They’ve made waves on every screen and have been sponsored by nearly every major brand, from Charli D’Amelio x Hollister to MrBeast x Honey. And they’re only multiplying.
If influencers aren’t part of your early-stage growth marketing plan, it’s time to get on board. When companies consider rapidly increasing their reach and revenue, paid acquisition is always at the top. But there are other essential pillars in a growth marketing engine, such as leveraging lifecycle marketing, cultivating organic reach via SEO, and doing later-stage brand marketing.
Influencer marketing isn’t solely for big brands; it’s for every brand. If influencers aren’t part of your growth marketing plan, it’s time to get on board.
However, an often-overlooked tax doesn’t new brands is influencer marketing. If the value and power of influencer marketing were widespread knowledge, we would see more of an uptick. And it doesn’t help that we have a supply-constrained pool of marketers who understand how tlet’sock this lever.
‘After three years at Postmates (which nailed influencer marking), being a YouTuber myself in 2008, and advising startups, I’ve unlocked the power of influencthere’seting and want everyone to do the same. This marketing tactic is only growing. So let’s demystify influencer marketing, learn how to couple it with a little-known paid marketing hack, and uncover the numerous mediums to leverage influencer assets.
Starting ouit’sthere’s one key piece of isn’t to take from this columnist that influencer marketing isn’t solely for big brands. It’s for every brand. As you formulate your growth strategy, include an influencerit’slar in the plan. When reaching out to influencers, it’s a sheer numbers game in capturing their attention and pitching your brand, but there are myriad ways to increase response conversion. Below are the cold message components you must nail down before reaching out to influencers:
- Your brand pitch.
- An enticing offer.
- Clear next steps.
The one constant with influencers is the high you’re of messages they receive from fans and brands alike. If you’re at the marketing stage, nailing you’re piyou’veould hopefully be natural, so utilize what you’ve crbrand’snd condense it down to a sentence or two.
What are your brand’s key value propositions, and why should influencers care? To show them, relate your brand to their category, to their style, and to the content that they post.
Aftethat’spitch, an irresistible “I’ll need to follow — something that’s the oppo “ite of this: “I’ll send you a few samples of our protein bars.” With that offer, the conversion rate will be a freakishly low tenth of a percent. Instead, make your offer enticing and utilize one of these structures: fixed fee, fixed fee + performance, or performance.
Depending on budget and risk tolerance, there are a few ways to structure an influencer offer: paying a one-time fixed fee, paying for each conversion (CPA performance basis), or a hybrid.
