By David

Getting the attention of an influencer can be very difficult. When they have hundreds of thousands, or even millions of followers, finding a way to stand out and be noticed is not easy.

Having said that it is easier than you thought.

Though their following size may be large, there are still ways to connect with influencers and cut through the noise in order to get them to help you.

In this article, we outline four strategies you can use to get noticed by influencers and get them to help you.

Promote Them Without Asking

One of the best things you can do for influencers is to promote them without any expectation of anything in return. Influencers are typically inundated with constant requests, and people always ask for things and try to ride their coattails, and get favors from them.

So if you simply say something nice about them or share them with your audience and friends, or even go to a specific effort to increase others’ awareness of them, they will see that and they will appreciate that you’ve done it without asking for something.

Doing this consistently over a long period of time could create enough trust with them that you can then ask them to help you.

Send Them A Gift

Gift-giving has been a popular strategy for developing rapport and relationships for as long as humans have been around. Giving a gift to an influencer can be a great way to stand out because they’re so used to people asking them for things, that it will come as a genuine surprise that you’ve offered them a gift with no expectation of anything in return.

You should see the gift as the start of the process of working towards the ability to ask them for help. If you simply give them a gift and then ask them for help straight away you are just being like everyone else and are not likely to get a good result.

Engage With Their Content

Many influencers use content as one of their key mechanisms for growing their audience. This could be written content, visual content, or social media content. If you engage with that content by either liking it, forwarding it to your friends or just adding a comment under the content saying how much you like it, this can be seen in a positive light and start to build goodwill towards you with them.

When you engage with their content the first challenge is to get their attention in some way before actually asking for help. You will know that you have got their attention if they respond positively to your engagement. This could be in the form of a like on your social media comment or an actual comment replying to your interaction with them.

You are likely to get the best results if you take a long-term approach and do not try and rush this …read more

Source:: Social Media Explorer

Author: Aaron