Influence Global Podcast - shining a spotlight on influencer marketing Gordon Glenister

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.

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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.