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| Process | Manual | GRIN | Time Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discover new influencers. | 3:00 hours | 5:00 hours/week | |
| Perform outreach / ongoing correspondence. | 3:00 hours | 3:00 hours/week | |
| Organize influencer applications. | 0:10 hours | 1:50 hours/week | |
| Negotiate rates and terms. | 0:05 hours | 1:55 hours/week | |
| Fulfill product requests. | 0:10 hours | 7:50 hours/week | |
| Track revenue. | 0:05 hours | 1:55 hours/week | |
| View and organize posted content. | 0:05 hours | 2:55 hours/week | |
| Report results. | 0:10 hours | 4:50 hours/week | |
| Distribute / repurpose UGC. | 0:10 hours | 1:50 hours/week | |
| Pay influencers and file tax docs. | 0:05 hours | 3:55 hours/week | |
| TOTALS | 42:00 hours/week | 7:00 hours/week | 35:00 hours/week |
Based on an influencer program of 100 Creators
GRIN’s top-rated Creator Management platform brings every tool you need for influencer marketing under one roof. From discovering influencers to reporting program success and everything in between, GRIN gives you time back in your day so you can focus on what matters most to you.
Leverage a powerful combination of always-on and on-demand tools to uncover the perfect influencers for your brand. After experiencing the GRIN Creator Discovery Suite, you’ll wonder how you ever found the time to source influencers the “old-fashioned way.”
GRIN integrates with your email provider so you can communicate with creators in bulk and generate automated follow-ups.
GRIN integrates seamlessly with your ecommerce platform so you can send products to your creators and generate affiliate links in a snap. You can even let influencers select which products they’d like to promote, adding to the authenticity of your campaigns.
GRIN’s searchable content library ensures the right creator content is only a click away. Easily find the piece you’re looking for and repurpose it across other marketing channels.
GRIN tracks creator, campaign, and program data in real time so you always have a bird’s eye view of the success of your program. Generate high-level reports in a few clicks to share with key stakeholders.
GRIN’s Centralized Payments Dashboard tracks all payment activities so your creators are compensated promptly and accurately. We’ll even handle the tax docs so you can remove “accountant” from your job description.
Don’t let yourself become overworked. You’ll be much less stressed and more engaged at work when you have the tools to automate manual processes and nip unnecessary busywork.
All work and no play makes a star employee into an ex-employee. With better time management software, individuals can achieve a healthier work-life balance, leading to increased job satisfaction and overall well-being.
Having more time and mental bandwidth means you’ll be able to better analyze information, explore alternatives and make well-informed decisions.
Productive employees make profitable businesses. In fact, research shows that productive companies have 30-50% higher operating margins than their less productive counterparts.
But what does a productive employee look like, exactly?
Generally speaking, a good productivity percentage is somewhere between 70-75%. That means employees spend about 70% of their time working while the rest is free to relax and recharge. This allows for maximum profit without risking becoming burned out or overworked.
Low productivity costs employers about $1.8 billion annually. But what’s causing the low production? About 91% of surveyed employees said they would be more effective and efficient at work if they were more organized, so let’s start there. For influencer marketers, GRIN’s Creator Management platform is the ultimate time-saving solution. With automation tools to streamline each step of the influencer marketing workflow, employees can be confident that everything they need to succeed is right at their fingertips.
Employers aren’t the only ones feeling the benefits of saving time at work. Research shows that overworked and fatigued employees lose out on nearly $2,000 per employee each year. Put that money back in your (or your employees’) pocket with a software solution that will make your life easier (and richer).
Employee burnout is real. Some of the leading causes include:
Fortunately, we know a tool that can help with all of them.
More than 70% of employees worry about stressors during work. To break it down further, 28% spend less than 1 hour per week worrying about stressors, 50% spend 1 to 5 hours, 16% spend 5 to 10 hours, and 6% spend more than 10 hours.
A recent survey found that:
If you want happy, confident, and productive employees, the solution is simple: Empower them to free up bandwidth by investing in tools that make their life easy. GRIN can help with that.
All of the brands we help want to save time at work. Many of them want to use that extra time to build long-term relationships with their creators or focus their energy on big-picture goals. We fully support that. But others would rather use the time for other things. For example:
With all the time GRIN saves, you’ll have more time than ever to dive into a side hustle you’re passionate about. Some thought-starters:
Have you started on your bucket list yet? It’s never too late! Here’s ours in no particular order:
You work hard enough already. Go take a nap and recharge the batteries. Better yet, take the rest of the day. With all the time GRIN saves, you’ll never have to worry about opening your computer back up to insurmountable busywork.
Want to be more productive and efficient at work? Here are some good places to start: Prioritize your most important tasks each day. Avoid multitasking and focus on one task at a time. Minimize distractions. Automate repetitive tasks. Leverage productivity tools. Take breaks.
There are plenty of ways to save time at work, but here are the big three: Prioritize and focus: Start each day by identifying your most pressing tasks. Focus on completing them before moving on to less critical ones. By prioritizing your work, you ensure that your time is allocated in the most impactful way. Minimize distractions: A few distractions throughout the day are welcome, but too many will eat up your time and kill your productivity. Consider taking a few big chunks of time throughout the day where you pause your notifications and turn off your phone so you can get the most out of your time. Automate repetitive tasks: Identify tasks that you find yourself doing repeatedly and see if there are opportunities to automate them. Many routine and repetitive tasks can be automated using various tools and software. For example, GRIN’s Creator Management platform can help you send emails in bulk, streamline the product seeding process, handle your 1099s, and a lot more.
At a minimum, GRIN’s Creator Management platform can save you 10 hours a week with streamlined solutions for: Creator discovery. Influencer outreach and follow-up. Organizing influencer applications. Negotiating rates and terms. Fulfilling product requests. Tracking revenue. Viewing posted content. Reporting results. Distributing and repurposing user-generated content (UGC). Paying influencers and filing tax documents.
Time in the workplace is as precious as finding a unicorn riding a rainbow. Use GRIN to catch it and conquer your to-do list, slay deadlines, and maybe even squeeze in a quick power nap.
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