How to Do Social Media Marketing: Bloggers, Social Networks, Metrics, and More

1. How to Do Social Media Marketing: Bloggers, Social Networks, Metrics, and More The Power of Voice Markets are conversations Silence is Fatal

2. Social Media Strategy <ul><li>Set Goals </li></ul><ul><li>Listen </li></ul><ul><li>Find Communities </li></ul><ul><li>Find Influencers </li></ul><ul><li>Content Strategy </li></ul><ul><li>Pick Tools </li></ul><ul><li>Deliver Content </li></ul><ul><li>Engage </li></ul><ul><li>Facilitate </li></ul><ul><li>Measure </li></ul> Social Media Strategy <ul><li>Set Goals </li></ul><ul><li>Listen </li></ul><ul><li>Find Communities </li></ul><ul><li>Find Influencers </li></ul><ul><li>Content Strategy </li></ul><ul><li>Pick Tools </li></ul><ul><li>Deliver Content </li></ul><ul><li>Engage </li></ul><ul><li>Facilitate </li></ul><ul><li>Measure </li></ul>

3. Engagement Gap The difference between the influence of the Internet in consumer decision making and the amount of spending and effort on the part of corporations, organizations and government agencies in trying to interact with and shape the thinking behind those decisions. Source: CMO Council January 2009 Engagement Gap The difference between the influence of the Internet in consumer decision making and the amount of spending and effort on the part of corporations, organizations and government agencies in trying to interact with and shape the thinking behind those decisions. Source: CMO Council January 2009

4. The Engagement Gap What we are seeing is much stronger sensitivity to engage directly with customers and learn more about what shapes, influences and impacts purchasing decisions and intentions to do business. The move to quantify &quot;customer affinity&quot; and increase &quot;customer advocacy&quot; has become a new measure of marketing effectiveness. Source: CMO Council January 2009 The Engagement Gap What we are seeing is much stronger sensitivity to engage directly with customers and learn more about what shapes, influences and impacts purchasing decisions and intentions to do business. The move to quantify &quot;customer affinity&quot; and increase &quot;customer advocacy&quot; has become a new measure of marketing effectiveness. Source: CMO Council January 2009

5. Monitoring Conversations Only 16% of US companies are monitoring the online conversations for mentions of their brand. Source: AdAge Monitoring Conversations Only 16% of US companies are monitoring the online conversations for mentions of their brand. Source: AdAge

6. What Is Influencing Your Audience Today? <ul><li>Search Engines </li></ul><ul><li>News Engines </li></ul><ul><li>Other Websites </li></ul><ul><li>Blogs </li></ul><ul><li>Micro blogging </li></ul><ul><li>Peer Reviews </li></ul><ul><li>Comments </li></ul><ul><li>Feeds </li></ul><ul><li>Podcasts </li></ul><ul><li>Video </li></ul><ul><li>Social Networks </li></ul><ul><li>Social News Sites </li></ul><ul><li>Tagging </li></ul> What Is Influencing Your Audience Today? <ul><li>Search Engines </li></ul><ul><li>News Engines </li></ul><ul><li>Other Websites </li></ul><ul><li>Blogs </li></ul><ul><li>Micro blogging </li></ul><ul><li>Peer Reviews </li></ul><ul><li>Comments </li></ul><ul><li>Feeds </li></ul><ul><li>Podcasts </li></ul><ul><li>Video </li></ul><ul><li>Social Networks </li></ul><ul><li>Social News Sites </li></ul><ul><li>Tagging </li></ul>

7. 9. New Media Relations Strategy Direct to the public Bloggers New online media properties Online Journalists Traditional Journalists News Sites Social News Sites

8. 10. Online Media Relations Watch Yahoo! News for sites that consistently show up on your keywords Look for sites with a PageRank higher than 4 Contact the reporter or editor Create content for those sites

9. 12. Bloggers Listen – tap into conversations around your keywords Find bloggers who write about this topic Rank them by influence, authority, traffic

