Leading Marketing Technology Company, Plaqad, is three.
The Lagos-based startup has, over the past 36 months, built a reputation of providing marketers with the people, products, and platforms they need to effectively connect with customers.
Through its online platform, Plaqad facilitates a seamless collaboration between social media influencers, content creators, and owners of media inventories, and brands looking to engage consumers and reach new audiences at scale.
Today, Plaqad, strengthened by a community of over 15,000 influencers, creators, and publishers has successfully placed over 25,000 pieces of content on social and web platforms across four continents, and directly paid out over 200 million naira ($570,000) on hundreds of campaigns to members, effectively helping its programme members monetize their content, platform and influence.
“Plaqad uses technology to solve public relations and marketing challenges faced by brands. By democratizing access to the best content creators, influencers and publishers around the world and providing users with the tools to effectively create, track, measure, and optimize their campaigns, we help businesses reach millions of consumers worldwide, irrespective of their size or location,” said Plaqad’s Co-founder & CEO, Gbenga Sogbaike.
According to a new report “Martech: 2020 and Beyond” collaboratively produced by BDO, WARC, and the University of Bristol, the global spend on marketing technology is $121.5 billion. This represents a significant share of the global advertising market estimated to be worth US$ 560 billion in 2019 by Statista.
In addition, the Financial Times in a recent post projects the value of the global influencer market — another area where Plaqad features prominently — to reach $15 billion by 2022.
With the covid19 pandemic necessitating prolonged social distancing and lockdown measures across the globe, traditional means of marketing like events, out-of-home, and newspapers have suffered setbacks as consumer behaviour continues to change. Companies like Plaqad which are at the forefront of digital media technology will help marketers, influencers, brands, and the government to navigate the new reality.
With social media usage by consumers on a steady rise this period — 61% over normal usage rates according to research firm Kantar — brands are leaning into influencer marketing to deliver relevant and consistent messages that keep their audiences engaged amid the coronavirus crisis and they look up to marketing tech companies like Plaqad to navigate the new normal.
About Plaqad
Plaqad sits at the intersection of technology, marketing, and PR. Founded in 2017 as “a social network connecting brands and individuals to bloggers, news websites, publishers and social influencers (micro-bloggers),” Plaqad, in line with its mantra “Make Your Voice Heard” continues to live its mission to help businesses irrespective of their size, location or marketing budget, reach and engage their audience.
For more information, please visit www.plaqad.com
