David Shadpour, Social Native: Why brands should focus on authentic content creation

Social Native's founder and CEO urges brands around the world to build an army of creators, and embrace user generated content.

For anyone who doesn’t know about Social Native, what's the company all about?

The name itself, Social Native, has some depth to it. In the early print days, you'd hire a big agency, they would do a photo shoot and they'd print it for you and put it in a magazine. 

Then television came out and you had to do sight and sound. You hire a big...

15 September 2022 | Advertising

Room Unlocked, Alex Payne: Authenticity and purpose in influencer marketing

Alex Payne, Room Unlocked's co-founder, discusses the future of influencer marketing and how it can successfully form part of an overall marketing strategy.

Could you tell us a little bit about what the company does?

Well, several of our clients have described us as a cross between Tinder and LinkedIn, which we quite like. Room Unlocked facilitates partnerships between interesting brands and celebrities and influencers - but our point of difference is that it is all mutually...

12 September 2022 | Advertising

Marketers engaging better with disabled consumers but barriers remain

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83% of businesses are doing more to provide accessibility in digital marketing than in the past, demographics such as age, gender and race are more often prioritized in marketing efforts.

This is according to the 2022 Accessible Marketing Survey conducted by Capterra, an online marketplace vendor serving as an intermediary between buyers and technology vendors within the software industry.

One in four American adults live with a physical or mental disability, yet they...

1 September 2022 | Advertising Technology

Influencers have become heart of the brand-consumer relationship

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impact.com, a partnership management platform, in partnership with WARC, an international marketing intelligence company, have published a report on the rapidly evolving brand-influencer dynamic, which shows the disparity and alignment of perceptions of marketers and influencers, and offers guidance on how better alignment can lead to more effective and valuable partnerships.

The report, Aligning Marketers and Influencers: Shifting Perspectives on Influencer Marketing Across the...

23 August 2022 | Best Practice

UK companies’ social media ad spend trumps global average

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UK brands spent 59% more on social media ads in Q2 2022, compared to the global average of £3118.

This is according to a study by Emplifi, a unified customer experience (CX) platform, which analysed thousands of brands worldwide between 1 April, 2022 till 30 June, 2022. UK brands spent the most on social media advertisements globally, despite engagement levels across social channels declining year-on-year.

Key findings from the report include:

UK tops global...

9 August 2022 | Advertising

Amazon tackles fake review fraudsters on social media

Amazon boxes.

Amazon has filed legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups that attempt to orchestrate fake reviews on Amazon in exchange for money or free products.

These groups are set up to recruit individuals willing to post incentivized and misleading reviews on Amazon’s stores in the U.S., the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan.

Amazon will use information discovered in this legal action to identify bad actors and remove fake reviews...

26 July 2022 | Ethical Marketing

Vodafone invites Snapchatters to connect with Emma Raducanu virtually

Vodafone, the Official Connectivity Partner of The Wimbledon Championships has partnered with Snapchat to launch a new augmented reality experience that invites Snapchatters to take their place on Centre Court and be connected to the tournament like never before.

As part of Vodafone’s #FeelTheConnection summer campaign, which focuses on using connectivity to bring fans different experiences of Wimbledon, the AR activation features British tennis sensation Emma Raducanu and...

5 July 2022 | Customer Experience

Instagram Rich List 2022: Ronaldo holds top spot while earning over $2m per post

A t-shirt depicting Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo scores the top spot in the list for the second year running in Hopper HQ's annual Instagram Rich List, earning $2.39m per post, a 49% increase since last year.

The list, based on internal and publicly available data, reveals the platform’s highest-earning names, including celebrities, athletes, or influencers covering fitness, beauty and lifestyle.

In second place is Kylie Jenner, jumping from fourth place in 2021, with a 22% increase in her...

28 June 2022 | Social Media Marketing

89% of people feel social media negatively affects their mental health

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89% of social media users believe it is damaging their mental health, according to a study by The Cybersmile Foundation.

The organisation recently unveiled Digital Wellbeing 2022 - its second bi-yearly study conducted by the charity to learn about the impact that social media use has on 16- to 24-year-old users.

The Digital Wellbeing 2022 study asked 1000 participants aged 16-24 across the UK a series of questions relating to the way that their social media use affects...

22 June 2022 | Customer Experience

Harriet Durnford-Smith, Adverity: How data is impacting modern marketing

Harriet Durnford-Smith, Adverity.

Could you tell us a little bit about Adverity and how it can help organisations?

Advanced data analytics is more accessible to a wider range of companies than ever before. We’re proud to be among the innovators who’ve made that happen. 

Back in 2015, Adverity was founded with the aim of helping every organisation quickly and easily drive insight-driven decisions. Today, our solution enables brands, agencies, and organisations to fuel maximum value using data. By...

6 June 2022 | Social Media Marketing