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Jessica Blumenthal's avatar

10000% agree with your point on organic social being for influencers. It took me way too long to come to this perspective. I wish someone just drilled that into my head a few years ago.

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Jess Eggert's avatar

Same.

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Megan Alida Strachan's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words. We (the entire team at Dorsey and I!) really appreciate it so much.

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Jess Eggert's avatar

Big fan of what and how you’re building x

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Arriane's avatar

Omg JESS I found myself nodding so vigorously to everything now my neck hurts lol. This is brilliant

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Jess Eggert's avatar

HA you get it. Means a lot coming from you 🫶

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Colleen Kang's avatar

Preach to all the above!! More brands need to recognize this 🤌🏼

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Vee's avatar

This was a great read! And I completely agree influencer marketing has completely dominated the scene, gone are the days where we may stop at a carefully placed billboard but we rather flock to TikTok/Instagram for inspiration and even reviews. There’s a sense of “trust” for sure. Do you think there will be a time where this will be cycled out as well?

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Bri's avatar

Loved reading this! It's giving more context and structure to what I'm currently advocating for to my CEO. A question about high volume gifting - what's an expected posting rate? Or do you have everyone sign a contract to guarantee posting in exchange for gifting?

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Jess Eggert's avatar

Hi Bri! The answer really depends on the brand and who you’re targeting, but generally a 30-50% response-rate for cold Instagram DM outreach and same post-rate from those who opt in. To your second question, I’ve never required posting or involved contracts. It slows things down a ton and feels less organic. But depending on how valuable your product is, you could require affiliate.

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