The 3 pillars of audience growth
The 3 pillars of audience growth
Marketing Powerup #56: Dan Sanchez shares how he grew his LinkedIn following from 0 to 25K using his 3 pillars of audience growth.
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Dan Sanchezās 3 pillars of audience growth.
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āļø The 3 pillars of audience growth
Growing an engaged audience is a power-up for expanding the reach of your brand, product, or service. But where do you start to build sustainable audience growth?
Dan Sanchez (known as "Danchez") has grown his LinkedIn following from 0 to over 25,000 in just a couple of years using his 3 pillars of audience growth:
Pillar #1: Audience acquisition. š§²
Create a plan to leverage your paid, owned, and earned media to acquire new audience members.
"Audience acquisition is about creating a plan to leverage your paid, owned, and earned media to continuously acquire new audience members. For paid, look at tools like Facebook and LinkedIn ads. For owned, optimize assets like your website, blog, and email lists. For earned, pitch relevant podcast and publication opportunities."
Pillar #2: Audience retention. š£
"Retaining and nurturing new audience members is crucial to reducing audience churn. It's how you continue to grow your influence." Ā
To retain your audience, you need to create a plan to onboard people when they first arrive, whether that's an email sequence or prompts to follow you on multiple channels. Help them quickly find value in your content. And move them from just consuming snippets to engaging with your deepest long-form content (podcast, long-form essays, etc.), which builds familiarity and trust.
Pillar #3: Audience elevation. š
"Pull your audience deeper into your story. What is the mission and impact you are trying to achieve in your industry or niche? Audience elevation leads to sold brand building and create a sense of belonging for your audience."
The last pillar is about pulling your audience into your story and why you are so passionate about your mission. Let your audience get to know your values and quirks that make you unique. This emotional elevation turns casual followers into loyal community members who refer others.
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In the latest Marketing Powerups episode, Dan further explains his 3 pillars of audience growth.
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If you enjoyed this, youād love this Marketing Powerups issue from the archives featuring Melanie Deziel about how to craft trust-building content using the "Prove It" framework.
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