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When PARKLU asked me to edit a magazine about influencer marketing in China, I knew it would be a challenge.

The KOL world changes fast, especially over here. Learn one thing if you want to see how you’re clueless about twenty others. An article written today might be irrelevant in a couple of months.

So you’re probably thinking: Why not digital?

Digital is surely a better medium for this kind of magazine, many would say. You can revise, compile, edit and update content when facts on the ground change. If something turns out wrong altogether, well... just delete it.

Or is digital better?

When we read (or perhaps more accurately, browse) content online, we see information we know we want to know. For example, you search a topic and probably click a link on Google’s first page, or read an article from a writer you already follow on social media.

Going through a magazine end-to-end forces you to discover things you never knew you wanted to know.

There are thousands of influential KOLs in China, but you’d only know a couple by Google searching. Content recycling means info about the top 10% of Chinese influencers is easy to find, relink and digest. These are the KOLs large outlets invariably cover when they write about the topic.

Researching the other 90% Is much tougher. (And just try doing so without being able to read Chinese.) theINSIDER brings together 500 KOLs from five different niches. They all have unique styles and audiences because at the end of the day — and many marketers forget this — they’re real people with preferences and worldviews that can’t be circumscribed in a single sentence.

I hope you find the catalog useful and impressive and the articles punctuating it entertaining and informative. And I hope you find it worthwhile to go through the whole thing as you would content from bygone days — page-by-page and cover-to-cover.

Daniel Boltinsky EDITOR IN CHIEF

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PARKLU connects brands with China’s top influencers.

When we tell people what we do, they often want to know more. How do we work with KOLs on a day-to-day basis? Where can I find a big list of influencers? Where’s the industry going?

While we can answer all these questions, we thought it would make more sense to finally present KOL marketing with one complete package. theINSIDER was born from this idea. theINSIDER includes a catalog with 500 influencers in fashion, beauty, fitness, travel, and parenting. Each KOL has a QR code that directs to an online page with more info, including how to connect with them for your next campaign.

Furthermore, the magazine’s articles aim to help you understand the influencer marketing industry in China.

From everyone at PARKLU, we hope you enjoy reading theINSIDER.

Kim Leitzes CEO OF PARKLU

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GET LOYALTY FROM INFLUENCERS Online influencers have a billion-dollar industry behind them, but it wasn’t always this way. Now brands are asking if they can lock-down high-performing KOLs just for themselves.

However, many brands forget that KOLs want to be treated like people, not commodities.

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Kim Leitzes

Hiring a KOL for a campaign used to be revolutionary — now it’s necessary. Some marketers are starting to hire influencers for their brands year-round.

But not everyone has caught up. Many marketers don't maintain their relationships with KOLs after campaigns finish. In a sense, they use them temporarily as a tool.

Basically, brands don’t — and often can’t — treat KOLs like regular partners. They're seen more like lone-wolf hired-guns. Since KOLs, by definition, are in the business of creating their own content first, this categorization makes some sense.

However, can brands and KOLs find a middle ground? Or will KOLs continue being a new, distinct cultural phenomenon unbound by the constraints of traditional advertising?

The inaugural issue of theINSIDER will try to answer these questions. Let’s start by asking the question marketers are all asking: Can brands get loyalty or exclusivity from online influencers?

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Internet Consumer Influence Index Data shows micro-influencers, bloggers, WeChat and video streaming are surpassing movie stars, athletes, TV ads and billboards in day-to-day influence.

杨幂 128.5 权志龙 125.5 鹿晗 110.5

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范冰冰 104.0 余文乐 103.5 古力娜扎 98.0 迪丽热巴 88.0 周冬雨 84.0

In China especially, minor video bloggers are much more likely to convert to purchases than actresses you may’ve seen once per year on the big screen. However, minor is a relative term. Take a look at these stats from some leading KOLs.

马伊琍 83.0 吴亦凡 81.0 0 雪梨 97.9 张大奕 94.8 于 momo 93.6

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林珊珊 93.2 ANNA 89.9 赵大喜 88.4 阿希哥 87.4 金蘑菇菇 87.2 Lin (张超林） 86.3 美美的夏夏 86.2 0

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It’s unsurprising that marketers are starting to want longer, more developed relationships with KOLs. But are they doing enough to foster them?

Here are two things to consider.

Exclusivity fundamentally fills influencers out. While most traditional celebrities get paid to act, sing, or play sports, many KOLs’ bread-and-butter is product reviews. While it's possible to rep one product without having your fans stop trusting you as a consumer goods gatekeeper, long-term partnerships are definitely tricky for KOLs. And with marketers generally managing KOL campaigns from an arms-length distance, this kind of relationship seems unlikely.

On the other hand, we're seeing a boom of online influencers launching their own brands. Lin Forever, who leveraged her 4 million Weibo and Yizhibo fans to drive traffic to her own brand, Lin Edition, is just one example and can be found in the fashion section of the catalog. It’s clear this is not just about money for them, but also about the personal fulfilment of running a business. And KOLs like Lin continue being popular live-streamers, reviewers and bloggers after becoming tied to one product-line forever — that is to say, their own. In theory, why can’t brands who work hard to earn loyalty — not just buy it — work with influencers long-term as well?

Without further ado, I’m happy to have a panel of experts open theINSIDER by tackling this question.

