AMAZING STORY OF DRAGONS DEN STAR WHO HAS BECOME AN ALLERGY INFLUENCER FT. JULIANNE PONAN

Julianne is a pioneer in the free-from world. She was diagnosed with severe anaphylaxis at two years old, she has multiple allergies to all peanuts, treenuts, sesame, chickpeas and more. She is the founder and CEO of Creative Nature a Top 14 allergen free brand, through her own experiences and challenges living with allergies she focused on Creative Nature to be at the forefront of ‘free from’ innovation, pushing the boundaries and launching a range of free from foods with good nutrition from baking to snacks!

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to business, exports, and aiding individuals with allergies, Julianne was honoured with an MBE in the New Year’s Kings Honours in 2023. Creative Nature has grown from strength to strength driving change for free-from food in the aviation industry, launching products on board Virgin Atlantic and more. The brand is also into Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Co-op, Asda, Tesco exports to 16 countries including the UAE.

THE JOURNEY OF A YOUNG FOOD BLOGGER LAUNCHING INFLUENCER PLATFORM INVYTED FT. ASTI WAGNER

From sushi spots to italian gems, Asti Wagner has always loved indulging in the extensive London food scene and finding the best hidden gems in the city. With a camera roll filled with food, she decided to share her experiences on Instagram through a page called @eatwithast, of which only her close friends followed, which grew from less than 500 followers to over 10,000 within one year. Fast forward to December 2023. Over 800 posts and a combined following of over 50,000 followers, @eatwithast continues to grow with a powerful presence on Instagram and TikTok, sharing the latest hotspots in London and beyond.

Arranging collaborations with PR agencies and brands became long and tiring so she founded Invyted – an influencer marketing platform to streamline influencer collaborations across multiple industries. Asti’s first-hand experience enabled her to identify and tackle all the frustrations influencers and brands face and solve these problems through a simple mobile app.

GETTING CULTURE RIGHT IN A TALENT AGENCY SETS THE AGENDA FOR GROWTH FT. EMILIO ARCINIEGA

Outreach Agency is a fast-growing digital talent management agency, founded by husband-and-wife duo Emilio and Amy Arciniega in 2020. After working in the Influencer Marketing industry on the brand partnerships side and seeing a monumental range in the quality of talent management that content creators were receiving, Emilio and Amy decided to launch their own talent management division. Our agency philosophy is “treat everyone how we would want to be treated” and whilst we are growing quickly, we believe this needs to be at a sustainable level that doesn’t compromise on our promise to deliver best-in-class talent management services to our roster.

We do this by ensuring our Talent Managers’ rosters remain small so that each Manager is focussing on and representing an average of five creators (the industry average from our research is 10 talent per Talent Manager within most of our competitors) which enables them to dedicate unprecedented time and resource into the talent they work with. We are committed to providing a unique and exceptional experience to our talent, as well as our clients. We work with our creators as a team to ensure their careers are as lucrative and have as much longevity as possible. We recognise that different talent has different goals, and therefore deserves a personalised service bespoke to their own ambitions which may cover different revenue streams e.g. brand collaborations, merchandise, podcasting, product launches, publishing and more. As a family-run agency, Emilio and Amy encourage an emphasis on putting the people we work with first.

They are passionate about building strong relationships with clients and talent and are committed to delivering an excellent level of service to everyone we work with at Outreach Agency, whether the talent on our roster or our brand and agency clients. We value the importance of working in a way that is transparent, honest, and respectful and feel that in an industry that is so dominated by online communication, a personal touch can go a long way.

FROM START UP TO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INFLUENCER AGENCY – HOW THEY DID IT FT. BRAD HOOS

Brad Hoos is the CEO of The Outloud Group, a high-growth 70-person influencer marketing agency. Outloud works across digital platforms to create & execute influencer campaigns to deliver measurable results for their brand partners. A proven innovator, Brad and the Outloud team work across a number of brands including Grubhub, SimpliSafe, Athletic Greens, Keeps, and KiwiCo. Published in Forbes and featured on Cheddar, when Brad is not knee-deep in the creator universe, there’s a good chance he’s skiing, hiking, or watching college football.

