While influencers really want respect and to get compensated for their time and reputation and brands want visitors, subscribers, emails, followers, friends, Likes, conversions, sales, and ROI, there is something…
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Influencer marketing is fully integrating with social media marketing strategy
I just submitted a proposal on behalf of Gerris Corp and a partner agency in response to a request for proposal (RFP) that actually gets it—and may well be the…
Read MoreMicro-Influencer Marketing is the new Influencer Marketing
Every 365-days, Shashi Bellamkonda invites me to guest lecture to his Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies communications class, Social, Mobile and Search Marketing, XCPD-732. Fresh-faced students on a Saturday…
Read MoreA tech journalist on the 5 best and worst practices of B2B PR
In this free 30-minute Biznology® webinar, Paul Gillin gives you tips for pitching to bloggers and influencers. Have you tried to get the attention of a journalist lately? Reporters and editors are…
Read MoreEarned-media micro-influencer marketing primer
In my humble opinion, modern influencer marketing is traditional public relations pitching corrupted by huge Madison Avenue advertising money. Big celebrities and even bigger bucks. It used to be thousands…
Read MoreAll about earned media micro-influencer marketing and more on the Through the Noise podcast
I was recently invited to be a second-time guest on the Through the Noise podcast. This time, I was relaxed and open and playful and in more of a silly…
Read MoreEarned-media micro-influencer marketing master class
Last Friday I mounted my ’95 K1100LT touring scooter and buzzed from the intense super-highways of Northern Virginia, into our Nation’s Capital, and then through the labyrinthine streets of Washington,…
Read MoreKindness opens many doors online
There are a lot of assholes online, though very few of them are dyed-in-the-wool. They’re simply exceptionally guarded, armored against all the other assholes online. It’s a vicious cycle. We’ve all…
Read MoreEarned media influencer outreach is alive and well
As I mentioned last month in Influencer Marketing Tools of the Trade, Dan Krueger and I are in the midst of an earned-media blogger outreach campaign on behalf of Skinny…
Read MoreDo-it-yourself influencer marketing
Chris Abraham’s latest webinar was about influencer marketing. You can view and download Chris’s slides here. You built it, where are they? Unless you’re a celebrity, influencers won’t come to…
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