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"Smaller brands would likely need to provide more than simple brand association."

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Josh Steimle is the founder of Influencer Inc, a publishing, training, and events company that helps executives, entrepreneurs, and working professionals become influencers and thought leaders. He is the author of Chief Marketing Officers at Work and over 300 articles in publications like Forbes, Fortune, Inc., Mashable, and Time.

I've seen multiple cases in the B2B space where brands have successfully implemented long term, exclusive relationships with KOLs, so I know it can be done, and I expect to see more such programs in the future.

One example is IBM's "Futurist" program. IBM reached out to business book authors, social media experts, and other business KOLs and invited them to participate in events and activities where they are interviewed and provide insights relevant to IBM's customer base. IBM's genius move was to give these KOLs a title, Futurist, that the KOLs were proud to advertise in their bios and often as a key part of their own titles on LinkedIn, bylines in articles, etc. Futurists get the credibility that comes by being associated with a well known brand like IBM, and IBM gets their insights and the credibility that comes by being associated with industry leaders at the forefronts of their respective fields of expertise.

Huawei also has a KOL program, with selected KOLs being "published experts reaching audiences via online blogs, academic papers, media titles and other relevant industry reports." One unique aspect of Huawei's KOL program is that they are not paid engagements. Huawei pays for travel accommodations when KOLs participate in Huawei events, but nothing more. Huawei KOLs have expertise in internet communications technology (ICT), with a focus on business-to-business (B2B) ICT. Rather than targeting hundreds of KOLs, Huawei has recruited 30 advocates, utilizing tools like Klear to evaluate and track the social media presence of their KOLs. Klear provides real-time monitoring and analysis of Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and blogs worldwide, and is the foundational tool that provides the program with an Influencer Score to quantify KOLs’ influence.

Obviously these brands are well known and can leverage that recognition in place of payment. Smaller brands would likely need to provide more than simple brand association to create an incentive strong enough to attract reputable B2B KOLs, but these programs need not be terribly expensive and may not require any cash payment. If you are considering a B2B KOL program, some incentives you can offer include: • Travel.

• Events at which KOLs can meet and network with other KOLs. • The opportunity to speak to your company. For example, if a KOL is an expert on social media marketing, invite her to give a presentation to your marketing team.

She can add this to her speaking CV. If you record video and allow her to use this video in her promotional materials this is one more way both she and you win together with greater exposure.

• VIP access to other events your company may host, such as an annual customer event. Promote these KOLs at these events by having them speak so they can benefit from the exposure.

Some common mistakes companies might make implementing a B2B program include: • Controlling the message. KOLs should be free to be honest in their opinions, otherwise they will become frustrated and their audiences won't believe them and you lose the value of the relationship. 10 positive mentions become more believable when mixed with one negative comment.

• Don't overschedule KOLs at events. They need time to blog or take video, mix with other KOLs, and do what you want them to do as KOLs. • Treating it as short term. If you treat the relationship as a long term investment, rather than a short term transaction, the KOLs will respond in kind.

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It is possible for brands to get loyalty or exclusivity from KOLs, but it isn't easy.

When you think about it, an influencer is a brand – a personal brand. Therefore, when a corporate brand wants to collaborate with an influencer, it's really two brands trying to come together. Those two brands could have very different values or ways of engaging their target audience, which can complicate things.

For example, a corporate brand may want too much control over the influencer's content, which can be a serious source of friction. The moment an influencer produces content that is inauthentic to his or her personal brand, their audience will turn on them. There's a good case of this from a few years back when Volvo Cars collaborated with fashion and motherhood influencer Chriselle Lim to promote a new eco-friendly carwash solution. Her audience immediately attacked Lim for "selling out", referencing recent posts that highlight Lim's non-eco-friendly lifestyle.

For a long-term exclusive partnership to work, the corporate brand needs to provide the influencer with: substantial freedom and autonomy to produce content, exclusive experiences that build the influencer's natural affinity toward the brand, as well as financial compensation (where appropriate) to ensure the influencer does not forsake potential earnings from missed opportunities to collaborate with a competitive corporate brand.

Another major consideration that will impact an influencer's likelihood to remain loyal/exclusive to a corporate brand is the influencer's long-term goals. As influencers gain more and more influence and learn about the likes and dislikes of their loyal followings, some influencers choose to develop their own branded product lines. There are already plenty of case studies out there that provide influencers with a blueprint to forge their own path rather than rely on a corporate brand's existing platform.

Some examples include: • US: Michelle Phan's Ipsy • Italy: Chiara Ferragni's The Blonde Salad • China: Zhang Dayi's Taobao Store “The Wardrobe I Like” However, not every influencer aspires to develop their own line of branded products. For starters, operating a cosmetics or clothing e-commerce store, for example, is another full-time job that comes with all sorts of challenges that many influencers may not want to deal with. Influencers may simply prefer to continue to focus on their passion – creating engaging content for their loyal audiences. This is where a long-term partnership with a brand that an influencer genuinely enjoys could be a good fit. But again, it won't be easy.

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Joel Backaler is the Managing Director of international marketing at Frontier Strategy Group, a global business advisory. He is author of the forthcoming book, Digital Influence: Unleash the Power of Influencer Marketing to Accelerate Your Global Business (Palgrave Macmillan, Spring 2018), and China Goes West (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

Businesses have been increasingly trying to leverage the personal influence of KOLs, but as far as I'm concerned, high-value KOLs must ensure their personal image is independent.

