Buzzoole Announces US $8.9 Million in Series A Funding

Buzzoole Announces US $8.9 Million in Series A Funding

Buzzoole, the leading influencer marketing platform and service in Europe, announced that it has secured $8.9 million in Series A funding in a round led by StarTIP (Tamburi Investment Partners – TIP (investors in Ferrari, Hugo Boss, Moncler) and “Vertis Venture 2 Scaleup”. Existing investors R301, Brahma AG, Impulse VC and ScaleIT Ventures also participated […]

Younger consumers are forcing brands to change how they approach influencer marketing

Younger consumers are forcing brands to change how they approach influencer marketing

The demand from consumers for authenticity and transparency within influencer marketing has had a significant change on the purpose the marketing technique serves for businesses in the last year. 60 per cent of digital marketers have seen the purpose of influencer marketing change ‘drastically’ for them in the last 12 months, with 56 per cent […]

Pinterest launches influencer marketing program

Pinterest launches influencer marketing program

Pinterest has opened up its content marketing API to third-party influencer marketing platforms, making it easier for brands to work with influencers on the social network. The influencer marketing program has been launched with eight partners – including AspireIQ, HYPR, Influence.co, IZAEA, Klear, Mavrck, Obvious.ly, and Open Influence – which have all integrated the API […]

Billion Dollar Boy launches StoryTracker, the industry’s first AI-powered Instagram Story tracking tool

Billion Dollar Boy launches StoryTracker, the industry’s first AI-powered Instagram Story tracking tool

Billion Dollar Boy, a global influencer marketing agency, is announcing the launch of StoryTracker, an industry first AI-powered Instagram Story tracking tool. This unique piece of software allows influencers and influencer marketing professionals to locate, categorise, save, download and analyse Instagram Stories before they disappear. With Instagram recently releasing figures showing that Stories now has […]

Global use of #ad on Instagram grows by 44% in first half of 2018, according to Buzzoole

Global use of #ad on Instagram grows by 44%  in first half of 2018, according to Buzzoole

Influencer marketing company Buzzoole released the results of research on the use of #ad and #sponsored on Instagram in the first half of 2018. The influencer marketing brandtech company was able to measure the growth of Influencer Marketing campaigns run across social media and found that overall, Instagram posts tagged with the hashtags #ad and #sponsored […]

Snapchat marries influencers and advertisers with ‘Storytellers’ functionality

Snapchat marries influencers and advertisers with ‘Storytellers’ functionality

Snapchat has further extended its monetisation strategy with the launch of ‘Snapchat Storytellers’; new functionality designed to increase the involvement of high-reach influencers with adverts in its Discover and Stories channels. The new tool aims to aid brands wishing to better utilise their presence on the medium by engaging with its most successful content creators, […]

Buzzoole becomes first Influencer Marketing platform to introduce reporting on Instagram Stories

Buzzoole becomes first Influencer Marketing platform to introduce reporting on Instagram Stories

Buzzoole, the leading influencer marketing platform and service in Europe, announced the launch of a new integration with Instagram that will allow brands to monitor ‘stories-based’ Influencer Marketing campaigns. Instagram has recently reached one billion monthly users and rolled out its new video hub IGTV, stressing the importance of engaging with users using multiple formats. […]

RTL AdConnect launch VMP at Cannes Lions to provide an independent alternative to US tech giants

RTL AdConnect launch VMP at Cannes Lions to provide an independent alternative to US tech giants

As the advertising industry puts brand and viewer safety at the centre of Cannes Lions for another year, and Unilever questions the measurability of influencers, RTL AdConnect launches VMP – the Video Market Place – giving brands a unique gateway to a global digital ecosystem. The VMP will give international advertisers simple and centralised access […]

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 […]