Online Marketing

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Second Creative Cycle session on online marketing on various social networking platforms

Transcript of Online Marketing

Introduction to Social Media

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Session Outline

1. Creating social media accounts.2. Using social media.3. Using third-party tools.4. Understanding analytics.5. Further learning.

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Session Aims

• Create a Facebook and/or a Twitter account;• Create your 1st post on Facebook and/or

Twitter;• Know how to engage your audience;• Recognise the tools and resources available

to improve your online presence

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1. Getting Started

• Creating an account;• Personalising your profile;• Build relationships.• Listen and discover;• Respond and connect;• Tailor to you and your audience’s needs;• Pay attention and evaluate.

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Facebook

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• The most popular, full-fledged social network:– Media: Images, videos;– Status updates;– Sharing;– Friends and followers.

• Prerequisites:– E-mail address;– Authenticated Facebook account.

Creating a Facebook Account

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Creating a Facebook Page (1)

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Creating a Facebook Page (2)

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Twitter

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• The most popular micro-blogging social network:– Media: images;– Status updates (called tweets);– Sharing (re-tweets);– Followers.

• Prerequisites:– E-mail address.

Creating a Twitter Account

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2. Using Social Media

• Creating an account;• Personalising your profile;• Build relationships;• Listen and discover;• Respond and connect;• Tailor to you and your audience’s needs;• Pay attention and evaluate.

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Using Facebook Posts• Make your first status update:

– Short, simple and engaging.– Include media where possible;– Behind the scenes.– Hashtags!

• Share updates you like from other people / pages:– Ensure it is relevant and it does

not damage your reputation;– Partner businesses (e.g. thank

yous).• Time your posts based on

your target audience.

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Timing Facebook Posts

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Overview of Facebook Admin Panel

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Facebook Interaction• Listen and discover:

– Monitor your messages, posts, and your wall;

– Track your reach and set goals / milestones.

• Respond and connect:– Thank your customers immediately

when you receive praises;– Offer support where needed;– Take time to address concerns;– Maintain a positive tone.

• Triple check:– Proof read;– Implications of your post.– Is this how you would like others to

interact with you?

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Improving Your Interactions• Tailor to you and your

audience’s needs:– Exclusive coupons,

information about sales and special events...

• Pay attention and evaluate:– Take note of what works, and

what does not;– Evaluate customer feedback,

interactions and engagement levels (which posts are more successful and which are not? Why?).

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Building an Audience (Giveaways)

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Building an Audience (Giveaways)

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Building an Audience (Promotions)

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Engaging an Audience (Trends)

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Generating Sales (Urgency)

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Using Twitter

• Employ similar strategies as with Facebook.

• Differences:– There is no post (tweet)

scheduling or analytics;– Twitter involves more

two-way conversations;– 140 characters limit:

clear and concise.– It is hard to control!

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Understanding Implications

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Evaluate Your Situation

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Plan Ahead• Use our marketing action template or

create your own.• Create a conversational calendar:– Ideas about what to talk about every week /

month (include hashtags).– Ensures you post regularly as you will have fans

online every hour (general rule: at least once a day).

– Do not miss any major events and news!

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Summary• The 4 Ps:

– Product / Service;– Place;– Price;– Promotion.

• AIDA:– Attention;– Interest;– Desire;– Action.

• More engagement = larger audience:– Be responsive and evaluative;– Plan ahead.

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Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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3. Using 3rd Party Tools

• Branding (designing a logo);• Online competitions (selecting winners);• Social media management (simplify and

enhance your experience);• Analytics (measuring performance);• Media (create visually engaging content).

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Squarespace Logo

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www.squarespace.com/logo/

Business Cards

• uk.moo.com– 50 cards for £17 minimum;– Allows you to print different designs in a batch of

cards• vistaprint.co.uk– 250 cards for £8 minimum;

• Local printing shops– You can try looking around your neighbourhood

for printing shops– It is sometimes cheaper

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Online Competitions

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Social Media Management Tools

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Why?• Manage multiple accounts;• Scheduling for Twitter;• Rich analytics (understand

your audience);• Real-time notifications.• Options:

– Hootsuite;– Tweet Deck (for Twitter).

Other Management Tools

• MailChimp: create beautiful newsletters.

• Asana / Trello: task / project management.

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Analytics (Listening and Research)

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Visual Engagement• Avoid disruptive

watermarking:– Anything that may interfere

with the visual experience of the media you are sharing.

• Stock images should be used as a last resort.

• Photoshop is expensive. Consider:– GIMP;– Pixlr.

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4. Understanding Analytics

• Introduction;• Optimising for your audience;• Optimising for yourself;• Performance indicators.

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What is a Reach?

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Audience Optimisation

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Personal Optimisation

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Performance Indicators

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5. Going Further

• Creative Cycle Online (creative.enactuslse.co.uk);

• SEO Chat;• Digital Point;• The Moz Blog.

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Other Social Networks• Instagram (owned by Facebook):

– Image-based;– Filters = visually stimulating;

• Vine (owned by Twitter):– Video-based;– Short (7s) and often comedic /

interesting;• Pinterest:

– Image-based (pin-board);– Online shopping products;

• Reddit:– Discussion-based;– An audience that is difficult to

predict and control.

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