Businesses are always looking for new ways to connect with potential customers, and over recent years influencer marketing has emerged as one of the most successful online marketing channels.
HOW TO FIND MICRO-INFLUENCERS ON INSTAGRAM | AN EASY STEPS TO FOLLOW
Summary
- How to Find Micro Influencers on Instagram?
- What Does it Mean to Find Micro Influencers on Instagram?
- The difference between micro influencers and influencers
- Examples of Micro Influencers
- 3 reasons you should consider micro-influencers for your next marketing campaign
- How to find micro influencers on Instagram?
- Build lasting relationships with micro influencers
- Frequently Asked Questions
But influencer marketing can be expensive, and chances are you don’t quite have the budget to work with Casey Neistat or one of the Jenner’s.
That doesn’t mean influencer marketing isn’t for you though.
Micro influencers (influencers with smaller followings) can offer huge benefits for businesses, and help take your marketing campaigns to the next level.
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How to Find Micro Influencers on Instagram
Finding micro influencers on Instagram is easy when you have the right tools. Keep reading for an in-depth explanation of how to find and utilize micro influencers on Instagram!
What Does it Mean to Find Micro Influencers on Instagram?
With 22.2 times more “buying conversations” taking place around posts promoted by micro influencers, it's more important than ever to not only know how your business can benefit from micro influencers, but also what it means in the grand scheme of things.
To find micro influencers on Instagram is to search out the "movers and shakers" and individuals that align with your industry who are promoters.
Individuals who will introduce your products or services to the right audience and expand your reach with minimal effort on your end.
Yes, it's an investment, but an investment you won't regret.
The difference between micro influencers and influencers
Micro influencers
Micro influencers tend to have a small or niche audience of followers. Typically they range between 1,000 to 100,000 followers. Micro influencers also tend to focus their content on specific, niche topics.
Whereas many influencers might feel more like celebrities, when you check out a micro influencer on Instagram their account tends to feel just like a ‘normal’ person (meaning everything isn’t super polished, posed, and perfect).
And whilst influencers have much larger audience numbers, micro influencers tend to have higher engagement rates and closer relationships with their audience.
Influencers
Influencers (or marco influencers in this case) tend to have much larger audiences. 100k+ for starters — with many influencers having audiences in the millions or tens of millions. Often they are well-known or household names like Kylie Jenner, Zach King, or Cameron Dallas.
When you work with influencers that have huge audiences, it’s often for brand awareness and getting your business in front of millions of people.
Examples of Micro Influencers
There are endless micro-influencers dotted around Instagram. But to help you better understand what makes a micro-influencer, let’s zoom in and take a look at three quickly…
#1 Misuzu — @komonrebi_life on Instagram — has 8,379 followers and regularly gets 400+ likes on his posts:
#2 Ryan Antino - @boibrezzy on Instagram - has over 4,431 followers and typically gets 100+ likes and 5+ comments on his posts.
#3 Lucy Wildheart - @lucywildheart on Instagram has 5,200 followers and typically gets 300 likes per photo.
3 reasons you should consider micro-influencers for your next marketing campaign
#1 Engagement
When Makerly analyzed over 800,000 Instagram posts it found that as an account’s follower number rises, the rate of engagement (likes and comments) decreases. As the below chart shows, there’s a clear downward correlation between follower sizes and post likes:
The sweet spot — where engagement is highest — is between 1,000 to 10,000 followers, and this is where micro-influencers tend to sit too. If you’re looking to connect with passionate, engaged audiences then micro-influencers could be the perfect fit for you.
#2 Cost
As I mentioned in the intro, not every brand can afford to work on an influencer marketing campaign with Kylie Jenner. But micro-influencers are much more cost-effective and affordable for brands of all sizes.
The following data from Marie Claire shares some interesting figures on how much a brand can expect to pay to work with influencers of all sizes:
So if we’re looking at micro-influencers specifically, you might be looking at prices like:
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$50 (~£40) per post for a micro-influencer with an audience of 1,000+
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$95 (~£75) per post for a micro-influencer with an audience of 5,000+
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$195 (~£150) per post for micro-influencer with an audience of 10,000+
#3 Trust
Trust is an important part of any influencer marketing campaign. According to research, consumers are more likely to act on influencer recommendations with 82% of consumers being “high-likely” to follow a recommendation made by influencers.
