Clubhouse

Hi, this is Amanda Perelli and welcome back to Insider Influencers, our weekly rundown on the business of influencers, creators, and social-media platforms. Sign up for the newsletter here. In this week's edition:A new startup is helping influencers create and sell productsThe exact media kit a TikTok influencer house uses to land brand dealsHow TikTok is shaping beauty and skincare brand trendsA look inside the influencer council of fintech giant KlarnaAnd more including influencer Tana Mongeau becoming a talent manager and accepting applicationsSend tips to aperelli@insider.com or DM me on Twitter at @arperelli. Screen shot of Pietra Studio A new startup is helping influencers design and manufacture their own productsA new startup called Pietra is launching a marketplace for influencers to create their own product lines.  » Read More

Steve is the Founder & CEO of MuteSix, a leading performance marketing agency that has scaled the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce brands. getty CEOs, business leaders and celebrities alike can’t seem to stop talking about Clubhouse, the buzzy, invite-only audio chat app that launched in April 2020. The new social media platform started to infiltrate the tech community late last year and is now valued at a reported $1 billion with millions of users. Industries spanning beauty, food and fashion are now flocking to the app, and Facebook is already rumored to be working on a competitor.  Clubhouse has given thought leaders and experts a space to connect in a setting that is arguably more casual and interactive than LinkedIn. Its format of "rooms" allows individuals to join, host and listen in on discussions. I like to think of it as a cross between a webinar and a podcast.   » Read More

The popular Clubhouse community app has recently become an event. It is only available on iOS, but its developer has announced the immediate arrival of the app on Android smartphones.Until now, Clubhouse has been an exclusive app for iOS users. This was also the case A boon to some sites Competitors who recently introduced the hotline and started offering clubhouse-like features like Facebook.For now, there is no Android version of the Clubhouse app, A lack that provided bad ideas for some misconceptions. In fact, hackers used the platform’s invitation system to spread a Trojan on a large scale, believing victims to be able to download the Android version of the app.Clubhouse is coming to Android soonClubhouse developer Mobeva Okundip recently announced on his Twitter account that the Android app will soon be available to end users. In his tweet, Mobeva’s profile can be found on the iPhone app and the Google Pixel phone. According to Morgan Evets, the Android version will be available by the end of May.According to the latest figures updated in February 2021,  » Read More

How does Clubhouse compare to other platforms? While there’s no doubt Clubhouse offers a unique, unparalleled social experience, this doesn’t necessarily mean it will replace the other big players any time soon.“We’re still using other platforms, and with the massive audiences these platforms have, it doesn’t seem like that will change,” says Shannon. “We think each app has a purpose and a place. Our challenge on behalf of the brands we represent is to provide the right information that the consumer is looking for in the right place and continue to develop authentic and engaged communities.”There are definitely things Clubhouse can’t compete with, says Marshall. For instance, it doesn’t offer recording, or the option to replay audio. You also can’t share directly, or share imagery or video. This, she believes, means Clubhouse won’t replace the platforms that offer these features.That being said, it is unique enough that other existing players won’t be able to easily compete. While platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, for instance, offer competing features, Clubhouse is in a league of its own (for now anyway!)As a reputable influencer who works in beauty and is a woman,  » Read More

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) When sports fans rank their top ten or twenty players to ever play in the NBA, They would mostly name Michael Jordan in the number one spot and LeBron James right behind him or in the top-five in today’s era. However, If you ask Nelson Dukes, his list goes as follows: Michael Jordan Wilt Chamberlain Magic Johnson Kareem Abdul Jabar Kobe Bryant Bill Russell Tim Duncan Larry Bird Hakeem OlajuwonOscar Robertson Shaquille O’Neal LeBron James Dukes has a room on the Clubhouse app called WALKLIKEUS, the list has been made fun of for months, but the list has been discussed on ESPN, FS1, and Clubhouse by current players, former players’ current analyst, and fans. They have all tried to change Dukes’ mind, but if you listen to him, he makes a compelling argument for why his list is the way it is.  » Read More

