The Power of Microinfluencers
In today's digital age, marketing strategies have evolved to adapt to the changing landscape of social media. Among these strategies, micro-influencer marketing has emerged as a powerful tool for brands to connect with niche communities. Micro-influencers are people established within a niche on social media with anywhere from 10,000-100,000+ followers. Here are some things to keep in mind when utilizing influencer marketing:
Niches: Micro-influencers have capitalized on a specific niche. This means they are well-respected in a certain industry and you can reach a direct market if you decide to collaborate with these micro-influencers. This is different than any other type of marketing, where you never truly know who you will reach.
Establish Trust & Authenticity: As previously stated, micro-influencers are trustworthy. People seek out their opinions on products and services before they buy. With this in mind, you want to enforce a potential micro-influencer to give honest reviews of your products so that audiences know that your product is truly as good as it is, without seeming fake. You could always pay a large influencer a lot of money to say your product is the best product in the world, but this is not as effective as a micro-influencer giving an honest review.
Coupon Codes: Coupon codes are not only a great way to personalize your relationship with a micro-influencer but also allow you to track the success of your ad campaign. When using micro-influencer marketing, give the influencer a coupon code that resembles their name and is unique to them that they can then share to their audience. This helps emphasize the authenticity of the connection with the influencer and audience, and also will encourage people to use the limited offer to buy your product. You can track the specific coupon code on your site and see how many sales you are receiving off of the specific influencer’s ad campaign. This allows you to measure the success of the campaign directly.
Micro-influencer marketing has emerged as an effective approach to connect with niche communities. To maximize the impact of such campaigns you need to emphasize honest reviews, give unique coupon codes, and with micro-influencers you can directly reach the demographic that you want.
BY JOSHUA STANLEY
FOUNDER & CEO OF LIFESTYLED MEDIA
