A Guide to Influencer Collaboration Tools for Physical Events

As the COVID-19 pandemic gradually eases up in Taiwan, various companies and brands start picking up on physical events. This year (2023), the Taipei International Book Fair, a globally significant offline event, saw twice as many exhibitors as the previous year. The success of this event marked a symbolic starting point for the recovery of physical events in Taiwan.

In an era where the Internet reigns supreme, influencers are opinion leaders. Hence, they are ideal collaborators to promote physical events. In the past, KOL Radar has shared the importance of influencers in “virtual-physical integration” and “O2O” in its articles. In this article, we will further introduce the advantages that influencers can bring to physical events and provide a guide for collaborating with influencers in large-scale events. KOL Radar’s all-in-one influencer management platform can be of great assistance when it comes to refining the list of influencers, tracking collaboration effectiveness, and deepening partnership relationships for brands. It is a powerful tool for influencer marketing.

Numerous Advantages of Influencer Marketing: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Physical Events

Influencer marketing addresses multiple pain points for physical events. By utilizing KOL Radar, you can significantly enhance the effectiveness of your offline activities. You can achieve various event goals using different influencers.

Influencers Facilitate Physical Interactions

The biggest difference between influencers and traditional opinion leaders (such as celebrities and artists) is their closer and more accessible relationship with their followers, making it easier for them to engage and mobilize their followers for interactions.

In recent years, the most common form of collaboration between brands and influencers for physical events is the “One-Day Store Manager” concept. Influencers are invited by brands to serve as one-day store managers in physical retail outlets. While experiencing the day-to-day operations of the store, they can also interact with their followers in person. The ‘One-Day Store Manager’ event is an effective way to attract followers to visit the store, experience services, or make purchases, generating revenue for the brand directly. Additionally, since the venue is often owned by the brand, the associated costs are relatively low, making it an entry-level option for brands to collaborate with influencers in physical events.

Comprehensive Documentation Before, During, and After Events to Sustain Engagement

In addition to pre-event promotions to attract followers to participate in physical events, influencers can also use visuals or text to record and share their experiences with followers on their social media accounts during the event. Influencers can play diverse roles at physical events. They can be guests, photographers, hosts, and more, resulting in high collaboration value.

The videos or posts created by influencers during the event have the potential to generate another wave of engagement post-collaboration. For instance, influencers can share their real-time product experiences at the event, influencing online followers to make purchases through various channels. Likewise, if the videos or concepts recorded at the event have enough appeal, they can quickly go viral online and gain significant exposure!

Precision Targeting of an Event’s Target Audience

In today’s evolving online landscape, user preferences have become increasingly diverse as social media users explore various interests. Each influencer possesses a unique follower base and specializes in different niches. When brands organize physical events, it’s essential to invite influencers who can most effectively influence the brand’s target audience. By selecting the right influencers, brands can maximize their mindshare with the target audience and ultimately convert them into consumers.

Ben’s Adventure often takes viewers on journeys around the world, which expand their horizons. Tainan City has collaborated with Ben to launch the “One-Day Tour Bus Guide” project, aiming to promote Tainan’s tour bus services to audiences who share a passion for travel through Ben’s videos and introductions.

Three Key Aspects to Consider for Physical Events and KOL Collaborations!

If a brand intends to organize offline physical events in collaboration with influencers, it should pay special attention to the following three aspects. By doing this, you can optimize on-site collaboration with influencers through the custom-made functions provided by KOL Radar. 

Finding Influencers with the KOL Radar Data Dashboard

The first step in collaborating with influencers is to find the most suitable influencers. The right influencers not only need to have a follower base that aligns with the brand or a product’s target audience but also possess a high level of social media engagement to entice their followers to attend physical events. Therefore, when you are searching for influencers, you need to understand the demographics of the influencer’s audience and monitor changes in their social media engagement.

