by Richard Carufel | Apr 24, 2020 | Public Relations

Everyday influencers are the one in 10 consumers with large social networks who frequently make product and service recommendations—they are your neighbors who are first to try new electronics or beauty products, and eager to tell you what worked and what didn’t. New research from social intelligence analytics from Engagement Labs examines the brands that are winning with this power segment, and ranks them in its annual TotalSocial Brand Awards.

Beverage mix Crystal Light and retail pharmacy drugstore CVS grabbed the top spots of the brands most successful with these everyday influencers—CVS for online (via social media) and Crystal Light for offline (via face-to-face conversations). These brands bested more than 600 brands to take the first positions of TotalSocial system in this year’s awards series. Winners were selected based on the extent to which this influential audience represented a large proportion of those people who talk about and recommend the brands offline and online.

“There are ‘everyday influencers,’ in people’s own social networks who get sought out for advice and recommendations,” said Ed Keller, CEO of Engagement Labs and author of the seminal book, The Influentials: One American in Ten Americans tells the Other 9 How to Vote, Where to Eat, and What to Buy. “It is important for brands to focus marketing on the ‘influencer next-door’ who is often called upon to tell their close network about great products without being paid and maintain authenticity,” said Keller.

“Marketers have a much more sustainable opportunity to engage everyday influencers whose value comes from personal relationships with their closest friends and families,” he added. “They should not, however, be confused with paid influencers on places like Instagram and YouTube.”

Read the full Bulldog Reporter article, here.

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