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Kyra growth playbook

Diagnosis

Kyra has an unusual asset for an influencer company: a 1.39-billion-account dataset and benchmark pages with real method notes, plus a fast site that passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors.

Its hiring shows where it is heading: campaign managers for AI and tech, fintech, sports and a fast-growing beauty team, a paid media lead to run test-and-learn across $1M+ budgets, and senior client managers carrying renewals and margin across a six-product suite.

The website lags that: it speaks only to consumer brands, sells five generic services rather than the products clients buy, has no page for licensing Kyra One, and leaves its sales figures unsourced. This playbook adds the tech and fintech page, sourced claims, a Kyra One path and vertical routing first, then product pages, a paid benchmark, vertical hubs, renewal scoring and creator supply, and longer bets on self-serve, LinkedIn data and new vertical reports.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Point the data and the new vertical teams at buyers the site does not yet speak to: tech, fintech, sports and in-house teams that want the platform.

Biggest Risk

Agencies such as Billion Dollar Boy and Viral Nation and platforms such as CreatorIQ and Captiv8 compete from both sides, and fast growth through freelancers can hurt delivery quality and renewals if systems do not keep up.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    A page for the AI, tech and fintech brands you are already staffing campaigns for

    Ask the tech campaign team for one current client result that can be shared, named or anonymised.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Give the service-page numbers the same sourcing your benchmarks have

    List every unsourced figure on the five service pages.

    High impact First result in 2 weeks
  3. 3

    One clear answer on launch speed: 24 to 72 hours or 45 days

    Agree the two timelines with delivery.

    Medium impact First result in 1 week

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
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Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Kyra is hiring freelance campaign managers for four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" on "LinkedIn/YouTube" against "sign-up KPIs". But kyra.com only speaks to consumer brands: five services (seeding, TikTok, Instagram, Spark Ads, UGC), no YouTube or LinkedIn page, and 18 case studies that are all beauty, fashion, food, travel and entertainment. A software or fintech marketer who lands on the site sees nothing about sign-ups, B2B creators or their category.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Chief Commercial Officer

    First action

    Ask the tech campaign team for one current client result that can be shared, named or anonymised.

    How to measure it

    Tech and fintech sign-up form submissions

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Gather proof

      One shareable tech result: sign-ups, cost per sign-up, views.

      Freelance Campaign Manager, Tech and AI 1 week

    2. 2

      Write the page

      Creators, channels, KPI, tracking and the tech benchmark.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Add fintech

      A section on disclosure and approval workflow for regulated brands.

      Chief Strategy Officer 3 days

    4. 4

      Update navigation

      Tech & AI and Fintech under services; vertical field on the form.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    5. 5

      Brief sales

      Use the page in outreach to software and fintech marketers.

      Chief Commercial Officer 2 days

    6. 6

      Promote

      A LinkedIn post series from the tech campaign team.

      Marketing lead 2 weeks

    7. 7

      Measure

      Enquiries by vertical each month.

      Marketing lead monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Writing time and one anonymised case study
    Owner
    Chief Commercial Officer

    Smallest test

    Publish one section on the services page this week and track clicks to the form.

    Why it works

    Publish /creator-marketing-for-tech (and a fintech section): who the creators are (productivity, developer, finance and founder creators), the channels (YouTube long-form, Shorts, TikTok, LinkedIn), the KPI (trial sign-ups and cost per sign-up, not EMV), how tracking works (codes, UTMs, landing pages), the tech benchmark Kyra already publishes, and one anonymised results story from a current tech client. Add "Tech & AI" and "Fintech" to the services menu and a vertical question to the sign-up form.

    The client work and the staff are already there; the page lets the same demand arrive by search and referral instead of only through sales, and it shows tech buyers proof in their own terms.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistTech and fintech page outline

    [ ] Headline: creator programmes measured in sign-ups
    [ ] Creator types: productivity, developer, finance, founder
    [ ] Channels: YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, LinkedIn
    [ ] KPI: cost per sign-up, trial starts, activation
    [ ] Tracking: codes, UTMs, landing pages
    [ ] Tech benchmark figures linked
    [ ] One results story
    [ ] Fintech approvals and disclosure workflow
    [ ] Form with vertical question

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Clients will not be named

      Publish anonymised numbers with the category only.

    • LinkedIn is not in the dataset

      Say how LinkedIn creators are found and tracked today; see the dataset idea.

    Evidence

    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (87 URLs, checked October 23, 2026): five service pages (Influencer Seeding, TikTok, Instagram, Creator Ads & Spark Ads, UGC Content) and no page for YouTube, LinkedIn, B2B, fintech, sports or any industry; 18 case studies, all consumer brands (Glossier, Morphe, Essence, Function of Beauty, L'Occitane, Bvlgari, Everlane, Rothy's, ECCO, Havaianas, Hotel Chocolat, Jack in the Box, citizenM, Prime Video, PBS, The Weather Channel, Ray-Ban Meta); the case-study page filters by programme type (always-on, pulse, makers, product launch, dark ads, seeding, multi-region), not by industry.Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
    • Your websiteSign-up page: two paths, "I am a Brand" and "I am a Creator/Agency"; the brand form asks website, name, work email, company, how you heard, annual influencer spend in six bands from "$0-100k" to "$50m+", and "How can we support you?". There is no option for a brand that wants to license Kyra One, and no page explaining what creators get from working with Kyra.Source
  • 02

    Kyra's statistics page is unusually rigorous: every figure states platform, sample, dates and method. The service pages are not: "2.3x higher CTR vs brand ads", "47% lower CPM", "1.8x higher conversion rate", "78% of seeded creators post organically" and "$250 average cost per video" have no source. A careful buyer, or an AI assistant comparing agencies, can tell the difference.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Marketing lead

    First action

    List every unsourced figure on the five service pages.

    How to measure it

    Service-page form starts

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      List figures

      All five service pages and their FAQs.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    2. 2

      Find the source

      Campaign data behind each figure.

      Director of Paid Strategy 3 days

    3. 3

      Write method notes

      Sample, dates, comparison.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 days

    4. 4

      Replace or remove

      Figures that cannot be backed.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    5. 5

      Add dates

      Updated date on each service page.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    6. 6

      Review quarterly

      Refresh with new campaign data.

