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The Guide to Influencer Marketing ROI 1 1. Introduction: ROI Formula & Setting Campaign Goals 1 2. Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 5 3. Direct Response Goals & KPIs 14 Table 4. The Costs of Influencer Marketing 18 5. ROI by Social Media Channel 26 of 6. Tools for Measuring & Tracking Influencer Marketing ROI 32 7. Post Campaign: Analyze Your Results to Calculate 39 Contents Influencer Marketing ROI 8. Examples of Calculating ROI for Campaigns 43 9. Tips for Achieving a Positive ROI 52 2 Introduction: ROI Formula & Setting 1Campaign Goals 1 Influencer marketing is one of the fastest-growing advertising channels. One of the most daunting issues businesses face when adopting an influencer marketing strategy is how to measure their return on investment (ROI). There are valid concerns, but also a host of misconceptions, around determining influencer marketing ROI. This causes some brands to avoid influencer marketing altogether. Successful influencer marketing programs require brands to allocate a budget. Social media influencers charge a fee for partnering with a brand on a sponsored post. Both parties negotiate the cost of a partnership based on many factors, especially: Social reach of the influencer (i.e. how many followers across given social media channels) Type of sponsored content (e.g. Instagram in-feed post, Instagram Stories post, YouTube video, Twitter Tweet, Twitch activation, blog post, Facebook post) Length of sponsored integration (for example, a one- off Instagram Stories post will cost less than a series of @rachmartino x Noosa Yoghurt Instagram videos spanning several months) How can marketers measure their return on investment for influencer marketing campaigns? Marketers must think critically about all the costs associated with an influencer marketing campaign before setting a budget. This article aims to point out potential hidden costs that impact ROI but aren’t initially obvious. Ultimately, marketers must decide how they will measure campaign success in order to judge effectiveness. Chapter 1: ROI Formula & Setting Campaign Goals 2 The Formula for Influencer Marketing ROI Return on investment is generally reflected as a percentage (i.e. the percentage of each dollar invested that will yield a profit). The simple formula for calculating influencer marketing ROI is: Profit Return x 100 Total Amount Spent (Investment) For example, a brand spends $10,000 in total for an influencer marketing campaign which goes on to generate $20,000 in profit. The ROI for that campaign can be calculated as follows: $20,000 Return x 100 = 200% ROI $10,000 Investment iJustine x Facebook Portal That means this campaign generated a positive ROI and can be considered a resounding success. This hypothetical example is simple, but calculating influencer marketing ROI gets more complicated in practice. Depending on your business model and your goals with influencer marketing, there are many different ways to measure investment and profits. Chapter 1: ROI Formula & Setting Campaign Goals 3 Goals of Your Influencer Marketing Campaign: Brand Awareness or Direct Response Use Goals To Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) One of the most crucial steps to launching an influencer marketing campaign is deciding on your goals. Your goals will inform how you measure results. Campaign results are a critical component of measuring the return. The KPIs for your influencer marketing campaign are determined by your overall goal. Influencer marketing campaign goals generally fall into two broad categories: brand awareness or direct response. In the next chapter, we will dive into specific KPIs for both campaign categories. @alexandreagarza x EcoTools Chapter 1: ROI Formula & Setting Campaign Goals 4 Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 2 5 Brand awareness reflects how recognizable your brand is to customers. Brand awareness is tricky to measure since it’s not quantifiable as a whole; brand sentiment and brand lift are difficult to capture in a metric. Measure brand awareness by breaking down its components: • Social Reach • Engagement: Likes, Comments, Sentiment, Shares, Mentions • Press & Media • Website Traffic Examples of Brand Awareness Goals Type of Company Primary Goal Entertainment company promoting Reach: Promoting the film to as many people as an upcoming feature film possible to create buzz and drive moviegoers New media outlet targeting a Engagement: Social media engagement and teenage audience follower growth @jaglever x Fjällräven Well-known international brand Sentiment: Building up positive brand affinity recovering from a few controversial PR dings International hotel brand opening a Press & Media: Earning editorial news glamorous new resort in the Hamptons coverage that features beautiful photos of the property to attract future guests Non-profit