Effectiveness of Influencer Marketing

Earned Media Value

•  Earned media value is defined as the publicity that a company/brand earns through efforts other than paid marketing.
• According to a 2019 survey of marketing agencies, brands, and relevant professionals, influencer marketing can help companies in achieving impressive results. Companies reported an average earned media value of $5.2 for every dollar spent on influencer marketing.
• The earned media value reported in the survey was as high as $18 per dollar spent on influencer marketing.

Is Influencer Marketing Effective?

•  92% of survey respondents reported influencer marketing to be an effective form of marketing. The respondents were "highly positive about the effectiveness of the [influencer marketing] activity".
• It wasn't clear from the survey if the rest of the respondents (8%) did not believe in the effectiveness of influencer marketing or they had not tried it so far.

Increasing Influencer Marketing Budgets

•  63% of marketers that leverage influencer marketing intend to increase their budgets for the same.

Influencer Marketing vs. Other Strategies

• Although influencer marketing is popular among marketers, they do not rely solely on influencer marketing for their marketing strategy.
•  47% of marketers intended to spend at least 20% of their marketing budgets on influencer marketing in 2019.

Influencers and Marketing Funnels

• Influencer marketing can be effective at the lead generation stage of the marketing funnel.
• A simple mention in a social media post from an influencer can help reach a large audience. An example is of a cat food brand that used influencer marketing. The brand reached 89,000 people through a simple social media mention.
• At the middle stage of the marketing funnel, influencer marketing strategies such as product reviews, how-to videos, and forum-style discussions can be helpful.
• Sales can be driven with the help of micro- and nano-influencers.