The 5 ¨C's¨ That Rules The Social Media Influencers (or Ambassadors)

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To identify the ambassadors and influencers that will fit the best to a campaign in social media, marketing professionals and business leaders should not rely solely on their social score. This is not because a specialist has a great influence, or a user enjoys a buzz in social media, it may meet the criteria of a branding campaign. The science of marketing influence is based on a contextual, more complex analysis, which can only be assessed case-by-case.

To understand the value of an ambassador or influencer in the context before us, we must not only identify what type of influencer can match among its criteria, but also more difficult to measure evaluate certain aspects, such as their true expertise and authority accorded them in their niche. And wonder how this influencer (or ambassador) may be able to help.

This contextual analysis can be done by first validating five ¨ C ¨ of influence in social media, in the adoption curve and use of influencers (and ambassadors). They identify and easier to recognize the five different types of influencers in social networks (read also: Social Media Influencers or Ambassadors – How To Identify Them).

In one of my first items listed on this column, I suggested an initial list of nine indicators of value influencers. A list which allowed, in some ways, to assess all aspects of an influencer, compared to a marketing campaign of influence in social media.

These new indices influence value can be now grouped into five ¨ C ¨ parts:

In an article published on Lithosphere.Lithium.Com, last year, The 6 factors of social media influence analyst Michael Wu, PhD, tiebreaker the two factors that reveal the influencers (or ambassadors) of the motivations of the affected target.

It also attaches great importance to the user’s context – consumer, including consolidating the four factors that motivates, the relevance of the content and the platform (alignment), synchronicity (timing) intentions, and trust must be established between the two parties.

Also, I think that the ROI of social media is finally in the quality of relationships that can develop between a brand and consumers. Other statistics show that commitment prosumer based primarily on the feeling of confidence. However, this good relationship and trust can’t be built that over their mutual activities across various social networks.

Even if we must prioritize the contextual and relational analysis in marketing influence, the latest statistics show that trust and commitment are essential between the influenced (prosumer) and the influencer (or ambassador) can only be installed when the two find themselves at the top of their adoption curve of social media.

In this meaning, to understand and assess the potential for a marketing campaign to influence, we must consider at the same time mutual curve of adoption and use of social media by both parties. As Michael Wu wrote in his article, the success of a marketing campaign depends on many contextual factors, such as the synchronicity of intentions, and the relevance of the use of targeted social platforms.

However, because they can’t be measured with algorithms and tools for different measures, and as such they represent specific values into the equation, the relevance of content and the level of trust that must establish the relationship remain, in my opinion, the factors that must be considered separately. That is why they are part of my top five ¨ C ¨ of the marketing influence in social media.

In my next article, I’ll demonstrate how this five ¨C ¨ list correspond to the curve of adoption and use of social media, and how this curve is pretty similar for both parties as for the enterprises and brands. And, I’ll show you how it’s also corresponding to the five levels of the pyramid of the hierarchy of social media influence.

Do you agree with this five ¨ C ¨  list? Should we consider other factors with marketing influence in social media? Let us know your opinion, and share your comments with our readers.