Brian Solis is Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group and the award-winning author of books like "X: The Experience When Business Meets Design." In this episode, Brian joins the Cloudcast to share Altimeter’s latest research on the state of influencer marketing today, based on an in-depth survey of both marketers and influencers. You’ll learn how to research potential influencers on channels like Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube for your company, best practices for interacting with influencers, and why influencer marketing is so different from traditional PR and celebrity-endorsement tactics.