The integration of user-generated content into campaigns reassigns creative control from composing and capturing images to identifying real-life stories.
Instagram is slowly opening the floodgates for all brands to better market to its highly engaged user base, but it remains to be seen if users will be turned off by this and how it will continue to retain and grow the community.
Raising awareness of a new brand offering, especially one as nuanced as an independent collection, takes time and a multi-layered approach that's critical to brand's eventual growth and success.
We’re still in the early days of the Instagram Influencer, but the one thing we do know is that great visuals will catch on no matter who’s doing the sharing.