Let us make you a celebrity: Agencies are tapping into the talent of your favourite social media stars

Let us make you a celebrity: Agencies are tapping into the talent of your favourite social media stars Mumbai-based choreographers and dancers Sonal Devraj and Nicole Concassao started their YouTube channel four years ago. The idea was to reach out to newer audiences and to mark their presence online. It worked. The queries for dance classes multiplied and their versions of popular dance covers clocked in lakhs of views. Endorsing a brand was not in their scheme of things. Nor did they look at themselves as influencers. Last year, both Sonal and Nicole signed up with Chtrbox, a Mumbai-based influencer marketing platform, to handle their Instagram accounts. Sonal has promoted multiple brands through her Instagram handle which has more than five lakh followers. “In addition to our routine work, now we also express creativity through brands. Plus, it gives us a supplementary source of income,” says Sonal. Globally, social media celebrities signing business deals with brands...