like that, within moments, you’ve got a list.

Use Google to search for influencers

One of Google’s advantages is its expansive reach and vast database.

The beauty of this method?

Others have curated these lists for you, saving you the initial groundwork.

Now, you might think, “SEO is mainstream. But what if I’m in a niche market?”

The beauty of Google? It’s versatile.

For instance, if you’re in the funeral industry and wish to pinpoint influencers specific to your domain, just type “funeral industry bloggers” into the search bar.

Here’s what comes up:

Funeral influencers

The takeaway?

If Google can provide insights into such a niche area, it’s equipped to handle just about any field, including the funeral industry.

And, in searching up content like this, you not only pinpoint influencers but also those who curate in-depth, long-form content.

Those might be worth looking at too.

Harness Hashtags to Find Influencers on X (Twitter)

X (Twitter) thrives as a hotspot for pinpointing influencers quickly through hashtags.

Why? Many industry thought leaders and content creators are on Twitter, using it as their soapbox for content, making it an intuitive hub for your influencer search.

Imagine you’re scouting for voices in hypertension and high blood pressure domain. Here’s your actionable guide:

  1. Open X (Twitter).
  2. Zone in on the search bar perched atop.
  3. Plug in targeted hashtags, say, #hypertension.
  4. A mosaic of potential influencers and brands will unfurl. Navigate through to isolate promising profiles.

And so, yes, hashtags are a fast route to locating influencers.

Yet, you should know there is a quirk: X’s search results lack an arrangement feature.

Pro Insight: The savvier marketers often pivot to Followerwonk.

Followerwonk's search form.
Use Followerwonk so you can sort your searches

Here’s what you do:

  1. Go to Followerwonk and select ‘Search Bios’.
  2. Engage “more options” for a deeper scan.
  3. Key in your niche. Drill down for precision. Instead of a broad search using a term like “health”, I’ve punched in “blood pressure” for more focus. (Extra Pointer: Tag on “+ Blogger” for more results).
  4. Set a follower threshold, perhaps starting at 100,000 for mainstream sectors. But if nano-influencers are your game, even a mere 1,000 can be a kickoff.

An array of profiles, ranked by follower volume, awaits.

A word of caution:

Sheer follower volume isn’t the influencer yardstick.

In the world of ‘follower inflation,’ discernment is vital.

Many influencers, unfortunately, resort to buying followers.

Also, owing to pesky algorithms, much of an influencer’s content may elude the bulk of their followers.

Zoom into the ‘Social Authority’ column:

Social Authority on Followerwonk

It’s a metric cocktail of follower count, tweet volume, and follower potency.

A low authority?

It’s an influencer less equipped to galvanize their audience so depending on your objective, you might want to keep looking.

So, the ‘Social Authority’ metric isn’t the holy grail.

Scrutinize potential profiles:

  • Consistent content postings?
  • Quality caliber of content?
  • Multichannel content distribution?
  • Level of follower engagement?

Spot any Twitter lists they’ve curated, as influencers often have fellow influencers on their radar.

I’ve struck gold with such lists.

Once you’ve earmarked your prospects, catalog them.

Bonus: Followerwonk lets you usher these names into an Excel sheet. Neat, right?

Switching gears to Instagram:

  1. Open Instagram.
  2. Spot the search bar aloft.
  3. Slot in your hashtag (for instance, #hypertension).
  4. A bunch of profiles emerge. Scan through for the standouts.

Locating influencers on Instagram? It’s simple.

However, like Twitter, Instagram’s search can be cumbersome so consider leveraging the below influencer platform to make it easier.

Find the Right Influencers Via Influencer Platforms Like Scrunch

Scrunch stands out as an intuitive influencer discovery platform.

Here’s how to use it, step-by-step:

  1. Access Scrunch and direct your attention to the search tab located at the top-left corner.
  2. Input your targeted hashtag, such as #hypertension.
  3. Upon searching, a roster of potential influencers will emerge.
  4. Browse to identify influential profiles.

You will quickly access a lot of data at your fingertips.

Influencer marketing platform Scrunch
Scrunch is a good platform to find influencers easily and quickly

It unveils pertinent insights, from their social media presence across platforms like Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and others.

Of paramount importance are the engagement statistics so pay special attention to these; they spotlight the vibrancy of the influencer’s follower community.

In general, the Golden Rule is that higher engagement is invariably preferable.

In tandem, Scrunch also avails metrics like audience size, profile synopsis, and a ballpark figure for post costs.

Remember, there’s always room for negotiation.  Rarely are these cost estimates set in stone.

Yet, it’s imperative to delve deeper when you can, especially concerning Instagram engagement metrics – a pivotal yardstick in influencer selection.