Therefore, I don’t think it’s even necessary for brands to acquire KOL loyalty.

Influencers must maintain a positive image. That means personal confidence, sincerity, and the ability to increase followers. Many of these aspects entail uncertainty, so it’s difficult for brands to sign up for the long-term as well.

Uncertainty is the key word here.

The fourth wave of the Chinese consumer goods industry has no fixed template for success. Global companies increasingly set their aim for China with plans to enter. Consumers increasingly demand personalization. Brand attachment is going down.

Stella Yuan is the Eastern China Senior Retail Manager of Estee Lauder. She has 10 years of experience working with Chinese influencers and is based in Shanghai.

As consumers themselves, KOLs feel emotional connections to brands, and like regular people, their emotions evolve.

Imagine any industry where brands and KOLs all have established loyalty. The independent, objective professional image of influencers will vanish.

In other words, KOLs risk a lot by being tied to one company.

However, as is often the case, success talks. Brands with active positions in their market can be enticing. It’s easier for brands with stronger backgrounds, more capital and more market operations to acquire KOL loyalty. KOLs can use the brand’s positioning, influence, and market activity to enhance the value of their own personal brand.

If a brand really wants to work closely with a KOL, they have to understand the serious commitment involved. That means good public relations, a dedicated influencer marketing team, and — of course — great communication. A sincere relationship can foster loyalty, and building one is a long-term task.

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The Dark Side of Being an Inf luencer in China In the West, influencers trumpet body positivity.

In China, it’s the exact opposite, with 10% of internet celebrities having gone under the knife.

Body positivity is a massive trend in the fashion and cosmetics industries in the US, UK, and Australia. Western women are fighting back against unrealistic advertising, and brands are listening.

They are in turn changing their messaging to uplift consumers instead of taking advantage of their insecurities. Much of this change comes from the power of online influencers who have grown their audiences around the ideals of confidence, diversity, and acceptance and who have incredible sway over their fans’ purchasing decisions.

In China, the exact opposite is happening Idealized beauty still holds sway as women aspire to be the perfect, airbrushed models and celebrities they see around them.

And unlike their Western counterparts, many online influencers in China feel that being conventionally beautiful is a prerequisite for success. Nearly 10% of current online celebrities have undergone plastic surgery.

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Body positivity and advertising While body positivity has been building momentum for a long time, it has skyrocketed over the past few years with the growth of social media. Women want brands to uplift them instead of tearing them down. And advertisers are listening to consumers, using images that haven’t been airbrushed, incorporating models of all shapes and sizes, and changing their messaging. They have reoriented their advertising to tell women that the purpose of buying nice clothes and using makeup is to enhance their natural beauty.

Influencers have played a crucial role in this movement, developing robust consumer communities committed to diversity, acceptance, and confidence. Brands have had no choice but to heed these changes.

In China, not so much Body positive messaging does not resonate in China.

Unlike in the West, where influencers are rebelling against beauty industry norms, influencers in China are feeding into these standards and increasing the pressure for average people to conform to idealized beauty standards.

The Wall Street Journal published an article recently about the many Chinese women undergoing facial reconstruction in their pursuit of online stardom. According to iiMedia Research, about 10% of internet celebrities have undergone surgery to boost viewership.

One of the influencers interviewed for the WSJ article remarked, “If you’re not pretty, nobody will care about you, and nobody will follow you online.”

Why do so many influencers feel that plastic surgery is the only way to become beautiful?

Written by Lauren Hallanan

Lauren Hallanan is a digital marketing expert, travel influencer, and host of the China Influencer Marketing Podcast.

The answer lies in the lack of diversity in beauty standards. In China, people idealize one type of beauty, which has become known as the Wang Hong Face. It refers to doe eyes, a high nose, light skin and a very pointy chin. On top of that, women are also expected to be slim, have large breasts, and long, thin legs.

With a conception of beauty that often requires more than exercise and makeup alone to attain, it’s no wonder China has become the world’s third-largest market for cosmetic reconstruction.

In China, people don’t necessarily view plastic surgery negatively as we might in the West. Many feel that the celeb or influencer is bettering themselves — it’s just what they have to do to stay in the game.

What this means for brands While brands should stay true to their core values, it is essential to be aware of these cultural differences if you want to be successful in China.

Brands who typically focus on body positive messaging will need to rethink their approach in China. Being "real" will not always obtain the positive reaction you seek.

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Melilim Fu is one of China's leading makeup artists and ranked Weibo's fourth-highest beauty KOL in terms of engagement.

Besides a unique Western style, her appeal to followers is the promotion of natural beauty.

Melilim teaches fans makeup techniques that make surgery uneccesary.

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was scanning through my Wechat Moments one day when I saw my former co-worker Tracy had posted some photos of her and two colleagues running together. “Team building run!” the caption said. I was a little surprised. During my two years working with the three of them, I never heard them express any interest in exercise whatsoever. I figured it was a one-off thing until I noticed all three of them regularly posting running photos on their Moments. Then they started competing in races. Then running marathons.

