Data analytics and KPIs will create a foundation for your influencer marketing efforts. Without trackable data, you won't be able to see which influencers are driving traffic or sales to your brand and which influencers are helping your brand get exposure to the bulk of their audiences. One metric in [...]
Marketers love buzzwords. A clear, concise term can assuage any fears that management might have about a particular strategy or tactic while giving the staff goals to work toward to achieve those buzzword goals. However, in some cases, these terms do more harm than good. Some marketers get so caught [...]
Your influencer marketing campaign works on multiple levels. While everyone wants a celebrity like Lebron James or Tom Brady to promote their products, many smart companies are learning the benefits of relying on micro-influencers (or peer influencers) to share their brand. These are influencers with experience (but not necessarily massive [...]
Influencer outreach is an essential strategy for modern marketing. Customers are increasingly wary of brands and the messages they send. Instead, they want to turn to people they trust who will provide open, honest answers about products and services. In many ways, influencer marketing has been around since celebrities first [...]
Influencer marketing is an increasingly popular trend for B2C and B2B businesses across the web. It typically falls under social marketing and gives brands an alternative to paid promotions outside of sponsored content. Many marketers appreciate the opportunity to connect with new audiences and sell their items to people who [...]
Social influence is a popular marketing buzzword in 2018, but the concept has been around for years, if not centuries. The main difference between now and hundreds of years ago is that we are updating friends, fans, and followers on social media. Once you understand the psychological nature of social [...]
Businesses need to tie their social media efforts to sales now more than ever. It's not enough to just have a presence on Facebook and Twitter. Modern companies are expected to connect with customers, drive traffic to their websites, and turn audiences into sales leads. While social selling comes naturally [...]
Most companies are familiar with social media and maintaining active accounts on the top platforms. Social media management is common across both B2B and B2C brands. In fact, 83 percent of all B2B businesses in America have a social media presence — a number that is even higher for B2C [...]
Modern brands need to follow their customers and connect with them on their desired platforms. In the Internet era, that strategy involves connecting with customers on social media. Maintaining an updated Facebook and Twitter presence — along with other channels such as Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat, if they fit — [...]
Some businesses operate their influencer marketing efforts out of spreadsheets and email outreach plans. What starts as a small operation reaching out to a few people can quickly balloon into multiple columns, an overwhelming number of email threads, and an impossible mess of analytics. At this point, many people turn [...]
