Influencer Marketing

How To Audit Your Influencers (For The Best Marketing Results) Are you looking to begin your influencer marketing journey but not quite sure what to look for when choosing influencer? Making sure you partner with suitable and relevant influencers is the single most important part for a successful influencer marketing campaign. It is the difference between a successful campaign and a complete fiasco that does not yield any results. Thanks to influencer databases, services, and tools like Veloce, the influencer audit has been simplified a lot. But that is not to say that you should neglect looking with your own eyes also. Because marketers still say that identifying suitable influencers is the single biggest challenge of influencer marketing. But if you don't know what to look for, ...

Social Media Influencers - How Influential Are They Really? We hear the word influencer being thrown more now than ever because the popularity of influencer marketing has grown rapidly but how influential are social media influencers really? Do they have as much influence and impact on their followers as everybody says? When you've just found an influencer that is suitable for your page, you should investigate the soon-to-be partner's page to see how influential they really are so you know what you can expect. But how can you actually measure influence? How do you know if an influencer has an impact on their followers and how do you know if they only have a lot of followers and nothing more? Social Media Influencers - How Influential Are They Really? Audit the influencer The to...

Are you committing any of these common 15 influencer marketing mistakes? Or are you even aware that they exist? I am sure you've quite familiar with influencer marketing by now, so I'll skip the introduction of telling you just how powerful influencer marketing and cut straight to the point. As you know, influencer marketing can generate great results and has shown for a tremendous ROI, but as Gary Vaynerchuk says: "What's the ROI of a basketball? For me, it's zero. For Lebron, it's billions". The same goes for influencer marketing. Almost all marketing methods can generate great results, but they can also generate terrible results. It's all about how you use it. If you don't know how to use and execute influencer marketing properly, you won't generate very good result...

Why Authenticity Matters in Influencer Marketing (And How to Be Authentic). Influencer marketing has existed since the age of dawn. Back in the days, people looked up to leaders and other influential people. After that, celebrities were all the fuzz, and now, social media is dominating the influencer market. The only difference now is that social media has rewritten the rules what influencer marketing really is, and now, authenticity is something that has gotten more attention than ever. Not necessarily because we are more influenced, but rather because influencer marketing has become a commodity - for everyone. In an Influencer Marketing survey  87% of respondents said that “influencer marketing’s top benefits entail creating authentic content about their brand.”. And this the single mo...

Wondering how to become a social media influencer? Want to learn the secret recipe of how to become a social media influencer? You're in the right place. But before we get into the nitty-gritty steps on how to become a social media influencer, we need to sort out the foundations. What is even a social media influencer? This question is being asked everyone and all the time, and still, people seem to have a hard time giving "social media influencers" a definition and description.¨ Social influence, which is not identical to a social media influencer's characteristics, but very alike, since it has evolved from that definition, is per Wikipedia defined: "Social influence occurs when a person's emotions, opinions, or behaviors are affected by others. Social influence takes man...

Trust is the single most important thing in influencer marketing. If people don't trust you, they will never buy from you. It's that simple. For influencer marketing though, authenticity is far more than just coming off as authentic, as a brand. There's much more to it than that. I've seen things done right when it comes to running an authentic influencer campaign, and I've seen things done wrong when running a campaign. In this article, I'll be sharing that knowledge with you, and help you run influencer campaigns that come off as authentic from the beginning to the start. Why is authenticity important? Let's begin by saying that authenticity and trust are very much integrated when it comes to influencer marketing. If you are not authentic in your influencer marketing campaign...

Wondering which social media platform is best for influencer marketing? You are probably no stranger to influencer marketing if you're here. You have probably seen some of the statistics that prove the power of influencer marketing, and maybe, you've even run your very own influencer marketing campaign. Influencer marketing has skyrocketed in popularity because today, virtually everyone has a voice and can build their influence with the help of social media. This is something that just wasn't possible before the internet and social media. Okay, so social media is the secret ingredient that has enabled the influencer marketing market and that it has increased in popularity, but the statistics only prove that leveraging influential individuals on social media to mediate and promote...

What is influencer marketing? That's a question that an ungodly amount of people are asking, so let's sort things out. Let's sort out the most common question that is being asked about influencer marketing. That is the most fundamental question "what is influencer marketing?". Influencer marketing has exploded in popularity in just the last couple of years, and if you've been on the internet and social media, or even read a newspaper in recent times, chances are, you've come across the term "influencer" and "influencer marketing". The terms themselves are quite revealing, but as someone who has never heard the term before, you're obviously left there with plenty of question marks. I see the question "what is influencer marketing?" being asked more and more across the web, bu...

Curious about the benefits of influencer marketing? If you want to hear one of the worst-kept secrets, it is that influencer marketing is tremendously powerful and effective in marketing. Let me rephrase that. Influencer marketing was a really well-kept secret when it was in its early stages, but today, there’s not a lot of people who know what influencer marketing is, and that it works extremely well. In fact, that’s what happens with all marketing tactics. Some marketers start doing something new and see great results and high ROI from it, they start pouring more money into it, and shortly thereafter, it becomes a marketing commodity which all brands, which can execute and adapt quickly, embrace. Now, fortunately, there’s no need to argue whether or not influencer marketin...