10. 13. Bloggers <ul><li>Read their blogs </li></ul><ul><li>Comment appropriately and genuinely </li></ul><ul><li>What can you bring to the party? </li></ul><ul><li>Build relationships </li></ul>

11. 15. Mom Bloggers

12. 17. Design Blogs

13. 19. Results <ul><li>Influential design bloggers reviewed the product </li></ul><ul><li>Influential Mom bloggers reviewed and recommended the product </li></ul><ul><li>Increased traffic to www.flor.com </li></ul><ul><li>Over 100 million media impressions, including mainstream media, at a cost of less than 1c per impression </li></ul>

14. 20. Publisher creates the RSS file and places it online Internet end-users Other sites and systems Search engines and directories Content consumers subscribe to the feed and retrieve its content whenever they want

15. 21. Publisher creates the RSS file and places it online Internet end-users Other sites and systems Search engines and directories Content consumers subscribe to the feed and retrieve its content whenever they want

16. 22. Publisher creates the RSS file and places it online Internet end-users Other sites and systems Search engines and directories Content consumers subscribe to the feed and retrieve its content whenever they want

17. 23. Publisher creates the RSS file and places it online Internet end-users Other sites and systems Search engines and directories Content consumers subscribe to the feed and retrieve its content whenever they want

18. 24. Publisher creates the RSS file and places it online Internet end-users Other sites and systems Search engines and directories Content consumers subscribe to the feed and retrieve its content whenever they want

19. 25. Social Media News Room <ul><li>A social media news room is a section of your site for journalists and/or bloggers </li></ul><ul><li>Make it easy for them to get and use data about the company, the execs, productions and a contact person </li></ul><ul><li>Offer social media format – images, video, audio, feeds </li></ul>

20. 26. News Rooms Have become a primary source of information for working journalists, with nearly 49% reporting visits more frequently than once a week and fully 73% reporting a visit at least once a week .

21. 29. Suggested Features Social Media Newsroom <ul><li>Management Bios with links to Social Media profiles </li></ul><ul><li>PR Contacts info (email address, phone numbers, SM profiles) </li></ul><ul><li>Case studies </li></ul><ul><li>News coverage </li></ul><ul><li>Blog coverage </li></ul><ul><li>Events Calendar. Trade shows, media tours, speaking engagements. </li></ul><ul><li>Information/ Interview Request Form </li></ul><ul><li>Traditional Press releases </li></ul><ul><li>Social Media News Releases </li></ul><ul><li>Video/podcast pages </li></ul><ul><li>Images (Flickr feed) </li></ul><ul><li>News Feeds (RSS) </li></ul><ul><li>Media downloads </li></ul><ul><li>Links to make sharing content easy - social bookmarking and social news sites </li></ul><ul><li>Tag Cloud </li></ul>

22. 30. Additional Reading <ul><li>Ebooks: </li></ul><ul><li>Web Sense by Sally Falkow . Effective Internet marketing strategies for entrepreneurs. </li></ul><ul><li>The Power of Good Content by Sally Falkow. Lean the secrets of how to write for the search engines and keep your visitors coming back for more . </li></ul><ul><li>www.falkowinc.com </li></ul>

23. 31. The Truth about SEO A new book by Rebecca Lieb, Editor of Econsultancy (USA) and previously Chief Editor of ClickZ. Available at Amazon.com

24. 32. Resources RSS Service: P R E SS feed http://www.press-feed.com/ Expansion Plus Inc http://www.expansionplus.com Our blog: pr o active http://falkow.blogsite.com

25. 33. http://www.twitter.com/sallyfalkow

26. 34. digital PR and Social Media Marketing Chris Abraham President and COO [email_address] @chrisabraham Daniel Krueger Director of Client Services [email_address] @d13vk www.abrahamharrison.com www.marketingconversation.com Today's Hash Tag #digiPR

