Is AI About to Flatten Every Brand Voice?

Over the past few years, RAD AI has been driving incredible communications campaigns for companies from various industries. Helping brands tell their stories is what we do. However, we also are aware that some of you may have only just been introduced to us and that others may be wanting to know a bit more. So, we thought this would be a great time to tell our story, and who better to tell it than those at its heart? We spoke to our Co-Founder and CEO Jeremy Barnett (JB), Co-Founder and President Bradley Silver (BS), and our new Chief Growth Officer Stephen Klein (SK) about what makes RAD different and to gauge their insights into what lies ahead. Here’s what they had to say:

To get us started, let’s talk a bit about the beginnings of RAD. Where did the idea come from? What led you down the path of creating emotionally intelligent AI?

JB: RAD AI as it exists today would not have been possible if not for the merger. Initially, RAD started out as a creator-enabled platform. The product was decent, but there were a lot of similarities between what we were doing and what others were doing. I came across Bradley's technology, and it was the first platform I used that didn't just give me loads of information but actually made sense of it. We felt like we could be so much stronger together, so we combined forces to create the company and product that we have today. We started by identifying a common problem across enterprise brands. We found major correlations between emotional intelligence and ROI, yet this seemed to be an area that no one else was really touching. Today’s consumers have different needs, habits, and expectations than generations past. Brands want to connect with these consumers, but most of the time they just don't know how to do it effectively. Creating that emotional connection seemed to be the missing piece, so we decided that our internal mission would be to rid the world of bad communication and keep brands accountable in their interactions with customers. If we had a friend that was constantly lying to and misleading us, we simply would not be friends with that person anymore. So then why should we as consumers accept spammy, lame, and ingenuine communications from the brands we do business with? It seemed to us like many brands simply did not know how to connect in a genuine way. That was sort of our "aha" moment, and we built the world’s first AI with an EQ as a result. BS: We no longer live in a world where marketers can broadcast a one-size-fits-all message to their audiences. To communicate effectively in the digital age, you need to understand who you’re talking to and how best to reach them. What’s driving customers’ interests? What are they talking about in their online communities, and how do these conversations impact their behavior? What are they reading and consuming? What emotional connectivity is taking place? We thought it would be interesting to mine that information and build personas around it. Instead of viewing consumers as these somewhat faceless demographic groups, we present them in a much more human way. Customers are real people with their own interests, priorities, hobbies, and needs. By taking the time to understand them on this level rather than just viewing them as numbers and data, brands can begin to form genuine connections. We have found a way to do this using artificial intelligence, and it’s interesting and unique to me that our technology is able to do something that's so innately human.

Stephen, you came to RAD with vast experience in helping businesses around the world connect with their audiences. In your view, what does RAD offer to the martech and marketing space that we aren’t seeing elsewhere?

SK: Many years ago, I had the privilege of working on a project with Apple, and Steve Jobs happened to be in the room. He said something to the effect of, "The trick with technology is to avoid spreading darkness at the speed of light." Well, unfortunately what I’ve discovered is that a lot of the martech tools available today are doing exactly what that statement says not to. So many of the platforms available today are simply doing marketing as it's always been done but doing it faster and measuring it more carefully. As a result, bad marketing is simply going around quicker instead of being rethought or approached with a fresh perspective. RAD is bringing in that breath of fresh air marketing needs. While most platforms tend to focus on sentiment, RAD focuses on things like emotion and resonance to help its clients tell stories that are meaningful, memorable, and valuable. To me, that is just extraordinarily exciting because there seems to be a lack of that in the industry.

What types of companies does RAD work with?

JB: We are pretty industry agnostic. If a brand has a story to tell, we’re happy to help them tell it. We’ve worked with clients in healthcare, entertainment, publishing, and more and are in the early stages of working with some exciting clients in travel and hospitality as well as financial services. The way we see it, authenticity is an issue faced by organizations in every industry. We have an intelligent and adaptive platform that can help combat that, so why limit ourselves?

Data privacy is a huge topic of concern these days, and customers have become a bit wary about how their information is collected and used by the brands they do business with. How is RAD AI navigating these issues?

BS: That's part of the beauty of our data collection and our platform. All the data we collect is anonymous and in aggregate form, so there’s no unique identifiers. Our data source is public and enormous, and our models are adaptive. As new data sources come online or the information changes, the models adapt according to the dynamics of the world. We addressed the changes Europe’s GDPR legislation brought about a few years ago and will continue to adapt to changes in policy and privacy as needed to ensure everyone stays safe.

There has been a lot of mistrust in media and business over the past few years because of deepening divisions in society. As a platform built on authenticity, how does RAD ensure that its messages do not contribute to this mistrust?

SK: There is a lot of sneaky stuff that goes on in marketing, as well as a lot of tricks and games. Marketing people are usually pretty good at marketing itself, but that doesn't always mean that what they’re marketing is good. I think our most effective weapon against this is that we align our values, ethics, and integrity with the authenticity algorithms that Bradley has developed. BS: RAD AI does not and will not work with companies that are doing things that do not align with our company values. In the past, we have refused to continue relationships with clients who were promoting a product that we didn't believe in, or that we felt was overpromised and inauthentic. If we’re going to push authenticity to our clients, then we ourselves need to remain authentic and true to what we stand for. RAD is a company with integrity, and no dollar amount will ever outvalue the standards we set for ourselves.

