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According to a recent study comprised of marketers from a variety of industries, 94% said influencer marketing was an effective campaign strategy. That's great news for marketers -- right? Not so fast. Even though a majority of marketers believe influencer marketing is a viable tactic, it's still incredibly challenging to report accurately on influencer campaign ROI. In fact, 78% of marketers said that determining the success of influencer marketing campaigns would be a top challenge this year....
With new regulations on Instagram influencers, how are paid posts faring? We take a look at the top influencers of July and their impact on brands.
Got milk? Who doesn’t remember the celebrity dairy ads of the 90s, or the changing athlete faces on cereal boxes? Today, these influencer marketing campaigns have become much more prevalent, niche, and accessible, due to social media.
On Instagram, this is especially true. In a recent survey, 91 percent of influencers cited Instagram as their platform of choice, due to its community and opportunities to connect with brands.
But Instagram influencer posts aren’t always easy to distinguish. There’s a variety of hashtags involved and only recent plans for standardization. At the end of June, Instagram announced a new native ad feature to indicate paid promotions.
Despite the new feature, posts with sponsored hashtags have driven more than 58.5 million likes and comments in July as of the 25th.
One of the big issues for everyone in this space is measurement and Traackr allowed me to confront this issue head-on. It’s HARD establishing the value in a B2B setting since the sales cycle can be long, the decisions owned by different people on a purchasing team and other complications. And yet, progress is being made in this area. Do we aim for ROI? Yes. But that measurement may not always be accessible, especially in the short-term. The report looks at six different measurement alternatives.Maybe it’s not “marketing” The best companies are managing influencer relations in the same style as they would analysts or members of the press. Some of the experts I interviewed said we should not event call the practice influencer marketing any more, recognizing that the passionate experts in a field cannot be a marketing mouthpiece for a brand. The field is evolving to a more sophisticated level of engagement. The report contains some fascinating examples of the cultural transition needed to effectively make this change....
When I started experimenting with influencer marketing strategies for the HubSpot Sales Blog seven months ago, I was operating under a few key assumptions:If one influencer is good, 23 is better. A huge name on a standard quality blog post is better than an unknown name on a great quality post. Partnering with influencers is an efficient and scalable way to grow traffic. Turns out, those assumptions were mostly -- even completely -- false....
A newer concept known as micro-influencer marketing recently joined the social media scene. It’s the same concept as influencer marketing, but on a smaller scale: Brands partner with individuals with smaller followings on social media to promote products with authentic, visual posts instead of sponsored ads. In this blog post, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about micro-influencers, including what brands are using them successfully and how you can connect with these individuals to promote your brand....
According to a recent study comprised of marketers from a variety of industries, 94% said influencer marketing was an effective campaign strategy. That's great news for marketers -- right? Not so fast. Even though a majority of marketers believe influencer marketing is a viable tactic, it's still incredibly challenging to report accurately on influencer campaign ROI. In fact, 78% of marketers say that determining the success of influencer marketing campaigns will be a top challenge in 2017. So even though the tangible benefits of influencer marketing -- follower engagement, driving traffic, and creating more authentic content -- seem clear cut, there's still a lot of progress to be made in making this form of campaign measurable for agencies and marketers....
Welcome to the next post in our series on monetising your influence type. Last time we looked at Platform-Specific Superstars – a small percentage of all influencers. This time we’re going to take a look at the other end of the spectrum. Most of us fit into the category of “micro-influencer”, and it can be an exciting place to be!Who are Micro-influencers? Call them what you will – micro-influencers, long-tail influencers, the “Power Middle” – who are they and why are they getting so much attention? There is no one defining characteristic or measurement that defines you as a micro-influencer. Generally it’s those of us with an online audience of less than 100,000 followers, be that a social or blog following. Some define it more specifically as having 500-5,000 followers, the power middle crowd have been defined as having 100,000-250,000 followers. You won’t get a straight answer from anyone, so let’s look at something other than just audience size to help figure out if you’re a micro-influencer (my term of choice, so I’ll use that from here on in). Generally, as audience size goes up, engagement comes down. As marketers get smarter and realise the power of engagement over reach, their gaze has drifted to micro-influencers. Here’s why, neatly summed up in a graph from research done by influencer marketing platform Takumi on half a million instagram accounts....
