Practical guides
What we know about influencer PR — written down, briefly
Five short guides from day-to-day campaign work: invitations, seeding, the launch brief, long-term relationships, and measurement. Read them before you start any campaign.
Guide · Events
How to invite influencers to an event — and get them to show up
The biggest mistake in event invitations is inviting by headcount: a long list of whoever is available. Real attendance happens when every guest feels the event was built for their audience — a product that matters to them, an experience worth the trip, and respectful timing.
The invitation itself must arrive complete the first time: venue, date, what the event is, and why this person specifically. And the event itself needs moments that are ready to be filmed without anyone being asked to film.
- ✓Invite on audience fit — not on follower count.
- ✓Send early, remind once — late invitations turn into apologies.
- ✓Design postable moments — an experience, not just a photo backdrop.
- ✓Thank and document afterwards — thanks and a coverage summary build the next invitation.
Guide · Product seeding
Product seeding that actually gets posted
Seeding is not shipping products. An influencer receives plenty of parcels every week, and the one that gets posted is the one that felt like an experience made for them: a product in their category, a box that opens easily, and a short note with their name on it.
There is no posting obligation in seeding — and that is exactly its strength. A post that comes from a real experience is believed more than any agreed post, and the brands that understand this pick fewer creators, more precisely.
- ✓Pick fewer, more precisely — category fit beats account size.
- ✓The product shows the second the box opens — with a short personal note and one clear card.
- ✓Tie the timing to a moment — a launch, a season, or a restock.
- ✓Follow up once, warmly — and document every post in the coverage report.
Guide · Launches
How to brief an influencer for a product launch
A launch brief is not a long document. The influencer needs to know: what the new product is, the one thing that must reach the audience, and the facts that must never be said wrong. Everything else — style, filming, storytelling — is their craft.
A good brief protects the launch from both sides: the message does not scatter across twenty influencers, and mistakes never happen on prices or claims that are not final yet.
- ✓One core message — if the messages multiply, nothing lands.
- ✓A can-say / can't-say list — prices, claims and dates in their final wording.
- ✓Posting timing tied to launch day — with a clear margin for delays.
- ✓Usage rights agreed upfront — if the content will be reused in ads.
Guide · Long-term relationships
Long-term creator relationships: the asset that compounds
A single campaign buys posts; a lasting relationship buys priority: a creator who knows your product from the first time, accepts your invitation before others, and talks about you honestly because they genuinely tried it. In Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, brands with a steady creator circle launch faster and negotiate less — because the trust is already built.
The relationship is built on regular paid work, not free asks: pay on time, brief once clearly and leave the style to the creator, give early access to launches, and track who delivered and who slipped. A small steady circle beats a long list that changes every campaign.
- ✓Start with paid work — the relationship starts with a contract and a commitment, not a free ask.
- ✓Pay on time — regular payment is the fastest route to a creator's loyalty.
- ✓A small, steady circle — ten creators who know you beat a hundred meeting you for the first time.
- ✓Renew every season — review the list with every launch: who deserves a bigger role, and who exits quietly.
Guide · Measurement
Measuring an influencer campaign in Egypt: the numbers a brand actually needs
A view count looks good in a report and misleads in a decision: a successful influencer campaign in Egypt is measured by what the audience did after watching — who saved the post to come back to it, who shared it, who tapped through to WhatsApp and asked, and who bought with a campaign promo code. Those are the numbers that decide whether the next campaign scales with the same creator or changes direction.
Measurement is built before launch, not after it: agree in the brief which numbers will be collected and how — a campaign-specific WhatsApp link, a promo code per creator, and a "how did you hear about us?" question at checkout. After publishing, compile the results per creator in one report: reach, real engagement, enquiries and attributed sales — so creators are compared fairly and the next campaign starts from numbers, not impressions.
- ✓Agree measurement in the brief — the numbers and how they are collected are written before the first post.
- ✓A code and link per creator — a dedicated promo code and WhatsApp link per creator keep attribution accurate.
- ✓Watch actions, not just reach — saves, shares and enquiries are more honest than a view counter.
- ✓One report per creator — compare everyone on the same numbers, then decide who continues and who grows.