RAD has achieved so much in such a short amount of time. What made that possible? What enables you to keep ‘winning’?

JB: I think it comes down to our people. There's a very focused environment spanning from the board and leadership to the directors, the Customer Success folks, and the engineers, some of whom have been with Bradley for over eight years. We have a great group of people who believe in our vision and are going to do everything in their power to make this thing succeed. We're gonna 'win' because what we do is special, unique, and delivers return on investment. The reason clients stay with us is because we don't just tell them, "Hey, here's a campaign. See you later." We integrate with their creative teams and paid media environments to form a real partnership. Our clients know they can depend on our team, our technology, our methodology, and our process. Our team becomes almost like a part of their team. I think a key factor of what makes us great.

Following on from that, what’s next for RAD AI? Jeremy and Stephen, where do you see the business going? Bradley, what’s next for the tech?

JB: Long term, I can see us potentially going public or being acquired by someone who shares our vision and values. In the shorter term, we have some great new clients coming onboard, an investment grant, and a fundraise that has been incredibly successful so far. As I said before, we have a super committed team that is really invested in making this thing work, so the only way is up from here. SK: What I find so exciting about RAD AI is that we're very, very close to cracking that ‘holy grail’ of being able to improve clients’ ability to communicate with their audiences in a way that's authentic, emotionally connected, and not annoying. Our technology is there, and our proofs of concept speak for themself at this point. I imagine we will continue to grow our relationships with current client base and bring in more from other industries and geographies. When you combine the business drive of people like Jeremy with the technology genius of Bradley and his team of engineers, the possibilities for RAD are endless. BS: I get so excited when I think about the immensity of what we're able to do and the billions of data points and pieces of content that we're able to analyze. The world of technology has changed so much in just the past couple of years. Imagine what it could look like in just a couple more if we put state-of-the-art technologies into the hands of regular people. To me, that's awe inspiring. It's mind blowing, and it's why I get out of bed in the morning. The potential is limitless, and the world is ever-changing. Our technology will continue to evolve and adapt alongside it. You can learn more about Jeremy, Bradley, Stephen, and the rest of our RAD team here.

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New Standards for Influencer Marketing

by Seth Weinkranz - Seth has 10+ years of experience in developing and executing global influencer-led initiatives cross-platform for Fortune 500 Brands. Today, he is a senior Account Manager with a history of working with prominent entertainment studios, lifestyle & sports brands. This, alongside with Seth’s background in talent management enables him to build win-win business partnerships for both talent & brands.Mar 5, 2024Artificial Intelligence | Content Marketing ROI | Influencer Marketing | Content AI | Creative Intelligence

Part 2 of 3 - New Standards for Influencer Marketing

In Part 1 of this series, we pinpointed what's wrong with the way influencer marketing is done today. We identified how lack of data, skewed data analysis, and tracking the wrong data translates into guesswork instead of actionable business intelligence.Now we'll look at how AI creative intelligence is rewriting the rules by delivering data-driven results.

Introducing Data-driven Influencer Marketing Campaigns

The RAD AI creative intelligence platform is transforming influencer marketing by using content AI technology to deliver actionable insights before, during, and after your campaigns. Bypassing the impasse between automated efficiency and human authenticity, RAD AI combines the best of both worlds.State-of-the-art machine learning optimized for influencer marketing gives you the business intelligence you need to remove bias from creative decisions. Data-driven decision-making and campaign tracking make performance predictable and eliminate unclear results. You get the same quantifiable return on investment you’d expect from pay-for-performance campaigns.

Leveraging Big Data Yields Big Results

How does it work? We overcome conventional data limitations by combining data from 600+ API partners. We’re the only AI that uses Reddit for creative intelligence, giving each client a unique glimpse into what authentic audiences and influencers are saying about your industry in genuine, candid conversations. Our other partners include Google/Adobe Analytics, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn- among many others.Our cutting-edge content AI platform is trained to use all this data to develop ideal campaign personas optimized for your market. Through our partnership with Reddit, we’ve pinpointed over 100,000 precisely niched customer personas.For each persona, we identify the dominant interests and sentiments of your target audience and weigh topics by audience using an objective scoring system. Based on this analysis, we match your campaign personas to influencers who fit your audience, using a ranking system that identifies your best influencer options.Our content AI analysis helps you optimize the strategy and language you use to connect with your audience. For example, we recommend which hashtags to use to maximize your performance.To track your results, we benchmark six months of historical performance on your social channels and web properties using relevant KPIs. Performance indicators we track include social engagement, conversions, follower growth, and web traffic. Tracking results get fed into a reporting feedback loop segmented by channel to help you improve your KPI performance.

