A new report from The Influencer Marketing Factory outlines the rise of virtual influencers. These AI influencers are now mainstream, with 53% of respondents in a survey following at least one. Here ...

The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media, by Emily Hund is out now. In July 2021, singer Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House as part of a campaign to encourage young ...

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Ismael El Qudsi is Co-founder and CEO of SocialPubli, an award-winning influencer marketing platform with 500,000+ opt-in influencers. What if there were one thing you could do to make consumers much ...

Being an “influencer” is big business. Influencer marketing has more than tripled since 2019, with an estimated worldwide market size of $24 billion (“Global Influencer Marketing Value 2016– 2024,” ...

If you’re reading this article, you’re likely interested in gaining more visibility. Whether you’re looking to bring in more leads, be seen as a thought leader in your field or, well, “influence” ...

The most successful influencers put their lives in the limelight—and their faces all over your social-media feed. They are relentless at self-promotion. But a new kind of creator is upending the ...

Close to 5 million people follow Influencers in the Wild. The popular Instagram account makes fun of the work that goes into having a certain other kind of popular Instagram account: A typical post ...

Laura Meyer is the founder and CEO of Envision Horizons, an Amazon Solutions company specializing in working with high-growth brands. If there’s one thing that defines Gen Z, it’s social media. Young ...

Unilever says it's working with "close to 300,000 influencers." Industry experts say its moves have galvanized the creator ...

High schoolers are appealing to other health-conscious kids online, sometimes by expressing views in line with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement. Ava Noe, 17, has developed an Instagram ...