r/InfluencerAsk

Hi all,

We're launching Moast Collect, a marketplace that gifts creators products from brands in exchange for a brief testimonial or product-use video. No elaborate production needed, light editing, just a short video.

You choose which brands you want to work with, and the product's yours to keep either way.

Let me know if you'd like to participate and I'll share the link to get started.

I have started to post influencer content recently but none of the reels go beyond 200 views or 10 likes. I use top hashtags and trending audio and also consistently post a reel or atleast a carousel. I don't what I'm doing wrong. Any advice on how to do it?

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\-> TommyInnit (100 questions with Tom Simons), Britanny Broski (Royal Court), sort of Quen (feeding starving celebrities)...

It feels like (in this case) Youtube has lost the connection with the audience whereas before "anyone" could make their videos and if anybody blew up it was because of chance but there was always some sort of humanity behind it; where communities grew and such. Now it almost feels like we lost the actual "bond" with the owner of the channel, because they feel too far away/ may be not as relatable because so well known and/or almost becoming a celebrity. It feels like we are taking that away from us, because it grew too important, because the scale of social media went so big. On the other hand, even if Youtube may recommend from time to time little creators, they seemingly don't grow as much as one could before.

I'm sad that this is happening as Youtube has always helped me with not fitting in my current environment. Why does this need to become televised? In my country for instance; France, I have seen that videos from Youtubers were now airing on TV on certain channels and even the most well known Youtubers (at first because of gaming content) focused heavily on produced videos which are no longer entertaining because it's the same thing again and again. It seems odd to me. The internet doesn't feel like it was 10 years ago.

Has anyone else noticed those particular things?

Is there anything that can be done?

Thanks for whoever is reading and pardon me for the grammar <3

(Idk if something like this has already been posted, if so I'm sorry for wasting someone's time)

It feels like a lot of trends are overhyped, but every now and then something becomes popular for a good reason.

I feel like I'm losing my mind trying to keep up with the algorithm and I only post twice a week. Where do you guys find the energy to nut burn out completely

For those whom struggle with managing popularity.

Hi guys, I'm on the other side of this as a solo app developer, but I wanted to ask the people who actually live it. I'm building a swim training app on iOS, and I'm looking into setting up an affiliate arrangement with a few smaller creators, paying an ongoing cut of subscription revenue for as long as someone they bring in stays subscribed, rather than a flat one off fee.

The way this tends to work on iOS is that instead of a trackable link, you get a unique code and your audience has to actually type it into the app after they install, since Apple has made proper link based attribution pretty unreliable. I've dug around and can't find much from the creator side about what that's actually like to work with day to day.

So genuinely asking, if you've done affiliate or referral work for an app where the mechanic was "here's your code, get people to enter it after they download," how did it go? Did your audience actually bother typing it in, or did you feel like you lost people right at that step compared to a normal link. And on the payout side, did it feel reliable, did you trust that redemptions were being counted properly, would you do it again?

Thanks for your help, looking forward to chatting with you all!
Emile