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Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistCreate, execute, and track successful influencer marketing campaigns
September 15, 2022
8 weeks, online
4–6 hours per week
US$2,600 US$2,392 or get US$260 off with a referral
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The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistBased on the information you provided, your team is eligible for a special discount, for Influencer Marketing Strategy for Brands starting on September 15, 2022 .
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While influencer marketing isn’t new, many organizations have yet to fully unlock this growth lever. Whether you are looking to drive your organization’s growth or want to specialize as a marketer, this program will train you to develop an impactful influencer marketing strategy.
Join the experts from Kellogg Executive Education’s Influencer Marketing Strategy for Brands program to create a strategic influencer marketing plan that ignites growth for your business. This is an opportunity to learn from top thought leaders at Kellogg School of Management, including renowned scholar Mohanbir Sawhney and Amanda Russell, who wrote the definitive book on this subject, The Influencer Code.
Live and recorded sessions with program faculty
Real-world examples from 30+ brands
Global peer network of collaborators
Featured expert guest speakers
Personalized feedback
Live office hours
Application exercises and final capstone project
Mobile learning app
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Amanda Russell
Adjunct Lecturer of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management
Ms. Russell is widely respected as a leader in business education and an accomplished entrepreneur and influencer. By the age of 32, she had built and sold two thriving businesses from scratch. Ms. Russell advises some of the top companies in the world on influencer marketing, including Lamborghini, Cedars Sinai, and Lionsgate.
Her recent book, The Influencer Code, became the official resource for influencer marketing for college programs worldwide, complete with proprietary case studies, exemplary methodologies, and original frameworks.
Ms. Russell has taught at some of the top schools in the world, including Harvard, Wharton School of Business, the University of Stockholm Business School, Stanford University, the University of Cologne, and Bocconi School of Management in Milan.
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Mohanbir Sawhney
Associate Dean for Digital Innovation; McCormick Foundation Chair of Technology, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Clinical Professor of Marketing; Director of the Center for Research in Technology and Innovation
Professor Sawhney is a globally recognized scholar, teacher, consultant, and speaker in business innovation, modern marketing, and enterprise analytics. He has written seven management books, as well as dozens of influential articles in leading academic journals and managerial publications.
Professor Sawhney’s research has been published in many leading journals, such as California Management Review and Harvard Business Review. His speaking and consulting clients include Accenture, Adobe Systems, AT&T, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Dell, Microsoft, Nissan Motor, and Raytheon Missile Systems.
Professor Sawhney holds a PhD in marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
Learn to view influencer marketing as relationship marketing—an approach that creates new value for businesses by developing deeper partnerships throughout the value chain.
Gain an understanding of the different types of influencers and all the ways you can leverage influencer marketing across the business.
Apply the 3Bs framework to analyze influencer marketing campaigns and recognize the goals, objectives, and KPIs needed for businesses to develop a successful influencer marketing program.
Through social listening tools and six sources of influence, learn how to identify the right target audience and the right influencers for your brand.
Using the Five-Factor Framework, a tool that helps measure the influencer’s effectiveness, you can more accurately assess the value they can add to your brand.
Learn best practices for developing trusting relationships with influencers, and develop outreach plans that pave the way for more collaborations.
Understand the importance of having a legal agreement between your organization and the influencer, including the key elements that help ensure a successful relationship.
Identify the most common mistakes in measurement and reporting, and learn the High Impact Influencer Marketing Model of Measurement (HIIM), as well as seven themes for the future of influencer marketing.
Learn to view influencer marketing as relationship marketing—an approach that creates new value for businesses by developing deeper partnerships throughout the value chain.
Using the Five-Factor Framework, a tool that helps measure the influencer’s effectiveness, you can more accurately assess the value they can add to your brand.
Gain an understanding of the different types of influencers and all the ways you can leverage influencer marketing across the business.
Learn best practices for developing trusting relationships with influencers, and develop outreach plans that pave the way for more collaborations.
Apply the 3Bs framework to analyze influencer marketing campaigns and recognize the goals, objectives, and KPIs needed for businesses to develop a successful influencer marketing program.
Understand the importance of having a legal agreement between your organization and the influencer, including the key elements that help ensure a successful relationship.
Through social listening tools and six sources of influence, learn how to identify the right target audience and the right influencers for your brand.
Identify the most common mistakes in measurement and reporting, and learn the High Impact Influencer Marketing Model of Measurement (HIIM), as well as seven themes for the future of influencer marketing.
Examine more than 30 diverse use cases that illustrate what influencer marketing success looks
like—and how you can apply these principles to increase brand awareness, affinity, and recall.
Brand Examples
*All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.
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