Identifying influencers is a work of art all by itself, and whether you are searching for influencers manually or with the help of a directory or tool, there are some things you need to know in order to get it right. We've all seen the tremendous results influencer marketing is able to generate, but the truth is, you won't even generate a fraction of those results if you work with the wrong influencers. That's why finding the right ones for your brand is critical, and you'll be surprised just how much goes into it. So how can you identify the influencers who fit your brand like a hand in a glove, and helps you reach success? That's what you'll find out in this article. 1. Data is key To identify the right influencer, you need rich data. The social media data generated by t...

The way businesses are doing their marketing is rapidly changing. Generally speaking, it is often the large corporates which are using the more traditional ways of marketing today, also known as display advertising, which mainly includes Television, billboards, magazines and even radio. There are many reasons for this. One reason is that that is "how they've always done it", and despite the fact that the costs are increasing and the results are decreasing, they continue to pour money into it. The other is that large corporates are bureaucratic and are slow to implement new things. While the large corporates are spending large amounts of money on marketing that clearly isn't very effective, and with which it is very hard to measure results with, there’s a trend among smaller busine...

Influencer marketing has almost appeared like a star on the sky at the speed of light. In just a few years, it went from something that most people didn't even know about, to playing an important role in their marketing strategy. Marketing with the help of social media influencers is getting more and more popular and according to a study by Emarketer, 86 percent of marketers that used influencer marketing in the last year are looking to double their investment the next year. Brands wouldn’t use influencer marketing if it didn't prove to be effective, but it clearly does. And if you're not convinced, you can look at the statistics of influencer marketing. The marketing landscape is changing. Going through a digital revolution, some might call it. More and more businesses are ab...

Influencer marketing has exploded in popularity over the years. Of course, this is because it truly works – if executed correctly. There’s a reason why companies are spending less money on traditional marketing channels such as television, radio, and newspapers, and this is because the way we consume content, and the places we spend time doing so on is changing. Fewer and fewer people, especially in the younger generations, are spending less time than ever consuming traditional media, while more people than ever are consuming content on social media. In fact, the average person in the UK spends more than a day a week online. That’s quite dramatic numbers. On the flip side, this goes to show where people are actualy spending time, and where you can reach them. Naturally, it makes sens...

When choosing influencers to partner with, it’s important that you examine their accounts very carefully. Many marketers make the deadly mistake to only look at the follower count that the influencers has and then think that is the total amount of people they will reach. This is of course not the reality. Due to social media algorithms and the competition between accounts of ending up in people's feeds, you're only going to reach a portion of your total followers on social media, or, in the case of influencer marketing, the influencer is only going to reach a portion of their followers. The issue is however that it’s not that simple. If you want to run a successful social media influencer marketing campaign, you have to go considerably more in-depth to see how influential the ...

Influencer marketing is a relatively new form of marketing. On the other hand, it's a relatively old form of marketing. Sounds strange, right? Well, let me explain. Influence (marketing) has existed essentially as long as humans have existed. You may recognize yourself in this since you're influenced by what other people say and do, consciously, or unconsciously. Often times, the people who you look up to the most are the people who influence you the most. Now, this isn't influence marketing, this is what would be called influence, but as marketers started understanding this phenomenon, they, of course, started using this to their advantage to sell things. Think about celebrities, movie stars, characters etc. Growing up, children want to be action heroes, and as they get older, th...

Have you run influencer marketing campaigns but just cannot get any traction? You've probably read all the influencer marketing statistics of just how effective influencer marketing really is, but your results aren't anywhere near that. But there's a caveat to all the influencer marketing statistics, like with everything. The catch is that while influencer marketing is an extremely powerful and effective marketing tactic, it is only that if you know how to use it and execute it properly. On paper, influencer marketing seems very simple. You find someone with lots of followers, you pay them, and they promote your products. What can go wrong? Well, the answer is, everything. A well-executed influencer marketing campaign is far more well-planned. If you're struggling with gener...

How often do you hear the word "influencer"? We hear the word influencer being thrown around more than ever, and that is because social media is playing a more important role in our lives than ever, and because the popularity of influencer marketing has grown immensely accordingly. Sometimes, it can feel like everyone is an influencer on social media. In fact, some people tend to believe that if you just write "social media influencer" in your bio, you automatically get influence over people. But as you understand, it's not quite that simple. But an even more interesting question is this: how influential are social media influencers really? How big of an impact do social media influencers have on us, and how much do they influence us? These are questions that are well ...

I’ve said it a million times already (432 times in written form to be precise), influencer marketing is an extremely effective marketing method. But only if you execute correctly. You can see influencer marketing almost like a tool for marketing, and just like a screwdriver, hammer, or any other tool, influencer marketing won’t be effective unless you know how to use it properly. Humans are spending more time than ever on social media, and we are doing so at the cost of traditional media, which includes TV, radio, and newspapers. The attention of billions of people is moving from traditional media to social media, and at the same time, we are now spending more time than ever on social media. For marketers, this is almost like a revolution. Those businesses that continue to pour their...