Influencer marketing is rapidly gaining popularity among brand marketers, and according to April 2016 research, nearly three-quarters of US marketers cite ongoing ambassadorships as one of the most effective uses of influencers.
TapInfluence, an influencer marketing automation platform, and technology research company Altimeter Group surveyed 1,753 influencers and 102 marketers about how they work together. Influencers were selected from TapInfluence’s marketplace, on which each holds at least 10,000 followers.
Marketers use influencers in a variety of ways, from leaving a review for their product to mentioning their brand in some way on social networks. For many (70.6%), ongoing ambassadorships are the most effective influencer marketing tactic. Product reviews are a close second—more than two-thirds of respondents mentioned them as being the most effective use of influencers....
Have you tried to market your brand through influencers? Maybe you’ve failed to see positive results from your influencer marketing campaign. Or maybe you’re just new to this marketing method and you want to know how to make it work for you. There are several types of influencer marketing campaigns and the important thing is to find one that’ll be perfect for your brand and audience. Let’s first take a look at how exactly brands useinfluencer marketing based on an Augure study. The study shows that 93 percent of marketers report increased visibility from influencer marketing. Seventy-five percent use the channel to generate new leads, while 76 percent consider it an effective way to earn customer loyalty....
Roughly one third of U.S. social media users ages 16-34, or 25.5 million people, is a “social creator” or social influencer, according to a new study from Yahoo, Deep Focus, Shareablee and Ipsos, which breaks this huge group down into three sub-groups based on their level of experience and expertise.
Within the total population of social creators identified by Yahoo, 4.6 million or 18% are well-established influencers, termed “socialites” by Yahoo, while 15.5 million or 61% are “rising stars,” and 4.3 million or 17% are “newbies.” Socialites have 1,784 followers on average, while rising stars have 797 and newbies have 1,376.
As Yahoo notes, each influencer tier offers marketers different opportunities and challenges: for example, marketers can “get in on the ground floor” (my phrase) by helping an aspiring influencer build their creative approach to monetization, versus partnering with an established influencer to reach a large, devoted audience, but ceding them creative control as part of the bargain.
In the first group, socialites, 35% have already partnered with a brand online, with 40% of these working with an electronics or wireless tech brand. Overall, 66% of branded posts published by socialites actually featured brand integration. Other popular categories socialites would like to work with include fashion and beauty (33%), entertainment (30%), and travel (20%)....
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Influencer marketing is now more common than ever. Businesses, both large and small, are tapping into this marketing strategy to help increase their online and offline presence by enhancing their brand awareness. However, you need to understand that influencer marketing is only effective when done in the right way. Difference between influencer marketing from other media platforms Influencer marketing is basically founded in the involvement of a renowned person with tangible opinions together with a personal brand. In this case, therefore, it is important to be careful in creating a balance between branding a product and capturing the audience’s trust. There are various elements of influencer marketing to be aware of and many brands seem to get some of the elements wrong....
I think it goes without saying that just about everyone in the digital marketing space is looking to become an influencer in one way or another. Whether you want to improve your authority amongst potential clients, find yourself speaking at a conference, or even publish your own book, you first need to build your overall authority and influence. Over a decade ago, I started off on a journey in digital marketing that was based almost completely on building my influence as an SEO and Social Media Marketer, so I wanted to share some of the things that have worked for me over the years. “Influence will lead marketing efforts by 2020,” according to Ted Coine. “It’s the most effective form of ‘advertising’ there is…”...
Businesses know that today’s consumers are knowledgeable and not easily swayed by traditional marketing. Consumers also look to peers to help them make purchase decisions. Influencer marketing can increase brand awareness, build an audience and help boost sales. Most importantly, it often costs significantly less than conventional advertising. If you’re looking ideas on how to work with influencers for your digital marketing campaign, you should learn from the best. So here is a list of some of the best innovative examples of companies that nailed their influencer marketing campaigns and what you can learn from them....
Over the past year, several companies and thousands of freelancers have signed on to a project aimed at helping both groups broaden their horizons, with marketers getting access to global talent while creatives get to travel the world. Wanderbrief is a creative network startup that lets writers, designers, videographers and photographers submit their portfolios to its website to apply for project gigs at agencies or brands. Instead of accepting money, they work in exchange for airfare, room and board. Last year, copywriter Mark van der Heijden and former Havas Boondoggle strategy director Valentijn van Santvoort started Wanderbriefto give other creatives the same shot at adventure that van der Heijden enjoyed as The Backpacker Intern, a two-year journey where he traded work for free lodging around the globe....
