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Sex sells. But if youâve been paying attention, so does beauty.
If influencer trends are a reflection of beauty industry progress , then the platforms influencers use to connect with their audiences must, at some point, realign with that progress too. Typically, influencer marketing works on a brand sponsorship basis â and itâs a model that has been very lucrative for brands and creators alike on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. But as the industry shifts towards transparency and consumers expect beauty influencers to be authentic and to refuse deals with brands that donât support their own values, itâs becoming increasingly difficult for influencers to keep both their audience and their brands happy.
This puts them in a sticky position. Influencers need an audience to get brand deals, and they need brand deals to make money. But if their brand deals offend their audience, that audience will disengage or shrink â and then theyâll be less interesting to other brands for future deals. So to maintain the authenticity and transparency that consumers are looking for, some content creators are looking for alternative ways to monetize their audience, without having to rely on brand sponsorships.
Enter OnlyFans…