Influencer Marketing Delivers Measurable ROI

This data-driven approach yields a measurable return on investment for your influencer marketing campaigns. You no longer need to guess what results you’re getting from your influencer marketing spend or what to do to improve your results. Just follow the numbers and do the math.Now that you know how to overcome the limitations of conventional influencer marketing through AI, how do you put a content AI influencer marketing strategy into effect? In the final part of this series, we'll show you how it works in action:Part 3 of 3: Putting ROI-based Influencer Marketing into Effect: Four Steps to Action -

Visual Art Meets AI-Backed Creative Intelligence

RAD Intel is proud to announce we're launching a new, first-of-its-kind product, RAD Visual Arts, in partnership with LNDMRK, today's most elite visual art agency.

Famed as the producers of Mural, the world's largest street art and music festival, LNDMRK counts partners like Apple, Nike, and Porsche among its clients. Now we're partnering with them to combine their best-in-class visual arts marketing services with our industry-leading ROI-based influencer technology.

By bringing together the best of visual art marketing and the cutting edge of innovation in influencer marketing, RAD Visual Arts provides our clients with unprecedented opportunities to leverage the power of visual media. RAD Visual Arts lets brands collaborate with best-in-class creatives to develop unique products, cultural moments, content, and community. Read on to learn how RAD Visual Arts can bring your brand an entirely new dimension of cultural activation by turning your marketing into world-class art.

Courtesy @Gawx Art and @NordVPN

Differentiating Brands That Care about Authenticity

Authentic brands are who they say they are. Their company values, passions, and vision shine through everything they say and do, from their advertising campaigns to their products, to the way they treat their customers. They don't say one thing and do another. Their customers know they're real, not fake.

Authenticity is a vital ingredient for influencer marketing success. Influencers have large followings because their customers share their passion, identify with them, and trust them. This trust carries over to brands they partner with. When an authentic influencer endorses a product, their followers value their recommendation.

But when authenticity is lacking, so is the value influencers offer to their partners. If audiences don't trust an influencer, mistrust is going to carry over to your brand. Without authenticity, influencer marketing will backfire. RAD Intel has partnered with today’s most forward thinking brands, partners and visual artists to cultivate authenticity through authenticity. Our collective extensive knowledge of the global art scene provides provides unparalleled access to today's most in-demand artists, producers, and creatives---Key Opinion Leaders like:

• Vexx

  (3M+ YouTube followers)

• Miryam Lumpini

  (311K Instagram followers)

• Gawx

  (2M YouTube followers)

Each of these artists has large numbers of loyal followers that eagerly await their next creation. Through our first of it’s kind partnership with LNDMRK, we help artists and brands meet this anticipation by promoting custom, one-of-a-kind art integrations, delivered via brand specific marketing campaigns.. No two programs are the same, with each production expressing the uniqueness of each artist and brand. This makes each artistic production an authentic, unique creative event which is both culturally significant for communities and financially profitable for brands.

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AI-backed Visual Art Delivers ROI with Creative Intelligence

How do we make a best-in-class approach to visual art marketing even more effective? By optimizing it with artificial intelligence. Through our RAD Visual Arts partnerships, cultural moments now meet data science.

RAD Intel is bringing visual art marketing the same data-driven ROI standards we've introduced to other segments of influencer marketing. Before RAD Intel revolutionized the industry, decisions in influencer marketing were based on intuitive guesswork rather than objective data.

In contrast to other paid advertising media, influencer marketing has suffered from a lack of standardized key performance indicators, data collection guidelines, and analytics tools. KPIs vary widely from platform to platform, leaving results open to subjective bias. Data from one platform may be oversampled, while relevant data from other sources is overlooked. Inconsistent measurement standards and biased data inputs skew data analysis and yield misleading results.

Because of these limitations, decisions about influencer selection, audience niches, and content strategy often end up being based on incomplete data sets. Unscrupulous marketing agencies and influencers take advantage of this situation, showcasing irrelevant KPIs that don't translate into real ROI.

RAD AI puts an end to this by bringing data-driven standards to ROI-based influencer marketing. Our proprietary AI platform uses over 600 API connections to deliver unbiased creative intelligence that informs campaign concepts, content production and influencer selection. This yields better ROI across the entire marketing mix in a transparent, scalable manner.

Our commitment to authenticity begins with our API partner Reddit. As most of us know, Reddit prioritizes authentic conversations between real people sharing their honest experiences, opinions, and feelings. This makes Reddit particularly relevant for marketers looking to better understand target audiences and the messaging they care about most. . Reddit is one of the 600+ API connections we use as a resource for actionable creative intelligence. Some of our other partner connections include Google Analytics, TikTok, Meta, Twitch, YouTube and more.

Our cutting-edge AI and analytics methods pinpoint the information most relevant to our clients and their campaign goals. This enables us to make customized, data-based recommendations about which audiences to target, what type of content strategy to use, and which influencers to work with. We update our recommendations in real time as campaigns unfold to reflect new information coming in.

This data-driven approach yields predictable results and measurable ROI. We guarantee our results because we know the decisions we recommend to clients are based on data, not guesswork. Our innovative approach transforms influencer marketing from an intuitive campaign decision into a measurable, ROI-based science.

