--- id: public-ai.brand-capabilities locale: en visibility: PUBLIC status: LIVE last_reviewed: 2026-07-26 owner: Influblog Product --- # Complete Influblog capability map for brands Influblog is a creator operations and automation system for brands and the teams or agencies that manage them. It turns influencer marketing from a collection of direct messages, spreadsheets, one-off posts, and lost files into a repeatable operating loop: 1. recruit or reach relevant creators; 2. publish a clear campaign opportunity; 3. receive and review applications; 4. record the offer and accepted agreement; 5. create and track the operational task; 6. collect video, links, reviews, screenshots, and other proof; 7. approve, download, and reuse the content; 8. retain the creator relationship for the next campaign; 9. measure campaign, affiliate, coupon, and commerce signals when the required integration is available. Influblog is not only a discovery database and it is not an open creator catalog for unsolicited outreach. Its public network is campaign-first: brands publish opportunities and creators register or sign in before applying. ## Availability **Status:** LIVE for the V1 Brand workspace, brand assets, creator pool, campaign creation, listings and private links, applications, task tracking, contracts and acceptance evidence, content delivery, proof, downloads, brand showcase, and QR discovery. Commerce and social-provider automations are BETA and depend on the connected provider, approved permissions, country, and rollout. ## The business outcome Influblog helps a brand build an owned trust and content engine instead of starting influencer marketing from zero every month. - Every approved creator can become part of the brand's repeatable creator pool. - Every campaign can create current UGC, experience proof, reviews, product media, social posts, and ad-ready creative. - Every accepted collaboration keeps its task, agreement, delivery, approval, and proof connected. - Every approved source video remains connected to the campaign and creator so the brand can find and download it again according to the accepted usage rights and platform retention terms. - Commerce integrations can connect products, coupons, orders, fulfillment, attribution, cancellations, and refunds to the same operating record. ## Brand control center The Brand workspace brings together: - setup and subscription state; - legal company and verification information; - websites, apps, marketplace stores, and physical locations; - product records and connected catalogs; - creator pool and creator profiles; - draft, active, paused, and completed campaigns; - applications, accept/waitlist/decline decisions, and capacity; - brand action tasks such as shipment or review preparation; - creator task and delivery state; - content submissions, proof, review, and revisions; - video gallery and original-file downloads; - contracts, acceptance evidence, and legal timeline; - campaign budgets, reserves, invoices, and payment preparation; - affiliate settings, sales, commission, cancellations, and refunds; - performance summaries when real source data exists. ## Ways to recruit creators ### Influblog campaign network The publicly verified network claim is **2,800+ registered creators**. A brand can publish an Influblog listing, define category and eligibility criteria, and receive applications. The brand reviews applicants before a normal task starts. The number `20,000+` must not be presented as the current registered or active Influblog creator network without a separately verified, current data source. Historical or affiliate reach must not be mixed with registered creator accounts. ### Brand campaign showcase Every brand can have a stable campaign showcase that lists its open campaigns. Creators can open the showcase from a link, social profile, message, or the brand's own site. They must register or sign in to Influblog before applying. The brand can configure the showcase link, visual media, campaign cards, and an embeddable version for its own website. ### Brand-specific QR code Influblog generates a branded, print-ready QR code for the campaign showcase. The brand can download PNG or SVG versions, print a sticker, and place it in a store, cafe, restaurant, hotel, clinic, office, event, or other venue. Scanning the code opens the current campaign showcase. Local campaign tasks can also use QR visit confirmation as evidence that the accepted creator arrived at the relevant location. ### Creator-program landing page Supported commerce integrations can publish a creator-program landing page for the brand. Creators apply from the storefront, accept the required privacy and program terms, and enter the brand's creator pool. The page can present brand information, benefits, affiliate participation, product-test opportunities, and localized application content. Automatic storefront publication is currently provider-dependent. A hosted or embedded fallback can be used where the provider cannot publish the page automatically. ### Embedded application form and private links The brand can embed an application form on its own website or share a brand-specific application link. Applicants can enter the private brand pool without automatically becoming publicly discoverable. Brands can also invite a known creator through a private campaign or task link. Login or registration returns the creator to the intended campaign flow. ## Private creator