With the advent of social media, influencer marketing has been on the rise. In recent times, it has become an indispensable part of any marketing strategy. Studies show that an increasing number of brands are spending more on influencer marketing. Companies have also started to increase their influencer budgets.
However, you need to understand that only the right strategies can help your influencer marketing campaign succeed.
Here are some of the most common influencer marketing strategies you should know:
#1. Ambassador Programs
Ambassador programs can really help your brand amplify your reach and boost conversions. By collaborating with a popular influencer, you are making them the face of your brand. It is quite similar to brand endorsements.
When you make a popular influencer the face of your brand, they use social media to promote your brand. In this way, they transfer their audience’s trust in them towards your brand. A major advantage of ambassador programs it that they provide long-term returns.
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#2. Brand Mentions
This follows the working pattern of ambassador programs. Once you’ve collaborated with an influencer, they will mention your brand in their social media posts. Being featured in your influencer’s posts greatly helps boost your brand’s reach. Brand mentions are also known to increase social engagements.
#3. Guest Posts
Guests posts also help magnify your brand’s reach on a wider scale. You may utilise them in two ways. You can either ask your influencer to write posts on your website. Or you can ask them to post your branded content on their blogs and social media pages. Guests posts increase visibility as they tend to include informative content.
#4. Discount Codes
Using special discount codes not only increases brand awareness, it also boosts conversions. When you’re offering special discount codes to influencers so that they can offer it to their followers, you’re making a push. Pushing your influencer’s followers to purchase your products. This helps you with not only increased sales, but also creating brand loyalty.
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Influencer marketing can be one hefty job. With these strategies in place, you can easily build an influencer marketing campaign of your choice. To learn more about other strategies, check out the below gifographic from Grin.co:
Brandon Brown
Grin’s software helps customers identify, recruit & activate the world’s most engaging influencers. Prior to Grin, he led marketing for the #1 energy drink market in the world, Los Angeles & Orange County, at Red Bull North America.
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