THE idea is deceptively simple, an audio-only platform where people can gather and talk. No recording, no direct messaging, and no streams of photos, videos or text. Just a Clubhouse where like-minded people can come together and speak. Launched in April last year, Clubhouse currently has 10 million weekly active users, is valued at US$1 billion (RM4.13 billion), and has received investment from over 180 organisations and venture capitalists. Some of this information came straight from its co-founder and chief executive officer, Paul Davidson. Clubhouse started to gain popularity in the digital world when tech billionaires like Elon Musk and celebrities like Chris Rock began to use and talk about the platform. But its surge in the number of users could perhaps also be credited to its exclusivity. To understand what Clubhouse is and how it works, it helps to imagine it as a physical place, a castle surrounded by curtain walls. It looks foreboding from afar. You walk up to the gates and are told that you need the Clubhouse app to enter.  » Read More

SECURITY Account details of 1.3M Clubhouse users published on hacking forum Clubhouse has seemingly suffered another data breach, with details of 1.3 million users published on a hacking forum but the audio-based social app provider claims it wasn’t hacked and that the data was pulled through their application programming interface. The data, which ended up on Raid Forums, was advertised as offering user I.D., photo, username, Twitter name, Instagram name, number of followers, number of people followed by the user and account creation data. In a sign that Clubhouse has a serious issue about being oversensitive, the company posted the following on Twitter, responding to Cybernews, which broke the story Saturday, saying the data had been posted for free online. This is misleading and false. Clubhouse has not been breached or hacked. The data referred to is all public profile information from our app, which anyone can access via the app or our API. https://t.co/I1OfPyc0Bo — Clubhouse (@joinClubhouse) April 11,  » Read More

  ( Youtube/BallAlert ) Clubhouse remains a safe application for users to enjoy and utilize as the company clarifies the "misleading" reports that claimed it was hacked with over 1.3 million user data leak surfacing online. The popular application has claimed that the company has made the user profiles accessible and seen via the application and its API. The audio and invite-only exclusive application that has emerged into a massive hit during the pandemic has defended itself from speculations and doubts that have claimed it to be subject to a recent breach. The company has claimed that it is still a safe platform to enjoy and use and that the "leak" that has surfaced is misleading people into thinking otherwise. Clubhouse has been the talk of the town for the recent months, especially as it has been an on-demand application that users have been wanting to enter, but cannot as it manages to expand its services. Social Media companies such as Twitter,  » Read More

Electronic accessories and software firm Logitech recently jumped on audio app platform Clubhouse to create a brand awareness, and to build its brand leadership with Millennials Apple users. Done in collaboration with influencer marketing agency Kobe, the campaign saw Logitech holding a 45-minute Clubhouse stream with a theme centred around a quiz called "This or That'' where audiences could choose between two options provided. The questions revolved around lifestyle choices, and engaged the audience by getting them to heed over to Kobe’s Instagram to express their preferences. Some of the questions included "Hustle vs TaiTai life?", "Work-from-home vs office life?", and "Simple desk set up vs efficient set up?"  Apart from the interactive polls and the engaging sharing sessions, Logitech also held a giveaway event, which acted as an incentive for users to tune into the Clubhouse stream. There were two giveaways during the live event, one during the midway point of the stream and the other at the end of the stream. Items such as Logitech's bluetooth keyboard for Apple devices and Logitech wireless mouse were given as prizes.  » Read More

Chonrungsri Chalermchaikit, president of Pubat. Things are a little different this year. However, the more things change, the more important it is to keep traditions alive like the magic of reading. After going online last year in response to the Covid-19 situation, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (Pubat) is gearing up for the comeback of the 49th National Book Fair and 19th Bangkok International Book Fair in both the digital and physical format. But due to the third round of the Covid-19 surge, the National Book Fair will be held virtually from April 17-25 while the in-person event is postponed to next month. More than 223 publishing houses have been confirmed to take part in the event this year including Book Wonderland, General Books, Education, Children's Books, Old Books, Foreign Books, and Fiction. "Although the number of publishers taking part has dwindled compared to previous years, many have still come forward and are ready to put up their stalls, which is an encouraging sign," Chonrungsri Chalermchaikit, president of Pubat, told Life during a recent round-table interview with the press.  » Read More