Adexchanger iconAdexchangerMay 19, 2026

Influencer Marketing Grows Up

Marketers would choose who to work with based on follower counts and gut feel. Now influencer is a performance channel – and creators are media channels in their own right, with loyal audiences, CPMs and measurement expectations to match.

Influencer Marketing Grows Up

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Marketers would choose who to work with based on follower counts and gut feel.

Now influencer is a performance channel – and creators are media channels in their own right, with loyal audiences, CPMs and measurement expectations to match.

Influencer marketing used to be the squishy line on a media plan.

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Marketers would choose who to work with based on follower counts and gut feel. Now influencer is a performance channel – and creators are media channels in their own right, with loyal audiences, CPMs and measurement expectations to match. Influencer marketing used to be the squishy line on a media plan.

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Influencer marketing used to be the squishy line on a media plan.

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