For this, a tool like Phlanx’s Influencer Engagement Calculator comes in handy.

How to utilize it:

  1. Navigate to Phlanx.
  2. Opt for the “Engagement Calculator” on the home page.
  3. Input the Instagram username.
  4. Hit search.
  5. Decipher the metrics that follow.
Phlanx Engagement Calculator
Good insight into engagement with this tool

Your objective here is to look beyond mere follower count; it’s about fostering genuine engagement so focus on that.

So, what constitutes good engagement?

Counterintuitively, larger audiences generally render less engagement, thanks to algorithmic intricacies and human psychology.

The result is that engagement rate is inversely related to social following size.

The larger the social following, the less engagement rate.  Conversely, the smaller the social following size, the greater the engagement rate.

(This is why some influence marketers focus on micro-influencers and nano-influencers).

To streamline your assessment, consider these industry-established benchmarks:

  • Below 1%: Tepid engagement rate.
  • 1% to 3.5%: Standard to admirable engagement.
  • 3.5% to 6%: Robust engagement.
  • Above 6%: Stellar, top-tier engagement.

How to Find Video Influencers (Vloggers)

Consider this scenario from the point of view of one of my healthcare clients…

The client offers a health supplement promoting optimal blood pressure levels.

Recognizing the appeal of videos, especially for intricate topics like high blood pressure, we sought out influencers who could produce videos to inform and educate the target buyers.

Also, the videos would boost brand recognition and increase traffic to the client’s landing page.

So if video influencers are your focus, YouTube is your natural starting point.

Start your search with a search term.

We could use “hypertension” – and that will get some results.

But to expand our results, a more colloquial term like “blood pressure” might yield more results as it is a broader term and likely more widely used by people searching YouTube.

Here are the steps to follow:

  1. Navigate to YouTube.
  2. Insert your desired keyword or phrase into the search bar.
  3. Explore the profiles and content of potential influencers.
  4. Shortlist those who align with your requirements.

Discovering video influencers on YouTube is a breeze. It is the second-largest search engine around, by the way.

If you’re looking to refine your search further, platforms like BrandConect can be invaluable, especially when scouting for YouTube content creators.

Here’s how to use it:

  1. Go to BrandConnect.
  2. Select Start Now button on the upper right portion of the page.
    (Note: You will have to have a Google Ads account)
  3. Dive into the influencer listings.
  4. Handpick those who match your criteria.

In essence, BrandConnect simplifies the hunt for YouTube content creators.

Picking Top-Notch Influencers? Here’s My Go-To Method.

I’ve nailed this method down for my Fortune 500 clients.

But here’s the kicker: it works wonders for growth companies and small businesses too. Whatever your niche or size, this system works.

And just to make it clear: I’m showing you the ropes as if I’m starting with zilch.

No premade lists, no previous contacts.

Total ground zero.

Let’s dive in!

Step One: Set Clear Goals

Throwing an epic party?

You don’t just wing it.

You plan – snacks, tunes, clean floors, and all.

You don’t just invite anyone; you pick folks who’ll vibe well together.

The same goes for picking influencers.

So, before diving in, get clear about what you’re after.

Think:

  • More website visits?
  • Boosted brand awareness?
  • Product reviews?
  • Fresh leads?
  • Increased sales?

Know your goals upfront. Trust me, it’ll supercharge your ROI.

Step Two: Nail the “Fit”

This step is critical and can sink your campaign if not done right.

Nailing the “fit” means you’ve found an influencer who jives perfectly with your brand.

It’s not just about follower count – it’s about genuine alignment.

Here’s your checklist to find the perfect fit:

  1. Congruence Check: Does the influencer talk about stuff directly related to your brand? If you’re all about a health supplement, are they into health too? More specifically, do they delve into topics directly linked to your product?

    Example: If you are marketing a blood pressure supplement, does the influencer produce content about that topic?  Just because they do content about health doesn’t mean they are a good fit!

  2. Audience Match: Who are their followers? Age, gender, interests – you want their audience to be your ideal customers.

  3. Authenticity Meter: Are they genuinely passionate about their topics? Gauge this from their content quality and follower engagement.

  4. Sponsored Content Vibe: How do they plug products? It shouldn’t feel like a hard sell. Peek at how they weave sponsored content into their narrative.

  5. Consistency Gauge: Good influencers keep a rhythm. Consistent posts = consistently engaged followers.

  6. Content Quality Check: Read their blogs, and watch their videos. Is their content up to your standards? Imagine them representing your brand.

  7. Engagement Level: Are their followers active? Likes, comments, shares, and genuine interactions are your indicators.

Remember: Fit > ROI. Aligning with the right influencer can skyrocket your success.

