You know the story. There’s a score to settle between the tortoise and the hare. The hare is haphazard and in a big hurry. The tortoise is methodical and willing to pace himself. If influencer marketing were a race, my money would be on the tortoise.
Of course, influencer marketing’s a strategy, not a race. Even still, hare’s need not apply. Word on the street is, in their haste, hares implement several ill-advised tactics, including
- leaving spammy blog comments (“Great post, but have you seen mine?“)
- tagging popular profiles randomly (“Hey, @You! Wanna help me sell myself?”)
- blasting the masses with identical text (reproducing content like, well, rabbits) and
- popping up with pitches out of the blue.
As you may know, tortoises commit to the long-haul instead. Their approach is much more suited to influencer marketing.