CanU?
Online influencers are within people's grasp.
They feel more real to us than the distant lives of celebrities.
Sponsored by the social media branding agency, which is MerchLabs. The company cooperated with over 170 online influencers to sell its branded merchandise--for example, T shirts or small goods--to followers and others. The goal of this project is
to discover a new revenue growth model for its business beyond the current. Also, a new model should be fueled especially by the convergence of technologies that allow a real production.
Design - Myungwhan Choi
Strategy - Anne Gagnon Chen Chen Myungwhan Choi Xinyao Liu
Objective
The online influencer trend is all about engagement.
The engagement with influencers matters for audiences in different online social media. However, those influencers are often pressured about their contents to show everyday.
How can we help them make a unique stories
to sustain their online stage to their fans?
CanU?
CanU? is an online social platform, based on subscription. Followers challenge their favorite influencers to do fun tasks. The influencers will choose from the top voted challenges and perform any challenge he or she likes.
CanU?'s monthly subscription is $ 2.99.
What if 2% of followers are the target user, while Merchlabs' influencers have established 5.25M followers?
Annual revenue is projected to
$3.76M
However, there will be another opportunity for Merchlabs.
Another Opportunity
These days, 74% marketers plan to budget on influencers marketing.
Many brands believe that influencers will help reach out their followers for brands to leverage their niche markets. This means influencers will get another opportunity.
They can create a revenue stream through their popularity and the contents
sponsored by brands.
Stakeholders' Advantages