organizationwhich Website Traffic: General public visits the website supports foster children wants to draw to learn more about foster parenting as a cause attention to National Foster Care month Chapter 2: Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 6 Social Reach Followers & Subscribers Impressions Social media following is the tally of followers an influencer Social media impressions are defined as the number of users has across their channels. If an influencer shares sponsored that have viewed a social post. Impressions are a critical posts on their Instagram and YouTube channels, then add metric for determining a campaign’s reach and a preferred up their Instagram followers and YouTube subscribers to way to measure social reach compared to “following.” calculate total following. Instagram Insights: Reveals the number of unique accounts One thing to note, only a small percentage of followers see that saw a sponsored post or Story via their feed, in addition an individual social media post and actual impressions to total number of impressions. vary due to algorithms. This is especially true on YouTube, where someone with fewer subscribers but a highly engaged YouTube Studio Analytics: Shows the number of fanbase can pull more views than someone with more impressions in search results, unique viewers, and click- subscribers who are less active. Therefore, “following” is best through-rate (CTR) for each video. used as a relative metric for vetting influencers as opposed to measuring true campaign reach. Facebook Insights: Reveals the number of unique accounts who saw a sponsored post or Story on their feed, but not the total number of impressions. Chapter 2: Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 7 Engagement Engagement rate measures the audience’s interactivity in relation to a social media post. Engagement speaks to how well an audience receives a post. The key performance indicators (KPIs) that are tracked for social media engagement are: • Likes • Dislikes • Comments & Social Sentiment • Shares • Follower Growth • Mentions & Hashtags • Dark Socal AKA DMs Rachel Aust x Lifesum App Chapter 2: Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 8 Likes Instagram A “like” is the virtual thumbs-up that’s ubiquitous across likes are reflected as a double-tap heart social media platforms. A well-liked photo or video not only signifies esteem with users, but also factors positively into some social platform’s algorithms, increasing the post’s visibility. For example, the more likes an Instagram photo Facebook users choose from a palette of social reactions in addition to Likes including “Love,” “Haha,” and “Sad” receives, the more prominently it will be featured on users’ Instagram feeds. YouTube In the chart on the right, you can see slightly different terminology is used for “Likes” on certain channels. likes are tallied as a “thumbs-up” Twitter users “favorite” Tweets Dislikes On YouTube & Facebook, users have the option of disliking posts. YouTube viewers can “thumbs-down” videos and Facebook users can react with anger or sadness to posts. The ratio between Likes and Dislikes will indicate which posts resonate with users. Chapter 2: Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 9 Comments & Social Sentiment Comments are written responses to a social media post. Users who leave a comment are showing exceptional interest in a post. Comments speak to the post’s popularity, particularly when commenters start a dialogue about its content. Comments are also a useful qualitative metric and an excellent way to understand user response to social media content. Gauge user sentiment by reading the actual content of comments. Signs of positive social sentiment are: # Branded hashtag Tagging friends Mentioning your brand, especially engaging in conversation, replying to questions, making inquiries, or using branded hashtags Compliments about the content itself (“Really creative photography!”) Enthusiasm for your product, especially indications of purchase intent (“NEED those metallic sandals!”) Positive emojis Chapter 2: Brand Awareness Goals & KPIs 10 Shares Mentions & Hashtags When a user shares a social media post, they are explicitly Social media mentions happen when a user endorsing that content. Shares expose the content to new mentions your brand by name using an @ tag (e.g. audiences outside the reach of the original post. Each @Mediakix). Users will also integrate brand hashtags social media platform has its own set of Share options: into their posts. Both hashtags and mentions show a high level of brand affinity and social alignment. Generally, mentions expand your brand’s exposure while hashtags help disseminate buzz about a specific marketing campaign. Instagram: Sharing to your feed in a conventional sense requires a “repost” app or screenshot (the best

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