Unilever Presses Digital Influencers to Drop Bots and Fake Followers

Unilever Presses Digital Influencers to Drop Bots and Fake Followers

Unilever wants social-media influencers to give themselves an authenticity check. The big-spending advertiser behind such well-pitched products as Dove, Lipton’s tea and Hellman’s mayonnaise intends to announce June 18 that it will no longer work with influencers who buy followers – the coin of the realm in social media. “At Unilever, we believe influencers are an […]

Warc Toolkit 2017: The rise of ‘dark social’ and chat apps to impact marketers

Warc Toolkit 2017: The rise of ‘dark social’ and chat apps to impact marketers

The rise of ‘dark social’ – online conversations that are not trackable by marketers – will have a growing impact on brands’ social strategy in 2017, according to Warc, the global marketing intelligence service. Research suggests a growing proportion of online social activity is ‘dark’, driven by the rise of chat or mobile-focused messenger apps, […]