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What Drives Consumers to Follow Influencers?

What Drives Consumers to Follow Influencers?

  • JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

Influencer advertising is on the rise, yet we know little about what prompts consumers to engage with the “star of the show”. A new study identifies six particular consumer segments that follow influencers, uncovering why they do so and how they react to influencer content—insights that serve as a guide to managing influencer/endorser relationships.

Improving Product Sales Predictions Is Brain Science

Improving Product Sales Predictions Is Brain Science

  • MSI

It’s no surprise that new product launches often fail to meet their targets. The trick for managers is to improve their predictions for such products. They must balance the costs and benefits of many different data sources and analytic techniques in order to improve forecasting. To enhance the accuracy of predicting the market-level sales of new products, researchers Marton Varga, Anita Tusche, Paulo Albuquerque, Nadine Gier, Bernd Weber, and Hilke Plassmann, analyzed the added value of different data types. Their conclusions are illuminating.

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