Creators strike gold at AI summit. What it mean for brands
AI summit.“For a creator like me who talks about AI and engineering, I found all the brands I could create content with under one roof. I earned in one week what I usually earn in a month from several of the collaborations with brands I had at the summit,” said Arsh Goyal, a tech and engineering content creator with 488,000 Instagram followers.“I also got to meet the leadership of global tech giants and created content with them out of goodwill to build on my authenticity and long-term relationships with the brands,” Goyal added.
He highlighted that content was not just created across YouTube and Instagram but also for the professional network on LinkedIn during the summit.Exhibitors like government departments, tech giants, financial firms, and AI startups splurged on influencers to amplify their booths at the venue. Participants included the Department of Food and Public Distribution, ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, Tata Group companies, Google, Mastercard, Meta, Exotel and Emergent AI.“As a B2B company, we focused solely on tech influencers who demonstrated a solid understanding of our work and could represent us authentically through their expert voice,” said a Tata executive, requesting not to be named.“Due to challenges arising from the ongoing social media chatter and the rush among influencers to create summit-related content, we followed a rigorous process of handpicking and vetting those we collaborated with for our booth,” the executive added."When brands invest in renting booths at large events, they typically hire influencers to showcase these innovations on social media.
At the AI summit, this strategy was executed on a much larger scale. Since not everyone could attend in person, the
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