Orlando, Florida (September 13, 2018) – IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA), operator of IZEAx®, the premier online marketplaces connecting brands and publishers with influential content creators, today announced that they have been selected to promote an upcoming holiday influencer marketing program for a Top 50 Restaurant Chain in the United States, as ranked by revenue according to Nation’s Restaurant News. IZEA has been contracted directly by the brand to execute the program.
“There is a significant opportunity for IZEA’s influencer marketing services within the restaurant industry, and we continue to make progress with leading brands in the space,” said Ted Murphy, Founder and CEO of IZEA. “The experiential nature of dining at a restaurant is especially well-suited for influencer content. Photos and videos of food are among the most prevalent in social media, and the sharing of sponsored dining content flows well with an influencer’s organic content. Dining content appeals to millennials in particular, and there is a strong propensity for them to share dining content before they eat their meal.”
IZEA’s influencer marketing platform, IZEAx, provides restaurant companies and their agency partners with the ability to engage influencers for sponsorship opportunities at scale. By using IZEA’s mobile app, influencers can document their experience and send social media content to the brand for approval prior to publishing. Once approved, content is published with automated FTC disclosure compliance and a unique tracking code for performance measurement. IZEAx provides a proprietary analytics dashboard with engagement data and supports third-party tracking for conversion metrics and expanded analysis of return on investment.
IZEA has executed programs for many of the world’s leading restaurant chains, including three of the top five restaurant chains by revenue in the United States. For more information about executing an influencer marketing program for restaurants visit izea.com.
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