Create Momentum in your Marketing with Social Networking Angela Rutzick October 6, 2009 prepared for the South Shore Chamber of Commerce www.a-type.com
May 16, 2015
Create Momentum in
your Marketing with
Social Networking
Angela Rutzick October 6, 2009
prepared for the South Shore Chamber of Commerce
www.a-type.com
Some Social NetworkingTools
! Blogs
! Online Communities
! Forums / Discussion Boards
! Content Aggregators
! Social Bookmarking
It’s Here to Stay
! Eight in ten Americans are now online
"Yet, only 5-10% of marketing budgets are allocated to
social media
"Social network users represent 67% of all internet
users
! The fastest growing digitally mature industries
include:
"Technology, financial services, travel subscription
media & retail
Consumers
— the New Marketer
! Web 2.0 tools have upgraded their voice power
! Consumers are now Prosumers
(producer + consumer)
The New Marketer
—Technopologist?
!Technologist, sociologist and psychologist
!Usage behavior — watch and observe
What Will it Do for Me?
! Keep current with new trends
! Meet other like-minded individuals
! Expand opportunities / increase visibility
! Exchange ideas / find answers
! Establish yourself as an expert in your field
! Boost referral marketing efforts
! Free publicity, testimonials and reviews
And my Business…! Engage customers
! Improve customer understanding of products& services
! Increase customer satisfaction
! Bring referrals and recommendations
! Attract new employees
! Strengthen and enlarge your network of vendorsand partners
! Create evangelists
Facebook — Not Just for Kids
! Quickly becoming a powerful business tool
! Geared to using your profile page as a home
page for information being brought to you
! Facebook is usually an older audience with
more income
My Space
! Generally younger audience without deep
pockets
! Environment is one where you primarily visit
page of others as opposed to having info
brought to you
YouTube
! Upload and share video clips and across the
Internet through websites, mobile devices,
blogs, and email
Linked In
! Business site representing over
150 industries
! Find jobs / Recruit staff
! Research competitors
! Make business connections
! Fastest growing social networking site
! Users send and receive tweets
! Follow and be followed
Blogs
! Search engines love blogs
! Link a blog to your website
! Respond to other blogs
! Write commentaries
! Hire a “ghost blogger”
Search Blogs on
Specific Topics
! technorati.com
! http://Blogsearch.google.com
! www.icerocket.com
! Reconnect/Re-engage
! Strengthen relationships
! Find jobs and recruit employees
! Find resources for your customers & business
! Gather information
! Give and receive recommendations
! Get introduced to prospects
! Upload presentations and other documents
Create your Profile
! Decide what will be public information
! Complete your background
LinkedIn Blog
Upload applications to give more power to your page.
Always read the rules and be ready to
adhere to them before signing up.
Creating a Business Page
! Pick a business category
! Add information – similar to profile build
! Publish page
! Be sure to become a fan of your own page
! Invite others to become fans
! Write a ‘what’s happening note’
! Add applications (you can allow Twitter and
LinkedIn to receive updates)
! Post upcoming events / announcements
Creating a
Business Page
Market an event
on your “brand”
page.
Upload
presentations
and/or PDF files.
Upload videos
and photos
Event Marketing
— Drive Demand
! Direct mail as a starting point
! Boost registration though social media
! Create a special page on which you can put the
details and collect RSVPs
! Special introductory offer (use a code so you
can track where responses are coming from)
Members wanted
more from the current
website.
Industry Wiki
Forum
E-Learning
Surveys/Studies
Bookstore
Video
RSS Feed
Webinars
Job Bank
/
A meeting
planner
creates a
community
within a
website.
Blog gives members a voice
in upcoming conference.
LinkedIn helps find
appropriate Speakers
Post sample presentations ofprospective speakers via
YouTube
RSS feed is added to let
members know as new
information is received
Twitter helps keep members
updated while on the go
Post - Event Activities
! Invite attendees to join a group — create a
community
! Add a link to Flickr or other photo application
where attendees can upload photos
! Rally people around a cause
Results
! Increase in registration
! Execution: save money
! Collect hundreds of customer references
! Follow up – increase in leads, lowers
cost per lead
Blogs help take Brand
Awareness to Advocacy
! Collaborate with customers on product
development, service enhancement and
promotion
! Learn more about customer lifestyles.
Solicit opinions Learn about your audience
Establish price points
Traditional Approach: Focus Group
New Approach: Social MediaPoll consumers online using free analytic tools and surveys.
Collaborate with
customers on product
development, service
enhancement and
promotion
Learn more about
customer lifestyles.
By creating an online community
with “mommy blogs”, the mothers
connected to discuss options for
eyewear protection for their
children…. but they also found
common ground discussing their
home life and child rearing
problems.
Better understanding of price points
Insight for future products
Customers trust each other’s opinions
Interaction with the customer about their products led the
company to start developing prototypes for lighting fixtures.
Online Focus Groups
Keeping track of alumni and documenting their progress and
successes after leaving the program helped this non-profit
generate funding for future programs.
Widgets and Applications
Successful
viral
marketing
increase
Office Max
sales
Factors contributing to failure: No clear
way to invite friends, or view globes that
friends created. Instructions were too
long. No response from Sony’s agency.
Be Prepared…
! Take the good with the bad
! Be prepared to handle responses
! Never ignore an unfavorable comment
Why will they come?
! Provide incentives — both tangible and intangible
" Tangible — money, free samples, coupons
" Intangible — play on consumers’ emotions
! Create community
! Peer recognition
Recruit & Engage
Employees
! Carefully select employees to write blogs
"Social networking skills
"Shares company vision
"Knowledgeable about services and products
From Push Marketing to
Conversational Marketing
! Persuade don’t sell
! Be part of the conversation
! Facilitate
! Listen and respond to customers
What’s the Word
! You can’t completely control what’s being saidbut you can participate
! Find out who is “talking” about you Google Search Google Alerts
! Get notifiedwww.trackle.comwww.yacktrack.com
! www.yelp.com
How do I measure success?
! Number of referrals
! Site traffic / visitors
! Audience participating - quality of conversations
! Blog comments
! Content sharing (ie., email forwards)
! Follows, friends & fans
! Profile views
! Wall posts
Tips for Success
! Always use customer focused messages
! Take into consideration your overall marketingplan.
! Integrate traditional and online marketing toensure consistency across all media
! Simplify your efforts. Focus on the big picture.
! Reference: The New Rules of Marketing and PRby David Meerman Scott
Be Digital Savvy
! Align yourself with
"technology
"the right talent
"a company’s whose culture is progressive
! Create partnerships with agencies, media
companies and social media “technopologists”
Challenging Times Bring
Opportunities
Prepare Now…
! Develop new tools
! Time to reevaluate your Business
! Learn new skills to deliver more services to your
customers/clients
! Build a great team
Never Under Estimate
its Power
A campaign is short-term. A relationship with a
customer is meant to be long-term.