Dispelling the most common myths about influencer marketing and discussing how it became so widely misunderstood.
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PRESENTED BY THE• DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY
• INFLUENCER MARKETING SPECIALISTS
• SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH
• CONTENT CREATION
• CONSULTING AND TRAINING
Intro ‣ UPTHINK
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Overview
Why is influencer marketing so misunderstood?
Most people that talk about it are:
• Not well informed
• Biased
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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What it isn’t
1. It's (quality) free promotions
2. It's a magic bullet for sales
3. It's smoke and mirrors
4. It's a passing fad
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
1. It's (quality) free promotions
2. It’s a magic bullet for sales
3. It’s smoke and mirrors
4. It’s a passing fad
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Why it’s different
For Example
A $500 sponsored blog post received 722 page views of 3:38
Total: 43.72 hours viewing time
That’s $11.44/hr or $0.19/min
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Misconceptions
MISCONCEPTION 5: REACH = SUCCESS
• Very common misconception
• Reach is only on possible measure of success
• Success = specific business outcome
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Misconceptions
MISCONCEPTION 5: REACH = SUCCESS
Some possible business outcomes
• Email subscribers
• Social media followers
• Website traffic
• Leads and sales
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Misconceptions
MISCONCEPTION 7: BIG AUDIENCE > BRAND FIT
• One of the most common mistakes is to
choose an influencer with big numbers over
one that is a better brand match
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Recap
1. It's (quality) free promotions
2. It's a magic bullet for sales
3. It's smoke and mirrors
4. It's a passing fad
INFLUENCER MARKETING COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
5. Reach = success
6. Step 1 = Finding influencers
7. Reach > brand fit
8. Followers = Reach
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Editor's Notes
WHY INFLUENCER MARKETING HAS A PERCEPTION PROBLEM
There are two very loud and opinionated groups of people that don't necessarily understand influencer marketing telling the public about influencer marketing
Traditional media and influencer
Both talk about influencers a lot
Only a small minority of people in each group really know what they’re talking about
Each group has their own bias
Influencers are obviously biased about their own value Inexperienced hard-selling entrepreneurs constantly overhype the benefits of influencers
Some traditional journalists are negatively biased because: - Bloggers eroded the business model of traditional media
Influencers are competing for (and winning) the same advertising budgets
Some older journalists look down on influencers and bloggers as untrained and unskilled
The result is garbage like this
This was a story about man who responded negatively to Dove’s request for him to join a Father’s Day campaign because ‘being a father is not for sale’.
How I Made $1000 from 1 Instagram photo and you can too
How this blog make $100K per month
Traditional media and influencer
Both talk about influencers a lot
Only a small minority of people in each group really know what they’re talking about
Each group has their own bias
Influencers are obviously biased about their own value Inexperienced hard-selling entrepreneurs constantly overhype the benefits of influencers
Some traditional journalists are negatively biased because: - Bloggers eroded the business model of traditional media
Influencers are competing for (and winning) the same advertising budgets
Some older journalists look down on influencers and bloggers as untrained and unskilled