What was once limited to\nmainstream celebrity endorsements, influencer marketing campaigns are now ubiquitous\nat every niche and level of influence. They are known to have high return on\ninvestment compared to other forms of advertising for all kinds of businesses\u2014some\nsources even say eleven times the ROI of banner ads! But they are not\nfoolproof. What do you need to do to make sure that your influencer marketing campaign\ndoes what your business needs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The type of people who\nfrequent Snapchat are different, as a group, from those on Facebook. Is your\nmarket made of teens, millennials, or boomers? Are you looking to appeal to\nfashionistas or outdoorsy types? You need to know who you are targeting and\nwhat their preferred form of social media is. This changes from year to year,\nso stay up to date. This will also change how you engage on any given platform,\nas words and images that appeal to some could be boring or offensive to others.\nJust like any advertising you do, you want to aim it to appeal to your target\nmarket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can be highly embarrassing\nfor a company to find that an influencer representing their brand is involved\nin something problematic. Often, pulling sponsorship is too little, too late. When\ninfluencers alienate your customer, they are hurting your brand. So make sure\nthat the influencers you choose are people who represent the same values as\nyour company, because your potential customers will be watching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, your advertising dollars\nwon\u2019t be well spent if the influencers you choose don\u2019t have followers who are\ninterested in what you provide. A fitness blogger might not be the best choice\nfor a steakhouse, and a parenting blogger might not have a great fit for\nfuturistic tech gear. Or perhaps their followers are interested in your type of\noffering, but they already have loyalty to a competing brand advertised by your\ninfluencer, creating a conflict of interest. Even if they have many followers,\nyou want their existing content to be relevant and beneficial to your brand and\nimage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although tracking the success\nof an influencer marketing campaign is quite difficult to do, there are tools\nto make it easier. To get the most out of the campaign, consider creating a\nunique hashtag or trackable link in order to track which customers were\nreferred from the influencers you hired. Of course, Google Analytics can come\nin much more handy than an ephemeral concept like \u201cbrand awareness\u201d. Just\ntracking engagement (such as likes and comments) doesn\u2019t tell you how much\nprofit each advertising dollar brought in. For more sophisticated campaigns,\nconsider outsourcing the metrics tracking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Platforms change in\ndemographics each year, influencers change from year to year, and even the\nstyles of the most effective campaigns are constantly evolving. Think about\nwhat you\u2019ve seen in your feed lately, and what would need to appear there in\norder to make new content stand out. What looked new last year is old and tired\nthis year. So continue to update your research on what strategies will be\neffective in a campaign happening right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Small business owners often fall\ninto the trap of trying to market for free by using their family member with a\nfew thousand friends, but a true influencer\u2019s reach will go way beyond his or\nher initial views as people interact with the feed and spread the content. So\ndon\u2019t assume that your friends and family will do the job for you, unless you\nhappen to have very well-connected friends and family. Even then, vet your\ninfluencers and make sure they are the representation you want for your brand,\nor your reputation could ultimately suffer. Accept that your influence is\nlimited and seek to go outside your circle to buy access to new customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the personality\nbehind each campaign is important, the content is what gives the marketing its\nmeaning. So don\u2019t forget to have professional content writers give words to\nyour message. Without this, the campaign will merely be some throwaway pictures\nof a semi-famous person with your product\u2014completely forgettable. There can be\nmore room for human error with influencers, who may forget to send your message\nexactly as you intended, so it is vital to know what message your influencer is\ngiving. Check in with the campaign constantly and make sure that the content\nyou chose is going out as you designated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you execute your influencer\nmarketing campaign carefully, it can be a great boon to your company. Stick\nwith these do\u2019s and don\u2019ts, and your product can stand out from the crowd. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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