Two key issues in contemporary marketing are analysed and compared: brand authenticity and influencer marketing. Brand authenticity can be defined as the measure to which people perceive a brand as true to itself and its consumers. Influencer marketing can be explained as a mediation tool to influence and generate word-of-mouth or as a human brand with brandable characteristics that respond to the unconscious needs of followers allowing the generation of a parasocial relationship. Through a mixed methods research including experts from the influencer marketing and web users, the relationship between authenticity, talent and brand was analysed, confirming three hypotheses: brand authenticity is a fundamental variable of influencer marketing; adv contents must appear to be part of daily life respecting the storytelling and the tone of voice of the influencer; in the storytelling, real aspects that distinguish the SMI, the ideals in which he believes and the causes he supports must be included.
Sono state analizzate e confrontate due questioni chiave del marketing contemporaneo: la brand authenticity e l’influencer marketing. La brand authenticity è la misura in cui le persone percepiscono un marchio come fedele a sé stesso e ai suoi consumatori. L’influencer marketing può essere inteso come strumento di mediazione per influenzare e generare passaparola oppure come human brand con caratteristiche brandizzabili che rispondono ai bisogni inconsci dei follower permettendo di creare una relazione parasociale. Attraverso il mixed method research che include esperti del settore dell’influencer marketing e utenti del web si è analizzato il rapporto tra autenticità, talent e azienda confermando le seguenti ipotesi: la brand authenticity è una variabile fondamentale dell’influencer marketing; i contenuti adv per essere efficaci devono sembrare parte della quotidianità, rispettare lo storytelling e il tone of voice dell’influencer; lo storytelling deve includere aspetti che contraddistinguono il SMI come persona, gli ideali in cui crede e le cause che supporta.
BRAND AUTHENTICITY E INFLUENCER MARKETING. ANALISI DEL RAPPORTO TRA AUTENTICITÀ E HUMAN BRAND
CRIVELLARI, MARZIA
2021/2022
Abstract
Two key issues in contemporary marketing are analysed and compared: brand authenticity and influencer marketing. Brand authenticity can be defined as the measure to which people perceive a brand as true to itself and its consumers. Influencer marketing can be explained as a mediation tool to influence and generate word-of-mouth or as a human brand with brandable characteristics that respond to the unconscious needs of followers allowing the generation of a parasocial relationship. Through a mixed methods research including experts from the influencer marketing and web users, the relationship between authenticity, talent and brand was analysed, confirming three hypotheses: brand authenticity is a fundamental variable of influencer marketing; adv contents must appear to be part of daily life respecting the storytelling and the tone of voice of the influencer; in the storytelling, real aspects that distinguish the SMI, the ideals in which he believes and the causes he supports must be included.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/2594