Step-by-Step Guide for Getting Started

Follow the steps below to successfully launch your influencer marketing campaigns:

• Use the Recruit tool to explore and narrow down to your ideal influencers.
• Keywords, hashtags, handles, and locations are some of the keywords that can be used to filter.
• Once you've found an ideal influencer, search for lookalikes.

• Use this feature to organize potential influencers, otherwise known as prospects.
• This feature can be organized based on your preferences, from influencer relationship stages to email metrics.
• Add influencers not found in GRIN through importing, manually adding or using the Chrome extension.

• Use Mail to start the influencer recruitment process within Grin.
• Email sequences can be created and sent automatically for followups.
• Uniquely address influencers in email templates by adding variables, such as network username, Live URL, and discount code.
• Use GRIN's Email Best Practices to get your initial outreach up and running successfully. 
• Once a prospect has agreed to work with you, promote them to an influencer and add them to a campaign. 

• Organize all your campaign information in one place.
• Set up affiliate links and discount codes for your influencers to include within their posts to drive traffic to your site.
• Create tasks for your influencers to complete, such as a post to Instagram or a non-network custom task.
• Influencers, via their unique Live URL, have the ability to view campaign requirements, select product, accept Terms and Conditions, submit a proposal, etc.
• GRIN provides metrics and, if set up, IG story insight metrics.

• Within the campaign workroom, under the Proposal tab, you are able to manage influencer campaign proposals.
• Once an influencer submits a proposal, you have the ability to accept/decline the proposals, manage selected products and proposed price, view task requirements, etc.

• Create your influencers’ orders and track the fulfillment status.
• Create an E-commerce order or draft directly in GRIN or export a CSV to coordinate with your fulfillment team.
• Have complete visibility of influencer shipping details, shipment status, tracking number(s), etc.

• Monitor influencer content and metrics using Progress, Content, and Reporting.
• View the Progress of each influencer by latest content date, fulfillment, uploaded content, etc.
• Content displays the current posts, stories, videos, and uploaded content posted by your influencers.
• View and export your overall and influencer’s individual spend, revenue, IMV, etc. in Reporting.
• View influencers' story metrics and insights.