Absolutely yes, It helps in brand building. Influencers happily promote such brands who have good connections with them and they actually provide deliverables at a better cost.
Always did! Business is all about human connections, the greater the relationship the more you help each other and support one another, which on the long term brings more value than a one time transactional deal.
How can you build an authentic relationship with an influencer, when the only reason you build that relationship is for business purposes? I understand that using influencers can be a powerful way to get attention, but I wouldn't call that relationship authentic. When I think of authentic, I think of friends and colleagues.
@bjorn_moren I agree the mere reason you get in touch with an influencer is because you want them to promote your brand but if you do not build a relationship with them , not empathise with them you will still somewhere loose out on a word of mouth opportunity here where they can kind of tell other influencers that this brand is worth more than just money and transactions. PS : also some influencers help you with insights of your competition.
Happy to discuss further :)
Voted no, since I never worked with influencers and would not know how to get a hold of them. Usually, it's my friends I work with and we already have an authentic relationship. And I do rather build them with my customers than some influencers that may not even like my product.
I would say definitely yes. It may be hard to start, but building authentic relationships is always a good investment that comes very handy when you scale. I strongly recommend that.