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Bringing ROI-based AI Together with Best-in-class Visual Art Marketing

What do you get when you bring a data-driven approach to influencer marketing together with world-class visual art marketing? By combining these two winning ingredients, RAD Visual Arts helps marketers apply ROI-based decision-making to the world's most talented visual artists.

Marketers can now:

• Define campaign objectives in terms of measurable KPIs

• Pinpoint ideal audience personas by drawing data from over 600 APIs

• Identify which world-class visual artist is ideally suited for your target audience

• Determine which content perfectly match your audience's preferences Work with world-renowned visual artists to develop unique, authentic artistic creations that get audiences excited about your brand

• Benchmark your campaign performance against historical benchmarks

• Optimize your campaigns by incorporating audience feedback

• Optimize your visual influencer marketing spend based on measurable results

In short, you no longer have to guess which visual artists to partner with, which audiences to target and what type of content to create.

Marketing as Art: Creating Cultural Moments and Communities through Collaborative Content

By applying AI-informed creative intelligence to visual art marketing, RAD Intel Visual Art gives marketers the keys to unlock the power of art for their brand. Marketing campaigns now become cultural moments that build communities around shared values and passions expressed through unique products and content.

We are here to help you set up your next cultural moment while meeting your campaign goals and KPIs. Contact us to talk about how RAD Intel Visual Arts can help you harness the marketing power of best-in-class art and AI.

What Makes TikTok "Tick"

The TikTok algorithm creates viral moments using a different methodology than other social networks. If you use the same influencer marketing tactics on TikTok that you use on Facebook or Instagram, you are following a formula for failure.

To succeed on TikTok, you need to know what's unique about TikTok's algorithm, what influences your results, and what doesn't work.

RAD Intel has invested in learning what makes TikTok tick so we can develop high-quality, high-performing creative strategies for our clients and deliver them winning influencer marketing campaign results. Our insights into TikTok's algorithm are informed by over 600 API connections, including our unique partnership with Reddit that lets us see what authentic user discussions there are saying about TikTok content and influencers. We've analyzed over five billion data points to pinpoint what goes into making TikTok viral moments. Here we'll share what we've learned and how it can benefit your TikTok influencer marketing campaigns.

In this post, we'll explain how the TikTok algorithm works and how to put it to use to achieve effective KOL influencer campaigns. First, we'll look at what TikTok's own CEO has said about what makes the TikTok algorithm different from reigning social media models. Then we'll break down what the algorithm factors in when calculating your results, as well as what doesn't count. We'll distill three key ingredients that go into achieving viral results on TikTok. Finally, we'll share the seven-step approach RAD Intel uses to leverage TikTok's algorithm and turn data intelligence into high-performing creative campaigns that deliver measurable ROI for our clients.

What Makes the TikTok Algorithm Different

TikTok's formula for serving content to users follows a different paradigm than what other social media networks use and what most influencer marketers are used to. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew discussed what makes the TikTok algorithm different in a recent TED Interview.

Chew explained that TikTok was inspired by reinventing the way content was displayed. When Chew and his partners first conceived the idea of TikTok about a decade ago, most social media networks displayed feeds and suggested content based on social graphs of who you knew. TikTok's designers decided to try a different approach by displaying content based on what you like.

How TikTok's Vision Inspired Their Algorithm

From this initial inspiration, TikTok developed a vision of user experience centered around three key goals:

1 Providing a window for users to discover enjoyable content

2 Supplying a canvas for users to be creative

3 Building a bridge for users to connect

To achieve these goals, TikTok developed an algorithm which uses machine learning to determine and display what users like by analyzing interest signals such as views, likes, and shares. Chew explained that this represented a different approach to serving content than prior apps. Search engine apps were built to help users find content by entering keywords. Social media apps use social graphs to connect people to networks. In contrast to apps that serve content based on searches or social graphs, TikTok serves content based on a machine learning analysis of what users like.

Illustrating the TikTok Algorithm in Action

Chew illustrated how the algorithm works with a simplified example of three different users and six different videos. The first user liked videos 1 through 4. The second user liked videos 1 through 3 and 5. The third user liked videos 1 through 3 and 6. From this, the algorithm detects that people who like videos 1 through 3 have a certain likelihood of also liking videos 4, 5, and 6.

Based on this, the algorithm will show videos 4 through 6 to all three users who liked videos 1 through 3.

TikTok uses machine learning to repeat this formula at scale by factoring in much more data for more granular personalization. The basic principle is that if two people both like certain content, there is a certain probability that each of them will like additional content liked by the other party. TikTok applies this principle at scale by using data from billions of users engaging content in real time.

Interest Signals Speak Louder Than Words

Chew added that TikTok also differs from other social networks because it relies on interest signals rather than asking twenty questions about your interests and whether you like a piece of content. The content you see is determined organically by interest signals. What you watch, what you like, and what you share provides TikTok with the interest signal data it uses to analyze what you like. Based on this input and certain other variables, the algorithm uses AI-based pattern recognition to match you to content you're likely to like.

