Influencer-based marketing has become a go-to online marketing strategy and is essentially one of many marketing tools to grow your business. Influencers benefit your business in a plethora of ways – improve its reputation, boost the visibility of your content, generate additional inbound links and increase web traffic and conversion rates. You can unleash a lot of power with a relatively small amount of work. Here are four specific ways influencers can help significantly build your business:
by Phyllis Shabad
Your mastery of marketing strategy is enviable. Wide-ranging knowledge of how to align “old-school” insight with current social media marketing tools has stamped you as a trusted thought leader within and without. To your company, you are the solid partner who builds a culture of marketing execution for all channels, and to your external clients, you’ve earned a reputation as the practical and creative idea generator who always finds the needle in the marketing haystack when no one else can or does.
Branding Selection Tool – Use Demand Metric’s Branding Selection Tool to drive consensus on key branding decisions. Choices include: mission, vision, positioning statement, elevator pitch, corporate tagline, logo, color schemes, and more.
Brand Strategy Scorecard Tool – Use this Brand Scorecard to document your branding objectives, initiatives, measures, and targets for the next 12-18 months.
Many companies are intimidated by the thought of partnering with larger brands. In my experience, two of the most common reasons why companies feel this way are because they don't want to lose their identity and they are afraid that their offering will be overshadowed by the larger brand.
