Creative fashion brand partnerships

Shayna Macklin, Fractional CMO at Rainbow Shops, delves into fashion brand partnerships and social media. In an oversaturated influencer market, brands are seeking effective partnership strategies. Fortunately, evergreen creator programs and cross-branded collaborations offer the reach and impact brands need in today's marketing landscape. Today, Shayna discusses creative fashion brand partnerships.
About the speaker

Shayna Macklin

Rainbow Shops

 - Rainbow Shops

Shayna Macklin is Fractional CMO at Rainbow Shops

Show Notes

  • 01:27
    Shaynas background in social media and marketing
    Shayna started as a social media coordinator and worked her way up building social strategies and programs. Her experience spans verticals like hospitality, fashion, and music, touching areas like community management, celebrity partnerships, and content creation.
  • 03:09
    Brand partnerships and exposure
    For brands, influencer and content creator partnerships drive mutual growth and exposure. While influencers can drive sales and click-throughs to a website, brands can work with content creators to produce assets for the brands social channels, paid media, website, etc.
  • 07:48
    Creator vs. cross brand collaborations
    Cross-brand collabs are ideal for community engagement across both brands, while creator collabs produce assets that can be leveraged across platforms. Brands can integrate evergreen creator programs and monthly cross-branded collaborations as necessary.
  • 10:05
    Impactful fashion brand collaborations and social growth
    Rainbows collaboration with Telfar in 2022 led to immense social growth and brand lift on TikTok and across all social channels. This partnership serves as a benchmark for Rainbows future collaborations, from macro influencers to nano and micro-influencers.
  • 14:43
    Content creator partnerships and brand awareness
    While tracking the attribution of these partnerships can be challenging, they can drive purchasing decisions when done well. After being served engaging ads about Doritos and Cheetos on TikTok, Shayna bought a bag of each on a late-night 7-Eleven run.
  • 16:40
    Strategic allocation of resources in content creator partnerships
    Evaluate influencers based on their content, audience engagement, and ability to drive sales, rather than just their scale and impressions. For limited budgets, nano influencers are ideal based on their intimate connections with followers, to achieve diverse and impactful messaging.

Quotes

  • "When we are thinking about big partnerships and activations, we need to think about who we are trying to market to, whether it makes sense. Is it just a good idea, or is it a good idea and will it make an impact?" - Shayna Macklin

  • "If budget is an issue, Id rather hire 100 nanos and micros than just hire one macro influencer. Though all the people I'm hiring may have the same demographic, the message will be received from each person." - Shayna Macklin

  • "You can have evergreen creator programs and monthly cross-branded collaborations, as it makes sense." - Shayna Macklin

  • "Something that is mutually beneficial for both influencer and content creator campaigns is exposure" - Shayna Macklin

About the speaker

Shayna Macklin

Rainbow Shops

 - Rainbow Shops

Shayna Macklin is Fractional CMO at Rainbow Shops

Up Next: