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How to Source Creators with Aspire

Best practices and tips on discovering creators

Simma Baghbanbashi avatar
Written by Simma Baghbanbashi
Updated this week

Aspire provides several sourcing options to help you find new people to work with and grow your community.

Once you create a new project, click the Find Creators tab to jumpstart the discovery process in 3 simple steps.

But wait... there's more! You can find all your sourcing options by clicking on the Recruit tab in your navigation at the top.

Creator Search

This tool allows you to search for specific creator types across multiple channels.

If you want to find influencers to boost your brand awareness, generate content, or identify potential candidates for your ambassador programs, then Aspire can help you with our robust Creator Search with millions of searchable creator accounts.

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@ Mentions

This tab shows you Instagram users who have tagged your brand on Instagram!

Curious who is passionate about your brand and even proactively sharing their love with other people? Connect your brand's Instagram account to Aspire and discover the people who have mentioned your brand on Instagram. Read our support article here to learn more about this feature!

What type of Instagram mentions will be pulled in?

Once your brand's Instagram account has been connected to Aspire, we will pull in the following types of mentions:

  • Caption mentions - when your brand's handle is @mentioned in the caption

  • Tagged mentions - when your brand's handle is tagged in the picture

  • Story mentions** - when your brand's handle is @mentioned in a story (sticker mentions are not supported for Stories)

**In order to capture Instagram Story mentions, we now have IG Story Listening which allows to capture estimated metrics for all creators. For additional information, please see this article.

Customers

This tab pulls in your E-Comm customer data to identify potential partners!

If you have a Shopify or WooCommerce store, simply connect your store to Elevate and we will help you identify the most valuable customers that can become your perfect candidates for your program. Check our support articles for Shopify and WooCommerce that provide some pro tips for sourcing these people!

Tip to using this feature!

Utilize the + Add Filter option to narrow down the many customers you have, most of which are not relevant to your programs.

Filter for Instagram Followers, for example, to only show you customers who have a significant following on Instagram.

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