The influencer marketing industry is expected to grow to around $9.7 billion in 2020, and it continues to be one of the fastest-growing marketing channels. However, not as many marketers are focusing on some of the most effective influencers out there: radio influencers.If you want your marketing campaigns to thrive, radio endorsements can effectively multiply the benefits of internet influencer marketing. 

Advantages of Radio Influencers

Unlike other types of influencers, radio influencers are:

Trusted

Radio influencers have a familiar, comforting voice that has been a part of their listeners' lives for a long time. Unlike a lot of younger influencers, radio personalities usually have many years of experience and have subsequently built a loyal audience of listeners. As such, these audiences are more likely to trust the word of a favorite personality over other influencers.

Talented

While many influencers may have a big following, they don't necessarily have any type of training or professional background. Radio stations have proven talent that helped them land and maintain their position on a given station—they aren't just a popular figure on social media platforms.

Radio influencers are professionally trained to entertain. That level of professionalism isn't something you'll find as easily in other channels.

Local

Radio personalities are also often local, which means they'll talk about subjects the audience knows and relates to, unlike more universally recognized internet influencers. Their local presence also means they're more likely to have endured the same local hardships. They'll be able to more effectively communicate how your products or services can solve those mutually shared pain points.

Value Providers

Radio influencers host shows that provide unbeatable value through their content. They're not merely a popular personality who posts selfies of themselves posing with products. Radio influencers can give more in-depth endorsements that go into detail about the specific benefits your offerings provide. 

Radio Influencers Are Social Media Users

While their main platform may be radio broadcasts, keep in mind that radio influencers aren't limited to radio. These personalities are also often heavy social media users that work to connect with their audiences via Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms. Their presence on social media gives you the ability to increase the reach and influence of a radio endorsement as you connect with those online audiences.

Advantages of Endorsements

Apart from the benefits of working with radio influencers, there are certain advantages that come with this type of endorsement. Radio endorsements are:

Psychologically Effective

Radio endorsements can boost sales by appealing to your audience's psychology. Specifically, according to the concept of social proof, audiences are more likely to buy from companies if someone they trust endorses them. This makes radio endorsements from popular personalities potentially far more effective than online reviews from strangers.

Radio personalities' tastes often align with those of their listeners, which further encourages those audiences to trust your brand.

Time-tested

Radio influencers have been around for a long time, as long as the first DJs. People are used to hearing radio endorsements from their favorite personalities, which gives your radio influencer campaigns the kind of foundation you won't find with other influencers. 

Better Than Testimonials

Radio endorsements are considerably more effective than testimonials in certain ways. While testimonials may be more effective than traditional online reviews by lending a face, voice, and personality to a satisfied customer, people are more familiar with radio personalities. Again, this comes down to the concept of social proof. People won't trust an anonymous or unknown person's testimony as much as an endorsement from someone they know well. Radio hosts can connect with your audiences in ways that testimonials simply can't.

Get the Results You Want from Your Advertising Efforts with Radio Influencers

You can get great results from an internet influencer campaign, but you'll be missing out on a lot of lucrative opportunities if you overlook radio influencers. Radio endorsements from well-liked and widely recognized personalities can give you all of the benefits of internet influencers, and more.

At the same time, you can avoid the potential drawbacks of working with inexperienced influencers with unengaged audiences. Radio endorsements can connect with audiences outside the internet who still listen to their favorite stations and hosts, whether during their morning commute to work, while working from home or while they relax at home on the weekends.

Through the use of effective radio influencer marketing campaigns, you can support the rest of your marketing efforts and maximize your campaign’s success.