27. 35. Before We Start: Don't Be Seduced by the Lure of Astroturfing “ You may be attracted to covert online marketing: special ops, black ops, spycraft – “fifth column marketing,” if you will. Don’t be. The blowback that can result from using a false name, a false email (a Yahoo, Google, or Hotmail address created for the campaign and the false name), and a false bio, isn’t worth it. Even though your reputation online is more defined by your contributions to the conversations rather than who you are, the culture of the Internet doesn’t suffer being fooled, duped, or suckered.” If you are ever found out, you are screwed. A Beginner's Guide to Online PR and Marketing

28. 36. “ Markets are Conversations” <ul><li>“ Through the Internet, the people in your markets are discovering and inventing new ways to converse. They're talking about your business. They're telling one another the truth, in very human voices.” </li></ul><ul><li>“ These markets are conversations. Their members communicate in language that is natural, open, honest, direct, funny and often shocking. Whether explaining or complaining, joking or serious, the human voice is unmistakably genuine. It can't be faked.” </li></ul>

29. 37. <ul><li>“ But learning to speak in a human voice is not some trick, nor will corporations convince us they are human with lip service about &quot;listening to customers.&quot; They will only sound human when they empower real human beings to speak on their behalf.” </li></ul><ul><li>The Cluetrain Manifesto, 1999, by Chris Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, David Weinberger </li></ul><ul><li>http://www.cluetrain.com/book/ </li></ul>“ Markets are Conversations”

30. 38. The Cluetrain Manifesto <ul><li>Whether delivering information, opinions, perspectives, dissenting arguments or humorous asides, the human voice is typically open, natural, uncontrived. </li></ul><ul><li>Already, companies that speak in the language of the pitch, the dog-and-pony show, are no longer speaking to anyone. </li></ul><ul><li>Companies can now communicate with their markets directly. If they blow it, it could be their last chance. </li></ul><ul><li>Companies need to come down from their Ivory Towers and talk to the people with whom they hope to create relationships. </li></ul><ul><li>Most marketing programs are based on the fear that the market might see what's really going on inside the company. </li></ul>

31. 39. The Cluetrain Manifesto <ul><li>To speak with a human voice, companies must share the concerns of their communities. </li></ul><ul><li>But first, they must belong to a community. </li></ul><ul><li>Companies that do not belong to a community of discourse will die. </li></ul><ul><li>Markets do not want to talk to flacks and hucksters. They want to participate in the conversations going on behind the corporate firewall. </li></ul><ul><li>The inflated self-important jargon you sling around—in the press, at your conferences—what's that got to do with us? </li></ul><ul><li>You're too busy &quot;doing business&quot; to answer our email? Oh gosh, sorry, gee, we'll come back later. Maybe. </li></ul>

32. 40. What We Do at Abraham Harrison <ul><li>Online Brand Promotion Practice </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Blogger Outreach </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Strategic messaging campaigns to A-list and B-Z-list bloggers </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Targeted PR-style pitches tailored to social media expectations </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Plain-talk messaging devoid of any sales or marketing-speak </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Outsourcing all assets to S ocial M edia N ews R eleases </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Bloggers produce earned media and so we must earn coverage </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Poorly-handled campaigns result in Very Bad Things happening </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Long-term blogger prospecting and cultivation (dossiers, etc) </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Social Media Community Engagement </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Engaging conversation where it takes place online </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Facebook, Twitter, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, Forums, Listservs </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Widgets, Apps, Fundraising, Profile Management, Groups and Pages creation & management, blogging, and microblogging </li></ul></ul></ul>

33. 41. Goals, Expectations, and Audiences <ul><li>What is the goal of the client (what is your goal?) </li></ul><ul><li>What is your desired outcome (how do you define success?) </li></ul><ul><li>What sort of gift are you willing to bring to the party </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Online, generosity is always rewarded and stinginess is always punished </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Gifts can be emotional, physical, ego-driven, exclusive, sentimental, informational, etc </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Break this down into target audience(s) </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Demographic Audience </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Psychographic Audience </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Geographic Audience </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Profile and Celebrity of the Audience </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Where does the audience “live?” </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Blogs are often the best earned media </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Twitter and other microblogging communities </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Message boards, forums, newsgroups (Usenet) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Social networks (Facebook, MySpace, etc) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Mailing lists, Listservs </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>YouTube, Qik, Utterz, and other communities </li></ul></ul>

