While the overall sentiment around this change seems positive, the micro-influencers are feeling short-changed as they believe the current trend of gaining followers is driven by likes. They feel macro-influencers will have an advantage over them as in the absence of likes, the number of followers will emerge as the single largest parameter to bucket influencers

In a category like personal care, where brands spend huge amounts on bigger influencers to promote their products, using micro-influencers was a smart move from an FMCG giant like ITC. The kind of reach the brand has fetched is on a par with any macro and expensive influencer marketing strategy

Chanakya Gupta, Head of 2GUD, Flipkart told BuzzInContent about the brand's strategy to work with smaller influencers over big shots and 2GUD's strategy with social commerce to target Tier 2 and 3 cities

India's advertising self-regulatory body will have to equip itself for monitoring branded content, DIY videos, informative articles, macro- and micro-influencers, user-generated content (challenges thrown by brands on short-video platforms) or any other form of content commissioned by brands

In a conversation with BuzzInContent.com, the marketing head of MG Motor India explains how a brand can achieve organic user-generated content, the importance of micro-influencers in content marketing and why brands should stay away from force-fitting themselves in stories. She reveals the content marketing strategy of MG Motor before its India launch

The agency will have access to Qoruz's product suite and a database of over six million macro and micro-influencers, to help brands generate better traction with the right target audience

In a video interview series Republic TV presents Engage, Volkswagen India's Head of Marketing says that he finds huge potential in the OTT and music space on the content front. He believes that while macro-influencers help get reach, micro-influencers bring further authenticity towards the brands

Amid the pandemic, content marketers juggled between reduced budgets and shooting restrictions, and had to re-strategise content plans in view of evolving consumption habits. BuzzInContent.com spoke to content marketers who share mistakes they made while executing content-driven campaigns and lessons they got last year

The platform serves as a gateway between brands and influencers wherein they can mutually benefit by connecting with each other to find, create and execute campaigns on a seamless platform

Yan Han, International Business Chairperson, Topline Consulting Group, shares five points around which influencer marketing will evolve and adapt to the changing circumstances of the social order

In these uncertain times, the brand is focusing on how it's more important for men to become equal partners in household chores. The brand launched a film, which is a throwback of the #ShareTheLoad campaigns, collaborated with influencers, launched social media contests, TikTok challenge and more

The lockdown has proved to be challenging for the media industry but it has also provided content creators with an opportunity as consumption of content is more than ever. It also calls for innovation as creators have to make do with minimum production back-up

Many brands that want to continue communicating with consumers have found content marketing and branded content as their saviours

Brand Advocacy is a powerful medium that can help your marketing campaign accrue business success. Ajit Narayan, CMO and Program Head, Socxo, gives a few tips on how to build a brand advocacy programme

In an interaction with BuzzInContent.com, Petal Gangurde, VP Marketing, discusses how the brand has been communicating to millennials via content on digital platforms and the brand's upcoming content plans

Hiren Panchal, Co-Founder, Litmus Branding Pvt. Ltd., sums up key factors to consider when looking to collaborate with an influencer

According to the report, entertainment and romance influenced 37% conversation. Hindi led the UGC creation with 22.5% share followed by Tamil and Telugu

In an interaction with BuzzInContent, Peigh, Managing Director, IPG Group, talks about the growing importance of user-generated content due to fall in consumers' trust in social media macro-influencers