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How to Build Your Influencers in Social Media
Chris Abraham
October 14, 2014
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So you want to build your influencers?
Are you already Kim Kardashian?
Are you worth billions of dollars?
Do you have a sex tape?
Do you have a reality show?
Are you a politician?
Are you routinely on television?
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Well, what’s in it for them?
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You need to become an influencer first
Becoming an influencer doesn’t require “the many” (though the more, the better)
Initially, it requires that you’re compelling enough to be taken seriously on one or more core topics
Even if someone doesn’t know you by name, they’ll surely Google you for your bone fides
Make sure you leave a trail of bread crumbs
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Buy some domain names
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Register domains that represent:
Your name (chrisabraham.com, chris-abraham.com)
Your company (gerr.is, gerriscorp.com, gerris.co)
What you do (bloggeroutreach.com)
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Start a personal site
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Before you start, you need to create a comprehensive resource and repository of who you are and what you can do, including all your contact info
No, LinkedIn isn’t enough
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Start a blog
It’s a lot of work
It’s often ignored
You’ll want to bail
You’ll resent it
People will laugh
It’ll turn out to be the best thing you’ve ever done
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Be smart for free
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Be willing to be smart for free for any platform that will accept you as a topic expert
If your job isn’t “writer,” don’t demand pay
Writing is marketing
Books are even better
Start with LinkedIn (it’s great!)
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Gravity assist slingshot effect
People know you through:
Places you’ve worked (Edelman)
Clients you’ve had (Greenpeace)
Brands you’ve served (Mizuno)
Use the gravity of your past clients, employers, and brands to slingshot your influence
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Convert from “morning paper” to “morning feed”
Your future influencer corps is already publishing and sharing online – read them!
Install and use Feedly and Flipboard to track your industry and influencers
Install the Buffer App to share across several/all of your platforms
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Do a social media land grab
Your goal is building your influencers in social media
Your goal isn’t becoming a top influencer
Your goal also isn’t becoming a writer or blogger
You’ll need to be in more places than Twitter
Knowem helps you register all of your profiles
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Find your contacts on social
Sharing your address book with Twitter, Facebook, etc., is stupid – do it anyway
Address books are static, dying, things
Social media is dynamic and allows engagement
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Make your competitors your colleagues
Your career is dynamic
Don’t burn bridges: woo!
Connect and befriend your competitors – they’ll be your partners, supporters, colleagues, employers, employees, vendors, clients, and benefactors in the future
Just say no to snark: always be kind & generous!
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Rob your competitors blind
Follow and friend people your competitors are
There are lots of services that make following the followers and followed easy – at least on Twitter
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Buy your way into business
Twitter limits the number of people you can follow, right out of the box
That’s bogus, man!
If you’re too aggressive?
You get banned, man!
What I do is I buy my clients an initial package of followers to give them some wiggle room
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Be shamelessly generous and inclusive
Link shamelessly
Mention shamelessly
Comment shamelessly
Share shamelessly
Write yourself into being part of their conversation
(Everyone notices everything)
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Ask for favors and help before you need them
Don’t collect influencers without “running them”
Ask for help & assistance before you need it
Grand assistance and offer to help when it’s not on behalf of a client or to curry favor
It’s a little like building credit: do it when it doesn’t matter – ask for little loans and pay them off plus interest
People love to help (but have been hurt before)
Be perceived as giving more than you get: win-win-win!
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Activating influencers for business purposes
No matter what you use to engage your “posse,” it won’t work unless:
You’re already best mates
You’re a known entity (star)
You’re a recognized brand
You have a stellar gift (car)
You’re willing to pay to play
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Final words on influencers and influence
You’re not a wizard activating hoards of Robot Zombies
“Earned media” means you need to earn it
Quid pro quo ("something for something" in Latin) means an exchange of goods or services, where one transfer is contingent upon the other.
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Treat social media like a real job
Everybody’s real people
Hard work + time == social media success
There are very few overnight successes
Those people are generally already famous
Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
Remember, hugs not horns
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