But they weren’t the only ones picking up this new hobby. It was becoming increasingly harder to claim a treadmill at the gym, and every weekend the 10k running path at the Olympic Park in Beijing was so crowded you would have thought there was a race going on. What really caught my attention, though, was when my housing complex, on the southwest edge of the city, built a 1k running loop inside our neighborhood. That never would have happened several years ago.

Running has exploded in popularity in China. Six years ago, China hosted 22 races nationwide. According to the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), that number skyrocketed to 328 in 2017. A total of 2.8 million runners took part in these races, nearly doubling from 2016.

A large proportion of this expanding group of runners are from the country's exploding middle class. They are young and well-off, living in the mega-cities where the pace of life is extremely fast and the pressure high. Here, growing numbers of young professionals want to work off the stresses of a hard day at the office. Many of them have turned to running.

My friend Tracy, a mid-level manager at an international PR firm, happens to be one of them. “Running helps me release pressure and keeps me energetic,” she said.

They choose running because it does not require specific facilities or equipment and can be done at any time, giving it very low entry barriers for ordinary consumers. It is also social.

“Nowadays there are many running clubs and events.

Sometimes I join the Nike Running Club running session," Tracy said. "For many of us, running has become a social activity where you can meet different people and share your running stories with each other."

But in the age of social media and smartphones, we are never really alone.

Just like gym selfies posted all over Western social platforms, Chinese runners eagerly share their workouts via WeChat and other social accounts, showing off to their friends and giving themselves a sense of accomplishment.

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Whether they run alone or in groups, the social aspect seems to be very important for Chinese exercise enthusiasts. Codoon, a popular Chinese running app, was created so runners could not only track their workouts, but also find a community of other runners. Codoon has more than 100,000 running groups in hundreds of China’s first- and second-tier cities. Similar apps include JoyRun, Nike, and the social workout app Keep.

Another important aspect of the sport is the gear.

Like athletes all over the world, the more Chinese runners enjoy their sport, the more they want to spend on it. I asked Tracy if she had purchased any running gear. “Definitely," she answered. "Part of the fun comes from learning about the gear. I've bought a belt bag, Nike and Asics running shoes, a hat, and other things too. I am planning to get a watch too.”

Highly educated and increasingly health conscious, China's upper middle class are driving the growth of the fitness industry. Many are going so far as to reallocate their spending from luxury goods to sports apparel, equipment and fitness classes. Reuters reported earlier this year that "GPS sport watches, compression leggings, and hydration packs are the new must-haves for wealthy Chinese.” Data from Euromonitor International revealed that the sportswear market in China is expected to grow to 43.1 billion dollars by 2020, surpassing luxury goods.

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According to a survey by marketing research firm Nielsen, an average Chinese runner spends 3,601 RMB ($556) a year on their hobby. Meanwhile, experienced runners tend to spend more, averaging 4,594 RMB ($711) with the aim of improving performance. Li Ning, one of the largest sportswear companies in China, revealed that 26 percent of its revenue is generated in the running sector of the business, which significantly outperforms other sectors.

It’s not only the government who is interested in supporting these races. Marathons have become a sought-after platform for companies to promote their brand image and appeal. While the majority of race sponsors are sports apparel and auto companies, companies like United Airlines are also getting involved. They were the main sponsor for the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Chengdu Marathon and 1/2 Marathon.

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The Trend Didn’t Happen by Accident

To combat an increasingly sedentary and illness-ridden population, the Chinese government has launched nationwide health and fitness campaigns. In June 2016, the country’s State Council unveiled a five-year fitness plan that aims for 1.5 trillion yuan ($225 billion) in national spending on sports and fitness by 2020.

With the government’s support, races are popping up everywhere.

Out of the 328 events recorded last year there were 125 marathons, 128 half marathons and 75 other races. Marathons and half-marathons tend to be the most popular. Maybe it's because they come with the most bragging rights. Even novices such as Tracy agree.

“Nowadays there are lots of running events, big and small, all over China. And many people tend to join the events. Since I started running a-year-and-a-half ago I have already run in four marathon and half marathon events.”

Not Even Pollution Can Slow Down Runners

It’s incredible that the running industry has been able to grown at this speed even with the horrible levels of air pollution found in many Chinese cities. Runners admit the air makes planning complicated. Often, they just have to adapt their training schedules to the conditions.

“I just run whenever the air is good. In general, if the PM 2.5 level is under 80, I will run outdoors, but if I am training for a race then I’ll run as long as the PM 2.5 level is under 120,” said Tracy.

Running is Only the Beginning

As the most basic and accessible form of exercising, running is one of the first sports in China to experience such exponential growth, but it sure won’t be the last. Running is a gateway drug. Once someone is hooked, they become more confident in their athletic abilities and more willing to try other sports.

China’s health and wellness market is will experience massive growth over the next decade, and running mania is only the beginning.

“Before I started running I would never consider myself to be an athletic person, but now I would.”

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Bridget Dennison is an adventure tourguide based in New Zealand. She was born in Taipei and moved to Auckland in 2014 for high school. She left for the California-Mexico border last April to begin hiking the 2650-mile Pacific Crest Trail.

She reached Manning Park in British Columbia four months later.

Eric Chen is the project manager at Zanadu, a leading Chinese travel agency and lifestyle media channel. He oversaw the marketing campaign which utilized Bridget’s trek to encourage more people to pursue adventure travel. He coached Bridget, edited her videos, and published them on Chinese social media. They garnered roughly 10 million views across more than 10 platforms.

