[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":272},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-creators-on-reffero":3,"blog-related-pool":188},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorRole":7,"body":8,"cluster":175,"date":176,"dateModified":177,"description":178,"extension":179,"faq":180,"meta":181,"navigation":182,"path":183,"seo":184,"sitemap":185,"stem":186,"__hash__":187},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-choose-creators-on-reffero.md","How to Choose the Right Creators on Reffero: A Brand Playbook","Rohan Maharjan","Co-founder of Reffero",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":167},"minimark",[11,20,25,32,42,52,64,68,71,93,101,105,116,120,144,147,150],[12,13,14,15,19],"p",{},"The most expensive mistake in Nepali influencer marketing isn't overpaying a creator. It's picking creators by the only number that was visible: followers. Reffero's directory exists to make the ",[16,17,18],"em",{},"predictive"," numbers visible instead. Here's how to read them.",[21,22,24],"h2",{"id":23},"the-four-signals-worth-reading-in-order","The four signals worth reading, in order",[12,26,27,31],{},[28,29,30],"strong",{},"1. Niche match."," A creator whose content already lives in your category converts at multiples of a bigger generalist. Their audience assembled itself around the exact interest you're selling into. The directory is browsable by niche for precisely this reason. Start there, not at the follower-count sort.",[12,33,34,37,38,41],{},[28,35,36],{},"2. Engagement against followers."," Media kits on Reffero ",[28,39,40],{},"update themselves from Instagram and TikTok",", so the engagement you see is current, not curated. Divide average engagement by followers; accounts with bought followers fail this check in seconds (60k followers, 200 likes, emoji-only comments). You'll never catch this from a self-reported PDF.",[12,43,44,47,48,51],{},[28,45,46],{},"3. Past collabs and tracked sales."," The media kit shows past collaborations, and creators who've sold through their storefronts carry attribution history. ",[28,49,50],{},"A creator with 8,000 followers and 30 tracked orders in your category is a better bet than a creator with 300,000 followers and no order history."," One is a proven channel; the other is a hypothesis.",[12,53,54,57,58,63],{},[28,55,56],{},"4. Audience reality."," If you deliver inside Nepal, the audience needs to be in Nepal. Plenty of large \"Nepali\" accounts are majority-diaspora and can't buy from you. Check before you spend. (More on this in our ",[59,60,62],"a",{"href":61},"\u002Fblog\u002Finfluencer-marketing-in-nepal-guide-for-brands","guide for brands",".)",[21,65,67],{"id":66},"the-portfolio-not-the-bet","The portfolio, not the bet",[12,69,70],{},"Don't pick one creator; pick a spread. The pattern that works for most Reffero brands:",[72,73,74,81,87],"ul",{},[75,76,77,80],"li",{},[28,78,79],{},"One broader account"," if you need launch awareness: priced as reach, judged on reach, never expected to show orders.",[75,82,83,86],{},[28,84,85],{},"Three to six niche micro-creators"," on the conversion mandate: judged purely on cost per delivered order.",[75,88,89,92],{},[28,90,91],{},"Two weeks, then reallocate."," Cut the non-converters, double the converters. Your second cycle inherits the first cycle's data.",[12,94,95,96,100],{},"This works on Reffero specifically because the reallocation step has real numbers behind it: ",[59,97,99],{"href":98},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-brands-sell-through-creators-on-reffero","every order is attributed per creator",", so \"who converted\" is a dashboard column, not a debate.",[21,102,104],{"id":103},"what-the-plan-tiers-mean-for-selection","What the plan tiers mean for selection",[12,106,107,108,111,112,115],{},"The Free tier's directory shows creators ",[28,109,110],{},"under 3,000 followers",", which sounds like a constraint and is actually a strategy. Nano-creators are where cost per order is usually lowest and where trust density is highest; it's a legitimate way to run your entire first test. Pro opens creators under 10k plus ",[28,113,114],{},"reach, engagement, and ROI stats per creator","; Premium opens the full directory with unlimited profile views.",[21,117,119],{"id":118},"signals-to-ignore","Signals to ignore",[72,121,122,128,138],{},[75,123,124,127],{},[28,125,126],{},"Raw follower count",", for anything except awareness buys you've consciously chosen.",[75,129,130,133,134,137],{},[28,131,132],{},"Production polish",", unless you're buying content to re-run as ads. In that case it's the ",[16,135,136],{},"main"," signal.",[75,139,140,143],{},[28,141,142],{},"Enthusiasm in the application."," Everyone loves your brand in a pitch. The media kit's numbers are the part that can't perform enthusiasm.",[12,145,146],{},"Choosing creators used to be the highest-risk step in the campaign. With live media kits and per-creator order history, it's become the most data-rich one, if you read the right columns.",[148,149],"hr",{},[12,151,152],{},[16,153,154,155,159,160,166],{},"Browse creators by niche, with media kits that update themselves. Everything the brand side does is on ",[59,156,158],{"href":157},"\u002Fbrands","Reffero for brands",". 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