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Published:
November 20, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Influencer Whitelisting: Top Tips for Brands and Creators in 2025

Scarlett Irons
Influencer Lead

Influencer whitelisting, the latest buzzword in digital marketing, could be your brand's secret weapon.

Scarlett Irons, our influencer strategist, arms you below on the advantages of whitelisting for brands, the benefits for creators and her top tips for true success.

So, what is influencer whitelisting?

Influencer whitelisting occurs when an influencer gives a brand access to use their social media profiles across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube to run sponsored ads.

Advantages of Whitelisting for Brands

  1. Promotes Authentic Engagement: Whitelisting allows you to scale the authentic human content produced by influencers. This is because the whitelisted post is run directly from the creator's account, rather than the brand’s.
    • 62% of social media users say they trust social media influencers more than celebrities. Micro and nano influencers (those with a following of up to 50k) have become the voice of authority among social media users with purchasing power.
  2. Increases Brand’s Reach: You can reach potential new customers and advertise directly to an influencer's engaged audience. Brands are also able to create new lookalike audiences for future advertising based on data from the influencer’s account.
  3. Allows You to Track, Test, and Reiterate: Brands can continuously A/B test whitelisted content by making tweaks to CTAs, changing the copy or images, or even targeting an entirely new audience. It also allows them to create new lookalike audiences for future advertising based on data from the influencer’s account.

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Benefits of Whitelisting for Creators

Beyond brand advantages, the whitelisting process is also beneficial for creators. As brands use the influencer’s content to reach wider, like-minded audiences, the creator also gets exposure to new audiences who may not have interacted with their account before. This widened visibility can drive more people to discover the influencer’s account, allowing the creator to grow their following quickly.

If done right, whitelisting is a win-win for both brands and creators, with both parties able to access to performance metrics of the whitelisted post it allows brands to gain key insights into running successful campaigns, and creators can understand what type of content resonates best.

Our 3 Charlie Oscar Tips

  1. Test Different Creatives: Although it can be hard to convince brands to test less polished styles of content, these are often the most effective when whitelisted.
  2. Build Trusted Relationships with Creators: Encouraging a creator to allow you to essentially post an ad on their behalf requires trust, building a strong relationships with the creator before asking for whitelisting permission.
  3. Don’t Let UGC Die on Social: If you’re already activating an influencer strategy for your brand and UGC is posted, then use it!

The Results?

A key pillar in our influencer strategy at Charlie Oscar is whitelisting, using COmpass, our data science suite, we've been able to see XXXXXX

Scarlett Irons
Influencer Lead
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