Digital Marketing - Startegies for Startups - HEMANT SORENG, May 10th 2014@Lounge47

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+ DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR STARTUPS HEMANT SORENG [email protected] http://hemantsoreng.com

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DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR STARTUPS

HEMANT SORENG [email protected] http://hemantsoreng.com

+ Q1: WHAT IS YOUR MARKETING OBJECTIVE? Q2: WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING PROGRAM?

+ Q3: IS YOUR CONSUMER/CUSTOMER ONLINE?

a consumer who has evolved with technology & time

’91 ‘94 ’95 ’96 ’98 ’00 ’01 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’10 ‘14

Web evolution

Usage ecommerce

search

social media

Time spent –

2.7 hrs/wk (US)

Time spent

3 hrs/wk

Time spent – 18+ hrs/wk (US) India – 12.9 hrs/

wk

Less than 10 connections

in India

Internet Population

India – 9 mn

Internet Population

India – 32 mn

Internet Population

Globally – 3 bn India – 210 mn

Mobile Phones

India – 1 BN +

+Q4: ARE THEY ACTIVE?

+ they are present at and interact with multiple digital channels

websites, microsites, landing pages search engines display ads – banners, rich media & video email

mobile social media

word of mouth, virals online events

emerging media & technology

+DEVELOP A PROGRAM

1.  Set Goals

2.  Define Metrics & KPIs

3.  Set Targets

4.  Select Channels (based on audience and budget)

5.  Choose Media, Develop Creative and Deploy Technology

6.  Measure, Optimize and re-incorporate

7.  Use best practices and learning

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Stage Metrics KPIs

Overall Overall (adjusted) 20 k – 23 k

Awareness

Clicks 26,761,905 19,430,476 11,041,120

CPC 15 15 15

Cost 401,428,571 291,457,143 165,616,798

Clicks to Visits Rate 75% 75% 75%

Page Views 40,142,857 29,145,714 16,561,680

Avg. Page Views/Visit 2 2 2

Visits 20,071,429 14,572,857 8,280,840

Consideration & Preference

Carts 662,357 480,904 418,843

Cart Abandonement Rate 96.7% 96.7% 94.9%

Purchase

Units Sold 56,200 40,804 41,570

No. of Orders 56,200 40,804 40,307

Conversion Rate 0.28% 0.28% 0.49%

Revenue 1,200,347,707 871,512,239 871,512,239

AOR 21,359 21,359 21,622

Avg. Order Size 1.00 1.00 1.03

TARGET SETTING

+SOME CASE STUDIES

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!  The Firefish Software is a recruitment software company started in 2010 and it is based in UK.

!  Problem: !  Tough competition !  Traditional marketing channels expensive and not performing

!  Solution: !  Inbound marketing – Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Website/blog) -  Content development – whitepapers, webinars, blogs, video

presentation, e-brochure etc. -  Focus on creative and inbound campaigns for lead generation, lead

nurturing and lead conversion !  Events: Reduced physical participation only virtual.

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!  Result: !  More than 300% increase in website traffic.

!  190% increase in number of leads, including higher number of leads potential for conversion.

!  Achieved more than 200% sales over the years.

+@coffeegroundz: Strengthening the bond with customers

!  JR. Cohen, the GM started using Twitter in October 2008 at the prompting of a CoffeeGroundz angel investor.

!  Growth in followers was slow and organic, but the connections with followers were strong.

!  He would ask his followers from Houston to "come into the store and ask for J.R." J.R. then seized the opportunity to meet with each and every patron who asked for him by name, strengthening his bond with his followers.

!  To J.R. and his customers "this is what social media is meant to be."

+Using the program to generate leads/sales

!  Bookmytrainings.com is a marketplace to provide one-stop shop for trainings.

!  A structured digital marketing program was developed, where primarily SEO, PPC (adwords), Email, Website Optimizations

!  Result: Before After 6 months !  Revenues X 6X

!  Leads Y 5Y

!  Traffic Z 8Z

+GROUND RULES

+GROUND RULES

!  THERE ARE NO RULES

!  IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

!  DISCIPLINE

!  METRICS AND MEASUREMENT

!  INTEGRATED. CROSS MEDIA. CROSS CHANNEL

!  SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT FACEBOOK. AND IT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR STRATEGY AND NOT THE STRATEGY

!  EXPERIMENT. EXPERIMENT. EXPERIMENT.

!  BE AT YOUR DISRUPTIVE BEST

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CONTACT:

[email protected] http://hemantsoreng.com

THANK YOU