Visual Contenting March 2016 | Page 33

INFLUENCER MARKETING Influencer marketing has proven to be one of the effective and sustainable marketing channels for both large and small brands. When executed well, it increases exposure, credibility, sales, customer loyalty, user-generated content, social followings, virality, search rankings, and so much more. What’s the best way to find the right bloggers for your influencer marketing campaigns? What types of influencer marketing campaigns are the most successful? What’s the best way Unlike more traditional forms of to track the success of marketing, influencer marketing influencer marketing is a little messier. Brands are dealing with millions of individual campaigns? influencers as opposed to one platform (like Google Adwords where you pay a certain amount and guaranteed clicks come out the other side). So, if you’re one of those brands who feels like a fish out of water, not to worry, we got your back! The Shelf did the legwork for you by going straight to the experts (40 PR professional ninjas, to be exact) on how to roll out campaigns that knock socks off! You’re welcome. They had these PR pros answer 3 key questions that are central to influencer marketing campaigns: Visual Contenting Read more about how PR pros answer these questions in this article on The Shelf blog. Check out this infographic on Visual Contenting.