Social media influencers join campaign to expose manipulative organizations

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Social media influencers join campaign to expose manipulative organizations

By SYLVANIA AMBANI February 9th, 2018 2 min read

Social media influencers have joined the online campaign to expose organizations that have been exploiting them.

It all started through the hashtag #paymodelsKe with Kenyan models revealing how they have been suffering in silence.

Some of the models lamented the suffering they are often subjected to by corporates and organisers during pageants and photo shoots.

These range from sexual exploitation, working for free, delayed payments and unpaid dues.

But in a fresh twist to the saga, social media influencers have narrated their own stories of similar frustrations under the hashtag #payinfluencersKe.

Influencers are mostly used by brands to help market the brands product(s) on the influencer’s social media timelines.

A brand usually target influencers with large number of followers and pays for their product to be marketed.

But from the discussions on the hashtag, this is not always the case, with some brands often failing to keep their end of the deal.

Another painful pill for most of you to swallow…

Having followers and trending something doesn’t make you an influencer!

Having a Brand, knowing your Worth, making Convertions and making your digital impact reflect OFFLINE makes you an Influencer! #PayInfluencerske

— Thee Trend Setter ™ (@xtiandela) February 9, 2018

#PayInfluencersKE
The so-called Branding and PR Agencies are milking Kenyan Influencers dry. You work for them ,then they tell you to wait for 3 up to 6 months. Others blatantly refuses to pay, when you ask them what went on ; your calls goes unanswered.

— NG’ANG’A THE BLOGGER,FINE SON OF THE MOUNTAIN??⭕ (@IamNjokiKelvin) February 9, 2018

I am not on social media to be paid. If you engage me because of the influence I have online, we either agree before we engage or tuwache tu. Almost nil chances of me being exploited. Not allowing room for that to happen. Social media just gives me a voice. But #PayInfluencersKE

— Robert ALAI, HSC (@RobertAlai) February 9, 2018

The problem is not them not paying you the problem is you accepting their terms cause you desperate. Influencers that know their worth know when to say NO those that don’t know their worth just say YES to everything offered to them. #PayInfluencersKE

— Trapa Fasa (@trapafasa) February 9, 2018

I have worked with a lot of influencers here, the hardest thing to do is trying to explain to them why the client is delaying payments 3 months after the job was done. Many a times I have dug in my pockets to pay up just to protect my brand..Hii Kazi ni mlima.. #PayInfluencerske

— Thee Trend Setter ™ (@xtiandela) February 9, 2018

What metrics’s do one use to measure their influence. Till you get this right be ready for peanuts! #PayInfluencerske

— Kinyati Nganga (@d_ngash) February 9, 2018