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Why it makes sense for Amazon vendors to create their own Influencer accounts and how can they do it

I analyze the trends in Influencer Marketing and the return on investment it brings daily. Based on that, and my experience as an Amazon vendor, here is my advice for my fellow Amazon vendors about how to take advantage of this new marketing tool.

Q4 was pretty good for that Amazon Vendor…

But first, some background:

How to Brand Your Social Media Profile in 6 Ways with Storytelling Hashtags – Branding Your #SocialMedia Profile Series #5

This article on using Story-telling Hashtags is the fourth in our Branded Social Media Profile series.

Branding Your Social Media Profile (BSMP) is a new 1-on-1 program that helps brands bring their social media profile and presence to the next level.

This series of articles is an introduction to some of the techniques and experiments that have been proven to make this underutilized real estate work for you.

Brands and others looking for customized analysis and guidance specific to their profile(s) can register for 1:1 coaching here.

In the last article in the BSMP* series I explained how you can share YOUR** story: story-telling through profile photos, extended name, profile description, URL, and URL. So, today I will share with you a minimalist, yet clear, and effective way to tell your story: your BSMP story-telling hashtags.

*BSMP = branded social media profile, a term that was coined by… me.

See below and have a look at these examples, because they demonstrate that it’s very possible to tell your** story, via … one hashtag:

#WholeLottaChoppasRemix
#killerhappyhour
#BLMme
#DoGreatThings
#Leifestylebyluxxu

How Can you Identify Influencers on Social Media?

Because SMI* are outstanding, and people really LISTEN to them, it’s not hard to identify them.

Do this: start to follow the hashtags that are related to your product (the best hashtags to follow are ones with less than 0.5M uses) and see which SMI influences the most. Good idea?

*SMI = Social Media influencers. Source: Who is an influencer?

A Brand-Influencer Contract is a must to clarify the relationship.

A Brand-Influencer Contract is a must to clarify the relationship. For example, make sure to require the SMI (social media influencer) to add #Ad or #Sponsored to their posts to comply with the law.

How Your Influencer Social Media Bio Should Look

An influencer’s social media bio should look a bit different from an “ordinary” bio. Their bio should be outstanding and unique so they’ll manage to climb to the top of the channel’s algorithm and their followers’ love.

The influencer bio should be out of the ordinary in terms of text, photo, call-to-actions, visuals, and algorithm-friendly structure. Here are some examples — and I’ll dig into some details below:

What are some examples of unique influencer hashtags?

#chipotlelidflip, #cavapoogram, #fonnyday, #TweetFromTheSeat, #lifeyouwantnj, #DearMishu ..

Everyone is talking about the importance of Hashtags when it comes to Influencers – why?

A hashtag (such as #NowIsNow) is a way for people to file their posts on social media (that’s also the SEO of social media…) It is also one of the main ways Instagram/Twitter/FB/etc. find your posts and know who to relate and share them with. If you want to find the top influencer for what you do, ‘Chase the Hashtags’.

Hashtags bring traffic to influencers — Source: https://www.instagram.com/dearmishu/

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What mistakes have you seen made in Influencer marketing campaigns?

The number one mistake is not letting the #Influencers write the post by themselves. The whole point is to have a super original, with a great point of view post about your brand and that’s exactly what the Influencers can best!

How do I figure out which hashtags to search to find Influencers?

The idea is to find a hashtag that is very related to what you do. To do that, start with a general hashtag search, and drill down from there, as per my ‘Chase The Hashtags’ method (publicly available).

Related: How to Brand Your Social Media Profile in 6 Ways with Storytelling Hashtags

What are the best ways to select the ideal Influencers for your brand?

Really the best way is to search who talks best and who engages best on the hashtags that are related to your brand, and…stay low for a while, understand the potential. Then few weeks later, if you still like what you see, buy their influence via pay per post – the SMI* are almost always willing to do that — that’s what they do for a living!

*SMI = Social Media influencers. Source: Who is an influencer?