As the lines between organic and paid communication become more transparent, some experts feel micro-influencers with their limited reach might lose out while others say they could gain more attention from brands for their organic, opinionated reviews

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

Shailja Joshi, Associate Director, Potato Chips Category, PepsiCo India, tells BuzzInContent that the core thought behind the campaign was that whether one is committed, happily single or in a long-distance relationship– no matter what the scenario may be, Lay's can help celebrate their ‘RelationChip Status'

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

Instead of promoting their products, Weikfield attempts to change society's perception about mothers and shows that they are not limited to their culinary skills. Apart from a host of micro-influencers, the brand has collaborated with actress Sameera Reddy for the campaign

It asked its TG to create a plate of food rangoli on Insta Story and share using Fortune Foods' 45 stickers, which included branded GIFs and messages related to sweets and snacks. The campaign was amplified by macro-influencers and organically picked up by micro-influencers

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

The brand has taken the influencer marketing route a bit differently. The influencers raise awareness about the new service and guides customers on how they can make the most of the ‘digital salon'

Data-driven results from influencer marketing achieved are based on the analytics of 2.70 lakh bloggers, 7.89 lakh published posts and two million CPA clicks to global clients

Ritesh Ujjwal, CEO and Co-founder, Kofluence, lists eight influencer marketing trends that brands can ride on to maximise reach and engagement

Dettol has curated 100 stories of Covid protectors from across India and carried them on 4 million liquid handwash packs, replacing their logo with the protectors' images to honour their selfless contribution. They have roped in 1000s of influencers, who are encouraging their followers to recognise the efforts of the ‘protectors' around them

While content creators, agencies and brands largely welcome the norms, they say more influencers will push for paid engagements and fear a negative impact on organic content. They say nano and macro-influencers might have to rethink their content strategy

In February this year, ASCI had released draft guidelines aimed at enabling consumers to easily recognise promotional content on digital platforms. BuzzInContent lists the draft guidelines in the form of pointers as well as the doubts and suggestions raised by stakeholders

The platform is used by over 45 top brands and agencies, including Huawei, Wipro, Pomelo, Fresh, Omnicom, Dentsu and We Communications. The company tracks more than three million influencers across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok