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Influencer Campaign

A planned use of creators, formats, and channels to reach a defined brand or performance goal.

Moritz Lambrecht
Moritz Lambrecht
Updated: August 5, 2026

Definition

An influencer campaign brings together creator selection, briefing, content production, publishing, rights, and analysis. It works when the goal, audience, creator fit, and measurement plan align before outreach begins.

Also known as: Creator campaign, Influencer marketing campaign

From planning to delivery

Start with a clear goal and hypothesis: should the campaign increase awareness, qualified traffic, leads, or sales?

Then follow creator scouting, briefing, approvals, timing, tracking links, and reporting that separates organic and paid impact.

Measurement over guesswork

Depending on the goal, reach, engagement rate, clicks, conversion rate, CPO, or ROAS carry different weight.

Promo codes and UTM parameters make each creator's contribution traceable and provide a basis for optimization.

Moritz Lambrecht

About the author

Moritz is an expert in data-driven influencer marketing as well as co-founder and CEO of the influencer marketing agency Ad Specialist. Together with his team, he has already implemented over 10,000 influencer campaigns and managed more than €50 million in advertising budgets for customers such as HelloFresh, Emma, Clark, mymuesli and many other well-known e-commerce companies. His focus is on helping e-commerce companies grow profitably through creative and measurable influencer marketing strategies on channels such as YouTube, Instagram and Twitch.

Through his performance-oriented and effective approach, he has built a reputation as a leading expert and speaker in German e-commerce. In this blog - as well as on LinkedIn and his YouTube channel - he regularly shares valuable insights about data-driven influencer marketing.

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