      Director of Paid Strategy quarterly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Source the three Spark Ads figures first.

    Why it works

    For each service-page figure, add a one-line source (which campaigns, how many, which dates, what it is compared against) linking to a method note, or replace it with a figure from the published benchmarks. Remove any figure that cannot be backed. Add the same "updated" date the research pages carry.

    Kyra's data credibility is its strongest asset against agencies; extending it to the sales pages makes the claims quotable and protects them in procurement reviews. The site is already fast for real visitors, so the work is content, not speed.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Some figures fall when measured

      Publish the honest number; it is still a selling point.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteService-page figures with no source or method shown: Creator Ads "2.3x higher CTR vs brand ads", "47% lower CPM", "1.8x higher conversion rate" and, in its FAQ, "an average 2.3x ROAS on Spark Ads campaigns"; Seeding "78% of seeded creators post organically" and "3.2x higher engagement vs paid posts"; UGC "4x higher engagement vs brand content", "$250 average cost per video", "5 days average turnaround", "100% full commercial rights".Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
    • PageSpeed testChrome UX Report for kyra.com (real Chrome visitors, 75th percentile, October 2026): Largest Contentful Paint 1.6 s, Interaction to Next Paint 118 ms, layout shift 0.05, all three Core Web Vitals in the "good" range, with load time steady (3% faster). No lab result was returned for the homepage.Source
  • 03

    The homepage FAQ says campaigns "go live within 45 days", while the about page says "24–72 hrs From brief to creator live". Both may be true (an always-on programme versus a brief inside one), but a buyer reading both sees a contradiction on the point Kyra sells hardest: speed versus "slow agencies".

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 week Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Agree the two timelines with delivery.

    How to measure it

    Demo calls that raise launch timing

    Now
    –
    Target
    -30%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Agree the numbers

      Programme launch and brief turnaround.

      Chief Strategy Officer 1 day

    2. 2

      Rewrite the FAQ

      Two clocks in one answer.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    3. 3

      Update about

      Label the 24 to 72 hours.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    4. 4

      Update decks

      Same wording.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 day

    5. 5

      Check services

      Remove other timing claims.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    6. 6

      Track

      Timing questions on calls.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Rewrite the FAQ answer today.

    Why it works

    Explain the two clocks in one place: a new programme launches in up to 45 days; once it runs, a new brief has creators live in 24 to 72 hours. Use the same wording on the homepage, about page, services and sales decks.

    Speed is the first claim in the "switch now" comparison, so it has to read consistently.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Longer launch sounds slow

      Lead with the 7-day strategy step.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage (checked October 23, 2026): H1 "Influencer marketing that finally scales"; the FAQ says "Kyra campaigns are built to go live within 45 days" (strategy in 7 days, first creators within 30); "Brands can also license Kyra One for their own teams"; Perfect Match™ for creator discovery and pricing; the meta description calls Kyra a company that "runs always-on creator programmes for global brands" on Kyra One.Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "at the forefront of the creator revolution since 2017"; "4BN+ views delivered"; "Execution Speed 24–72 hrs From brief to creator live"; "100s–1,000s Creators activated monthly"; "5K+ Creator posts published" a month; "Team 50+"; "Creator Network: Managed & paid. Fast, fair payouts". Case-study pages say "Join 350+ brands".Source
  • 04

    The homepage FAQ says "Brands can also license Kyra One for their own teams", and job posts describe Kyra as "an enterprise influencer marketing platform". But there is no Kyra One page, and the sign-up form only offers "I am a Brand" or "I am a Creator/Agency". An in-house team that wants the software has nowhere to go.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Chief Commercial Officer

    First action

    Count how many sign-ups in the last quarter asked about the platform alone.

    How to measure it

    Kyra One licence enquiries

    Now
    –
    Target
    8 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Count demand

      Past enquiries about the platform.

      Chief Commercial Officer 2 days

    2. 2

      Define the offer

      Licence, licence plus service, managed.

      Chief Commercial Officer 3 days

    3. 3

      Write the page

      Features, screenshots, who it is for.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    4. 4

      Add the form option

      Third path on sign-up.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    5. 5

      Route

      To a platform seller.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 day

    6. 6

      Measure

      Licence enquiries and closes.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Design time
    Owner
    Chief Commercial Officer

    Smallest test

    Add the form option before the page exists and see who picks it.

    Why it works

    Publish /kyra-one: what the platform does (discovery, Perfect Match, seeding, approvals, payments, reporting), who licenses it, how it combines with managed service, and a "license Kyra One" choice on the sign-up form that routes to the right seller.

    Platform buyers compare Kyra with CreatorIQ and Captiv8; a page puts Kyra on that list and opens revenue that does not need campaign managers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Cannibalises managed service

      Offer licence plus strategy hours.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage (checked October 23, 2026): H1 "Influencer marketing that finally scales"; the FAQ says "Kyra campaigns are built to go live within 45 days" (strategy in 7 days, first creators within 30); "Brands can also license Kyra One for their own teams"; Perfect Match™ for creator discovery and pricing; the meta description calls Kyra a company that "runs always-on creator programmes for global brands" on Kyra One.Source
    • Your websiteSign-up page: two paths, "I am a Brand" and "I am a Creator/Agency"; the brand form asks website, name, work email, company, how you heard, annual influencer spend in six bands from "$0-100k" to "$50m+", and "How can we support you?". There is no option for a brand that wants to license Kyra One, and no page explaining what creators get from working with Kyra.Source
    • HiringKyra's description in every job post: "an enterprise influencer marketing platform working with brands like SharkNinja, Coach, H&M, Ray-Ban, and Converse. Our platform manages the full lifecycle: creator discovery, campaign management, content review, payments, analytics, and AI-powered intelligence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube." The board lists 11 open roles, 9 of them remote.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: Billion Dollar Boy, "The Social Agency with Creator Instinct"; Viral Nation, influencer marketing plus "Paid Performance, Owned Social, and Creative and Content Services"; Ubiquitous, "Full Service Influencer Marketing Agency"; CreatorIQ, a platform for "Creator Marketing at Scale"; Captiv8, an "End-to-End Influencer Marketing Platform" for discovery, ROI, payments and amplification.Source
  • 05

    The sign-up form already asks annual influencer spend in six bands up to "$50m+", and Kyra now staffs by vertical (beauty, tech, fintech, sports). A $10m beauty brand and a $100k startup currently enter the same queue.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Chief Commercial Officer

    First action

    Pull last quarter's form answers by spend band.