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CELEBRATING WOMEN IN INFLUENCER MARKETING FT. JESSY GROSSMAN

Jessy Grossman is a long time entrepreneur in the digital media space. She’s passionate about supporting women in business and being at the forefront of innovation. She’s been quoted in the New York Times (again here), Forbes and was awarded a spot in the “Influencer Top 50” by Talking Influence.

In less than two years she created one of the fastest growing influencer talent agencies in the country. Amidst unprecedented growth, she sold the multi-six-figure agency and pivoted to focus on her long-time passion project: Women in Influencer Marketing (better known as WIIM). Founded in 2017, WIIM is the premiere professional organization for those who work with influencers. The community offers networking and new business opportunities, career services, continuous education and so much more.

Jessy also does consulting, advising and influencer marketing recruiting through her consultancy Tribe Monday. You can find inspiring stories and more about Jessy on the WIIM Podcast. Check out iamwiim.com and tribemonday.com for more information.

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HOW TOP TIKTOK CREATOR MADE HIS NAME IN THE AGENCY WORLD WITH COMEDY FT. ROB MAYHEW

Rob Mayhew is Creative Director at Digital Innovations Agency Gravity Road. Rob has over 20 years experience working at many of London’s top agencies. Using his skills as a stand-up comedian, Rob found his ability to shine a light on the agency world with his funny sketches soon earned him over 140k followers on TikTok and 90K followers on LinkedIn and is one of the most shared individuals on ad lands Teams chats and work WhatsApp groups. The Drum called Rob “Adlands favourite social media star”.

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SOCIAL MEDIA LEADERSHIP AND BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL FT. AARON TEMPLER

Aaron Templer is a first-time author and 20+ year marketing leader with a music problem. He is the Founder and Strategist of a full-service brand and marketing firm, Three Over Four, and is involved with the American Marketing Association as a past chapter president, professional instructor, and Past President of its Professional Chapters Council. He’s a percussionist in various projects around Denver. Some call him the Gora Dhol Wallah.

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THE GOAL SETTER – WHY WE ALL NEED GOALS TO RUN OUR LIVES FT. DEBRA ECKERLING

Goal strategist Debra Eckerling is on a mission to change goal culture in and out of the workplace. She is the award-winning author of Your Goal Guide and founder of the D*E*B METHOD® system of goal-setting simplified. A speaker, consultant, and workshop leader, Debra offers personal and professional planning, content development, event strategy, and team-building for executives, entrepreneurs, consultants, and companies.

Debra has spoken on stages for TEDx, Innovation Women, SCORE LA, and more, and is the host of #GoalChatLive aka The DEB Show and the Taste Buds with Deb podcast. Connect with Deb on LinkedIn or learn more about her at TheDEBMethod.com.

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THE EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCER MARKETING FT. JAMES ERSKINE

James Erskine is the Group CEO of ROCKET, specialising in telling brand’s story through creating, producing and marketing content to a children’s, youth and parent focused audience. Branded content, content marketing, advertiser funded programming, brand funded partnerships, integrated sponsorships, call it what you want, James has created, produced, managed and distributed it across all media over the last 12 years in media, marketing and communications.

Over that time he’s worked on hundreds of campaigns and integrated advertising, sponsorship, PR and promotional activity. The campaigns he’s worked on have launched products, increased basket size, won awards, driven subscription, encouraged data capture, demonstrated CRM and always demonstrated a solid return on investment.

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WHAT MAKES THE PERFECT BRAND PARTNERSHIP – COTY INFLUENCER LEAD & TOP AGENT DISCUSS

This episode features Grace Fung (Influencer Marketing & Comms Lead at COTY) and Kay Ganesh (Co-Founder of Hypesight). COTY is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, colour cosmetics, and skin and body care. COTY is the global leader in fragrance and number three in colour cosmetics.

COTY’s products are sold in over 150 countries around the world. COTY and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimise its impact on the environment. COTY is deeply committed to Changing the Conversation around Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in an effort to create a more open, inclusive, and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self.

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