5 Tips to Measure Influencer Marketing Result

Have you ever come across this scenario? When you finish a social campaign project with some influencers, they released Facebook posts, Instagram Stories and Youtube videos. As a result, they reported you the campaign drives 500K view, 50K like and 500 comments. For them, it seems like a very exciting news and successful result. If you had worked with an agency, they might even say it was pretty good, but the brand needs to keep investing to drive awareness. However, such abstract result is not enough for you to report the success on business or even digital marketing perspective. 

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In this article, we’re going to share with you 5 tips to measure influencer marketing results.

Have you ever come across this scenario? When you finish a social campaign project with some influencers, they released Facebook posts, Instagram Stories, and Youtube videos. As a result, they reported you the campaign drives 500K view, 50K like, and 500 comments. For some people, it sounds like an exciting news and a successful result. If you had worked with an agency, they might even say it was pretty good and it successfully drives brand awanress and makes noise, but the question is what value it has created for a business in a quantitative aspect? Obviously, such an abstract result is not enough for anyone as the business gatekeepe to understand the success of a business

Influencer Marketing Result Measurement:

Why it matters

Compared to other format of digital marketing, influencer marketing is far more than just audience inventory and advertising opportunities, it involves in a collaborated partnership and a long-run success for each party. So basically it’s a type of partnership-driven and human-base marketing strategy.

In terms of this special marketing measurement, no matter the influencer marketing campaign’s purpose is to increase brand awareness, or educate target customers, drive sales directly, or maintain the customer relationship,  we need ways to quantify the performance. Thus, here are 3 key aspects to calculate ROI as follows:

  • Digital asset production efficiency
  • Sales
  • Brand advocacy 

What we could do

To measure an overall ROI from above mentioned 3 aspects, we need to start a deployment from the strategy plan stage. Below are 5 recommendations as follows::

1. Make Viral Effect by Leveraging Hashtags

The social post is just a trigger point to reach the influencer audience and convey a message in a way like an advertorial or brand promotion content. A single post engagement performance number doesn’t represent a result in influencer marketing. The strategy we could consider is each influencer adds a campaign-wise or specific engaging hashtag in the post. In the post, influencers also encourage their fans, to share content with a hashtag and the story with the brand.

Thus, that means we might only invest in a few influencers, but the result can be hundreds of posts or videos were released on social media networks. If we deploy all posts including exclusive promotion offers, it definitely helps drive sales.

As we know the cost per post or massive blasting cost through a platform (ACTIVATE), we can see cost efficiency from a few influencer investments and calculate how much cost we reduced and enhanced ROI. Here is an example of hashtag #ThankyouPriorityPass

(329 posts in total within 2 weeks)

(Source from Deskgram)

If the campaign noise reaches a certain level, we belive during or post-campaign, brand keywords and the hashtag keyword search volume from search engines can increase. Thus, we could calculate the incremental performance (Sales, leads, etc).

(Sourced from Google Trend)

2. Make Well Use of Content and Data Asset

Content Asset:

Influencer content is not just a piece of discount pricing banner, so the engaged data is also valuable. Brands could align with influencers what content (copies, images, videos, etc) is allowed to use on brand channel advertising, social collaborated ads, or some creative ways else. 

Content is one of the key digital marketing assets. When we launch a web and advertising campaign, we need to invest in materials production, etc, to support advertising creative, or update web blogs for SEO purposes. Thus, if the influencer content cost totally is equal to total investment on content material production and a creative agency service, from a cost pipeline point of view, it means brands can save much cost to get the same set of prodiction, which has already helped brands increase ROI.

Here is a sample to collaborate with a blogger to write articles and shoot photos. These materials were adapted and used on Facebook newsfeed ads.

(Source from Easy2Digital Youtube)

Data Asset:

Data is also another key digital marketing asset. When we are running a campaign, 1st/2nd/3rd party data needs skillfully using to set up in the ad targeting. Data needs cost as well, so below are two samples you can refer to save cost to increase customer data assets and drive more sales.

Connect influencer social fan page with brand data platform

Take Facebook ads for instance. brand-side Facebook business manager can be used to categorize influencer fan page data into fan data, engaged data, prospect data, and converted data by connecting with the influencer fan page. Thus, it is better for brands to centralize and set up lookalike and retargeting campaigns for better ROI, meanwhile saving influencers time and workload. 

In terms of personalization and omnichannel strategy, we could leverage a CDP, such as salesforce marketing cloud to centralize all data and create a 360 audience profile. For instance, when influencers is preparing content, we can consider the content version strategy, which tone of voice can be split into positive side and negative side. Also, for loyalty or repetitive purchase customer and the new customer, we can also split based on the influencer content pieces. This categorization can not only help start things at a good begining, it also create a sustainable and healthy data collection cycle, for the purpose to help you deploy upcoming digital integrated ads campaign and content strategy for better ROI.

Install Google 360 campaign manager floodlight on the influencer web page

Except for social and video channels, influencers can write articles regarding brand experience and reviews. We could install a floodlight pixel on a specific content page and collect view and click data from there. As we might be able to imagine, when we have hundreds of collaborated influencers, it can help brands collect a large scale of data which are saved on the brand data platform. It is not only saving cost to purchase 2nd party/3rd party data but also brands recognise where the data comes from which represents higher quality, instead of the unknown from an agency or a platform.