    How to measure it

    Sign-up to first meeting

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Add the question

      Vertical on the form.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    2. 2

      Set rules

      Spend band and vertical to owner.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 day

    3. 3

      Write follow-ups

      One per vertical with case studies.

      Marketing lead 2 days

    4. 4

      Set a same-day SLA

      For $1m+.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 day

    5. 5

      Small-budget path

      Seeding package page.

      Chief Strategy Officer 1 week

    6. 6

      Review

      Conversion by band.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    CRM setup
    Owner
    Chief Commercial Officer

    Smallest test

    Route the next 20 sign-ups by hand.

    Why it works

    Add a vertical question, then route: $1m+ goes to a senior client lead the same day, beauty to the beauty team, tech and fintech to that team, and under $100k to a short call or a seeding package. Send each a follow-up email with the matching case studies.

    Fast, relevant first calls raise conversion, and the routing data shows which verticals are growing.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Wrong self-reported budgets

      Confirm on the first call.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSign-up page: two paths, "I am a Brand" and "I am a Creator/Agency"; the brand form asks website, name, work email, company, how you heard, annual influencer spend in six bands from "$0-100k" to "$50m+", and "How can we support you?". There is no option for a brand that wants to license Kyra One, and no page explaining what creators get from working with Kyra.Source
    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source
    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty (US, posted October 16, 2026) presents KPIs "(engagement, EMV, sales lift, affiliate impact)", manages "renewal timelines", identifies "upsell opportunities" and drives net revenue retention. The Account Director (US, posted October 10, 2026) carries "Net revenue retention", "Gross profit margin on every account", "Team utilisation and throughput per head" and "Cost per brief, and the direction it's moving".Source
  • 06

    Case studies filter by programme type (always-on, pulse, makers) rather than by industry, though buyers look for their own category first. The Glossier story says "300+ assets delivered" in the header and "over 75 assets produced" in the text.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Marketing lead

    First action

    Correct the Glossier figure today.

    How to measure it

    Case-study page form clicks

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Fix Glossier

      One correct asset count.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    2. 2

      Tag industries

      All 18 case studies.

      Marketing lead 2 hours

    3. 3

      Add filter

      Industry above programme type.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 days

    4. 4

      Explain types

      One line each.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    5. 5

      Add markup

      Article and date.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 day

    6. 6

      Check numbers

      Every header against its text.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Fix the figure and tag the industries.

    Why it works

    Add an industry filter (beauty, fashion, food, travel, entertainment, tech), correct the Glossier count, and add a short "programme type" explainer beside the existing filter. Mark up each case study as an article with its date and results.

    Industry is how buyers shortlist, and consistent numbers keep the proof credible.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Thin categories

      Show a benchmark link where a category has one case study.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (87 URLs, checked October 23, 2026): five service pages (Influencer Seeding, TikTok, Instagram, Creator Ads & Spark Ads, UGC Content) and no page for YouTube, LinkedIn, B2B, fintech, sports or any industry; 18 case studies, all consumer brands (Glossier, Morphe, Essence, Function of Beauty, L'Occitane, Bvlgari, Everlane, Rothy's, ECCO, Havaianas, Hotel Chocolat, Jack in the Box, citizenM, Prime Video, PBS, The Weather Channel, Ray-Ban Meta); the case-study page filters by programme type (always-on, pulse, makers, product launch, dark ads, seeding, multi-region), not by industry.Source
    • Your websiteGlossier case study: the header says "115M views", "300+ assets delivered", "51 creators activated", while the results text says "With over 75 assets produced". Case-study pages carry breadcrumb and organisation markup but no article or review markup, and list the creators' handles.Source

This quarter 9

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    Client Solutions run delivery "across our full product suite, including Always-On creator partnerships, Pulse campaigns, Makers (CGC), Amplify+ (paid boosting), Seeding+, and License+". The website sells five generic services, and case studies are tagged "pulse" and "makers" without saying what those are.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Write one paragraph per product with the strategy team.

    How to measure it

    Clients on two or more products

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define each product

      Scope, timeline, KPI.

      Chief Strategy Officer 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write pages

      Six product pages.

      Marketing lead 3 weeks

    3. 3

      Retag case studies

      By product.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    4. 4

      Align proposals

      Same names.

      Chief Commercial Officer 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Train teams

      Client Solutions and sales.

      Senior Client Solutions Manager, Europe 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Products per client.

      Account Director quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing and design
    Owner
    Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Publish the Pulse page first, since case studies already use the tag.

    Why it works

    Publish one page per product with what it is, when to use it, typical scope and timeline, and the case studies tagged with it. Use the same names in proposals, case studies and reports so the buyer sees one system.

    Named products are easier to buy, expand into and renew; the European account manager already sells across six of them.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Names mean little to outsiders

      Pair each name with a plain description.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Europe (posted October 19, 2026): one global enterprise account with "12+ sub-brands, 35+ active stakeholders"; delivery "across our full product suite, including Always-On creator partnerships, Pulse campaigns, Makers (CGC), Amplify+ (paid boosting), Seeding+, and License+", with "6+ briefs running simultaneously"; builds post-campaign analysis decks and "exec-ready reporting (QBRs/EBRs)"; feeds client needs "back into product development".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (87 URLs, checked October 23, 2026): five service pages (Influencer Seeding, TikTok, Instagram, Creator Ads & Spark Ads, UGC Content) and no page for YouTube, LinkedIn, B2B, fintech, sports or any industry; 18 case studies, all consumer brands (Glossier, Morphe, Essence, Function of Beauty, L'Occitane, Bvlgari, Everlane, Rothy's, ECCO, Havaianas, Hotel Chocolat, Jack in the Box, citizenM, Prime Video, PBS, The Weather Channel, Ray-Ban Meta); the case-study page filters by programme type (always-on, pulse, makers, product launch, dark ads, seeding, multi-region), not by industry.Source
    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty (US, posted October 16, 2026) presents KPIs "(engagement, EMV, sales lift, affiliate impact)", manages "renewal timelines", identifies "upsell opportunities" and drives net revenue retention. The Account Director (US, posted October 10, 2026) carries "Net revenue retention", "Gross profit margin on every account", "Team utilisation and throughput per head" and "Cost per brief, and the direction it's moving".Source
  • 08

    The new Senior Paid Media Manager must "write down what we learned so the next campaign starts further ahead" across $1M+ budgets. Kyra's beauty benchmark already shows ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times. No one in the market publishes how creator content performs once it is boosted.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Senior Paid Media Manager

    First action

    Agree a test log template with the Director of Paid Strategy.