The KOL Radar data dashboard can significantly enhance the efficiency of finding influencers for brands! Companies and brands can use the dashboard to observe influencer data across various platforms, including interactive metrics like likes and comments, as well as performance metrics such as engagement rates and the number of views. The dashboard also provides access to AI-powered analysis results, highlighting the most trending influencers. In the ‘Audience Analysis’ dashboard, brands can gain insights into the gender, age distribution, and geographical location of the influencer’s followers, allowing for precise targeting of influencers who deeply resonate with the target market.

Gaining Insights into Collaboration Effectiveness: Deep Report – AI-automated Data Compilation

After completing a physical event in collaboration with influencers, KOL Radar recommends that brands conduct a comprehensive review of the results to transform each collaboration experience into unique marketing insights. However, traditional manual methods of calculating performance data are inefficient and carry a risk of inaccuracy. Therefore, we advise you to use the KOL Radar Deep Report feature. Equipped with cutting-edge AI technology, it allows for precise and intuitive performance analysis.

The ‘Deep Report’ feature offered by KOL Radar’s Enterprise version allows brands to quickly import influencer collections and event keywords into the report. AI then automatically generates a report on the performance of influencer collaboration posts, featuring various visual data charts. This makes it easy for brand marketers to grasp the effectiveness of the collaboration and saves valuable time and resources. The latest addition to the Deep Report is the ‘Comment Sentiment Analysis’ feature. It provides brands with the ability to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the event’s overall performance on social media.

Read More: Tracking Influencer Campaign Effectiveness with KOL Radar Deep Report!

Maintaining Long-Term Relationships with influencers Using the Influencer Tagging Feature

For influencers who have collaborated with the brand in physical events, you can use the ‘Influencer Relationship Management’ feature within KOL Radar’s Enterprise version to tag and leave notes for the influencers. This way, there’s no need to worry about forgetting the details of offline collaborations or past evaluations, thus providing valuable references for future projects. It also helps in gradually selecting influencers that align best with the brand.

Through the influencer relationship management system, you can create an exclusive database for influencer management, making it a useful tool for optimizing long-term influencer relationships. When influencer relationships are well-maintained, you will find it easier to invite your preferred influencers to participate in physical events and enjoy the additional benefits that come with long-term collaboration with them.

Guide to Influencer Collaborations for Large-Scale Physical Events

Some brands host large-scale offline events and invite numerous influencers to participate in them. Organizing a major event involves significant costs. How can one maximize the potential for brand exposure when gathering many influencers in one place?

1. Create Elements that Will Spur Influencers to Share

You can utilize creatively designed booth setups or unique event moments to encourage influencers to document event details and share them on platforms like Instagram Stories or other social channels. For instance, commonly seen photo backdrops at many physical events could become a backdrop for influencers to take photos and tag the brand’s social media account. This significantly increases the likelihood of exposure to their followers.

2. Prepare Small Gifts and Thoughtful Gestures

Brands hosting large-scale physical events can offer participants exquisite gifts or snacks. These thoughtful additional touches may add to the event’s overall cost, but if they align with the preferences of influencers, they can be the key to influencers sharing about the event. For instance, a well-known social platform that gathered creators for an event designed personalized badges for each influencer. This became a memorable aspect of the event that some influencers later wrote about and shared.

3. Encourage Influencer Engagement

Influencers may film social media content during the brand’s large-scale physical event. When multiple influencers attend, there’s a higher chance for them to interact and collaborate in recording content like Instagram Stories or TikTok videos to share on their social accounts. While the brand may not directly benefit from this, exposure to the event may increase significantly due to repeated mentions by different influencers. Therefore, you can seize the opportunity to invite influencers to engage at offline events and extend the buzz generated by the physical event.

Conclusion

With the gradual easing of the pandemic, you can proactively leverage the popularity of influencers by inviting influencers to participate in physical events and enhance your brand’s online and offline presence. From a practical aspect, you can save time and effort by using the diverse functionalities provided by the KOL Radar platform to maximize cost-effectiveness. If a large number of influencers are expected to participate in the offline event, creative event arrangements and venue designs can be used to encourage influencer interaction and sharing, prolonging the buzz generated by a physical event and achieving better promotional results.

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