34. 42. Blogger Harvesting and Prospecting <ul><li>Who do you need to reach? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Activists, animal lovers, educators, parents, moms, dads, politicos, the faithful, shoppers, travelers, sports fans, marketers, democrats, environmentalists, foodies, greens, Los Angelinos, New Yorkers, college grads, Pennsylvanians, etc… </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Where do they spend time and doing what? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Are they bloggers, on Facebook, Twittering, on YouTube, etc… </li></ul></ul>

35. 43. Blogger Harvesting and Prospecting <ul><li>3. Develop lists of blogs and their bloggers </li></ul><ul><li>Search Google for exactly what you want “Top mommy blogs,” “best green blogs” </li></ul><ul><li>Leverage blogrolls like you would endnotes </li></ul><ul><li>Bloglines’ Most Popular Feeds, http://www.bloglines.com/topblogs </li></ul><ul><li>Technorati Top 100 Blogs, http://technorati.com/pop/blogs </li></ul><ul><li>Technorati Blog Directory http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/ </li></ul><ul><li>AllTop http://alltop.com/ </li></ul>

36. 44. Blogger Contact Information <ul><li>Many blogs have about pages and or offer obfuscated email addresses like cja[at]well[dot]com or embedded in graphics. </li></ul><ul><li>Sometimes names and emails can be discovered by searching Google for “chris abraham”+email </li></ul>

37. 45. <ul><li>“ Who is” is a fine resource if a blog is hosted on its own domain name, such as chrisabraham.com </li></ul><ul><ul><li>I recommend: </li></ul></ul><ul><li>More and more blogs “private register” </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Private registration hides email addresses. </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Domain Tools premium offers historical snapshots of registration information, sometimes showing pre-private register emails. </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Long-story short: if someone goes out of his way to hide his identity or email, let him go, he does not want to be contacted! </li></ul>Blogger Contact Information

38. 46. Blogger Contact Information

39. 47. Topic Universe Example

40. 48. Example of an Outgoing Message

41. 49. Example of an Outgoing Message

42. 50. Example of an Outgoing Message

43. 51. <ul><li>We have tried many different styles and this is where we are: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Short, terse, minimal, highly textual, with a clear message and a clear request </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Any verbiage that sounds like it is selling or marketing must be removed </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>All assets, graphics, movies, or videos are collected into a “microsite” or “SMNR” </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Do not include conversion GIFs, hyperlinks, hot emails, images, or attachments </li></ul></ul>Example of an Outgoing Message

44. 52. Social Media News Release (SMNR) http://banclusterbombs.smnr.us

45. 53. SMNR For Sharp Electronics http://sharpgreen.smnr.us

46. 54. SMNR For International Medical Corps http://internationalmedicalcorps.smnr.us

47. 55. SMNR For Fresh Air Fund http://freshair-newsrelease.com/

48. 56. SMNR For Snuggle Creme http://www.snugglecreme.com/newsrelease/

49. 57. The SMNR (Steal this Content) <ul><li>As you might have noticed, our pitches are very spare </li></ul><ul><li>We offload all content, message, keywords, images, links, and videos onto what is essentially a microsite </li></ul><ul><li>It is convenient for our clients and handy for our outreaches </li></ul><ul><li>We can get metrics and not have to change our clients’ websites </li></ul>

50. 58. You’ll get to define message, keyword-density, and even sneak SEO-optimized links in there, even encouraging organic Google-bombing. This allows you to easily keep everything closer to “on message” than you usually can otherwise: SMNRs rock! The SMNR (Steal this Content) To be honest, bloggers are even lazier than journalists. A lot of the time, bloggers steal images and entire tracts of copy, paste it, and then just do a “blockquote” attribution.