๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Iโ€™ve sponsored an influencer with 15M followers that drove....9 purchasers.

Donโ€™t make the same mistake I did.

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This is the hardest part of influencer marketing.

Followers, views, impressions donโ€™t convert to purchasers linearly.

Here are my favorite signals of true influence....
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Good influencer marketing is personality-driven, not content-driven.

You watch because of the creator, not because of the content

Ignore...
-Faceless media brands
-Clickbait prank vids
-Highlight reels
๐Ÿ‘/ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Obvious. But community engagement is a great proxy for influence.

Rule of thumb:

โ€ข >20% engagement (likes + comments)
๐Ÿ’/ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ -๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Goal: Find destination content, not scroll-through content.

Podcast & YouTube stand out.

If you listen to someone speak or to watch their life....that is true influence.
๐Ÿ“/ ๐ƒ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ > ๐๐ข๐  ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž

Mistake I made. You pay a premium, and donโ€™t get the results. Why?

Big names donโ€™t equal influence.

Creators have built their audiences directly for years, this is their super power.
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Influential creators can port their audience wherever they go.

Their audience simply cannot get enough of their content.

Example:

David Dobrik...a top YouTube, Podcast, Tiktok & Instagram
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Donโ€™t look for viral videos, look for consistency.

Reason: You want an audience that always shows up.
๐Ÿ–/ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ

Every great friend group has inside jokes.

Itโ€™s the same for great creators communities.

Just look in the comments of any David Dobrik, Mr Beast, Emma Chamberlain video.
For the record. I am a massive influencer marketing fan.

Worked with over 1k creators, 2.5 billion views, millions in revenue
You can follow @ianrborthwick.
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