    How to measure it

    Enquiries mentioning paid

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set the template

      Hypothesis, setup, result, lesson.

      Senior Paid Media Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Log every test

      All clients, anonymised.

      Senior Paid Media Manager ongoing

    3. 3

      Get consent

      Aggregate use in client contracts.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 month

    4. 4

      Analyse

      By category and tier.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 month

    5. 5

      Publish

      Benchmark page with method.

      Marketing lead 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Update service page

      Replace unsourced figures.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Senior Paid Media Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart from the first 20 logged tests.

    Why it works

    Turn the internal test log into a twice-yearly public benchmark: Spark Ads versus brand ads, cost per view and CTR by category and creator tier, with the same method notes as the organic benchmarks. Feed the headline numbers back into the Creator Ads page.

    The paid team's learning becomes marketing, and it backs the Spark Ads page with data instead of claims.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too few tests per category

      Publish only categories above a minimum sample, as the organic pages do.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Paid Media Manager, 6-month contract, UK (posted October 21, 2026): sits alongside the Director of Paid Strategy and owns paid campaigns "across TikTok and Meta, with YouTube in the mix"; runs "a genuine test-and-learn programme" and must "write down what we learned so the next campaign starts further ahead"; manages "budgets of $1M+"; mentors a Paid Media Executive and sets "the templates, naming conventions, and QA habits"; "paid and creator work are planned together, not bolted on".Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
    • Your websiteService-page figures with no source or method shown: Creator Ads "2.3x higher CTR vs brand ads", "47% lower CPM", "1.8x higher conversion rate" and, in its FAQ, "an average 2.3x ROAS on Spark Ads campaigns"; Seeding "78% of seeded creators post organically" and "3.2x higher engagement vs paid posts"; UGC "4x higher engagement vs brand content", "$250 average cost per video", "5 days average turnaround", "100% full commercial rights".Source
  • 09

    Kyra is staffing a sports and entertainment campaign manager with "sports betting & fantasy experience" and weekend reviews. There is a sports benchmark (6.6% median on TikTok across 2.2 million posts) but no service page or case study for sports brands.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Campaign Manager

    First action

    Write the approval workflow down from the current sports account.

    How to measure it

    Sports and betting enquiries

    Now
    –
    Target
    5 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Document workflow

      Review steps and timing.

      Campaign Manager, Sports & Entertainment 1 week

    2. 2

      Write page

      Creators, workflow, benchmark.

      Marketing lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Legal check

      Kyra's wording on regulated categories.

      Legal counsel 1 week

    4. 4

      Add case study

      Anonymised if needed.

      Campaign Manager, Sports & Entertainment 1 month

    5. 5

      Promote

      Before major sports seasons.

      Marketing lead seasonal

    6. 6

      Measure

      Enquiries by sport.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing and legal review
    Owner
    Campaign Manager, Sports & Entertainment

    Smallest test

    Add a sports section to the services page.

    Why it works

    Publish a sports page: creator types (fans, analysts, athletes), the review and approval workflow for regulated categories, disclosure handling, game-day timing, and the sports benchmark. Have the client's legal team define the rules; Kyra's page describes the process, not the law.

    Regulated sports brands buy process first, and the site can show it before the call.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Regulatory claims

      Describe process only; no legal claims.

    Evidence

    • HiringCampaign Manager, Sports & Entertainment, US EST (posted October 20, 2026): casts and contracts creators with "sports betting & fantasy experience", ideally available 9am to 9pm Eastern and some weekends "to push through concept / content for reviews".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (87 URLs, checked October 23, 2026): five service pages (Influencer Seeding, TikTok, Instagram, Creator Ads & Spark Ads, UGC Content) and no page for YouTube, LinkedIn, B2B, fintech, sports or any industry; 18 case studies, all consumer brands (Glossier, Morphe, Essence, Function of Beauty, L'Occitane, Bvlgari, Everlane, Rothy's, ECCO, Havaianas, Hotel Chocolat, Jack in the Box, citizenM, Prime Video, PBS, The Weather Channel, Ray-Ban Meta); the case-study page filters by programme type (always-on, pulse, makers, product launch, dark ads, seeding, multi-region), not by industry.Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
  • 10

    Kyra sells License+ and says "100% rights managed", and it was quoted in a Net Influencer roundup on "Perpetuity, Whitelisting, AI Clauses". Campaign managers scope "usage rights" on every deal. Brands ask what rights they need and what they cost, and few agencies answer publicly.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Pull median rights fees by duration from recent contracts.

    How to measure it

    Enquiries from the rights guide

    Now
    –
    Target
    6 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pull data

      Rights fees by duration and channel.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write guide

      Terms explained.

      Chief Strategy Officer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Legal review

      No legal advice given.

      Legal counsel 1 week

    4. 4

      Build calculator

      Three inputs.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Publish

      Linked from Creator Ads.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    6. 6

      Pitch press

      Usage rights data.

      Marketing lead 1 month

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Publish the guide first, calculator second.

    Why it works

    Publish a usage rights guide (organic, paid boosting, whitelisting, duration, territory) and a simple calculator that estimates a rights fee as a share of the creator fee by duration and channels, from Kyra's own deal data. Link it from Creator Ads and License+.

