Which Influencers Are Most Relevant?
One of the more common inquiries that Kea Company handles is “How can I know which analysts are most relevant? Should I focus on traditional influencers or put some effort toward these new style influencers?”
One of the more common inquiries that Kea Company handles is “How can I know which analysts are most relevant? Should I focus on traditional influencers or put some effort toward these new style influencers?”
Over the last month Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 have gone from successful to monumental.

Over the last month Influencer Relations’ Analyst Firm Awards for 2014 have gone from successful to monumental. In every category, the growing centrality of cloud solutions means that analyst firms with a convincing leadership in the services space have pushed into every market niche. The conversation about has been huge, with 377,000 mentions in the week when…

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5. Vendors approach analysts with an undifferentiated message and lack of thought in their vision and strategy. Downside – why should an analyst pay any attention to a boring, me too vendor, especially if the market is crowded and fragmented?
You probably don’t know all the investor-savvy analysts pushing down tech share prices. Apple’s shocking $40bn share price fall in through September and mid-October wasn’t simply about actors’ privacy. And the $20bn wiped off IBM’s share price on October 18 wasn’t just about sluggish sales.
I bet you have – but since it was so boring you probably cannot remember what it was. Now turn the question around and ask yourself what you have written (or said) today that might have been pretty boring for someone else?
It is a common belief that the playing field of analyst relations is reserved for the ‘big guys’ who are spending lots of money on their relationship with the analyst companies. And for the most part it is true that it is mostly established companies that have implemented structured analyst relations programs. For this reason…