This blog post was originally written by Ruan Fourie.
Having a profile also gives you a free Webfluential Media Kit, and by putting it to good use you can land yourself more jobs as an influencer.
Marketers and brands use Webfluential to search for influencers, but most marketers will also use Google to dig deeper and research influencers some more. Your Webfluential Media Kit provides marketers and brands with a central location to find all the info around you, but that’s not all – it can also help improve your SEO.
To make use of the SEO benefits we suggest you customize your Media Kit URL so that it includes your brand/name. This way your Webfluential Media Kit becomes one of the results that appear when someone enters your name (or brand) into a search engine like Google.
Before Webfluential Media Kit URL customisation:
After Webfluential Media Kit URL customisation:
How do I customise my Webfluential Media Kit URL?
Login to your Webfluential account, in the left hand navigation menu click “My Profile” and scroll down until you reach the “Your Domain” section of your profile. Click the “Edit” button and customise your URL.
Your Webfluential Media Kit is a great summary of your Influencer profile
Google spiders/crawlers are like little robots and the easier we make it for them to understand who we are and what we do, the easier it is for them to convey who we are and what we do to the rest of the word with search results. Your Webfluential Media Kit clearly shows your profile as an online influencer. It has all the infomation Google needs in one place and conveniently links to your social media profiles and your blog or website.
Linking to your Webfluential Media Kit from your blog or website shows Google that the Media Kit has your stamp of approval and also helps brands easily find information about your influencer profile. And now that the Booked By Webfluential Booking Form can be included in your Media Kit, it’s easy for brands to get a quote from you – in just a few clicks.
If you aren’t a Webfluential influencer already, and would like access to our Media Kit builder, then simply apply to become a Webfluential influencer by clicking the button below.
You probably tip your waiter more than you pay for internet services
At Webfluential we’re all about giving you the tools to grow your influence and take your personal brand to the next level. With the launch of Booked By Webfluential, we’ve taken it one step further. Now brands can book you directly from your own website, using a slick-looking booking form that generates a quote for your work. Like other web-based booking tools, we charge a small service fee for each booking you accept – about 10%. What you’d usually tip your waiter.
Let’s talk about Airbnb, another online booking service. They’re the guys who changed the face of rental accommodation, convincing ordinary people to open their homes to local or foreign guests and make some extra cash at the same time. So, just like the local B&B or hotel – but at a more affordable rate. Today Airbnb is the best thing to have happened to the tourism industry world-wide.
But Airbnb isn’t alone. Freelancer.com and Upwork.com are two sites that have made a name for themselves as portals to cash for hardworking freelancers.
Then there’s our influencer marketing platform, reinventing the relationship between brands and influencers by making it easier than ever to connect and collaborate, with our Booked By Webfluential technology.
These sites all have one thing in common – we all charge a small percentage on a transaction or booking. Charging a fee makes business sense. It allows us to keep custom-developing useful tools to make your lives easier.
For Airbnb, Freelancer.com, Webfluential and Upwork, this percentage is determined by demand and value to both our customers and users.
Let’s compare:
Airbnb
The service is quick, easy and fun. Today you’re drinking a cup of tea in your backyard, tomorrow you’re under a brolly in London. Travellers pay a guest service fee, which can be anything from 6-12%. An additional 3% service fee is collected from the host for each reservation. That’s a percent on each side to ensure Airbnb delivers on the following guarantees and services:
Customer support
Host guarantee
Transaction fees covered by Airbnb
Personalised service and pretty impressive holiday experiences
Airbnb also charges VAT for hosts and guests in some regions and their own variable exchange rates. There’s quite a bit more happening behind the scenes than what appears on the surface, but still not as complicated or pricey as many other holiday booking sites.
Time saved: What’s a few percent when you’ve just saved hours scouring for deals on the internet and you get to live comfortably at a cheaper rate in someone else’s home for a few days?
Freelancer.com
Freelancer.com charges the client a small project fee dependent on the size of the project. Their table can be a little daunting and expects you to do a lot of reading in order to figure out how to get the best value for your bid. The site also charges a percentage fee in contest winnings by taking a 20% service fee from the total service price and a 15% project fee if a freelancer is awarded a recruiter project. What does it offer the user?
