Shooting at Bubbles

taking joy in the popping of the social media bubble & other web 2.0 silliness

  • Home
  • Archives
  • Contact
  • About
Twitter Facebook RSS

Are you ready for a hot new buzz phrase?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Steven Hodson
1 Comment

Buzz words and phrases are the lifeblood of any new hot idea and social media is no different, even if it has been around for a while.

It seems that we have a new buzz phrase headed our way and it’s a doozy. Try this on for size:

IRM: Influencer Relationship Management.

Yup, you to can now manage influencer relationships, isn’t that grand?

This gem comes to us from Appinions and this is how they explain this gag inducing collection of nonsense words:

The first and vital step in IRM is to build a list of the influencers that are relevant to your organization or cause. Keep in mind, they don’t have to be fans of your product and/or service. Second, you connect with them and let them know who you are and let them use your service or product.

As influencers become more ingrained in our digital lives, they will inevitably be a greater interest in them from brands and agencies. The influencer is a huge step forward within the marketing and communications world, and IRM will become its own sustainable wing within the industry in the near future. It won’t be long until we see IRM experts and specialists pop up, just like we saw the advent of social media experts.

The sad part is they are right, we will probably start seeing this term pop up any time soon.

10, 9, 8, 7………

Tweet
Categories: Opinion, Social | Tags: buzz phrase, buzz word, IRM

About Steven Hodson

View all posts by Steven Hodson→
Be afraid, very afraid because for some reason someone thinks I am an influencer
If you are using Canada as an example please try to base your reasoning on facts

One Response to “Are you ready for a hot new buzz phrase?”

  1. Be afraid, very afraid because for some reason someone thinks I am an influencer | Shooting at Bubbles says:
    August 16, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    [...] ← Are you ready for a hot new buzz phrase? [...]

Page 1 of 11
  • Search posts

  • Advertising

  • Post Categories

    • Odds & Ends (600)
    • Opinion (26)
    • Podcasts (319)
    • Social (10)
    • Technology (1615)
    • Video (4)
  • Follow Me…

    Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on RSSFollow Us on E-mail
  • Follow me on Google+

    Couldn't get data from google+
  • Advertising

  • Recent Posts

    • Lazy OEMs equal crap systems – thanks for nothing
    • Doing the dog paddle to the future
    • Our red/blue Facebook pill moment has arrived
    • If you are using a ghostwriter on Twitter you don’t have a clue about social media
    • Another note about this “real name” nonsense
  • Recent Comments

    • John E. Bredehoft on Our red/blue Facebook pill moment has arrived
    • Top Ten Social Media Articles and Tweets of the Day | Michael Blogs on Our red/blue Facebook pill moment has arrived
    • links for 2011-09-26 | Netweb on Our red/blue Facebook pill moment has arrived
    • Leigh on If you are using a ghostwriter on Twitter you don’t have a clue about social media
    • John E. Bredehoft on Be afraid, very afraid because for some reason someone thinks I am an influencer
    • Be afraid, very afraid because for some reason someone thinks I am an influencer | Shooting at Bubbles on Are you ready for a hot new buzz phrase?
    • Rene on Google+ moron moment – no it won’t replace your blog
    • Brett Nordquist on Google+ moron moment – no it won’t replace your blog
© Shooting at Bubbles. Proudly Powered by WordPress | Nest Theme by YChong