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Bridget: It was exactly my last day

at work at my old job as a guide. I took Zanadu and their founder onto the glacier, they happened to be doing a tour that day. We were just talking and I told him I was leaving. He asked what I’m doing and why I’m quitting. After all, guiding tours on glaciers is a fun job.

I had saved up enough money and I was gonna go travel, go hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Then he told me I should film it. “There’s this whole thing that's very popular in China right now,” he said. “And you should film it.” Why not, I thought. So that’s what I did. It’s funny how things work out.

Eric: The Zanadu team was so surprised to find a guide who could speak Chinese. During the glacier tour, Bridget was very professional, had a great personality, and great communication skills.

They discussed that maybe they could do something together in the future. Bridget shared the idea of the Pacific Crest Trail with us. We thought that was pretty cool — that kind of content is exactly what we need. So we started talking about how to do it together. I took charge of communicating with Bridget, editing the videos, and finding the distribution channels to promote the content.

Bridget: I’d never used Chinese social media before. I didn’t know about the whole live-videos thing everyone’s doing now. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a wang hong. I didn’t even know about Weibo or Weixin, Kaixin, or Mafengwo. No idea.

After moving to New Zealand I got totally disconnected from the Chinese world. I was so focused on learning English and studying, I basically disconnected myself from Chinese media and Chinese everything.

Eric:

We were worried about her experience. Actually, the shooting skills were the biggest challenge for her. If you rewatch the videos, the first two episodes are not that good. She’s quite smart and learned quite quickly. Soon she understood what she needed to shoot, and how to tell the story via video. After three episodes, she figured things out and everything ran perfectly.

Bridget: “Just film it with your iPhone,” they said. “And talk about how you feel.”

That was basically all the instruction.

I’d never filmed anything like that before, so at first it was really weird. What am I going to say to the camera, everyone’s gonna be looking at me. I was awkward in the beginning, but over time — it’s been four, five months now — it just gets more natural. Zanadu said my filming got better every time I sent videos.

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Eric: The most attractive thing

is not whether you’re crying or smiling, it’s authenticity.

What attracted us to Bridget the most is that she’s so natural. If she's in a bad mood, she’ll cry. If she feels happy, she’ll smile.

Those kinds of things made the videos feel real.

In the world of travel content, lots of things are not so real.

Even if a host isn’t enjoying their experience, they still have to say everything’s great.“Wow! You guys have to come here." But in Bridget’s case, everything was so real— the crying, the smiling. People enjoy this, to see the real thing. The real thing attracts people, and people started caring about Bridget.

Bridget:

I am the worst person at faking it — when shit was bad, I would just record. There’s this one video after my boyfriend and I broke up. I was just bawling my eyes out… And I filmed that. And they made a video out of that.

There were really though times in the High Sierras. Everything just got to me. I was so sunburned. I looked horrible. I was just crying, and saying how much pain I was in. And still, I posted everything, really.

The good and the bad.

And I only got reception in town, which was once a week or so. When I’d get to town, that’s when I’d send them footage. There were stretches without any towns, no reception, and just tiny places with no cellphone service. There was this one time I couldn’t send anything for about a month and they were running out of things to post. But that’s how it worked.

Eric: The Pacific Crest Trail is quite a hardcore project. The story is outdoors. It’s all about hiking, and nature, and that kind of stuff. But we didn’t focus on this. We didn’t focus on the “outdoor” topic. We used a different perspective to understand one person’s story.

For us, travelling has different levels. The first is to explore the world.

These are the normal tourists. You visit Paris, London, see different sights, and spend a week visiting 10 different cities. We call those kinds of things first-level.

The second level is “enjoying well”. If you’ve already been to many cities and countries, what now? What’s the next thing that draws you around the world? It’s about your passions. For example, I’m a photographer. I love to shoot street photography. So the culture of a city attracts me.

The second-level traveller totally understands what they’re going to do and what they want by travelling. There are different “catalogs”. For example, outdoors-focused, scuba-diving, culture and history, and so on. Bridget’s story is a very good example for outdoor-lovers.

She doesn’t want to win a game, get any reward, or shoot pictures.

She just wants to enjoy the journey. We want to know what’s behind this drive. What kind of journey can we share to second-level travellers to encourage more people to enjoy themselves? That’s the strategy. In the end, we got what we wanted.

Bridget: I was totally surprised by how many people followed me.

It turned out better than I expected. Now, it’s totally mind-blowing to think there are 30,000 people following me on Weibo. I never, ever expected that. When I was hiking I got limited reception. I got reception once a week for a couple of hours. When Eric would update me on what’s going on, he’d be like, “Now you have this many fans following you.” I didn’t see it grow every day, so every week it was sort of a surprise.

Eric: The results were actually pretty good. We got 38 videos from the whole trip, and around 10 million views across all platforms. Youku, Weibo, Tencent, Eyepetizer — all those video platforms.

We learned that the most attractive thing in travel video content is storytelling, and it’s not about how expensive’s the hotel you stay at.

It’s not even about any particular destination. A lot of travel content has just pictures or footage, but not a story.

That’s not attractive for us. For the next step, we will focus on travel stories, to find the travellers who have the most attractive story ideas for travel content.

