In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris talk about the declining impact and availability of social media metrics when it comes to influencer marketing. As data becomes harder to get ahold of, what are our options? The answer: SEO. Using SEO and traffic metrics along with rigorous analytics tracking is the path to demonstrating […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris talk about Instagram analytics. With Instagram already testing out the removal of Likes, what impact will this have on brands who rely on Instagram analytics data to discover and value Instagram influencers? Why is Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, doing this? (hint: money) Listen to the […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, join Katie and Chris as they debate the future of influencer marketing in a world where conversations and communities are private. If a tree falls on a Kardashian but no one likes or comments in public, did it really happen? How should marketers be thinking about influencer marketing as […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle a key, undiscussed problem with influencer marketing. In three states in the United States (California, Washington, and Pennsylvania), companies are prohibited from discriminating against contractors with the same level of protections as employees. When companies choose influencers, how rigorously are they screening against bias […]
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In today’s episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie Robbert and Christopher Penn debate the Trust Insights study on the impact of hashtags. Our original research showed they have neither helpful nor harmful impact on follower growth or engagement, but we debate how much nuance is in the data. Are there exceptions to the rule? If so, […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, influencer marketing will be hot this year, and few channels have as much long-term sway as YouTube. Part television, part search engine, YouTube is the undisputed heavyweight of free video (Netflix for the fully paid side). What should companies be looking for on YouTube when it comes to influencers? […]
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Instagram’s engagement rates dropped precipitously this week as a result of an API change. Using our in-house analytics software, we examined the likes, comments, and account sizes of the top 500 most-followed accounts on Instagram over the last 3 months to see how the December 11 API change is impacting the most popular accounts. For […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie Robbert and Christopher Penn discuss the hottest forecasted marketing trend of 2019: Instagram Influencer Marketing. Learn how the Trust Insights team identified this trend, what tools, techniques, and technologies we recommend for working with Instagram, how the new API changes will impact influencers, and so much more. httpv://youtu.be/XXX?rel=0 […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, join cofounders Katie Robbert and Christopher Penn as they wade through the murky waters of influencer marketing. What responsibilities does an influencer have? What responsibilities does a company have? What’s working today in modern influencer marketing? Tune in as we cover employee advocacy, how much influencers are being paid, […]
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In today’s episode of the In-Ear Insights podcast, we look at the power of pets – namely, dog and cat petfluencers. We dig into: What is an influencer? Why dogs make better influencers than cats when it comes to costumes. How to think about pet influencers, including analytics to assess. Tactical takeaways, such as where […]
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