Step Three: Dive Deep into Influencer Content

We’re still on the hunt for influencers who are a good fit for our heart-healthy supplement product.

Our target audience age? 

For this topic, it’s between 35-65 years -which is pretty broad.

Given our health focus, I’m hunting for credible voices: doctors, nurses, nutrition experts, and such. I’ll start with experts and then branch out to everyday folks who deal with heart issues.

My goals? Simple:

  1. Boost awareness for the new high blood pressure supplement. Ideally, I want influencers who produce rich, informative content that drives ideal buyers to my client’s site while ramping up brand awareness and amps up the SEO.
  2. Send traffic and leads to his landing page. Reviews and buzz from influencers will get folks curious, clicking and perhaps buying.

To start, I’m off to BrandConnect to find video influencers.

A quick look shows the most-hired ones cater to younger people, not the crowd we’re looking for.

I spy a popular content creator, but whoa, his stuff is all about… pimple popping?

No thanks, I’ll Pass. 😉

Checking back to YouTube, I type in “blood pressure” and spot a potential gem: Dr. Bergman

screenshot of health influencer's youtube video

The doc’s video is solid gold: informative, high-quality, and has got quite the viewer count.

What’s better? 

The comments:

Video comments Be sure to check the comments to gauge how people respond to the influencer’s content.

Plenty of questions and observations by viewers – his content’s clearly a hit. 

Plus, with 432,000 subscribers, this doc’s no small fry.

But remember:

It’s about fit, not just fan count.

Diving deeper into his channel, it’s a goldmine of health topics.

His ‘About’ section confirms my hunch: high blood pressure is a key topic of his.

And look at that, he’s into archery and sailing – my kind of guy!

YouTube About Page

Heading to his site, I get more background info that might be handy for building rapport later.

A sweep through his socials gives mixed results:

  • Twitter’s active, but he’s pinned an old tweet (might give him a nudge about that if I decide to reach out).
  • Pinterest? Not much happening there.
  • Facebook’s buzzing with 73k followers.
  • Instagram’s there, but it’s low-key and not the emphasis now.

Remember, it’s not just about numbers. It’s about relevance and resonance. Dive deep, find the right fit, and you’re golden.

Step Four: Check for Fake Followers

Fake followers are a big problem.

Some influencers buy them to pump up their audience numbers to attract brands into doing business with them.

Because it’s so common, you must check every influencer.

So here are the tools I use to check for fake followers.

For Twitter use Twitter Audit.

Twitter Audit
Check for fake followers

Here’s how you use it:

  • Go to Twitter Audit
  • Enter the Twitter handle into the search bar
  • Hit the “Audit” button
  • Review the findings
  • Check for fake followers

For Instagram, use Phlanx.

Here’s how to use it:

  • Log into Phlanx
  • Choose “Influencer Audit” at the top
  • Enter the Instagram handle
  • Push the Generate Report button

Once you log in, here’s what the Phlanx page looks like:

Phlanx Influencer Auditor Tool
Be sure to check your email and get the report

Audit the Instagrammer

Once you click on “Influence Auditor”… just enter the Instagram handle you want to check and press search:

Be sure to check your email as they will send a report to you by email.

Another tool I use to check Instagram accounts is Socialblade.

Here’s how you do it:

  • Got to Socialblade.com
  • Choose the social platform you want to check at the top (you have a bunch of choices)
  • Enter the channel or feed name
  • Push the Search button
  • Check for fake followers and suspicious activity with Socialblade

For Instagram accounts, scroll down the page until you find a graph.

If you see activity like this, it’s a sign the account is buying followers:

Socialblade
Socialblade helps you find suspicious activity on Instagram accounts

Socialblade helps you find suspicious activity on Instagram accounts

Use Socialblade to find fake followers on YouTube too.

Look for steady growth over time.

Now, just know that some movement up or down is normal but sharp spikes as you can see in the image above are suspicious and a good indication fake followers are being bought.

One of the problems with buying fake followers is that they will sometimes drop off suddenly (as in the chart above).

Is He a Quality Influencer for Me?

After looking closely at Dr. Bergman’s content on his social channels, I can tell he’s an influencer I’d like to work with.

  1. He reaches my target market.
  2. The content is relevant and congruent with my product.
  3. Audience engagement is good.
  4. His content is high-quality.

Following this method, just repeat the process and you’ll find and choose high-quality influencers every time.

As the saying goes, “Practice makes perfect.” So as you get more comfortable, this process becomes second nature so you won’t even think about it.

Here’s the Next Step

Now I want to turn it over to you:

Which influencers are you going to find and choose first?

Are you going to start working with Instagram influencers first?

Or maybe you want to identify some YouTube content creators.

Either way, let me know by leaving a comment below right now.

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