    It captures searches from brand teams at the moment they plan paid amplification, which is where Kyra's higher-value products start.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Seen as legal advice

      State clearly it is a pricing guide.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteNewsroom: the latest press release listed is from 29 January 2026; recent coverage includes Campaign US (15 October 2026), The Drum, The Business of Fashion and a Net Influencer roundup on "Perpetuity, Whitelisting, AI Clauses" in creator usage rights (7 August 2026); a "Data for journalists" offer answers reporters' questions against the dataset for free.Source
    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Europe (posted October 19, 2026): one global enterprise account with "12+ sub-brands, 35+ active stakeholders"; delivery "across our full product suite, including Always-On creator partnerships, Pulse campaigns, Makers (CGC), Amplify+ (paid boosting), Seeding+, and License+", with "6+ briefs running simultaneously"; builds post-campaign analysis decks and "exec-ready reporting (QBRs/EBRs)"; feeds client needs "back into product development".Source
    • Your websiteService-page figures with no source or method shown: Creator Ads "2.3x higher CTR vs brand ads", "47% lower CPM", "1.8x higher conversion rate" and, in its FAQ, "an average 2.3x ROAS on Spark Ads campaigns"; Seeding "78% of seeded creators post organically" and "3.2x higher engagement vs paid posts"; UGC "4x higher engagement vs brand content", "$250 average cost per video", "5 days average turnaround", "100% full commercial rights".Source
    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source
  • 11

    Beauty is the vertical Kyra is "growing fast", with a President of Beauty, Wellness & Luxury, State of Beauty 2026, a beauty benchmark and five beauty case studies. These sit on separate pages with no beauty landing page connecting them.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter President of Beauty

    First action

    Map every beauty page and link them together.

    How to measure it

    Beauty sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map content

      Every beauty page.

      President of Beauty, Wellness & Luxury 1 day

    2. 2

      Design hub

      Sections and call to action.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Gate report

      Short form to the beauty team.

      Marketing lead 2 days

    4. 4

      Follow up

      Beauty team calls report downloaders.

      Senior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty ongoing

    5. 5

      Add monthly signal

      Predictive Index update.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Beauty enquiries.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Design time
    Owner
    President of Beauty, Wellness & Luxury

    Smallest test

    Link all beauty pages from one section on the services page.

    Why it works

    Build /beauty: the State of Beauty findings, the benchmark highlights (GRWM highest, before-and-after lowest), the five case studies, the Predictive Index, the team and a beauty-specific call to action. Gate the full report with a short form that feeds the beauty team.

    One hub ranks better and converts better than scattered pages, and it shows a beauty buyer the depth of the team.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Gating lowers reach

      Keep findings open, gate only the full PDF.

    Evidence

    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source
    • Your websiteState of Beauty 2026, "Beauty after virality": 500 Gen Z consumers plus creator signals; "78.8% say influencers shape their beauty purchases", "52.3% still prefer to buy in-store"; a Kyra Predictive Index of rising, stable and declining brands; a "download the report" call to action. There are State of Beauty and State of Fitness reports but none for tech, fintech or sports.Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (87 URLs, checked October 23, 2026): five service pages (Influencer Seeding, TikTok, Instagram, Creator Ads & Spark Ads, UGC Content) and no page for YouTube, LinkedIn, B2B, fintech, sports or any industry; 18 case studies, all consumer brands (Glossier, Morphe, Essence, Function of Beauty, L'Occitane, Bvlgari, Everlane, Rothy's, ECCO, Havaianas, Hotel Chocolat, Jack in the Box, citizenM, Prime Video, PBS, The Weather Channel, Ray-Ban Meta); the case-study page filters by programme type (always-on, pulse, makers, product launch, dark ads, seeding, multi-region), not by industry.Source
  • 12

    The calculator fetches any TikTok or Instagram post or @handle and ranks it against creators of the same size and category. Brand marketers checking their own creators are prospects, but the tool has no next step for them.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Marketing lead

    First action

    Add a simple "email me a full audit" link under results.

    How to measure it

    Calculator-sourced leads

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Add the link

      Under results.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    2. 2

      Build batch check

      Up to 20 handles.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 3 weeks

    3. 3

      Design report

      Rank and benchmark per creator.

      Marketing lead 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Route leads

      By brand size.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 week

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Call within a day.

      Account Director ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Leads to meetings.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Offer manual audits by email for a month.

    Why it works

    After a result, offer "Audit my creator programme": paste up to 20 handles and get a report by email ranking each against the benchmarks, with a call to action to talk to the team. Track which brands request it.

    It converts free tool traffic into named, qualified leads with their own data in hand.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Creators and agencies use it

      Ask "brand, creator or agency" before sending.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFree tools: an engagement rate calculator for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube that fetches a post or @handle and ranks it against creators of the same size and category; a monthly share-of-voice leaderboard by category (Beverages, last 30 days: Red Bull 45.87%, Coca-Cola 21.02%); a "fastest-growing TikTok creators" page and a Spotify Wrapped trends page.Source
    • Your websiteSign-up page: two paths, "I am a Brand" and "I am a Creator/Agency"; the brand form asks website, name, work email, company, how you heard, annual influencer spend in six bands from "$0-100k" to "$50m+", and "How can we support you?". There is no option for a brand that wants to license Kyra One, and no page explaining what creators get from working with Kyra.Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
  • 13

    Kyra publishes a monthly share-of-voice leaderboard by category (in beverages, the leader has 45.87% and the second 21.02%). The brands below the top two are exactly the ones that need creator programmes, and the data is already built.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Chief Commercial Officer

    First action

    Pick one category and list ranks 3 to 15.

    How to measure it

    Meetings booked

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick categories

      Where Kyra has case studies.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 week

    2. 2

      Build list

      Marketing leaders at ranked brands.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 week

    3. 3

      Write template

      Rank, gap, one insight.

      Marketing lead 2 days

    4. 4

      Send monthly

      With the new leaderboard.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    5. 5

      Offer report

      Full category view.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Replies and meetings.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Chief Commercial Officer

    Smallest test

    Send ten emails in one category.

    Why it works

    Each month, send marketing leaders at brands ranked 3 to 15 in each category their position, the gap to the leader and one insight on what the leader's creators do, with an offer of a full report.