Bridget: It’s just so much fun,

because what I do really blows people’s minds.

They’re like, “What?! You’re only 18 and you just did what?”

It’s so out of the norm for the average Chinese person. And it’s fun to see all the comments from fans.

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"Trail angels" are people who help hikers on the trail.

That includes opening their homes to hikers for the night, providing showers, and cooking dinners.

Bridget:

I think I want to work towards being a KOL. And you know, it’s not like you just get famous overnight, and get money in your pocket.

And I don’t think it’s the money that attracts me. Money is pretty good — if I get money I go travelling. It’s just to share my story, to inspire people.

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2. 无须豆蔻 Top platform 727K

3. corain君 Shanghai

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Top platform 724K

4. 蘑菇张-NKU Beijing Top platforms 718K 713K

5. 日子很无聊小姐 Shanghai Top platforms 716K 716K

6. 风同学 Beijing Public Account Top platform 714K

7. 跟着老高去旅行 Shanghai Top platform 700K

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2. 桃巫奇edie Shanghai Public Account Top platforms 668K 658K

3. 潇潇的简约厨房 0202

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Beijing Public Account Top platform 667K

4. 野千寻 Beijing Top platform 666K

5. clover张三 Shanghai Top platforms 660K 645K

6. 徐铁人 Beijing

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Top platform 648K

7. 鱼鱼众生liluo France Public Account Top platform 598K

8. notjessfashion Mexico Top platform 597K

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2. 早橙旅行 Shenzhen Top platform 561K

3. ziska招招 Shenzhen

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Top platform 561K

4. YanLeeC腌鱼 Shenzhen Top platform 559K

5. 添喜lucklily Zhejiang Top platform 556K

6. 黑米粒 Public Account Top platforms 554K

7. 哈先生旅行 Beijing Top platform 547K

8. 谷岳 Beijing Public Account Top platform 541K

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travel CATAlog 127

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2. Im_ayu Guangzhou Public Account Top platform 520K

3. Miss-沈小娴 05

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Tongxiang Public Account Top platform 518K

4. 郑能量姑娘Goya Beijing Top platform 510K

5. 牛奔走天下 Beijing Top platform 496K

6. 托斯卡纳TSKN Top platform 476K

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7. Yukiko眼里的世界 Beijing Public Account Top platform 465K

8. 北石同学 Beijing Public Account Top platform 455K

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travel CATAlog 129

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1. 行者橙子 Beijing Top platform 400K

2. 达人J Guangzhou Public Account Top platform 373K

3. 鸢尾 08

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4. 羽子偕老 Guangdong Top platform 360K

5. 莎莎爱旅行321 Shanghai Top platform 358K

6. 潘潘三条子Pandy Shanghai Public Account Top platform 358K

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7. 猴菇旅行历险记 Harbin Public Account Top platform 339K

8. 诗诗小菲 Macao Public Account Top platform 321K

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1. 龙先生旅行日记 Haikou Public Account Top platforms 198K 198K

2. 探险家闪米特 Shanghai Top platform 194K

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4. 花甲背包客 Beijing Top platform 191K

5. 陈宇欣 Beijing Top platform 185K

6. PandaNicole Shanghai Top platform 181K

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2. AnnieQuinn England Top platform 177K

3. 王馨艺sophia Beijing

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Top platforms 177K 177K

4. 牵着小手去旅行de宝月 Beijing Top platform 175K

5. 我就是八爪 Overseas Top platform 174K

6. 香香花猫 Beijing Top platforms 172K 157K

7. 觉非行记 Tianjin Top platform 167K

8. 筱娇娇爱旅行 Yunnan Top platform 166K

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travel CATAlog 135

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1. 俺是芜野 Jinan Top platform 165K

2. 韩文龙 Liaoning Top platform 163K

3. 一只马叔 Shanghai Top platform 163K

4. 常跑跑 Beijing Top platform 162K

5. 滢萱yingxuan Nanjing Top platforms 162K 145K

6. jazzland Guangdong Top platform 162K

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1. Miss猫大人 Public Account Top platforms 156K

2. TarinaGuangzhou Top platform 156K

3. 旅行摄影师冉静 Chongqing

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Top platform 153K

4. 羊小羴 Beijing Top platform 150K

5. 小巴黎XIAOYU Shanghai Top platform 149K

6. 摄影师小狮 Beijing Top platform 155K

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Huainan Top platform 153K

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2. 小熠爱旅游 Shanghai Top platform 303K

3. 小美艾丽莎

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Top platform 302K

4. 路灯摄影 Shijiazhuang Top platform 300K

5. 冒险雷探长 Shanghai Top platform 278K

6. 紫笛依扬 Chengdu Public Account Top platform 277K

7. 蔡石

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Beijing Top platform 260K

8. CKverymuch HK Public Account Top platform 259K

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2. 喜琳 Beijing Public Account Top platform 238K

3. 羊咸咸Y Shanghai

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Top platform 218K

4. 李玄Lily Shanghai Public Account Top platform 215K

5. 我罪珍贵 Wenzhou Top platforms 213K 199K

6. 小宇Sylvia Beijing Top platform 203K

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Fang Xiao Ye or 方小叶 on social media, is the community director at PARKLU and an experienced influencer in her own right. She has 224k followers across Weibo and WeChat who know her for high-quality and useful posts about parenting, yoga, and fashion.

