The rapid growth of social media platforms has revolutionized marketing communications, and the recent trend of how people use social media led to the inception of the term "influencer marketing" as an increasingly popular approach for brands across markets. This development has been driven by the unparalleled increase in influencers’ presence on social media platforms, which has generated new venues for companies to connect with their desired demographic and interact with them in a more genuine and significant manner. Understanding the factors that drive the effectiveness of influencers has become increasingly important for both marketers and researchers. Numerous studies have been conducted on the topic of celebrity endorsements. However, the use of "traditional" celebrities is losing its appeal in the digital era of social media, as brands increasingly turn to social media influencers instead. Nonetheless, there is still a lack of understanding about how marketers can effectively utilize this new marketing phenomenon. This study aims to examine the role of trustworthiness, expertise, and information quality of social media influencers in shaping consumer purchase intention, with a specific focus on the mediating role of brand attitude. A total of 309 complete responses were collected via convenience sampling between January and February 2023 then the model examined by using SPSS and AMOS software. The results showed that all attributes of the influencers are affecting brand attitude as well as purchase intention, while brand attitude partially mediated the relationships. Implications, limitations and future research have also been discussed.

This paper focuses on five-star hotels in Jordan to investigate the impact of influencer marketing on overall brand equity. The mediating role played by brand awareness and customer brand engagement between influencer marketing and overall brand equity is tested. The survey method is employed to conduct this research, and data is collected from 300 respondents. The proposed hypotheses are tested using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that influencer marketing directly influenced overall brand equity, brand awareness and customer brand engagement partially mediate the relationship between influencer marketing and overall brand equity.

This study aims to examine how Social Media Influencers (SMIs) influence patronage intentions (PI) through the influence of mediation on the brand credibility (BC) in the electronic devices sector in Jordan. Furthermore, the data were obtained by an online questionnaire based on Google Forms and a total of 315 followers in Jordan using an appropriate sampling method. structural equation modeling using Smart PLS 3 was used to investigate the relationships between SMIs, brand credibility, and patronage intentions (PI). The results indicated that SMIs directly influence PI and BC. BC Partially mediates the relationship between SMIs and PI. Research limitations in this study focus on a single sector electronic device at a specific location in Jordan. Future research may conduct cross-cultural studies to improve the generalizability of the present research findings.