S4 Ep9: Find Out Why Marc Jarrett Runs Over 200 WhatsApp Groups

03/29/22 • 21 min

Influence Global Podcast - shining a spotlight on influencer marketing

Marc Jarrett is a professional networker and currently manages over 200 WhatsApp groups. But he started his career in the financial industry - he was a banker and futures broker. Marc has also spent a lot of time in the telecoms sector. He acts now as a business matchmaker. He connects his members with each other through relevant opportunities. Business boils down to people and trust, he says - building human connections first then, building business is second. The audience is global. He knows all of his 'tribe' that are all professionally vetted. He doesn't want any 'bad actors' in there. One of his members was looking for a bodyguard in South Africa, Marc flipped the enquiry to his personal protection group and within a day - someone was hired to fulfil the role. Listen to more of what Marc has to say about this fascinating network.

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S4 Ep8: Shannon Walker Talks About The Influencer Pay Gap And Supporting Campaign Diversity

Shannon Walker is the founder of agency Social Disruption and is a passionate and multi-disciplined communications specialist. She has worked with major brands like Liberty London, where she launched their Influencer Marketing department as well as luxury fragrance brands such as Cartier, Bvlgari, Jimmy Choo, Elie Saab, Alaïa and Issey Miyake. Shannon has enjoyed a seven-year career at the forefront of disruptive Digital PR strategies that have achieved triple percentage YOY revenue growth and increased brand rankings for B2C businesses. Wanting to create more purpose through her profession, Shannon's mission is to help drive industry change around diversity and meaningful communications to reinforce positive and uplifting online environments. In this episode we talked about the disparity of pay for some creators of colour and what we can do as an industry to resolve it. We also discuss brands like Nike that are leading the way in inclusion and others that have embraced stamping out racism as part of their marketing campaigns.

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