3. Who is your
audience?
Where can you
find them?
How can you
reach them?
Who are they
influenced by?
How are those
influencers
engaging their
audience?
What resources
is the audience/
influencer
referring to?
What is the
feedback from
these
communities?
5. Who is
your
audience?
What type of
audience are
you looking
for?
Which age,
gender or
location are
you appealing
to?
What
personality &
psychological
traits do they
have?
What kind of
groups would
they join?
What problems are they
facing, and what questions
are they asking?
What kinds of things are
they going to love/relate to?
What are their desires,
needs, passions –
what do they hate?
How would they
interact, what tone
of language?
Describe what a
typical reader might
be like?
12. Where can you find them &
how can they be reached?
Where do they hang out?
Create a list of all…
Blogs
Forums
Communities
News Sites
What activities invoke their
participation?
Stay on top of industry buzz
Subscribe to RSS/newsletters/publications
– see what is being discussed
Who are they
connected with?
Who are they following?
What & who
are they retweeting?
What & who are they
interacting with regularly?
What’s useful?
What’s
controversial?
What’s getting
the most responses?
What’s creating
the most buzz?
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. Subscribe to their
blog(s) via email or
RSS
Connect on
G+/Twitter
Like their FB page
and posts
Become a ‘fan’ or
‘supporter’ of their
work – tweet posts,
comment, link to etc
Become an active
part of their
community
Engage with the
influencer –
recommend posts,
tools, retweet etc
Think about how you
can use them to
promote your
content
19. What tools are
they using?
What are the
most popular
videos?
What resources
are people
referring to on
their site? Why?
What topics are
sparking the most
discussion?
What content types
are they using to
engage audiences?
What type of
feedback is coming
back from the
community?
What’s the most
popular, most
discussed posts?
What’s being
retweeted/shared
the most?
What headlines are
gaining the most
traction?
Be prepared to
experiment…
21. Bait influencers into contributing to your content
Ego-Bait
‘Expert’
Quotes
‘Expert’
Interviews
Awards
Follow-up
Discussion
Ego-Bait and
Data Vis.Citations of
Awesome
Content
Promote an
Event
Status
Content
Curation
Leaderboards