Influential Teams Up With The United Nations To Launch #HugForPeace On The International Day Of Peace
Influential Taps IBM Watson for Influencer Selection Process
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, Influential, a Data-First social media influencer platform, has partnered with the United Nations to launch a social media awareness campaign on the International Day of Peace (September 21st). Influential is implementing its industry leading, Watson-enabled technology and activating many of its top social influencers to launch the #HugForPeace campaign. The campaign aims to mobilize as many people as possible to commit to 24 hours of peace in their city, by coming together with a very simple action: a hug.
To identify the most ideal influencers for the campaign, Influential, an IBM Watson developer partner, will tap into IBM Watson, a cognitive computing platform. Using IBM Watson's Personality Insights service, Influential will identify influencers whose social media accounts rate highly for traits like altruism, self-transcendence, emotionality, and dutifulness. Watson can identify these traits by analyzing the last 22,000 pieces of written content that an influencer has publicly released on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Once identified, influencers will spread the #HugForPeace message across all of their social platforms and will drive their followers to visit www.HugForPeace.org, a microsite where supporters can create user-generated photos with a #HugForPeace design overlay that they can then share via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
"We are excited to have Influential and some of its top social media stars back again this year to spread the message of the #HugForPeace campaign," said Ray Chambers, United Nations' Assistant Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030. "Last year, we were able to make some huge strides in raising the awareness of the International Day of Peace and we look forward to partnering with them again to make even greater progress."
"Influential and our network of influencers are honored to, once again, be partnering with Ray Chambers, and the United Nations for the International Day of Peace," said Chris Detert, President of Marketing for Influential. "It is thrilling to have the opportunity to use our Watson-enabled technology and influencer network to spread this important message of global peace."
About Influential:
Influential is a Data-First influencer platform with enterprise technology and a patent-pending app, on the hip pocket of more than 10,000 of the most highly engaged influencers on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, and Vine, that reaches over 5 billion users. Influential allows brands and agencies to make a digital media buy on social, via our in-demo impression guarantee, which mirrors traditional or digital media spends. Influential conducts all campaigns through a brand-safe gateway and provides robust recaps via 3rd party analytics partners. Influential works with Fortune 500 brands like Coca-Cola Company, Nestlé, Fox TV, General Mills, and Sony Pictures. In 2016, Influential tapped into the cognitive computing power of IBM Watson to match brands with the most relevant influencers by personality traits and archetypes.
About IBM Watson: Pioneering a New Era of Computing:
Watson represents a new era in computing called cognitive computing, where systems understand the world the way humans do: through senses, learning, and experience. Watson continuously learns from previous interactions, gaining in value and knowledge over time. With Watson, organizations are harnessing the power of cognitive computing to transform industries, help professionals do their jobs better, and solve important challenges. Watson is open to the world, allowing a growing community of developers, students, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts to easily tap into the most advanced and diverse cognitive computing platform available today. Watson solutions are being built, used and deployed in more than 45 countries and across 20 different industries. For more information on IBM Watson, visit: ibm.com/watson and ibm.com/press/watson.
Contact: Chris Detert, [email protected]
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