When you’re working with a micro-influencer that has a close relationship with their followers, your campaign is essentially an endorsement from that influencer to their audience.
How to find micro influencers on Instagram
So we know micro-influencer campaigns can be incredibly powerful for businesses of all sizes. But how exactly do you find micro-influencers on Instagram?
#1 Search hashtags
One of the best ways to start identifying influencers is to find a bunch of hashtags that relate to your business and the niche you operate in.
For example, if you’re a coffee brand you might look at hashtags like #coffeeporn and #coffeelove.
I know it can be hard to come up with a load of hashtags on the fly, thankfully products like Keyword Tool can help you to quickly scan all hashtags related to your industry:
It’s also worth searching out some branded hashtags like #bluebottlecoffee to try and find micro-influencers that have already worked with brands.
#2 Filter your existing community
Your existing community is one of the most overlooked places to find potential influencers to work with.
Tools like SocialRank enable you to filter your followers by the size of their own audience as well as things like location, interests, and bio keywords:
If you have any micro-influencers in your existing audience they could be a perfect fit for your campaigns as they’ll already be familiar with your business.
#3 Search BlogLovin’
Many popular bloggers are also micro-influencers on Instagram. But instead of wasting hours searching Google to find relevant blogs, head over to BlogLovin’ to uncover people that fit with your brand.
Let’s say you’re looking to connect with a health and fitness micro-influencer, you could search BlogLovin’ for fitness bloggers and then shortlist the people you find that also have great Instagram accounts.
#4 Explore your local area
If your business is selling goods or services locally, you can use Instagram’s location feature to shortlist influencers that are popular in your target market locations.
Let’s say you’re a hair salon and want to work with a micro-influencer to showcase your work, you could enter your location on the Instagram search and then look through the top posts until you find someone that feels like a great fit with your brand.
Before you start looking for micro-influencers, here are a few things to consider:
- Your budget: Knowing your budget will help you to figure out who you can work with (and who is out of your price range). Having this in mind before you start your influencer search can help you to save a ton of time and find people that you'll be able to work with.
- Content style: Although you might not be able to score Zoella to feature in your campaign, you might want to find someone who creates content in a similar style. Try to identify the types of micro-influencer you want to work with as you start planning your campaign. Think about things like the content they create, the style of their content, and their personality.
- Fit with your brand: Not every micro-influencer will be a natural fit with your business. Try to think about some influencer marketing guidelines to help you assess exactly what you're looking for in an influencer.
Frequently Asked Questions
We know you probably have some questions up your sleeve. 🤔 So let's get you some answers!
How Can a Micro Influencer Benefit My Brand?
Raising awareness, boosting sales, and growing your audience are all direct benefits of working with a mdicroinfluencer on Instagram.
How Much is it to Get Started with a Micro Influencer?
Again, this will depend on your particular contract. Negotiating a good deal can take time. (We can help you with that!)
Typically, anywhere from $500 to thousands of dollars.
How Long Does it Take to Find Micro Influencers on Instagram?
This all depends. If you have an agency helping connect you to possible partners, a matter of days or weeks. When going it alone, troubleshooting and tracking down the perfect micro influencer might take a little longer.
Be patient! A good micro influencer is worth the wait.
Do I Need an Agency to Connect with a Micro Influencer?
While this isn't a necessary component of the process, it can be extremely beneficial in terms of keeping legal terms straight, negotiating payment, and contracts. We'd definitely recommend outsourcing influencer campaign management for a busy company who wouldn't be able to handle it alone!
One last tip: Build lasting relationships with micro-influencers
Investing in micro-influencers isn’t a quick fix for your business to connect with new audiences — it takes time to build good working relationships and successful campaigns.
One of the best things you can do to build effective influencer marketing campaigns is to keep in regular contact with the influencers you work with (or work with a social media agency and or one of the top influencer marketing agencies that already nurtures influencer relationships).
Connecting with micro-influencers can be really fun, both for you and your brand, so make sure to take your time, respect their work and build a longstanding relationship.
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