Creator research
Finding creators whose audience location, interests and engagement match your customers.
↗Smart Digital Rank plans and manages influencer campaigns for brands that want real results from creator partnerships. We find creators whose audiences match your customers, handle briefs and agreements, and track what each partnership brings in.
The right creator with a small, loyal audience often beats a celebrity with millions.
Influencer marketing works because people trust recommendations from creators they follow. But that trust only transfers to your brand if the creator is a genuine fit. A big account whose audience lives in another country, or follows them for unrelated reasons, will produce impressive reach and very few customers.
We start by looking past follower counts. We check where each creator's audience is based, how engaged they are, whether the comments are real, what brands they have worked with and whether their style suits yours. For many businesses, a group of smaller creators with highly engaged niche audiences delivers better results than one large partnership.
Once we have a shortlist, we handle outreach, negotiation and briefing. A good brief gives creators clear goals, key messages and things to avoid, while leaving room for them to speak in their own voice. Their audience can tell when a script has been forced on them.
We also make sure campaigns are transparent. Paid partnerships should be clearly disclosed using platform tools and labels such as "ad" or "paid partnership", which protects both your brand and the creator. Agreements cover usage rights, so you know whether you can reuse the content in your own ads.
Every partnership gets its own tracking, using unique links and discount codes, so you can see which creators bring in traffic, leads and sales, and which are worth working with again.
Long-term partnerships usually beat one-off posts. When a creator mentions your brand several times over a few months, their audience starts to see you as something the creator genuinely uses, rather than a single paid plug. We help you identify the creators who perform best and turn those relationships into ongoing collaborations.
We manage the whole process, so you only review shortlists and approve content.
Finding creators whose audience location, interests and engagement match your customers.
↗Checks for fake followers, engagement quality and brand fit before you commit.
↗Contacting creators, agreeing fees or product exchanges and handling the details.
↗Clear creative briefs and a simple approval process that keeps the creator's voice intact.
↗Agreements covering deliverables, usage rights and clear disclosure of paid partnerships.
↗Unique links and codes for each creator, with reports on traffic, sales and cost per result.
↗A first campaign usually takes four to eight weeks from planning to published content.
We agree goals, budget, platforms and the kind of creators that fit your brand.
We research, vet and shortlist creators for your approval.
We brief creators, review content and coordinate publishing.
We track results by creator and recommend who to work with again.
What brands ask before investing in influencer marketing.
Creator fees vary widely by audience size, platform and the content required. Some smaller creators work for product or modest fees. We plan campaigns around your budget and show you expected costs upfront.
Often, yes. Smaller creators with engaged, niche audiences can produce better results per dollar than large accounts, especially for local and specialist brands.
We review engagement patterns, comment quality, audience location and growth history, and use analytics tools to flag suspicious accounts.
Yes. Paid or gifted partnerships should be clearly disclosed. We make sure creators use the platform's paid partnership tools and clear labels.
If the agreement includes usage rights. We negotiate this upfront so you can run strong creator content as ads.
Each creator gets unique tracking links and discount codes, so we can report traffic, sign-ups and sales from every partnership.
Mainly Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, plus LinkedIn for B2B creators, depending on where your audience is.
Yes. Local creators with followers in your area can be very effective for restaurants, gyms, salons, clinics and shops. We look for creators whose audience is based where your customers are.