Influencer marketing took up social media platforms years ago and is still as prevalent today. While people were quite skeptical about this field of marketing and profession, influencers are growing increasingly mainstream by the day.
It is usual for influencers to garner massive attention by showcasing beautiful but straightforward aspects of their life and family and make a living out of that!
While earlier, it was believed that influencing was just side-time gigs on Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube from where you could get some free goodies, these days, it has become possible to earn a living out of social media work alone.
This also means that competition is fast growing, and keeping up with the trends is just as crucial for collaborating with clients as for the influences themselves.
Seven biggest upcoming influencer marketing trends
1. Reels Aren’t Going Anywhere
Reels, Tiktok content, YouTube Shorts – short-form storytelling is all the rage these days, and this friend is not going anywhere.
While earlier, the Tiktok app was all about lip-syncing and visual content; audio usage has shifted towards creativity and unique content creation these days.
Beautiful animations, rare experiences, and content in general that can reach the audience’s hearts are preferred – emotional storytelling and emotion-based marketing are influencers’ primary sources of engagement generation.
2. The All-in-one App
2023 will see a massive shift towards the one ‘Super App,’ especially in direct shopping and retailing. We have already seen a shift towards using one app predominantly for every kind of content and reaching out to those who are important to us.
Each demographic has chosen one app for that, and while earlier social media users were interested in trying out every form of content, most are known to use one or two apps only.
However, mega shopping applications like Amazon have remained in the four front of retail online. Social media apps like Instagram and Tiktok are trying to bring influences into selling products directly from these applications instead.
3. Subscribing to influencers
Didn’t we always follow our favorite influences on social media? Hasn’t subscribing to content creators on YouTube been around for a while?
What has changed is another way of revenue generation, where social media applications are inherently saying that you do not need to set up accounts like Patreon to receive monetary support as a content creator.
Social media itself will now provide exclusive paid subscriptions for fans. While on the one hand, you can procure a steady income from this provides a steady income. On the other, it secures a fan base that was otherwise fluctuating.
4. Well-researched Content Strategy
Content strategies are now the way to go with people looking for plant and unplanned content everywhere.
While most can be seen that unplanned, genuinely fascinating content gets the most attention on social media platforms like Instagram Reels and Tiktok, most influencers have started to differentiate between their regular content and the ‘Viral Content.’
Influencers have started to develop a well-researched plan to retain the audience and diversify their content. Influences are also being beaten through popular demand by micro creators or mini-content creators – so most influencers are interested in being relatable and rebranding themselves!
5. Beating the AI-generated Art
AI-generated art is a recent late 2022 phenomenon with as many supporters as it has haters. Many online freelancers and influencers fear that AI art will not only beat them at their own game but also steal their artistic styles in some form or way.
AI-generated content can today be beaten by unique content that can beat the existing formulas on which AIs operate. It has, however, raised the stakes too high as people have to focus on creating original content for every short-form content.
It has led content creators to recycle material from longer creations, such as YouTube videos, and use them to engage on social media.
6. Influencer Stores
Since influencers have rebranded themselves as content creators, selling homegrown products over social media platforms has become more accessible and sustainable.
Stores grown by influences have become massively popular these days, and some even can take over a specific niche so that even larger companies cannot compete.
Influencer stores have never become more than just merch-selling organizations, and people are putting in much effort to create something new and unique. As social media changes massively in 2023, influencer stores would be an excellent way to maintain a steady income.
7. Story-based Content Marketing
Influencer marketing is story-based content marketing today. Fascinatingly the stories can be as simple as how your partner said something to you or your cat pushed another household item off the table – almost anything can be a story that is good enough to attract user attention.
Relativity is the most significant factor in story-based content marketing over social media. Many larger organizations use traditional marketing techniques to build relativity on social media and need to do better.
It is precisely where traditional advertisement teams must be replaced by units that understand influencer marketing and can think like influencers.
Conclusion
Influencer marketing is a growing field that has diversified into several different areas. Some endless tricks and tips can help clients profit from this industry while providing valuable content.
Influencer practices differ immensely depending on the niche in question. As is typical for social media, we wouldn’t be surprised if something completely unexpected comes up in 2023 and changes social media connectivity – especially with Elon Musk announcing the ‘X’ and Meta still working to prominence. That is why regular research and analysis are so important in influencer marketing.
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