So where does this leave us in 2017? Has influencer marketing finally “jumped the shark,” or is it still a viable channel for the little guy to take advantage of? The answer to both is a resounding “yes.” The biggest mistakes in influencer marketing have turned into great learning opportunities, allowing us as marketers to enter the year with a fresh understanding of how to leverage this enormous social influence. And like all marketing, following a solid strategy is key to reaching the right audience and realizing the benefit of your spend. So, while it may have “jumped the shark” the moment Google entered the race, it’s still a perfectly attainable medium for most brands.That being said, here are a few simple guidelines that can help big players and small businesses enter the field, and shift their thinking in 2017 and beyond:...
Thanks in part to a “60 Minutes” segment in October, influencer marketing has crossed over. It’s no longer just a topic of interest to advertisers. It’s a subject of public interest.
As the segment illustrated, influencer marketing is a big business. Teens with millions of followers can pull in hundreds of thousands of dollars for a shout-out on YouTube or Instagram.
It’s easy to imagine viewers all over the country yelling at their screens about the unfairness of it all, but from a marketer’s point of view, there’s another big problem: This type of “influencer marketing” isn’t actually marketing. It’s really “influencer advertising” and should be viewed as a less effective, pricier variation that has a corrosive effect on influencer marketing.
Influencer marketing transfers the implicit trust that consumers have in people they follow online and transfers it to a brand. Influencer advertising betrays that trust both for the influencer and for the brand....
Influencer marketing platform Tomoson recently conducted a survey and found that nearly 60% of marketers plan on boosting their influencer marketing budgets in 2016. That’s a pretty hefty percentage, and the newcomers are joining the ranks of major brands, such as Calvin Klein and Mercedes, who have been experimenting with influencer campaigns for some time. But what is an influencer? Today’s definition covers a lot of ground: it can mean anyone and anything from Justin Bieber to ‘King of Snapchat’ DJ Khaled to Loki the Wolf Dog. We tend to think of influencers in the digital content space as people who have a certain number of blog or social media followers – in reality, the definition is much more elastic than that. Brands are starting to understand that finding the right influencer is significantly more important than finding the biggest or most popular celebrities. Sure, you can get Kim Kardashian tweeting for you and pay her a millions of dollars to do it. But if you do that, are you really reaching the the audience you want? Once the buzz dies down, are you making the smartest long-term investment of your marketing dollars? Probably not. Pick more fruit from halfway up the tree and you’ll find that it can be even more bountiful than the stuff at the top. Another tactic? Focusing on platform-specific superstars, taking into consideration the unique pros, cons, and demographics of each social media site to let influencers do the legwork for you. When it comes to influencer marketing, one-size-fits-all is decidedly not the way to go.Here are 5 examples of on-brand influencer campaigns in 2016....
Influencer marketing is all the rage, but there’s not a clear understanding of what constitutes influence. A few years ago, I participated in an influencer event for a consumer brand. It was an expensive affair put on by the brand’s agency. There were a few dozen “influencers” there, which, it turned out, meant a collection of people with blogs and social media followings. A photographer captured it all as a glitzy brand experience. Some people blogged or shared about the event, some didn’t, and it left me wondering about the return on that investment. From the photos that were posted, it looked like a beautiful bit of marketing. From the actual impact, not so much. Influencer is a designation with an almost magical glow to it. But not all influencers are created equal. Not everyone with a social media following is an influencer and not every influencer is a good fit for every brand. Brands should also be wary of those who refer to themselves as influencers. There’s a lot of snake oil in influencer marketing....
So, where can you find these influencers and how can you get them to share your piece of content? I can understand if you’re skeptical of your own ability. You might doubt whether you can truly create an epic piece of content. Alternatively, you might not be able to understand why influencers will be interested in you and your content at all.I want to tell you a sneaky little secret… It’s possible to get industry celebrities to not just share your post, but even link to it....
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"Influencer marketing" is a popular, but often misunderstood term. So, what does it look like? Let these 10 examples from HubSpot explain and inspire.