What Influences Your TikTok Results

Chew's interview emphasized the importance of interest signals in influencing how TikTok content gets displayed. A more complete perspective on TikTok's algorithm factors in additional variables - let's unpack.

We can break the elements that influence TikTok results down into three major categories:

1 Interest signals and non-interest signals

2 Video and audio content

3 Device and account settings

Here's what each category includes with respect to interest and non-interest signals:

1 Views

2 Completions

3 Re-watches

4 Likes

5 Shares

6 Follows of accounts

TikTok also places weight on signals that you're not interested in content, including:

1 Videos you've skipped

2 Videos you've marked that you're not interested in

3 Filtered keywords

4 Users you've blocked

TikTok's recommendation engine uses these types of non-interest signals to exclude content from your feed. Additionally, TikTok avoids displaying duplicate content on For You Page recommendations, and it restricts recommendations of videos on certain subjects deemed problematic.

Video and Audio Content

TikTok's algorithm analyzes characteristics of the content you engage. Important elements include:

1 Captions

2 Text overlays

3 Hashtags

4 Sounds

5 Effects

6 Transcripts

Trending audio plays a special role in TikTok's algorithm. The TikTok recommendation engine notes when content is attached to a trending song or sound.

Device and account settings

The TikTok algorithm uses key user information to help it recommend content which include type of device, location settings and language preferences.

These above factors receive lower weight than interest signals and content characteristics, but they help TikTok determine the relevance of users with different devices and users from different areas and language groups.

What the TikTok Algorithm Doesn't Do

What the TikTok recommendation engine doesn't factor in (also is important to note). As Chew emphasized, TikTok doesn't show content based on network graphs. It's not who you know, it's what you like. But TikTok is working on making your network an important factor soon.

TikTok doesn't make recommendations based on how many followers a user has. Your content can get recommended even if you only have a few followers.

TikTok doesn't recommend content based on the performance of your previous videos. Even if few people watched your last video, your next video could go viral.

Three Keys to Making the TikTok Algorithm Work

What does all this imply about what it takes to achieve viral momentum on TikTok?

The platform's emphasis on what audiences like gives us a starting strategy for TikTok viral marketing that can be used across several disciplines. Let's unpack the these strategies based on knowing what your audience likes, delivering engaging content your audience will like and connecting with the KOLs your audience likes.

These steps are interconnected. Knowing what your audience likes tells you what type of content you should be posting to engage them. Knowing which KOLs your audience likes tells you which influencers you should partner with to get your content seen and by your intended viewers. Bringing all three of these ingredients together gives you a recipe for reaching the right audience with the right content through the right influencers.

But how do you get the data you need to identify your target audience's likes, your optimal content strategy, and your optimal influencers? That's where RAD Intel's data intelligence comes in.

How RAD INTEL Leverage the TikTok Algorithm

RAD Intel puts TikTok's algorithm to use for our clients by providing the data and methodology needed to make informed decisions about audience, content, and influencer selection. We draw data from over 600 API connections, as well as our client's historical data. Armed with this data, we help our clients match measurable campaign goals to the right TikTok audiences, content, and KOLs to achieve them. Our method can be summarized as a seven-step process:

1 Defining data-driven goals and benchmarks

2 Developing AI-informed audience personas

3 Matching markets to creative strategies

4 Identifying optimal influencers

5 Onboarding influencers

6 Activating campaigns

7 Optimizing campaign performance

Here's How Each Step Works

Here are some straightforward steps that marketing teams can take to initiate action. Starting with a data-driven strategy can be a reasonable first move, as we have observed organizations achieve positive results when implementing this approach to support their TikTok marketing efforts. Conversely, we've also witnessed mediocre outcomes when recommendations are not integrated into the company's marketing culture due to a lack of intentional processes.

1. Define Data-driven Goals and Benchmarks

Guided by client success managers, our clients begin their journey to TikTok success with a discovery process that helps them identify measurable campaign performance goals. For example, a client might seek to achieve a certain number of views, likes, or videos using the campaign hashtag.

With well-defined goals in mind, our onboarding process develops KPI-defined benchmarks, project plans, and timetables to guide our client's campaign. To select suitable benchmarks, we connect our AI-powered influencer marketing platform to your brand-owned and social media channels to draw from historical data. This steers you toward data-defined, measurable, achievable performance goals.

2. Develop AI-informed Audience Personas

To help our clients reach TikTok audiences who match their campaign goals and target markets, we use our API and AI capability to help develop precisely defined audience personas. We draw from over 26 million daily active Reddit user conversations and other select API sources to discover what interests engage your target audience. We identify both dominant interests as well as secondary and overlapping interests that refine your audience persona targeting. After suggesting personas based on our research, we obtain your approval before proceeding to the next step.

3. Match Your Market to Your TikTok Creative Strategy

With your target audience and their interests defined, we help you identify the ideal TikTok creative strategy for your campaign. Based on who your persona-defined audience is and what their interests are, we help you identify what type of content to engage them and where and when to deliver it.

