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Is your influencer marketing driving revenue — or just likes? Are you looking to drive clicks, and content creation, straight into sales?

Unilever sent ripples through the industry when it announced in March 2025 that it would be investing half of all its ad spend in Influencer marketing. And, Wild, the natural, refillable bodycare brand, is one of its brands, adopting this influencer-first strategy; producing 5,000 pieces of content every quarter.

In this episode, coming to you live from Cannes Lions Festival, host Sammy Albon talks to Laura Donadio, Global Head of Influencer & Partnerships at Wild, with a deep-dive into a conversion-led influencer strategy that supercharges the marketing funnel.

Listen to this 20-min podcast, for insights into:
💥 Why you shouldn't use "exclusivity" clauses for Influencers
💥 Setting and hitting specific acquisition and revenue targets through influencer campaigns
💥 Leveraging “hidden” content strategies that feel native, not pushy
💥 Using influencers as a “test & learn” lab before product rollouts

Challenging the limits of the creator economy with a smarter, performance-first mindset, if you're a DTC brand, managing paid social, or being challenged on awareness metrics, this episode is packed with tactical insights for marketers.

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The What They Said podcast is coming to you LIVE from Cannes Lions 2025!

Today we're talking TikTok Shop.

With an average of 6,000 live shopping experiences on TikTok Shop every day last year, savvy brands - including luxury ones - are not just launching, but building, co-creating, testing, and selling customer-centric product lines within the platform.

For this Cannes Special, Sammy Albon, unpicks this further, welcoming back disability activist, content creator and blind broadcaster, Lucy Edwards, alongside a new face - Nora Zukauskaiteback, Marketing Director at TikTok Shop UK & Europe - to discuss the exciting launch of Lucy's new Etia beauty brand in February 2026.

Listen out in the episode for:

💥 Lucy’s journey launching her beauty brand and how accessibility has shaped its identity

💥 Nora’s insights on how winning challenger brands are leveraging TikTok Shop to drive discovery and sales

💥 The power of community-driven commerce and Gen Z co-creation

💥 How content creators are influencing not just marketing—but product development

💥 How and why TikTok Shop is transforming the path from discovery to purchase

if you want to learn more about TikTok Shop, head to their podcast https://lnkd.in/ejNrmuXE

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The What They Said podcast is back to talk about everyone’s favourite Influencer buzzword, authenticity.

This week, Sammy Albon sits down with Millie Allen, Head of Marketing at Ocean Bottle – the award-winning reusable water bottle that reduces ocean-bound plastic – to chat about the trials of authenticity from purpose-led brands.

Listen out in the episode for:

💥 Why Youtubers make savvier content for brand partnerships

💥 The measurement equation; changing the narrative on what success looks like in Influencer Marketing

💥 Avoiding the echo chamber of social media, by checking our bias and providing truly customer-first led content

💥 How you can help save the world in just a few clicks (find out more about Ocean Bottle, or buy your own here)

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