As influencer marketing grows, brands are finding more ways to partner with influencers to produce the best results. An emerging trend in influencer marketing is partnering with micro influencers, influencers who have sizable followings but aren’t among the upper (and more expensive) echelons of social media fame.
Though it’s not true in every instance, micro influencers sometimes see higher engagement rates on content, and 82% of consumers report that they would follow the recommendations of a micro influencer. Micro influencers can be powerful partners for brands because they provide unique opportunities for reaching, engaging, and communicating with audiences.
Learn more about some of the best examples of recent Instagram micro influencer campaigns to find out why these brands partnered with micro influencers and why their efforts were successful.
Banana Republic Promotes Its Seasonal Lines
In its influencer marketing campaign, Banana Republic partnered with men and women behind accounts large and small. These influencers modeled Banana Republic clothing in a variety of settings, tagged Banana Republic’s official account in the photo, and included a number of hashtags in their posts. The #itsbanana is a common hashtag among Banana Republic campaigns, but influencers also included seasonal and campaign-specific hashtags like
- #brmovesyou,
- #brmakeitmatter,
- #brholiday.
Banana Republic used micro influencer marketing tactics to promote its clothes to audiences who followed influencers that are revered for their sense of style. These influencers were largely fashion and lifestyle focused influencers, which helped Banana Republic reach a large and targeted audience of consumers.
Bumble Throws A #Winterbumbleland Party In The Desert At Coachella
Dating app Bumble promoted itself with micro influencers through a branded party at Coachella. The company hosted a number of influencers (many of the micro influencers) who posted photos to Instagram with #winterbumbleland and tagged Bumble’s official Instagram account in the post. The photos suggested that the party was everything one might expect from Coachella: beautiful people, hip decor, food, drinks, and even some fake snow in the desert.
For its #winterbumbleland campaign, Bumble partnered with an array of influencers to tap different audiences, and in tying its influencer marketing campaign to its party at Coachella, Bumble captured some of the excitement and aspirational aesthetic that comes with the festival. Partnering with influencers at Coachella helped Bumble fit right in with the young, hip vibe of the festival.
Daniel Wellington Embraces Variety In Influencers
Daniel Wellington does a lot of work with influencers on social media, and one of its recent successful campaigns featured micro influencers posting photos with Daniel Wellington watches. Many of these influencers were fashion and lifestyle-centric, but that wasn’t the case for all.
For example, Daniel Wellington partnered with popular pet account Scuba and Shadow to promote its watches with an account-specific discount code. Other micro influencer accounts involved in the effort also had their own discount codes, making the campaign personal and drawing new customers with incentives.
- Using a large number of influencers with different personal brands and styles,
- Daniel Wellington was able to reach an audience full of different consumers.
- What’s more, partnering with accounts outside of the fashion and lifestyle world likely helped Daniel Wellington garner interest from new demographics.
Frank Body Has Everyone Feeling Good (And Looking Dirty)
Australian skincare company Frank Body’s creates beauty products by focusing on how they make people feel. It’s most recognizable product, a scrub that’s made with coffee — has appeared all over Instagram, and it makes coffee scrub devotees look like they’re covered in dirt. Frank Body recently partnered with micro influencers to promote products like its Coffee Scrubs (particularly dynamic for photos), Body Balms, and Glow Masks.
Most of the micro influencers posting content with Frank Body products specialize in beauty-focused content, but they’re not all strictly beauty influencers. Models, athletes, fitness bloggers, and travel Instagrammers were also posting photos with Frank Body products. By partnering with a wider variety of influencers, Frank Body brought product awareness to all-new audiences.