Q: How did you get started with social media blogging?

Q: How do you, as a KOL, get inspired to make great contents.

A: I was the social media manager of Mei.com, and I wanted to learn more about social media up-close. From analyzing data, it was clear that customers we got through KOLs had more loyalty, more orders, and higher order prices than other channels. So I wanted to learn more. How do they post great content to attract the right customers?

A: I follow many overseas Instagram KOLs and look at their content.

For example, I follow some yoga KOLs to see what they’re posting on Instagram, and also some fashion KOLs. Who wears what? That kind of stuff — I look at lots of KOLs. Some fashion, some mommy & baby, some yoga.

Q: That was all the way back in 2011. How was the world of KOL marketing different back then?

A: At that time you could just seed products to KOLs, and they would post content for you. The prices were much lower, and the conversion rate was higher.

Q: What big changes have you seen in how brands work with KOLs? A: At that time, the percentage of brands working with KOLs was not nearly as high. And KOLs didn’t hold such a high position. But now, KOLs are more important in brand marketing and also for Weibo itself. There were not so many rules on Weibo. Now, when you add a brand or have a link on your web post, just a few of your followers can see your content. So you need to spend money on the platforms to get more exposure for your posts.

Q: How have KOLs reacted to these changes?

A: They charge the increased costs to the brands they work with.

For Weibo, this change was OK. But now, for each category, more and more KOLs are showing up. So, KOLs have more competitors in their field, so they need better content for brands.

Q: Do you think it’s going to keep getting more and more expensive?

A: Yes, definitely. I would say, in these last two years, the increase in prices has been crazy.

But more and more small KOLs are coming up with great content. So, I think brands will need more good content, but they’ll also have more choices for different KOLs.

Q: We opened theINSIDER with a question I'd like you to answer too. Can brands ever expect loyalty or exclusivity from KOLs? A: I think the first reason why my fans follow me is because I always try new things. I always share new brands and new products and new things with my followers. The second thing is that they can get good information from my posts.

So, for brands: You should keep good relationships with KOLs, let them know what the brand is doing, and what new things you’re creating. But I think, for KOLs, they always need to try new things. They have to try new brands, especially fashion, beauty, and makeup KOLs.

Q: Why has live-streaming suddenly become so popular?

A: Each person goes to it for different reasons. For me it’s just a tool.

It depends more on what kind of content you create for your followers.

The most important thing about live-streaming is it’s in real-time. People can engage with these KOLs in real-time. On other mediums, even when you post text, pictures and videos, it’s still not real-time engagement. With live-streaming you can ask questions, and you can see what others are asking.

Q: Many niche platforms are getting more attention from marketers, like Little Red Book for example, or Douyin. How is working with these kinds of platforms different than with bigger ones?

A: In general, they’re more real — so far — than bigger platforms.

They’re not so commercial. I started with Little Red Book because partner brands, after seeing you’ve already created great content and pictures on Weibo and WeChat, like you to take this one further step. It’s good for KOLs to post the same content on Little Red Book — it’s another resource for brands.

Q: How can brands foster better relationships with KOLs? A: They could have one-year co-operations. They could schedule how much content to post within the next year for the brand.

Also, it would be good for brands to talk face-to-face with the KOLs to improve understanding — to let KOLs know the brand better and to let the brand better know the KOL. Each KOL is unique, so you need to think about what kind of content or angle is suitable for them to improve results.

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3. 姚姚Rebecca Shanghai Public account

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Top platform 2.1M 1.1M

4. 超级无敌小葡萄 Guangdong Top platform 2.1M 743K

5. 小山竹 Liaoning Top platform 1.6M 157K

6. LemonT_柠檬提 Shanghai Top platform 1.5M 1.4K

7. 我家的小蛮 Shanghai Top platform 1.5M

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1. 檀圆舞 Shanghai Public account Top platform 1.1M 1M

2. 董完了 Sichuan Top platform 1.1M 669K

3. 王潇_潇洒姐 01

Beijing Top platform 980K

4. 小鱼儿Frances Beijing Top platform 979K

5. 孕味 Jiangsu Top platform 973K

6. 小刚几 Top platform 953K 818K

7. 榕榕童鞋 Shanghai Top platform 928K 15K

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1. 九尾狐美妈 Shandong Top platform 880K

2. 久久妹妹 Beijing Top platform 810K 758K

3. 乌兰托雅 Beijing Top platform 773K 773K

4. 闫晓苹 Hebei Top platform 757K 354

5. 造型师淳子 Shanghai Public account Top platform 753K 727K

6. Love优闲 03

Guangdong Public account Top platform 711K

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1. 酸酸嘀柠檬 Sichuan Top platform 665K 665K

2. 恩小恩和爱小爱 Jiangsu Top platform 659K

3. 夏夏小二娘 Zhejiang Top platform 657K 30K

4. 天真萌宝贝 Shanghai Top platform 604K

5. 辣妈手记 Jiangsu Top platform 603K

6. 晶莹冰片妈咪 Beijing Top platform 550K

02 7. 快乐宝贝Eva-杨雅涵 Public account Top platform 525K 276K

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1. 佟方妤 Beijing Top platform 510K 49K

