

For example, Hannah Simone’s sponsored video was centered around her cat, Alphie, who is frequently featured on her social media pages. The sponsored videos were customized to align with each celebrity’s existing social media content.

Allow influencers to create content their audience will love. When it comes to influencer marketing, bigger is not always better, and H&M’s awareness of this paid off.Ģ. Rather than spending the entire campaign budget on the largest celebrity influencer it could afford, H&M went with several lesser known celebrities with highly engaged and devoted social media followings. H&M chose its celebrity influencers wisely. Why H&M Succeeded With Celebrity Influencers The videos posted for the campaign achieved a cumulative engagement rate of nearly 10%. Engagement: 1,273,593 likes were generated on social media, as well as 14,859 comments (over a third of which were on a single Tyler Posey Instagram post) and 19,420 shares/retweets.Social Reach: The campaign’s content received 12,477,727 views on Instagram and Facebook.Align content with each celebrity’s personality and lifestyle in order to create authentic messaging for the H&M brand.Drive clothing sales, specifically for the holiday line.
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Peyton List and Jana Kramer actually got more views and engagement on the short clip than the full video, indicating that in some cases the perfect short clip can be even more effective than longer-form content. Additionally, by presenting the content in two different ways H&M was able to appeal to more viewers and increase the visibility of their campaign. This strategy helped generate buzz for the campaign. The teaser clips were pulled directly from the full ad and posted a couple of days before the full videos. Each post included #hm as well as a link to the H&M website. There were a total of 6 posts per influencer and 24 posts for the campaign.
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