{"id":63082,"date":"2018-08-21T19:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revamp.wellvyl.com\/death-abs-smoothies\/?p=63082"},"modified":"2020-06-09T07:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:54:35","slug":"influencer-fraud-is-it-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/media\/influencer-fraud-is-it-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"INFLUENCER FRAUD &#8211; IS IT WORTH IT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/julianmitchell\/2017\/08\/16\/get-paid-to-be-yourself-the-business-of-being-dame-dash\/#3d9717d3780d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forbes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the disruptive mogul and entrepreneur Dame Dash said, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because of the internet, you don\u2019t have to be so cool, you just have to be famous.\u201d In the days of influencer marketing, this could not be truer. The creator of Roc-A-Fella Records continues saying, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re corny or not, as long as you have money and Instagram followers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d This introduces the digital world to influencer fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transparency is our only weapon in the fight against influencer fraud. Money and followers on any social media account is the new recipe for cool. The image of something is much more important than the actuality of something. To be quite frank, I agree with Dash\u2019s sentiment, \u201cThe role of the real influencer is in jeopardy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/celebrity-marketing.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62077 size-large\" title=\"INFLUENCER FRAUD\" src=\"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/celebrity-marketing-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"celebrity-influencing\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With social media accounts increasing number of bots engagements, purchasing of followers, and the pay-to-play attitude, how can consumers guard themselves against influencer fraud?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>WHAT ARE INFLUENCERS?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/business-news\/media\/instagrams-rich-list-reveals-biggest-social-media-cash-cows-1202764857\/\">WWD<\/a> did a fantastic breakdown of celebrities and their influential marketing income for Instagram posts in relation to their followers. The self-made cosmetics guru, Kylie Jenner, has an estimated value of $1 million for each sponsored post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[Selena] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gomez has the largest following on the list at 139 million, and each post is worth $800,000. Ronaldo\u2019s posts are worth $750,000. He has 137 million followers. Jenner\u2019s half-sister <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/tag\/kim-kardashian\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kim Kardashian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> West has 114 million followers and her single posts are valued at $720,000.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Micro-influencers are also joining the likes of celebrities when it comes to marketing. One mention can ensure that these small-scale influencers receive up to $1,500 per mention.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/news\/2018\/06\/25\/influencer-marketing-fraud-how-big-problem-it\">The Drum\u2019s research<\/a> from advertisers and marketers yield these results \u201cIn a survey of its members, the Association of National Advertisers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/news\/2018\/04\/03\/ana-finds-only-36-marketers-say-their-influencer-marketing-effective\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">found<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that 75% of marketers currently work with influencers and of that 43% plan to increase spending in the next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>THE PROBLEM WITH INFLUENCER FRAUD<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/social-media-marketing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62078\" src=\"https:\/\/wellvyl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/social-media-marketing-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"influencer marketing\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Eliza Valdez, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">manager of insights and strategy at influencer marketing agency <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/swaygroup.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sway Group<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, says, \u201cBot comments are responsible for over 40 percent of total comments for more than 500 of 2,000 sponsored posts made each day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Valdez\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/digital\/eliza-valdez-sway-group-guest-post-influencer-fraud\/\">opinion piece for AdWeek<\/a>, she continues \u201cThe influencer marketing industry will not continue to thrive without truth and transparency.\u201d If you do decide to implement influencer marketing in any of your social media campaigns, Valdez stresses that companies should know who their influencers are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is not worth it. You do your followers, customers, and consumers a great disservice when it comes to influencer fraud. Just because someone has a ton of followers does not mean it is quality content and worth making it onto your timeline. In a digital world dominated and curated by algorithms, consumers are constantly fed what they might or should like based on who they follow and things that they search. It should be unethical for companies to promote their products using false advertising through fraudulent influencer marketing. If companies actively and willingly engage in influencer fraud, then there should be consequences and punishments set in place. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unilever\u2019s CMO, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/digital\/unilevers-cmo-on-moving-meaningful-money-in-push-for-tech-platforms-to-clean-up-content\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keith Weed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, has outright said that the company will not work with influencers who buy followers. It may be time for the companies and advertising firms using digital marketing to take the same stance. 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