    Outreach with a prospect's own ranking gets far higher replies than generic pitches.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Seen as spam

      Keep it short and specific, one follow-up only.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFree tools: an engagement rate calculator for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube that fetches a post or @handle and ranks it against creators of the same size and category; a monthly share-of-voice leaderboard by category (Beverages, last 30 days: Red Bull 45.87%, Coca-Cola 21.02%); a "fastest-growing TikTok creators" page and a Spotify Wrapped trends page.Source
    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty (US, posted October 16, 2026) presents KPIs "(engagement, EMV, sales lift, affiliate impact)", manages "renewal timelines", identifies "upsell opportunities" and drives net revenue retention. The Account Director (US, posted October 10, 2026) carries "Net revenue retention", "Gross profit margin on every account", "Team utilisation and throughput per head" and "Cost per brief, and the direction it's moving".Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "at the forefront of the creator revolution since 2017"; "4BN+ views delivered"; "Execution Speed 24–72 hrs From brief to creator live"; "100s–1,000s Creators activated monthly"; "5K+ Creator posts published" a month; "Team 50+"; "Creator Network: Managed & paid. Fast, fair payouts". Case-study pages say "Join 350+ brands".Source
  • 14

    Account Directors carry net revenue retention, margin and "cost per brief"; client managers watch scope, performance and relationships so "no surprises". The signals exist across tools but are read by people, account by account.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Account Director

    First action

    List the last five clients lost and what preceded it.

    How to measure it

    Net revenue retention

    Now
    –
    Target
    +5 points
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Study losses

      Last five churned clients.

      Account Director 1 week

    2. 2

      Pick signals

      Five measurable ones.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 week

    3. 3

      Build score

      In the platform.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 month

    4. 4

      Weekly review

      Red accounts.

      Account Director weekly

    5. 5

      Recovery plans

      Owner and date.

      Senior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty ongoing

    6. 6

      Check

      Score against renewals.

      Account Director quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Account Director

    Smallest test

    Score ten accounts by hand.

    Why it works

    Build a monthly score per client from briefs per month, KPI delivery versus target, stakeholder count and changes, invoice timing and campaign gaps. Review red accounts in a weekly meeting and run a recovery plan.

    Most churn is visible months early; a score turns personal judgement into a shared system as the team grows with freelancers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • False alarms

      Review score accuracy each quarter.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty (US, posted October 16, 2026) presents KPIs "(engagement, EMV, sales lift, affiliate impact)", manages "renewal timelines", identifies "upsell opportunities" and drives net revenue retention. The Account Director (US, posted October 10, 2026) carries "Net revenue retention", "Gross profit margin on every account", "Team utilisation and throughput per head" and "Cost per brief, and the direction it's moving".Source
    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Europe (posted October 19, 2026): one global enterprise account with "12+ sub-brands, 35+ active stakeholders"; delivery "across our full product suite, including Always-On creator partnerships, Pulse campaigns, Makers (CGC), Amplify+ (paid boosting), Seeding+, and License+", with "6+ briefs running simultaneously"; builds post-campaign analysis decks and "exec-ready reporting (QBRs/EBRs)"; feeds client needs "back into product development".Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "at the forefront of the creator revolution since 2017"; "4BN+ views delivered"; "Execution Speed 24–72 hrs From brief to creator live"; "100s–1,000s Creators activated monthly"; "5K+ Creator posts published" a month; "Team 50+"; "Creator Network: Managed & paid. Fast, fair payouts". Case-study pages say "Join 350+ brands".Source
  • 15

    The sign-up page has an "I am a Creator/Agency" option, the about page promises "Fast, fair payouts", and campaign managers are judged on whether "creators are keen to work with us again". But there is no page that tells creators why to work with Kyra.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Write the payment terms in one paragraph.

    How to measure it

    Creator profiles added

    Now
    –
    Target
    500 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write terms

      Payment speed and rights.

      Chief Strategy Officer 2 days

    2. 2

      Write page

      Casting and categories.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Add quotes

      Five creators.

      Freelance Campaign Manager, Tech and AI 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Link the form

      Creator path.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    5. 5

      Promote

      In outreach emails.

      Freelance Campaign Manager, Tech and AI ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups used in casting.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Add a creator FAQ to the sign-up page.

    Why it works

    Publish /creators: how casting works, payment terms and speed, usage rights explained, the categories Kyra casts for (beauty, tech, sports), and a profile sign-up. Ask top creators for short quotes.

    Better creator supply lowers cost and time per brief, and casting beyond "the usual names" needs creators to come to Kyra.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too many unsuitable sign-ups

      Ask category and size up front.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSign-up page: two paths, "I am a Brand" and "I am a Creator/Agency"; the brand form asks website, name, work email, company, how you heard, annual influencer spend in six bands from "$0-100k" to "$50m+", and "How can we support you?". There is no option for a brand that wants to license Kyra One, and no page explaining what creators get from working with Kyra.Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: "at the forefront of the creator revolution since 2017"; "4BN+ views delivered"; "Execution Speed 24–72 hrs From brief to creator live"; "100s–1,000s Creators activated monthly"; "5K+ Creator posts published" a month; "Team 50+"; "Creator Network: Managed & paid. Fast, fair payouts". Case-study pages say "Join 350+ brands".Source
    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 16

    Kyra calls itself both "a creator marketing company" and "an enterprise influencer marketing platform", and says brands can license Kyra One. CreatorIQ and Captiv8 sell platforms; Billion Dollar Boy and Ubiquitous sell service. A self-serve tier would let smaller teams start on the platform and grow into service.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters COO/CTO & Co Founder

    First action

    Ask five clients which platform features they would use alone.

    How to measure it

    Self-serve subscribers

    Now
    –
    Target
    50
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Interview clients

      Five in-house teams.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 month

    2. 2

      Scope tier

      Features and price.

      Chief Commercial Officer 1 month

    3. 3

      Build onboarding

      Self-serve setup.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 quarters

    4. 4

      Beta

      Ten teams.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Launch

      Page and pricing.

      Marketing lead 1 month

    6. 6

      Upsell

      Service for heavy users.

      Chief Commercial Officer ongoing

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Product and engineering
    Owner
    COO/CTO & Co Founder

    Smallest test

    Give three clients platform-only access for a month.

    Why it works

    Package discovery, the benchmarks, seeding workflow and reporting as a monthly subscription with a trial, with managed service as an upgrade. Start with existing clients' in-house teams.