2. 朱茱树大表姐 Beijing Top platform 495K

3. 安安蔷薇 Guangdong Public account Top platform 495K

4. Copper武艺博 Beijing Top platform 468K

5. 夏天的陈小舒 Beijing Public account Top platform 452K

6. 深海贝类的围脖 Shanghai

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Top platform 446K 59K

7. 李丹妮 Beijing Top platform 402K 3K

8. 小多妈Yuki Guangdong Public account Top platform 384K

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1. 蔡露露3lulu Shanghai Top platform 399K 299K

2. 杜诗博 Beijing Top platform 384K 2K

3. 刘冬jocelin Beijing Top platform 381K

4. Suki妮 Overseas Top platform 378K

5. 许小丫iamya Shandong Top platform 357K 354K

6. LollipopLulu Shanghai

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Top platform 356K 19K

7. jessie丹丹 Yunnan Top platform 342K

8. 陆石慧LS Shanghai Top platform 320K 10K

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2. 南白妈妈 Beijing Top platform 302K

3. 咪Mia Taiwan Top platform 299K 18K

4. 乃乃乃乃乃乃曦 Hangzhou Top platform 294K 290K

5. MommyRun_ Top platform 288K 103K

6. 昔昔萌萌哒 Hangzhou

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Top platform 286K 197

7. 目目滨 Top platform 267K

8. MAMA制造 Top platform 258K

9. 宝贝小象掌门人 Hangzhou Top platform 255K 249K

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2. 十月331 Beijing Top platform 244K 235K

3. 小冯妹子ru Beijing Top platform 242K 79K

4. kkzilla Shanghai Top platform 242K 5K

5. 混血baby_shaishai Overseas Top platform 241K 12K

6. 方小叶 01

Shanghai Public aacount Top platform 224K 205K

7. Tinytoadstool Japan Top platform 208K

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2. 二少小小葡 Guangdong Top platform 194K

3. 和小丢在一起的每一天 Beijing Top platform 193K

4. 无敌粥妈 Shanghai Top platform 188K

5. niccco Shanghai Top platform 181K

6. Beste_Apple_王木木 Overseas

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Top platform 178K

7. mrshoeppner Overseas Top platform 167K

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2. 阿拉斯加baby的日记 Shanghai Top platform 154K

3. 菟Jeoann Shanghai Top platform 149K

4. 煮土豆儿 Jiangsu Top platform 148K

5. 贾妍 Beijing Top platform 146K

6. 林牧潔Jennifer Taiwan Top platform 143K 82K

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3. 大猪这头妈 Guangdong Top platform 130K 41K

4. 爱莲莘麻麻 Overseas Top platform 127K

5. Kiks823 Taiwan Top platform 127K 7K

6. 陈小暖成长记 Beijing

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7. 甜心兄妹玩转地球 Overseas Top platform 122K

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2. 小晖xiaohui USA Top platform 119K 114K

3. 24k24k Shanghai Top platform 117K

4. 多鸽小朋友 Beijing Top platform 116K

5. 笛子爱吃 Shandong Top platform 111K

6. 刘甜逸sweet Beijing Top platform 111K

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8. 青青向上 Fujian Top platform 110K

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2. KaneDennis丹尼斯凯恩 Korea Top platform 107K 23K

3. 小鑫小花猫 Guangdong Top platform 106K

4. 面包婶 Shanghai Top platform 106K

5. 叫我陈大美 Shanghai Top platform 102K

6. 刘芊妤Justine Shanghai

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7. 猴小萌么么哒 Hangzhou Top platform 100K

8. 无敌宥先生 Zhejiang Top platform 96K

9. 柑之饴 Shandong Top platform 96K

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You can still provide value first because the range of human interests are limitless. You can always find people in social environments congregating around niche interests, and every interest vertical will have a few experts or entertainers. They lead by creating written, visual, or audio content for the community’s pleasure. It does not make sense for any single brand to try and serve the limitless range of interests their customers might have, but it does make sense to support the people that do.

Forget how you — a company — want to present your brand. Re-strategize by asking how you want people, real individuals with names, to introduce your brand to their circles of influence.

I implore brands not to miss this incredible opportunity to communicate with people the way they want to be communicated with. It’s not about being on top of people’s minds or being mentioned by a KOL, but about building relationships founded on reciprocity.

KOL marketing is a human experience. So much of “social" media marketing is just interactions with ones and zeros, but influencers can help us go beyond that. Marketers and KOLs are people, and when they engage with one another, there is a physical world synergy that takes place. I wanted to take the online offline and create a tactile experience to bring KOL marketing to life.

I hope you found the articles entertaining and the catalog extremely useful for your business. theINSIDER is an endeavor to create something memorable. I hope this magazine will be something you hold on to, and that, at least for a while, it becomes a centerpiece on your office coffee table.

I am overwhelmingly proud of the core team that gave birth to this project.

When I first described the concept to Lea, our Art Director, I told her one thing: I want you to create a work of art. She has far surpassed all expectations. It’s not only her visual design skills I respect, but her work ethic. To say she put in long hours would be a monumental understatement.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Boltinsky, is the most talented editor I have ever worked with. His ability to distill a subject down to the most interesting and useful form astonishes me every time. The articles in this magazine are no exception.

I thank you both.

I also want to thank everyone at PARKLU that made this magazine possible. That includes a huge thank you to all the contributors.