The power of crowdsourcing in social media campaigns

Crowdsourcing is a powerful tool for influencer campaigns because it drives participation, it generates content and achieves higher levels influencer engagement.

Crowdsourcing also works to make your audience feel more connected to your company or brand. Our favourite subject is ourselves, and we love to feel as though we’ve contributed to the greater good. By asking fans to participate in a project, you invite them and their ideas in, making them feel appreciated and heard. Plus, fans will get a real kick seeing the project come to fruition knowing they had a part to play, deepening the brand-audience connection and loyalty. A great example of this is using user-generated content on a brand’s Facebook page – fans get excited seeing their content shared on the page, and they’re more likely spend longer on your page enjoying the images they and other fans have contributed.

1. Crowdsourcing drives participation

Crowdsourcing also works to make your audience feel more connected to your company or brand. Our favourite subject is ourselves, and we love to feel as though we’ve contributed to the greater good. By asking fans to participate in a project, you invite them and their ideas in, making them feel appreciated and heard. Plus, fans will get a real kick seeing the project come to fruition knowing they had a part to play, deepening the brand-audience connection and loyalty. A great example of this is using user-generated content on a brand’s Facebook page – fans get excited seeing their content shared on the page, and they’re more likely spend longer on your page enjoying the images they and other fans have contributed.

2. Crowdsourcing generates content

Crowdsourcing also works to make your audience feel more connected to your company or brand. Our favourite subject is ourselves, and we love to feel as though we’ve contributed to the greater good. By asking fans to participate in a project, you invite them and their ideas in, making them feel appreciated and heard. Plus, fans will get a real kick seeing the project come to fruition knowing they had a part to play, deepening the brand-audience connection and loyalty. A great example of this is using user-generated content on a brand’s Facebook page – fans get excited seeing their content shared on the page, and they’re more likely spend longer on your page enjoying the images they and other fans have contributed.

3. Crowdsourcing drives higher levels of influencer engagement

Crowdsourcing also works to make your audience feel more connected to your company or brand. Our favourite subject is ourselves, and we love to feel as though we’ve contributed to the greater good. By asking fans to participate in a project, you invite them and their ideas in, making them feel appreciated and heard. Plus, fans will get a real kick seeing the project come to fruition knowing they had a part to play, deepening the brand-audience connection and loyalty. A great example of this is using user-generated content on a brand’s Facebook page – fans get excited seeing their content shared on the page, and they’re more likely spend longer on your page enjoying the images they and other fans have contributed.

Summary

For a long time, communications worked in a very one-way style – a brand would put out a marketing campaign devised through internally led-focus groups. Now, we’re seeing much more of a crowd-focus in communications.

Crowdsourcing is a powerful tool for social media campaigns because it drives participation, content and engagement, ultimately strengthening the connection between brands and audiences.