What would you do if you didn’t have access to social media for a day? How about a week? What about three and a half months? How would that change your daily habits? How would it change where you turned for information. How would it affect your business? Now, certainly for you social media content […]
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This is a special episode of Winfluence. I’m going to step aside and let you hear someone else guide a discussion about influence marketing. There’s another great show on the Marketing Podcast Network called The Endless Coffee Cup. Matt Bailey of Site Logic is the host of that show. He welcomes expert guests from all
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There’s an agency owner I know out there who listens to this show. He reads the articles I write. He follows my posts on social media. When I recommend a software or a tactical idea, he tries it out. By his own admission, I influence him. I reached out to him recently via email to
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Are influencers worth the rates they charge? Isn’t that the most frequently asked question among brand managers when it comes to influencer marketing these days? The answer, as always, is that it depends. It depends on what they charge versus what the brand gets in return. Determining that depends on a variety of factors. How
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It’s always a treat to get insight from influencers on the show. My research and analytics tell me most of you are brand-side marketers or agency folks that serve the brands playing in the influencer marketing space. So, when we have the opportunity to hear from a content creator, there’s a lot of insight to
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C.C. Chapman knows a thing or two about influence and influence marketing. He was a pioneer of podcasting back in its first wave in the early to mid-2000s with a show called Managing the Grey. He had the advantage of being in the middle of the social media and tech boom in Boston then, and became
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Just a few days after my Winfluence interview with Onalytica’s Alistair Wheate, his company announced the first major philosophical advancement in influencer marketing in years. Onalytica playfully announced on its blog that it is bidding farewell to influencer lists. But the real news of the announcement was the company will no longer simply look at
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Onalytica evolved from the public relations and communications side of the marketing world rather than the advertising side. As a result, its approach to influence marketing is decidedly different than many of the advertising-oriented tools you find on the marketplace. It’s almost as if Onalytica stands as the PR argument for influence marketing philosophy while
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Sam Fiorella co-authored one of the first books on influence marketing in 2013. He then used that research and smarts to re-shape his agency to reverse engineer influence marketing using branded communities. These walled gardens give brands the opportunity to research and identify pain points in the consumer journey to know exactly who, what, why
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The biggest challenge brands often face in influence marketing is understanding influencer relevance is often more powerful and reach. Tabitha Hawkins founded the Association of Influencers and Content Creators to help influencers be more attractive to brands while also advancing equal representation and fairness in how brands leverage influencers. In this episode of Winfluence –
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Adrian Parker is the Global Vice-President of Marketing at Patrón Tequila and he has a very different take on influence marketing than many big-brand marketing leaders. In fact, his perspective is very much in line with the concept of Winfluence. Adrian and I talk about his take on transactional influence marketing versus that focused on
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Kristy Sammis is the chair and executive director of the Influencer Marketing Association. The non-profit industry association is attempting to bring uniformity, standardization and cohesiveness across the influencer marketing industry. In this episode of Winfluence – The Influence Marketing Podcast Kristy and I discuss the IMA, unionizing influencers, standardizing metrics and the conflict of transactional
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