Have you ever wished you could peer inside the brain of the partnerships managers you're sending those pitches to? We had the chance to hear from a few, and let's just say they had a lot on their minds!
Even if a brand has not directly asked for insights, you should send them. If a brand has access to your account through a software platform, send them anyways! While it will never hurt to send your insights, it can hurt if you don't. Sharing insights from your partnership is an expectation and one of the few ways a brand can track the ROI on their partnership with you beyond just link clicks or sales.
Make sure your insights and any other campaign-related content (re: the content itself, notable DM's, reports or spreadsheets with calculated metrics) are all included in an easy to access format, like a google drive folder. This also helps prevent those long email chains and the nuisance of not knowing what information was in what email. Keep things easy for your partnerships manager and they may thank you with more opportunities later.
Not sure what metrics to include? Check out our tips on post-campaign wrap-up reports for more help!
Long gone are the days where brands care predominantly about follower counts. Not to mention, there is increasing pressure to track the ROI on influencing marketing campaigns. Keeping track of your insights is more important than ever when it comes to landing partnerships. Whether it's inauthentic growth from buying followers or engagement groups inflating a creator's engagement, brands are keen to see you demonstrate your true influence with your audience.
While there still needs to be balance between rates focused solely on driving metrics and the price of your time spent creating the content, you can't have one without the other!
Influencer marketing is an industry heavily focused on relationships, and that should not be neglected when reaching out to potential partners! Skip the email templates or looking for deals right off the bat and focus on cultivating a relationship with the brand. How can you help them reach their goals? What upcoming initiatives do they have? Make sure your outreach is intentional and serves a purpose (for both you AND the brand).
Negotiation
Thanks to Clubhouse, and new features from Facebook and Twitter, there are multiple ways creators can use their voices (literally) to get paid.
And the DL on whether it REALLY is...or if that's just cliched hype
Tips & Tricks
Rates are a hot topic with creators because there are few standards and limited transparency on how to price your work. While there are many factors that go into pricing creative work, we compiled our best tips on pricing to help you find the right rate for you.
We have gathered the top tips for growing on Instagram, as well as sharing some results from our own testing of these commonly shared growth strategies.
