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Why Influencers Want You in Their Group Chats

Instagram’s broadcast channel feature is becoming a favourite for online creators and brand founders as a place to seek feedback and share a more unvarnished look at their lives. It’s also proving to be a powerful marketing tool.
Instagram’s broadcast channel feature is becoming a favourite for online creators and brand founders.
Instagram’s broadcast channel feature is becoming a favourite for online creators and brand founders. (BoF Team)

More and more influencers are sliding into their followers’ DMs.

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What’s Driving the Influencer Subscription Boom

As social media users tune out ads, content creators are putting more of their content behind a paywall. The hope is they can build a deeper connection with their followers – and make more money, too.

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Diana Pearl
Diana Pearl

Diana Pearl is Senior News and Features Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s marketing and media coverage.

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