Anytime cancellation up to seven days from booking with a full refund
Protection of payment until work is done to specific standards
A project-based structure for cost-saving and broader reach
Access to a broad spread of work and opportunity for those who want it
Time saved: Need a competent freelancer without the hassle of emailing a thousand people referred by friends? Here you go.
Upwork.com
Upwork has a service fee – 10% of the total amount charged to the client – which is paid by the freelancer. The client gets the freelancer and the contacts for free. The freelancer has to work out a final charge which can include the service fee as part of the overall price. What are the benefits?
Central location to find verified clients and work
A clearly outlined rate calculator and help system
Access to a pool of talent which is ready to grab and bid on a job
A well-established system which accesses a global market
Time saved: All of the freelancers in one space across multiple platforms. When it comes to cutting on time, this is a big one for both client and freelancer. Time saved is enough to take on a new commission and accept payment from an old one.
Webfluential
Webfluential’s booking form Booked By Webfluential is easy to use, plugs into WordPress, and gives you instant credibility as an influencer. The charge is 10% off the top, without any hidden agendas or secretive extras. And the value add?
Free and simple to install which allows a booking from anywhere, anytime by any brand
Brands get a professional quote instantly. You get to generate a quote easily
Pricing support that ensures that you stay in line with market demand or use your own structure
Get paid on time
Improved collaboration and reporting with everything from a one-on-one Chat Room function , to bookings, briefs and payments – all in one place
Time saved: One form. A thousand brands. You don’t need 1 000 forms with vendor details, agency lists, payment chasing and frustration. Time saved is enough to write another blog post, engage another reader and build on your influence.
Today Webfluential has more than 7,300 influencers, 2,800 marketers and a reach across 185 different countries. We cover five leading social media channels, have created more than 7,200 pieces of brand-rich content through our network of influencers, and our audience has just recently crossed the 225 million mark.
That’s still a figure we’re still working on getting our heads around!
“For any marketplace application, there needs to be a certain critical mass achieved before it’s credible and efficient, and I feel that we’ve achieved that now,” says Murray Legg, Head of Global Strategy at Webfluential. “The platform allows brands to run anything from local to multi-country influencer campaigns from one place as our audience now stretches across the globe. This not only improves on the ability for marketers to reach more of the right market, but it allows for consistency in pricing, execution and even reporting.”
“Webfluential’s audience figure shows that the combined social following of thousands of influencers has greater reach than some of the biggest names on the online block. Mashable reached 45 million in August 2015, its biggest traffic month to date; The Huffington Post achieved 126 million in September last year and Buzzfeed captured 178.8 million global uniques in February 2016. Having reached the 225 million mark, positions Webfluential as one of the biggest content media owners on the internet. That’s really exciting for us” says Murray Legg.
Webfluential gets more than 1,000 brand searches monthly as brands seek to connect with the right influencers, and our technology impacts both marketer and influencer in the most positive ways. Influencers gain access to a free, easy to use technology – Media Kit builders, WordPress plugins, collaboration areas, automated reporting, guidance on pricing and even payment security. And it’s all in one space.
For brands the benefits are just as exciting – pricing in seconds, influencer credibility, collaboration areas, reporting to ensure you get a the right ROI on your Influencer Marketing budgets, as well as the opportunity to build great relationships with new influencers every week.
“We get to work with some of the most creative and influential people on the planet” adds Kirsty Sharman, Head of Global Operations at Webfluential. “We’re extremely proud of the work produced through our platform, and we’re excited to be part of the collaboration journey between brands and influencers every day. The fact that technology can change the way people have done things for years is incredible, but the thing that gets me out of bed every morning is knowing that we’re building technology to empower influencers all over the world – giving them the tools they need to turn their passion for content creation into a meaningful revenue stream.”
From every member of the team at Webfluential, we’d like to say thank you. A great big THANK YOU to our influencers, our brands, our people, and all those who believe in our vision to build the smartest technology for brands and social influencers to connect, tell stories, and positively influence consumers.
