{"id":131384,"date":"2016-07-26T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T06:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=131384"},"modified":"2016-08-11T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:29:06","slug":"meltwaters-media-influencer-database-now-available-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/131384\/meltwaters-media-influencer-database-now-available-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Meltwater\u2019s media influencer database now available in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global media intelligence provider, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meltwater.com\/za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meltwater<\/a>, recently announced that the scope of its proprietary influencer database software has been expanded to include South Africa\u00a0and\u00a0Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Effective influencer marketing &#8211; which involves leveraging influential content producers to drive brand exposure \u2013 demands precision in its targeting.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s newfound access to the software means that local corporates will be able to scan the country\u2019s media landscape and identify specific journalists and bloggers who are capable of advancing their own marketing objectives.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Profiling and connecting with influencers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The database is said to include over 8,000 influencers across the continent, and a further 360,000 internationally, all of whom are searchable by name, location, or the topic of their content.<\/p>\n<p>The software not only aims to enhance discoverability of these influential figures, but is designed to streamline the connecting and relationship building aspect of the process as well.<\/p>\n<p>Each influencer profile contains a descriptive bio, contact numbers, office and email addresses, focal content areas, recent publications, and a link to the individual\u2019s LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>South African technology sector<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The potential implications of the software for South Africa\u2019s bourgeoning tech scene could include a shift toward a more balanced distribution of press between startups and established names, as smaller ventures become increasingly capable of seeding their own content <em>en masse<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The International Data Corporation predicts that IT spending in South Africa will top $26.6 billion in 2016, with organisations &#8220;embracing digital transformation initiatives in a bid to streamline their costs and bolster their flexibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As more global companies like Meltwater expand their services across Africa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meltwater.com\/za\/blog\/a-guide-to-social-media-monitoring-tools-in-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">social media monitoring tools<\/a>, big data solutions, and a variety of other digital resources are likely to be adopted by local businesses in order to stay competitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global media intelligence provider, Meltwater, recently announced that the scope of its proprietary influencer database software has been expanded to include South Africa and Kenya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":131388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[26,11554],"class_list":["post-131384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-headline","tag-meltwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131384"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133056,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131384\/revisions\/133056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}