You might say we’re easily influenced…

INFLUENCERS

is your business making an impression?

BIG12 Pillar 08: Influencer Marketing

Influencer marketing for UK small businesses. Borrow trust from people your customers follow.

We find the local and niche creators your customers already trust, handle the outreach, briefs and negotiation, and track what each partnership brings in. No celebrity fees, no free product sent into the void. Just the right voices, measured properly.

325k+
YouTube views on
our own channel
25k
SocialCLUB
newsletter members
BBC One
National TV feature
for Inn Farm Dairy
The problem

Most small businesses ignore influencers, or get it wrong.

Chasing big names with big fees, or sending free products to anyone with a following. Both waste money. The real opportunity is smaller creators with engaged audiences in your area or niche. Seth Godin calls it finding your smallest viable audience.

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You don't know which creators are right for you

Follower count tells you nothing about whether they reach your customers. We find creators whose audience matches yours.

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You've paid for posts with nothing to show for it

No brief, no tracking and no follow-up is why most campaigns disappoint. We build campaigns you can measure.

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You don't know how to approach or manage creators

Outreach, negotiation, briefing, approvals and tracking. We handle the whole relationship for you.

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Competitors have real people vouching for them

People trust people more than ads. If others are being recommended and you aren't, you're losing on credibility.

Before you pay anyone

5 checks before you work with a creator

A bigger following doesn't mean better results. Run any creator through these five checks first. It takes ten minutes and can save you a wasted budget.

01

Where is their audience?

If you serve Derbyshire, 50,000 followers in America are worth less than 3,000 in the East Midlands.

Location
02

Are the comments real?

Read them. Genuine questions and conversation beat a wall of emojis and "great post".

Engagement
03

Would you hire them?

Their tone, values and past content will rub off on your brand. Make sure you're happy with that.

Brand fit
04

How did past partnerships do?

Look at their sponsored posts. Do they get the same engagement as normal ones, or does it drop off?

Track record
05

Can you track it?

A unique link, code or landing page for every creator, so you know exactly what each one brings in.

Measurable
What we do

What's included in an influencer marketing sprint

Every sprint has a defined scope agreed in writing before we start. Here's what a typical influencer marketing sprint covers.

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Creator Shortlist

Local and niche creators whose audiences match your customers, checked for engagement, location and content quality.

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Campaign Plan

Objectives, messaging, content brief, usage rights and approvals, agreed before anyone posts.

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Outreach and Management

We handle outreach, negotiation, briefing and the relationship, so you get the content without the time drain.

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Performance Tracking

Reach, engagement, clicks, enquiries and sales for every creator, so you know who to work with again.

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Customer Content (UGC)

Simple ways to get your own customers creating and sharing content about you, often your most trusted voices.

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Content Repurposing

Creator content reused, with permission, across your own social, website, emails and ads.

Case studies

Getting people talking, start to finish

Influence isn't only paid creators. It's getting the right people, and the media, to talk about you. Click through for the full story.

Agriculture, Derby
Inn Farm Dairy
A working dairy at Weston Underwood that came to OYM before the brand, website or a single social post existed, with a 24/7 milk vending machine to fill with customers.
BBC One
Feature on The One Show
366%
Growth in daily sales
90%
Of the week hitting sell-out
Day 1
Marketing partner since launch
What we did
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Built a brand with a genuine farm story, then told it consistently across Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

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Grew a loyal local following that talks about the dairy and keeps coming back.

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Supported coverage on local Derby radio and national TV, including BBC One's The One Show.

Read the full Inn Farm Dairy case study →
Get started

Ready to get the right people talking about you?

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll look at who your customers already follow, suggest creators worth approaching, and tell you what to try first, whether you work with us or not. Sprints start from £750.

Free 30 minutes. No commitment. No hard sales.

Influencer marketing questions, answered

What is influencer marketing?

Influencer marketing is partnering with content creators who have an engaged audience in your niche, so their recommendation introduces your business to people who already trust them. Done well, it builds trust faster than most paid advertising.

How do I find influencers for my brand?

Define your ideal customer first, then prioritise engagement rate and audience demographics over follower count, search within your specific niche, vet content quality and brand fit, and start with a small paid test before a bigger commitment. Read the full step-by-step guide →

Should I work with celebrity influencers or micro-influencers?

For most small and mid-sized businesses, micro-influencers outperform celebrities. Their audiences are smaller but far more engaged and niche-specific, which usually means better trust, better engagement, and a lower cost per result.

How do I measure ROI from influencer marketing?

Track reach, engagement, link clicks, conversions, and cost per acquisition against a clear objective set before the campaign starts. Without a proper brief and tracking in place from day one, it's almost impossible to know whether a campaign actually worked.

“I’m happy to answer any questions and help you make the right decisions for you business.” - Stuart

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Based at Cromford Mills, Derby, serving businesses across Derbyshire, Nottingham, Manchester and the UK