    It creates revenue that does not scale with headcount and a pipeline of brands already using Kyra's data.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Support burden

      Start with existing clients.

    Evidence

    • HiringKyra's description in every job post: "an enterprise influencer marketing platform working with brands like SharkNinja, Coach, H&M, Ray-Ban, and Converse. Our platform manages the full lifecycle: creator discovery, campaign management, content review, payments, analytics, and AI-powered intelligence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube." The board lists 11 open roles, 9 of them remote.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage (checked October 23, 2026): H1 "Influencer marketing that finally scales"; the FAQ says "Kyra campaigns are built to go live within 45 days" (strategy in 7 days, first creators within 30); "Brands can also license Kyra One for their own teams"; Perfect Match™ for creator discovery and pricing; the meta description calls Kyra a company that "runs always-on creator programmes for global brands" on Kyra One.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: Billion Dollar Boy, "The Social Agency with Creator Instinct"; Viral Nation, influencer marketing plus "Paid Performance, Owned Social, and Creative and Content Services"; Ubiquitous, "Full Service Influencer Marketing Agency"; CreatorIQ, a platform for "Creator Marketing at Scale"; Captiv8, an "End-to-End Influencer Marketing Platform" for discovery, ROI, payments and amplification.Source
    • Your websiteData page (updated 22 October 2026): 1.39 billion accounts and 7 billion posts "across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook"; 255 million accounts with 1,000+ followers; 36.4 million creators in an identity graph, 1.53 million linked on two or more platforms. LinkedIn is not among the tracked platforms.Source
  • 17

    The AI and tech campaigns use "LinkedIn/YouTube" creators against sign-up KPIs, but Kyra's dataset covers TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. Casting B2B creators on LinkedIn is then done by hand, outside the platform.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters COO/CTO & Co Founder

    First action

    Count LinkedIn creators cast by hand in the last quarter.

    How to measure it

    Tech campaigns cast in Kyra One

    Now
    –
    Target
    80%
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Count manual work

      LinkedIn casting today.

      Freelance Campaign Manager, Tech and AI 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Check permitted sources

      Terms and consent.

      Legal counsel 1 month

    3. 3

      Build ingestion

      Opt-in and partner data.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 quarters

    4. 4

      Link identities

      To existing creators.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Benchmark

      When sample is large.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Sell

      Into tech and fintech.

      Chief Commercial Officer ongoing

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering and data costs
    Owner
    COO/CTO & Co Founder

    Smallest test

    Start with an opt-in LinkedIn field in the creator sign-up.

    Why it works

    Add LinkedIn creator profiles through permitted sources (opt-in creator sign-ups, partner data and manually verified lists), link them to the identity graph, and publish a B2B creator benchmark once the sample is large enough.

    B2B budgets are moving to creators and few platforms cover LinkedIn well; Kyra would own the data for its fastest-growing non-consumer vertical.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Platform terms

      Use only permitted, opt-in sources.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteData page (updated 22 October 2026): 1.39 billion accounts and 7 billion posts "across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook"; 255 million accounts with 1,000+ followers; 36.4 million creators in an identity graph, 1.53 million linked on two or more platforms. LinkedIn is not among the tracked platforms.Source
    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
  • 18

    State of Beauty 2026 (500 Gen Z consumers plus creator signals) and State of Fitness give Kyra press coverage and downloads in beauty and fitness. The new verticals it is hiring for have no report.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Chief Strategy Officer

    First action

    Pick the first vertical and draft the survey.

    How to measure it

    Pipeline from report downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    $1m
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick vertical

      Tech first.

      Chief Strategy Officer 1 week

    2. 2

      Survey

      Consumers in UK and US.

      Chief Strategy Officer 1 month

    3. 3

      Data analysis

      Creator signals.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 month

    4. 4

      Write report

      Findings and index.

      Chief Strategy Officer 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      Press and webinar.

      Marketing lead 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Follow up

      Downloaders by sales.

      Chief Commercial Officer ongoing

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Survey and design
    Owner
    Chief Strategy Officer

    Smallest test

    Publish a short tech creator data note first.

    Why it works

    Publish State of Tech Creators, State of Fintech Creators and State of Sports Creators over the year, each with a consumer survey, creator data and a predictive index, launched with press and a webinar.

    Reports open doors with the marketing leaders Kyra wants and give journalists a reason to cite Kyra in new sectors.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low response from niche consumers

      Use larger general samples with segments.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteState of Beauty 2026, "Beauty after virality": 500 Gen Z consumers plus creator signals; "78.8% say influencers shape their beauty purchases", "52.3% still prefer to buy in-store"; a Kyra Predictive Index of rising, stable and declining brands; a "download the report" call to action. There are State of Beauty and State of Fitness reports but none for tech, fintech or sports.Source
    • Your websiteNewsroom: the latest press release listed is from 29 January 2026; recent coverage includes Campaign US (15 October 2026), The Drum, The Business of Fashion and a Net Influencer roundup on "Perpetuity, Whitelisting, AI Clauses" in creator usage rights (7 August 2026); a "Data for journalists" offer answers reporters' questions against the dataset for free.Source
    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 19

    Kyra offers journalists free answers from the dataset and is quoted in Campaign US, The Drum and The Business of Fashion, but the latest press release listed is from January 2026.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Marketing lead

    First action

    List the last ten journalist questions.

    How to measure it

    Monthly press mentions

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List questions

      Recent journalist asks.

      Marketing lead 1 day

    2. 2

      Pick monthly topic

      Most asked.

      Marketing lead monthly

    3. 3

      Pull data

      With method.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 week

    4. 4

      Write release

      One page.

      Marketing lead 2 days

    5. 5

      Send

      To journalists who asked.

      Marketing lead monthly

    6. 6

      Track

      Mentions and links.

      Marketing lead monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Send one release this month.

    Why it works

    Publish one short data release a month from the questions journalists ask most (a rising trend, a category shift, a creator tier finding), with a chart and the method link.