4. Identify Your Optimal TikTok KOL Influencers

After identifying your ideal creative strategy, we proceed to match you with the best key opinion leaders and influencer partners to implement your strategy. Using AI, we match your campaign objective, audience persona, and content strategy to the top 1% of influencers and KOLs meeting your criteria. With your approval, we help you select prospective influence partners.

5. Onboard Your Influencers

Once we've identified influencers that match your campaign strategy, we help you connect and collaborate with them. With your approval, we secure and contract your influence partners. Through our platform, your partners can collaborate with you. We help you communicate project requirements to content creators and establish due dates. Your partners can upload content for your review and approval. We help you review content to make sure it means your brand guidelines as well as FTC regulations. Our platform makes it easy for your to review content at scale and publish approved projects through integration with TikTok as well as Facebook, Instagram, Snap, Twitter, and all paid ad managers.

6. Activate Your Campaign

Once you've approved your influencers' content, we activate your campaign. Your content goes live on your campaign's designated brand-owned and social media channels. Through our platform, you can monitor your campaign results for complete transparency on your performance and ROI.

7. Optimize Your Performance

After your campaign goes live, we help you optimize your performance to ensure you achieve your target objectives and realize a return on investment. We use a suite of AI-based insights to track KPIs such as hashtag insights, content impact by channel, sustained follower growth rate, sustained engagement rate, and correlation of your web traffic with influencer content. Based on campaign performance, we recommend mid-flight optimizations to bring your results in alignment with your goals. Our platform lets you make batch optimizations for efficient management of your campaign.

Our method delivers proven, guaranteed results. In one case study, an entertainment industry client saw a 197% lift in engagement rate, with 397 pieces of content created generating 6.8 million impressions and 754,000 engagements powered by our AI. We've delivered these types of results across multiple industries, from healthcare and ecommerce to hospitality and visual art. Our track record enables us to guarantee our results. We deliver our clients the same predictable ROI you would expect from other paid marketing channels.

Put TikTok's Algorithm to Work for Your Brand

When you know what makes TikTok tick, you can put TikTok's algorithm to work building your brand. TikTok's emphasis on interest signals allows you to achieve virality by delivering content matching your audience interests. RAD AI data intelligence on your audience and their interests provides the information you need to align your content perfectly with your intended audience and find the right partners to make sure your content gets seen.

View a demo or contact our team to discuss how we can help you achieve TikTok influencer marketing results.

How RAD INTEL Connects Content and Creators to Your Customers

TikTok viral moments indirectly showcase what your customers resonate with the most and why. The reality of pinpointing the "why" can be elusive however.By analyzing over five billion data points, RAD Intel has identified several consistent content patterns that mark successful TikTok influencer campaigns, and we love sharing.Timing can be one of the toughest tricks to master, often differentiating a TikTok hit from a near-miss. The right meme at the right time can catapult your brand to viral fame. But if you miss your moment, by the time you launch your influencer marketing campaign, the meme you’re trying to ride may have outlived its fifteen minutes of fame. High engaging TikTok moments don’t directly teach you the art of virality. What they really teach you is how consumers interact when a primary interest is combined with a secondary interest in the content. It’s this combination that actually holds the potential to create evergreen viral content. The science of TikTok viral marketing is identifying content opportunities and then infusing your brand into that cultural moment. But how can you track content patterns with viral potential? What defines the nuances of a viral TikTok moment? How do marketers study the creator journey to partner with the next trendsetter? And the biggest question is, how can you use TikTok viral moments to guide quantifiably better influencer marketing?Until now, getting the answers to these questions right has been a matter of chance and luck. TikTok viral marketing consisted of jumping on trends and hot topics reactively, not proactively.Ah yes, but times have changed. AI-based creative intelligence makes it possible to generate predictable, consistent ROI from TikTok influencer campaigns. By proactively leveraging persona-based creative intelligence - we’ve actually cracked the TikTok viral code. Marketers now have the ability to track patterns and ROI on TikTok campaigns, empowering influencers to generate consistent, measurable results.In this blog, we break down how to leverage viral moments with artificial intelligence and create quantifiably superior influencer marketing content. We'll show you exactly how to transform your middle of the road influencer marketing performance into culturally relevant viral moments on TikTok. To illustrate TikTok virality in action, we'll review an example of an effective TikTok influencer marketing campaign featuring Mr. Beast, a meme of Canadian rapper Drake and Instagram creator Max Goodrich. We'll break down what goes into a TikTok viral moment and what it takes to convert that same moment into a successful influencer marketing event. And we'll reveal the proven, data-driven method RAD Intel uses to deliver successful TikTok influencer marketing campaigns by connecting the right viral content strategy with the right creators.