3. Exclusive Offer at Limited Time

In China, influencer live is so popular and brands often provide exclusive offers within a live time frame. It has been proved a workable sales-driven approach, it’s lovely! Also, I have seen Facebook live, Youtube live and Amazon live are so hot to leverage from brands nowadays.

(Source from Taobao Live)

No matter what content format and approaches, an exclusive offer during the campaign period only is very helpful to make noise, drive engagement, boost sales or generate leads. It’s a very direct measurement from the post-investment. Also, limited offer doesn’t have a bad impact on brand devalue if particularly your produce or service are serving the high-end market because it’s not a always-on pricing. It’s a good approach to appeal to new customers.

4. Affiliated Partnership Scheme

Many people often ignore one critical marketing effect moment. That’s the post-campaign period. I would say it’s not correct to calculate ROI in influencer marketing only during a campaign period. As mentioned earlier, influencer marketing is a partnership-driven and human-base marketing strategy, that means brands and influencers can fall in love in a way for long-run. Once they get familiar with a brand product, they are keen to post more often afterward, in order to get more free product samples or earn commission from brands. The best picture is they already love the brand and become advocacy, meanwhile educating fans to advocate and become KOCs. You might be familiar with this saying “If you like to support my channel, please click and buy from a link in comment area”. 

In Asia, there’re so many affiliate platform options for you. Once you search, many articles are out there. I would say it’s an indispensable part of your digital marketing strategy, to build a stable and long-term relationship. It’s a wonderful picture when you can quickly gather hundreds of influencers to implement briefing, communication, and billing through an owned platform, instead of 3rd party platform. Below are some nice options from my view:

5. Leverage Optimal Customer Data Tracking and Management Platforms

Different from traditional marketing, having a powerful and friendly data platform is a key and must-have section in digital marketing. I suggest selecting one core marketing cloud platform to connect with different marketing eco-system. Below are my options for your reference:

In Asia Pacific regional markets must have at least:

  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud – CRM, email studio, social studio, advertising studio, and Datorama (Optional)
  • Google 360 marketing platform – Campaign manager, DSP, Google analytic, Google Tag Manager.
  • Facebook business manager
  • Amazon advertising

Particular for China

Particular for Japan

In Conclusion

An influencer marketing strategy can apply to PR campaigns, direct sales-driven campaigns, lead generation campaigns, brand advocacy campaigns,s or so on. It’s not a piece of content blasted to build exposure, but performance is measurable from a business and sales perspective. That’s digital beauty on ROI measurement.

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FAQ:

Q1: What is influencer marketing measurement?

A: Influencer marketing measurement refers to the process of evaluating the effectiveness and impact of influencer marketing campaigns. It involves analyzing various metrics and data to determine the success of the campaign in terms of reach, engagement, conversions, and overall return on investment.

Q2: Why is influencer marketing measurement important?

A: Influencer marketing measurement is important because it allows brands to assess the performance and effectiveness of their influencer marketing campaigns. It helps them understand the ROI, identify the most effective influencers, optimize future campaigns, and make data-driven decisions to improve their overall marketing strategy.

Q3: What are some key metrics used in influencer marketing measurement?

A: Some key metrics used in influencer marketing measurement include reach (number of people exposed to the influencer’s content), engagement (likes, comments, shares), click-through rate, conversion rate, brand mentions, and sentiment analysis.

Q4: How can I track the reach of my influencer marketing campaigns?

A: To track the reach of your influencer marketing campaigns, you can use tools like Google Analytics, social media analytics platforms, and influencer marketing platforms. These tools provide insights into the number of views, impressions, or unique visitors that your influencer-generated content has received.

Q5: What is sentiment analysis in influencer marketing measurement?

A: Sentiment analysis in influencer marketing measurement refers to the process of analyzing the sentiment or emotional tone of the conversations and mentions about your brand or campaign. It helps you understand how people perceive your brand and whether the sentiment is positive, negative, or neutral.

Q6: How can I measure the engagement of my influencer marketing campaigns?

A: To measure the engagement of your influencer marketing campaigns, you can track metrics such as likes, comments, shares, and mentions. Additionally, you can also analyze the level of interaction and conversation generated by the influencer’s content.

Q7: What is the importance of tracking conversions in influencer marketing?

A: Tracking conversions in influencer marketing is crucial as it helps you measure the actual impact of your campaigns on your business objectives. By tracking metrics like website conversions, purchases, sign-ups, or downloads attributed to influencer-driven traffic, you can assess the ROI and determine the success of your campaigns.

Q8: How can I identify the most effective influencers for my brand?

A: To identify the most effective influencers for your brand, you can analyze metrics such as engagement rates, audience demographics, follower growth, and previous campaign performance. Additionally, you can also consider factors like relevance, authenticity, and alignment with your brand values.

Q9: What role does data analysis play in influencer marketing measurement?

A: Data analysis plays a crucial role in influencer marketing measurement as it allows you to make data-driven decisions and optimize your campaigns. By analyzing various metrics and data points, you can identify trends, patterns, and insights that can help you improve your influencer marketing strategy.

Q10: How can I optimize my influencer marketing campaigns based on measurement data?

A: To optimize your influencer marketing campaigns based on measurement data, you can identify areas of improvement by analyzing the performance of different influencers, content formats, messaging strategies, and target audiences. You can then make data-driven adjustments to your campaigns to maximize their effectiveness and ROI.

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