    Regular releases turn ad-hoc quotes into a steady stream of coverage and links.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Repetitive topics

      Rotate categories.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteNewsroom: the latest press release listed is from 29 January 2026; recent coverage includes Campaign US (15 October 2026), The Drum, The Business of Fashion and a Net Influencer roundup on "Perpetuity, Whitelisting, AI Clauses" in creator usage rights (7 August 2026); a "Data for journalists" offer answers reporters' questions against the dataset for free.Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
    • Your websiteData page (updated 22 October 2026): 1.39 billion accounts and 7 billion posts "across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook"; 255 million accounts with 1,000+ followers; 36.4 million creators in an identity graph, 1.53 million linked on two or more platforms. LinkedIn is not among the tracked platforms.Source
  • 20

    The blog still carries "influencer-marketing-predictions-for-2025", "science-of-influencer-marketing-pricing-2025" and "fastest-growing-tiktok-accounts-2025", while the research pages are dated October 2026. Kyra welcomes AI crawlers, so stale pages are read too.

    Low impactLow effort First result in 1 month Marketing lead

    First action

    Update the pricing article with current rates.

    How to measure it

    Organic visits to refreshed pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List pages

      All 2025 titles.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    2. 2

      Update data

      Current figures.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 week

    3. 3

      Rewrite

      Three pages.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    4. 4

      Redirect

      New slugs.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 1 day

    5. 5

      Date

      Updated dates.

      Marketing lead 1 hour

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Each January.

      Marketing lead yearly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Marketing lead

    Smallest test

    Update the pricing page this week.

    Why it works

    Update each to 2026 with current data, keep the URLs with redirects from new slugs, and add updated dates.

    Fresh pages rank and get cited; stale ones undercut the data positioning.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Lost rankings

      Redirect carefully.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteBlog (19 posts in the sitemap): recent essays on beauty, Gen Z and creators, plus older evergreen pages still titled for last year: "influencer-marketing-predictions-for-2025", "science-of-influencer-marketing-pricing-2025" and "fastest-growing-tiktok-accounts-2025". kyra.com publishes an llms.txt and its robots file welcomes AI crawlers by name.Source
    • Your websiteKyra's research pages: the statistics page says every figure "says what was measured, on which platform, where, across how many posts or creators and over what dates, and links to the page it comes from". TikTok benchmarks cover 19 categories and 56,514,436 organic posts. The beauty benchmark (21 October 2026) finds GRWM posts highest at 9.3% on TikTok, ad-flagged posts at 0.66 times a creator's other posts, and TikTok Shop posts at 0.47 times; the technology benchmark has 4.6% on TikTok and 2.3% on YouTube across only 69 channels.Source
  • 21

    Account Directors track "cost per brief" and campaign managers aim for briefs that "get the content right first time". Prospects arrive with briefs of uneven quality, which costs time later.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Account Director

    First action

    Turn the internal brief template into a web form.

    How to measure it

    Briefs created that become enquiries

    Now
    –
    Target
    15 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Template

      Current internal brief.

      Account Director 1 week

    2. 2

      Form

      Inputs and output.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 3 weeks

    3. 3

      Add data

      Creator types by category.

      COO/CTO & Co-Founder 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Launch

      From services and blog.

      Marketing lead 1 week

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Offer to run it.

      Chief Commercial Officer ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Briefs to enquiries.

      Chief Commercial Officer monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Account Director

    Smallest test

    Share the brief template as a download.

    Why it works

    Offer a free brief builder on the site: goal, product, audience, KPI, budget and channels in, a structured creator brief out with suggested creator types from Kyra's data. Offer to run it.

    It captures prospects at the planning stage and starts every new client with a cleaner brief.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Gives away method

      Keep casting and pricing inside.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Client Solutions Manager, Beauty (US, posted October 16, 2026) presents KPIs "(engagement, EMV, sales lift, affiliate impact)", manages "renewal timelines", identifies "upsell opportunities" and drives net revenue retention. The Account Director (US, posted October 10, 2026) carries "Net revenue retention", "Gross profit margin on every account", "Team utilisation and throughput per head" and "Cost per brief, and the direction it's moving".Source
    • HiringFreelance campaign roles (posted September 10 to October 20, 2026): "We're hiring freelance Senior Campaign Managers across four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports and beauty. Each freelancer works predominantly with one client." The AI and tech role casts "B2B/productivity creators" and asks for "Experience with B2B/productivity creators, LinkedIn/YouTube and sign-up KPIs". Every post adds: "We're growing our beauty team fast."Source
    • Your websiteHomepage (checked October 23, 2026): H1 "Influencer marketing that finally scales"; the FAQ says "Kyra campaigns are built to go live within 45 days" (strategy in 7 days, first creators within 30); "Brands can also license Kyra One for their own teams"; Perfect Match™ for creator discovery and pricing; the meta description calls Kyra a company that "runs always-on creator programmes for global brands" on Kyra One.Source

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  1. Days 1 to 307 ideas

    Tech and fintech page, sourced service figures, one launch-speed answer, the Kyra One path, routing and case-study filters; refresh the 2025 pages.

  2. Days 31 to 6011 ideas

    Product suite pages, paid benchmark, sports page, usage rights guide, beauty hub, calculator audits, leaderboard outreach, renewal score and the creator page; start the monthly data release and brief builder.

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    Commit to the big bets: self-serve Kyra One, LinkedIn data and vertical reports.

The research behind the plan

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Customers

What customers say

Customers value speed and organisation. The most cited problem: slow, off-brand agencies.

  • Creators beyond the usual names
  • Spreadsheet-run influencer programmes
  • In their words: “always-on”

Market

Competitive landscape

5 competitors compared: Billion Dollar Boy, Viral Nation, Ubiquitous, CreatorIQ and 1 more.

  • Gap to exploit: Public paid creator benchmarks
  • Billion Dollar Boy: Less published data
  • Viral Nation: Less specialised

Hiring signals

Kyra is staffing by vertical and by commercial outcome.

  • Freelance Campaign Manager, Tech, AI (UK / Europe): B2B creators, LinkedIn/YouTube, sign-up KPIs. Ideas 1, 17.
  • Campaign Manager, Sports & Entertainment, US EST (Freelance): Sports betting and fantasy creators. Idea 9.
  • Freelance Campaign Manager, Fashion & Retail, US: Four verticals: AI and tech, fintech, sports, beauty. Ideas 1, 5.

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