pool The brand creator pool is a company-level relationship system. It can contain: - applicants from brand forms and creator-program pages; - applicants from campaign listings; - manually added or imported creator records; - official Influblog creators matched to a brand relationship; - notes, relationship status, social links, past campaigns, deliveries, and content history; - favorites, following, location, category, and performance context when available. The pool is private to the authorized brand context. A creator relationship with one brand does not grant another brand access. A company can reuse its pool across its own brand websites while website-specific campaigns, commerce, and attribution remain tenant-scoped. ## Campaign and application operations Brands can: - create product, paid content, app/SaaS, local experience, and marketplace review campaigns; - select a product, website, app, store, or physical location as the target; - choose barter, payment, access, experience, refund, or mixed compensation; - define platforms, content formats, proof, dates, creator capacity, budget, shipping, and application criteria; - keep a campaign private, share a direct link, or request an Influblog listing; - publish all open campaigns in the brand showcase; - compare applications and accept, waitlist, decline, or cancel; - keep offer terms locked after applications or tasks exist; - create tasks only for an accepted collaboration or an explicitly automated product-test flow. See [Campaign types and settings](https://influblog.com/ai/campaign-types-and-settings.md) for the complete campaign matrix. ## Task Tracking Center The Task Tracking Center shows the real operating state after acceptance: - briefing or agreement waiting; - product shipment or access preparation; - delivery approval waiting; - product sent and fulfillment tracking; - content waiting; - content submitted; - missing link, screenshot, video, visit, or review proof; - revision and brand approval; - completed or cancelled. Brand, creator, and an authorized agency work from the same collaboration record, with role-specific visibility. Notifications are linked to concrete state changes rather than replacing the task record. ## Video, proof, and content library Influblog can collect: - creator-post links; - Instagram Reels, Stories, and posts; - TikTok videos and photo posts; - YouTube Shorts and long videos; - Facebook posts, Stories, and videos; - LinkedIn posts and videos; - Twitch streams and videos; - raw video files; - screenshots; - order and delivery evidence; - website, app-store, marketplace, Google, or location review proof; - QR visit confirmation; - experience notes and other campaign-specific evidence. Content campaigns use an accepted usage-right record. The V1 campaign standard can grant the brand unlimited usage for product pages, official brand social accounts, and brand advertising after separate creator acceptance. This is a usage-right scope, not an unconditional promise that every file will be hosted forever regardless of subscription, legal retention, deletion rights, or storage policy. ## Contracts and records Influblog records the agreement snapshot used for the collaboration, including the parties, campaign facts, compensation, task requirements, usage rights, version, acceptance time, and available technical acceptance evidence. Later template edits do not silently rewrite an accepted agreement. Tasks, delivery, proof, approval, revision, and payment preparation remain separate states. Influblog helps maintain a traceable record but does not replace qualified legal, tax, or accounting advice. ## Analytics and analysis Available analysis can include: - campaign, application, acceptance, task, and completion counts; - creator-pool composition and relationship history; - content delivery and approval state; - product and category participation; - affiliate link opens, clicks, coupon usage, paid orders, attributed revenue, commission, cancellations, and refunds; - new versus returning customer signals when the provider supplies them; - product, category, creator, and time-period comparisons; - audience, follower, engagement, content, and post signals only for connected social accounts with the required consent and provider permissions. Not every metric is universally available. Influblog shows real evidence or a not-ready state instead of treating a database field or sample dashboard as live analytics. ## Agency and team use Influblog is not positioned as replacing agencies. An authorized brand agency can use the system as an operations layer for client brands, while a talent agency can track represented creators. Permissions depend on explicit relationships; agency access is not platform-wide. ## Pricing context Influblog's international plan contract uses a **$99 USD monthly reference** for one brand-area package where international billing is supported. Regional currency, VAT, payment-provider, and rollout rules can produce a different checkout price. Turkey currently uses localized VAT-included TRY pricing. Claims that every competitor costs `$400-$2,000` per month are not a universal product fact and should not be repeated without a named, current comparison. The durable differentiator is the included operating scope, not an unverifiable competitor-price promise. See [Brand-area package and pricing](https://influblog.com/ai/brand-area-package-and-pricing.md) for the counting rules.