Breaking Down a Viral Moment, Drake Meets Max Goodrich

To illustrate the anatomy of a TikTok viral moment, let's look at a recent example featuring Drake. Philadelphia photographer MirShotEm started the meme in June 2022 when he posted an Instagram video of Drake having a dance battle with Philadelphia rapper 2Rare in a Miami club while the two were shooting a music video for Drake's song "Sticky" - As Drake is dancing, he licks his fingers and moves his hand off-screen momentarily. This inspired a steady flow of gossip and meme speculation about what Drake was doing with his fingers. Instagram creator Max Goodman, known for adding comedic special effects to videos, rode the meme's viral momentum by posting a TikTok video in January captioned "POV: you're at the club with Drake". The edited video shows the rapper dipping his fingers in Goodman's drink, poking his nose, and slapping his cup away. Goodman commented on the video, "Why is he such a bully[?]" So far, this video has generated over 4.4 million likes, 23,300 comments, 421,900 favorites, and 167,300 shares.In March, Goodman followed up by editing his original video to promote an influencer marketing campaign for Cash App, a mobile payment service selling tickets for Drake's concerts. The new video was titled, "POV: Drake ensures you cop tickets for his tour through Cash App Presale". In this version of the video, instead of dipping his fingers into Goodman's cup, Drake grabs his cell phone, pushes a button to buy tickets for his concert through CashApp, hands the phone back to Goodman, and slaps him. Goodman commented, " Wow, Drake, thanks for the help, but that was a little much. Make sure you get access to 'It’s All A Blur Tour' early with your Cash App Card during the Cash App Presale." He followed this up with a link and hashtag to buy tickets. This new version of the video so far has generated over 206,300 likes, 700 comments, 10,600 favorites, and 4,600 shares.To put the results of CashApp's influencer marketer campaign in context, TikTok uses an algorithm that promotes videos to a user's feed based on their profile and behavior, including videos they like, comment on, and share and accounts they follow. Every time a TikTok user engaged with someone posting MirShotEm's original video or a derived meme, it increased the probability of them seeing Goodman's new original content. This multiplied the impact of Goodman's own Cash App video many times over. The result is influencer marketing success for CashApp. Put quite simply, the TikTok Algorithm recognizes that people want to see the content and the creator is being smart by integrating a brand deal into that viral/cultural moment. Even more interestingly, world famous creator @MrBeast recreated that same viral moment with exceptional results.

The Anatomy of TikTok Cultural Moments

What does it take to turn TikTok videos into viral moments that propel influencer marketing campaigns? First, you need an original video that has viral momentum or has the potential to do so with a push. Sometimes this happens organically and it also can be planned out systematically.It goes without saying that if you've got well-known celebrities like Drake on your team, or if you're working with professional creators like Max Goodman, you can create a compelling viral video. That said, most of us don’t have that luxury, so let’s carry on.Next, the original video must target the personas that match your brand and objective. Identifying the primary or secondary interests of your brand ensures the content will actually resonate with your target customer.Pro tip*Use RAD Intel's Social listening capabilities to find patterns and create AI-informed personas that include categories, topics and interests. In the example provided above, we see multiple conversations happening in the TikTok comments. MirShotEm's original video of Drake achieved viral momentum before @MaxGoodman recreated the moment. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th videos were destined to be hits before they were created is the point. Goodman's initial edit of Drake's video rode the existing cultural wave and created a new viral meme. Additionally, Goodman's second edit for CashApp created a meta-meme riding the momentum of the previous waves. We learned validation of buyer personas interacting with the first two videos, and like magic - the sponsored video contents works like a charm, win-win.In the CashApp phase of the viral trend, a third essential element was added to the mix. At some point in the process, whether in the original video or in follow-up videos, the campaign must connect the video to a marketing message that reaches a segment of the video's audience. To achieve monetization goals, the marketer must know which audience segment will resonate with the cultural moment. If this information does not exist, then marketers are frankly guessing.

Transforming Cultural Moments on TikTok into Influencer Content

RAD Intel helps brands achieve viral TikTok success by harnessing the combined power of data, artificial and human intelligence – 600+ API connections draw data from an unparalleled range of sources, including TikTok, Meta and Reddit. The insights we gather from these platfroms are then put to work to create award winning, cuturally relevant content on TikTok. Here's how it works:

Step 1: Define Campaign Objectives, Benchmarks, and Timelines

We start by setting measurable goals, benchmarks, and schedules to guide your campaign performance. During our discovery process, your client success manager uses RAD Intel to reveal the optimal creative strategy while setting quantifiable performance goals.As you proceed through our onboarding process, we use measurable key performance indicators to establish benchmarks based on your historical content performance. Your campaign goals are converted into a clear roadmap marked by predetermined targets and timetables.

Step 2: Create AI-informed Personas

After approving your campaign goals and metrics, we use our proprietary data resources to generate AI-informed personas representing your target audience. We mine over 26 million daily Reddit conversations along with TikTok and our 600+ API connections to provide insights for the target market. We help you understand what your customers and competitors are doing, why they're doing it, when they're doing it, how they're doing it, and who they're doing it with.

Step 3: Confirm Creative Strategy

With your audience persona set, we develop a creative strategy that matches the market you're trying to reach. Focusing on who your audience is in relation to your marketing objectives, we use our AI-powered data analysis to identify what your audience cares about the most, why they're a good match for your campaign, and where and when you should publish content to reach them.Applying this to TikTok, we let you know whether TikTok's platform is the right place to reach your audience, what types of videos they watch, what length of videos they prefer, who they follow, and what they like. With this information, we recommend a TikTok content strategy optimized for your specific audience. Working with your approval, we confirm a strategy that represents the right fit for your campaign objectives.

