April 7, 2016 12:47 pm
Published by Kirsty Sharman
It’s exciting to see thousands of Webfluential influencers create impressive Media Kits. We love helping influencers turn their passion into a business, which is why we’ve compiled a list of five tips to help influencers use their Media Kits to market themselves to brands.
Here is a sumary of the five tips:
- Let your Linkedin network know you’re a Webfluential Accredited Influencer
- Use the ‘Book Now’ button on your Facebook Fan page
- Make sure your Media Kit comes up when people Google your name
- Tweet your Media Kit to brands who are a good fit for collaboration
- Include your Media Kit in your email signature
What tips do you have for marketing yourself with your Webfluential Media Kit? Let us know in the comments.
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April 6, 2016 9:41 am
Published by Kirsty Sharman
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.
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April 5, 2016 9:56 am
Published by Kirsty Sharman
On 28 March 2016, Instagram continued with its plans to change its photo and video feed model to one which is algorithm-based rather than organic. This is not on the cards just yet – the plan is to introduce it over the next few months – but for a platform which supersedes the others in terms of engagement and interaction, this move is very interesting indeed.
It is also one which is going to have a marked impact on brands, users and consumer behaviour. Like Facebook, this new structure will now see images slotted into streams based on user actions, not in reverse chronological order. For the A-List it probably means very little indeed. For the rest, well, there is a now almost dreaded ‘turn the notifications on’ post waiting for your eyes to land on it.
It’s probably not a good idea to tap that Follow Me unless you’re desperately keen to keep up with your favourite Jones’, there are enough pings and dings in our lives as it is. However, as a brand, you’re probably wondering what this is going to mean for you and your audience.
“The new Instagram algorithm is designed to focus on quality not quantity,” explains Kirsty Sharman, Head of Global Operations at Webfluential. “What it means is that brands are now required to focus on relevance to drive engagement, not just on volume. This is a powerful shift in how Instagram will play out for the brand and is the perfect opportunity to harness the right influencers in the Instagram market. There’s no need for the audience to tap the Follow Me button at all, they need only Like posts from their preferred Instagram personalities to see them recur in their feeds.”
Ultimately, as put forward by Instagram themselves, the goal here is to show the moments which map back to user interest and engagement. The optimised order means that if people frequently interact with a specific person or series of posts, then those are the ones they will see first. It’s simple – if a brand wants to be featured as part of the new algorithm they need to create posts which get more likes and audience engagement, or they need to work with the influencers that do that already.
It is the ideal time for brands to work together with influencers who understand the value of relationships and powerful content.
Webfluential has found that Instagram is one of the fastest-growing platforms for our brands and influencers with significant reach and superb results. These are not come about as a result of volume, but as a result of focus, quality and targeted user engagement. Brands should start aligning to the influencers that reach the audience they’re after – to get them to be a constant point of contact in the social feeds of their consumers.
“The best content is about to rise to the top and it will be that which truly captivates the user. Cream always rises to the top,” says Murray Legg, Head Of Strategy at Webfluential. “To truly harness the capabilities of Instagram and the influencer, you need a platform which recognises the value of content and connects the right influencers to your brand – that is the Webfluential technology we’re seeing do great things for brands.”
For now, however, mass panic can die down and hysterical ‘turn on notifications’ must stop. “This change is designed to make Instagram better for the end user, let’s use it as an opportunity to make us better marketers too,” says Kirsty Sharman.
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