Influencer marketing for startups

Elevating Your Brand with Influencer Marketing. Unlock the Power of Influencer Marketing & Transform Your Business Growth on Instagram.

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About the course

Influencer marketing today is a pivotal strategy for brands seeking to enhance their online presence and reach a broader audience. Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or an established business owner, understanding the intricacies of influencer marketing can significantly impact your brand's success. This course is a comprehensive guide to help you plan your influencer marketing strategy.

Throughout this course, we delve into the fundamentals of influencer marketing, covering everything from identifying the right influencers to crafting compelling content and measuring campaign success. In addition to theoretical insights, we offer practical tips, case studies, and industry trends to empower you in building successful influencer marketing campaigns that drive tangible results.

Upon completion, gain access to free resources, including templates, handbooks, and actionable strategies to kickstart your influencer marketing journey and propel your brand to new heights.

Highlights

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Master the fundamentals of influencer marketing for brand growth.
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Understand different campaign objectives.
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Learn how to tailor influencer marketing strategies to campaign objectives.
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Identify and collaborate with the right influencers for your brand.
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Templates for influencer reachouts are included!
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Craft compelling content that resonates with your audience.
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Understand campaign and downstream performance metrics.
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Checklist for campaign execution, pricing, setting KPIs, quality control & more.
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Measure and optimize campaign performance.
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Discover influencer pricing strategies.
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Know how to get started with small budgets.
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Checklist for campaign execution, pricing, setting KPIs, quality control & more.
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Access free resources, including templates and handbooks, to streamline your influencer marketing efforts.

Curriculum

1 video ● 03:32
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In this module, learn about the basics of influencer marketing including different campaign types, how to get started with small budgets and more. Understand the difference between influencers and content creators and their roles in driving website traffic, generating brand awareness, credibility, and engaging in word-of-mouth marketing.

Explore various types of brand campaigns, such as seasonal promotions, brand positioning, sales promotion, app installs, lead generation, affiliate marketing, pre-release campaigns, and influencer commerce, with real-world examples illustrating each type.

Understand whether it is worth investing in influencer campaigns and how to get started with limited budgets, including working with micro/nano influencers, barter collaborations, affiliate marketing, and incentivizing user-generated content.
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In this module, focus on the prerequisites for setting up a successful influencer marketing campaign. Learn how to define your target audience, explore how to pursue major campaign objectives such as brand awareness, engagement, and lead generation and understand the optimum strategies & KPIs (key performance indicators) for each objective and strategy. You will also learn about popular campaign strategies like Pilot Campaigns, Hero-Hub-Hygiene, and Barter Campaigns with real-life examples.

Bonus: We also share broad budget considerations for getting started with influencer marketing campaigns!
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In this module, we share how you can find the right influencers for an effective influencer marketing campaign basis content categories, follower count and campaign objectives. Understand how nano, micro and mega influencers drive different objectives.

Bonus: Get free templates to reach out to influencers. Also, understand the pricing strategy for influencer marketing campaigns, on the basis of factors like influencer size, platform, and content type.
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This module shares a comprehensive guide on how to effectively execute an influencer marketing campaign for the best results. The first step involves creating a media plan, which outlines influencers, deliverables, costs, and estimations based on recent profile performance. Learn how to align deliverables with campaign objectives, considering factors like awareness, engagement, and conversions. Understand practical metrics like CTR, CPV, CPE, and CPC, set up benchmarks and understand how to set up UTM links for tracking the success of your campaign.

Further, understand how to create contracts or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with influencers, prepare a campaign timeline calendar, share content briefs and conducting content quality checks.
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In this module, we cover measuring the results of influencer marketing campaigns. Understand various campaign KPIs and downstream impact metrics such as website traffic, follower growth, downloads, and orders. Learn how to calculate essential metrics like ROI, CPA, CPM and influencer engagement rate.

The video introduces the use of coupon codes and UTM links for tracking, and it delves into essential metrics like ROI, CPA, CPM, and Influence Engagement Rate (IER). We have also added a list of do's and don'ts for influencer campaigns to help you get started with your next campaign.

Influencer marketing for startups

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45 minutes | 5 videos
Watch anytime | Learn at your own pace
Level: Beginner. (No prior knowledge needed.)
Best suited for Entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, small business owners, D2C brands, start-ups, brand managers.

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