Step 4: Recommend Growth Phase Creators

Once we've decided on what type of content you should create to achieve your objectives, we match influencers and KOLs. Using our AI, we identify the top 1% of KOLs and influencers who match your goals, audience persona, and creative strategy.Through our platform, clients manage talent recommendations and content approvals. Quality assurance and FTC compliance review are also conducted prior to any content being published.Once your content is ready to go live, we help you distribute it. We assist you with reviewing your content at scale, managing your assets, and adapting your content for paid amplification.

The Results of RAD INTEL Informed Content

RAD Intel brand partners get quantifiably better performance and more ROI from AI-informed campaigns.We've worked with brands across a wide range of industries, from media and entertainment to finance to consumer packaged goods and toys. No matter what industry you're in, we can help you achieve predictable, profitable influencer marketing results. See RAD Intel case studies here.You don't have to wait for TikTok viral moments to happen by accident or chance. Leverage our AI-informed personas to connect with right influencers and KOLs capable of helping you create your own viral trend or ride existing moments to influencer marketing success.View a demo to see our solution in action, or contact a team member today to discuss how we can help take your influencer marketing to the next level.

PART 3 OF 3: PUTTING ROI-BASED INFLUENCER MARKETING INTO EFFECT

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at what's wrong with the way influencer marketing is done today, observing how poor use of data promotes guesswork instead of measurable results.

In Part 2, we revealed how RAD Intel's creative intelligence platform is empowering a new, data-driven way to do influencer marketing, yielding the same type of measurable ROI you'd expect from other types of performance-based marketing.

In this final part of this three-part series, we'll walk you through the steps RAD Intel's uses to put data-driven influencer marketing into action.

What process does RAD Intel use to deliver you measurable influencer marketing results? The overall process breaks down into four main steps which are executed before, during, and after your campaign:

Step One: Campaign Set-up

We start by collecting and analyzing the relevant data to generate the persona insights you need. Our persona insights provide the information you need to optimize your content, match you to influencers, and define influencer deliverables corresponding to your audiences.

Step Two: Benchmarking

Next, we benchmark six months of historical performance data from your social channels and web properties. This lays an objective, solid foundation for comparing your performance with your RAD Intel results.

Step Three: Reporting & Improvement

As your campaign unfolds, our KPI tracking helps you monitor vital indicators such as social engagement, conversions, and follower growth and web traffic spikes. You can see exactly what impact your investment is having on your key numbers.

Our reporting feedback loops empower you to make adjustments which optimize your performance. We provide business intelligence you can apply to improve your paid advertising results, engagement rate and quality, impressions, and reach.

The feedback mechanisms built into our methodology help ensure that your influencer marketing campaigns yield continuous, incremental, steady improvements to your ROI. If you follow our recommendations, you can expect performance in the top 10% of influencer marketing campaigns.

Does It Work? Creative Intelligence Influencer Marketing Success Stories

How well does the RAD Intel approach to influencer marketing work? As a case study, we reviewed twelve months of performance from our clients in the entertainment industry, one of the industries we serve.

Our study analyzed 397 unique pieces of AI-informed social media content made by 63 different creators. For benchmarking, we compared organic impressions and engagement to results from AI-informed counterparts for four of our clients. The results were decisive and dramatic. For all content, 17.3 million organic impressions generated 640,000 engagements, for an engagement rate of 3.7%. For AI-informed content, 6.8 million impressions generated 754,000 engagements, for an 11% engagement rate. Overall, AI-informed content outperformed benchmarks by a 197% lift. This is one example amongst many case studies. Our client base spans industries ranging from healthcare and eCommerce, to B2B sales and financial services. On average, influencer marketers using RAD AI’s solutions enjoy an ROI lift of 3.7X times their investment for organic, paid, and brand-owned channels. This translates into over 600+ hours of labor saved on per campaign and a 300% savings in content creation costs. As this shows, when you compare AI-informed influencer marketing to old-school performance, the results aren’t even close. Creative intelligence beats manual methods hands-down.

Influencer Marketing ROI - Remove All Doubt

Outdated influencer marketing methods leave you guessing about your results. RAD Intel’s next-generation creative intelligence platform removes all doubt about your ROI by combining state-of-the-art artificial intelligence with today’s most extensive range of influencer marketing data. We mine data from Reddit and 600+ API connections. Our comprehensive data scope provides you with 360-degree insight into how to match your target audience with the right influencers, messaging, and content for your campaigns. We provide the information you need to define data-driven goals and benchmarks for your influencer campaigns. Our reporting tools keep your performance aligned with your goals, delivering objective feedback you can apply to improve your KPIs for more impressions, higher engagement, and a more profitable ROI.

We deliver 300% average improvement in productivity and 92% average gains in content efficacy, while doubling ROI for our adopters. Fortune 500 brands like UBS, Condé Nast, and Accenture rely on us to deliver results for their influencer marketing campaigns. Contact us to schedule a demo and see how we can help you achieve your influencer marketing goals.