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Measuring the immeasurable: Tactics to quantify the impact of social
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Chris Bray | Corporate Trainer EMEA - Adobe
Ben Beard | Solutions Strategist - Adobe
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Chris Bray Corporate Trainer EMEA @Adobe
@azhreicb
Ben Beard Solutions Strategist @Adobe
@ben_beard
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Every social interaction is part of the social
value equation. Measure them!
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Agenda
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1 Social data architecture 2
3 Understanding value of social plugins 4 Owned social media measurement 5
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Vast quantity of social data Dive deeper to expose true value of social programs
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
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Earn
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Ow
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Direct Indirect
Social posts / promoted posts
Open social networks
(tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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Inject social into current analytics processes
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Instead of starting from scratch with a new data source, add social media to your regular collection, analysis, and reporting.
Ten Steps To Successful Social Intelligence Measurement - Nov 2012
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Data architecture where should we put social data?
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Social
Social
Social
Web
Web
Web
Global Global social
Bruno Mars Josh Groban The Black Keys
Corresponding social profiles .COM properties
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Social data types
Retweet
There are 3 different types of data that help
quantify the value of social
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
So
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dia
ty
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Earn
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Ow
ned
Direct Indirect
Social posts / promoted posts
Open social networks (tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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Cross data type variables (eVars)
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Referrals / by platform
Real-time measurement
Mentions / sentiment
Conversation monitoring
Likes / engagement
Social report APIs
Social platforms
Social authors
Social demographics Referrals driven by author
Mentions / sentiment
Socially connected users
Conversations by geo-locations
Demographics of follower and fans
Social platforms
Social authors
Social demographics
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
So
cia
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dia
ty
pe
Earn
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Ow
ned
Direct Indirect
Social posts / promoted posts
Open social networks (tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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Bobin_James
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http://t.co/J6nVmleL
Identifying REAL social influencers
Unique to Bobin allows us to query Twitter API
Bobin_James
shortener
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Twitter influencers
Query the Twitter Search API and search
Setup callback function to handle the JSON Object
Parse the JSON obj find the author, and pass it into a SiteCatalyst Variable
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YouTube influencers
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?v=ZhGbDNrnRql
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGbDNinRql
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YouTube influencers
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Get the referrer
Split out the video ID from the URL
Make AJAX call to Youtube API
Parse XML for author name
Set eVar with author name
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Tumblr influencers
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lovendbeloved.tumblr.com
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Tumblr influencers
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Get the referrer
Check if the referrer contains tumblr
Split out the subdomain from the referrer
Return the subdomain as the social author
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Identifying REAL social influencers
The Lorax Top 10 Shared Movies on Facebook in 2012
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Social influencer plugins & code samples
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
So
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Earn
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Ow
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Direct Indirect
Social posts / promoted posts
Open social networks (tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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What is the value of social sharing buttons?
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What is the value of social sharing buttons?
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Big Bird Top 10 Shared Memes on Facebook in 2012
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Social sharing measurement
Facebook social plugins
Subscribe to the FB SDK events: edge.create edge.remove UnLike message.send comment.create comment.remove auth.login auth.logout
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Social sharing measurement
Twitter social plugins
Subscribe to the Twitter SDK events:
retweet
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Social sharing measurement
Google+ social plugins
obj.state
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Social sharing plugins & code samples
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
So
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Earn
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Ow
ned
Direct Indirect
Social posts / promoted posts
Open social networks (tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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Owned link measurement
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Append campaign codes to ALL social links
?cid=twt1234 ?cid=fb4567 ?cid=tmbr890
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What is the value of social campaigns?
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James Bond, Skyfall Top 10 Shared Movies on Facebook in 2012
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Adobe Social automatically appends campaign codes
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?cid=running1234
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
So
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dia
ty
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Earn
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Ow
ned
Direct Indirect
Social posts / Promoted posts
Open social networks (tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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Brand page measurement
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1. Customize Tumblr
2. Edit HTML
3. Paste analytics page code
and reference to JS
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Standard branded channel Clickable image map Custom gadget
YouTube branded channel measurement
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Static image request URL Links should be tracked Measure like any other digital property
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Analyze Tumblr & YouTube as an extension of your existing digital properties
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Relationship between interactions & KPIs
So
cia
l me
dia
ty
pe
Earn
ed
Ow
ned
Direct Indirect
Social posts / Promoted posts
Open social networks (tumblr)
Social apps
Social influencers
Social sharing
Social platform engagement &
Competitive analysis
Social buzz: Themes
Social buzz: Sentiment
Social buzz: Platforms
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What can be measured on Facebook fanpages?
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Wall, timeline, photos, likes, comments, shares, etc.
Tag iframed applications like any other property
Not measureable Measureable
App consumption
App page flow
Cross-domain pathing
User demographics
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Inflated Facebook referrers
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Check if the referrer is Facebook
Check to see if the iframed window is the same as the parent window.
If they are different, it is an iFrame
on Facebook.
Clear the referrer
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How to measure campaigns pointing to Facebook apps
Referrer = Facebook.com
www.facebook.com/photoshop/?v=APP_ID&app_data=goog_123456
app_datadata to app:
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How to measure campaigns pointing to Facebook apps
Get the signed request that Facebook is passing to the app
app_dataparameter
Set the SiteCatalyst campaign variable in the page template
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/signed_request/
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Application measurement & analysis
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Gangnam Style Top 10 Shared Memes on Facebook in 2012
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Adobe Social app builder automatically appends tracking
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Enhance visitor profiles with demographics from Facebook
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P 1
2 Map user demographics to eVars
Find more about the available demographics/permissions here:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/
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Measure demographics automatically with data connectors*
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*Formerly
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Key takeaways
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Dive deeper than the social metrics available at the surface. 1 Measure social sharing plugins and social authors from click to conversion 2
Find ways to automate measurement of Social Apps and Campaign Codes 3
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Every social interaction is part of the social
value equation. Measure them!
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Ben Beard Solutions Strategist @Adobe @ben_beard