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SOP: Paid and Influencer Strategist internal meetings

Updated: July 2025 Owner: Ashley Labrune

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Written by Sebastian Baron
Updated over a week ago

1. Purpose and Scope

This SOP establishes guidelines for productive collaboration meetings between paid strategists and influencer strategists working on shared client accounts. These meetings ensure alignment between paid performance and influencer production, maximize campaign effectiveness, and maintain consistent client messaging across all touchpoints for performance influencer clients.

2. Meeting Frequency

  • Monthly sync: 30 minutes for performance updates, upcoming initiatives, brainstorming, etc.

  • Ad hoc meetings: As needed for urgent campaign pivots or launches

3. Pre-Meeting Requirements

Paid Strategist Preparation

  • Performance data from last period + relevant Motion reports

  • Top-performing influencer ads

    • Interest in extending usage for any ads? Check in one week prior to usage expiration

  • Underperforming influencer ads

  • Planning

    • Upcoming campaign/product focuses: where does paid social need influencer support for the upcoming months (Ensure both leads are planning out a minimum of 45-60 days in advance)

      • What are the paid campaign needs?

        • What stage of the funnel will these ads live in?

        • Any messaging call outs (promotions, CTA’s, new messaging, etc.)?

        • Any new target audiences they need creative support for?

        • Budget limitations - do we have enough media spend to support upcoming influencer content? Do we need to scale or pull back on # of assets? Use performance influencer calculator

influencer Strategist Preparation

  • Influencer pipeline status and timelines

    • Dates expected

    • Product focuses

    • Influencer niches

    • Content/messaging direction

4. Meeting Agenda

  1. Performance Review

    • Paid strategist leads: Review key metrics

    • Focus areas:

      1. Top 3 performing influencers and why they worked

      2. Bottom 3 performing influencers and hypotheses for improvement

      3. Platform-specific performance variations

  2. Influencer Pipeline & Testing

    • Influencer strategist leads: Present upcoming influencer concepts with the why behind each

    • Discussion points:

      1. Alignment with performance data insights

      2. Testing methodology and success metrics

      3. Pipeline timing

  3. Strategic Alignment & Action Items

    • Joint discussion:

      1. Upcoming campaign priorities

      2. Budget planning

      3. Influencer optimization opportunities

      4. Resource needs and constraints

      5. Client communication points

      6. Assign ownership and deadlines for action items

5. Best Practices

Communication Guidelines

  • Come prepared with data, not just opinions

  • Lead with insights, follow with recommendations

  • Document all decisions and rationale

  • Maintain solution-oriented discussion

  • Respect each discipline's expertise

  • *anytime a shift in budget occurs for either strategist, team MUST communicate to eachother immediately!

Collaboration Principles

  • Shared accountability: Both strategists own campaign success

  • Data-informed creativity: Let performance guide influencer decisions

  • Iterative improvement: Continuous testing and learning

  • Client-first mindset: All decisions ladder up to client objectives

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