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© 2013 Grow Your Business with Email & Social Media A simple marketing plan for small businesses & not-for-profits

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'Grow your business with email and social media' presentation by Tamsin Fox-Davies of Constant Contact at the 'Running your business in the cloud' event on 17th July.

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Grow Your Business

with Email & Social Media A simple marketing plan for small

businesses & not-for-profits

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Tamsin Fox-Davies Small Business Marketing Mentor

Constant Contact UK

[email protected]

/smallbizmarketingmentor

@tamsinfd

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Grow with Constant Contact Get results fast, with affordable, easy-to-use engagement marketing

tools and free coaching.

Send personalized

email newsletters and

expand your audience

with our list-building

tools.

Manage your events

online: send invites,

create an event

homepage, and

promote registration.

Turn fans into customers

with coupons, downloads,

and contest on Facebook

and get new likes and

email sign-ups.

Transform your

communications into

conversations with

online surveys and

polls.

Email Marketing EventSpot Social Campaigns Online Survey

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Facebook LinkedIn Instagram Twitter Pinterest Youtube

INTRODUCTION GOALS +

OBJECTIVES CAMPAIGNS CHANNELS RESULTS TOOLS SUMMARY

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60% Source: Litmus, “Email Client

Market Share,” April 2012

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INTRODUCTION GOALS +

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traditional marketing

find

keep

convert

new marketing

find

keep

convert

MARKETING HAS CHANGED

“Flip The Funnel: Retention is the New Acquisition”

-- Joe Jaffe (@jaffejuice)

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ENGAGEMENT the new word-of-mouth is

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you can be your authentic self

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you have an advantage

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at its core, marketing is about

eliciting a physical and measureable

RESPONSE

INTRODUCTION GOALS +

OBJECTIVES CAMPAIGNS CHANNELS RESULTS TOOLS SUMMARY

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set marketing OBJECTIVES and GOALS 1

2

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an agenda and framework for marketing that works

1

get measurable RESULTS 3 get measurable RESULTS

run CAMPAIGNS on the CHANNELS that matter 2 run CAMPAIGNS on the CHANNELS that matter

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OBJECTIVES marketing

•reach new customers

•drive repeat business

•nurture leads

•engage members and advocates

•increase donations

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GOALS get more specific with

drive

donations

this month

deliver

content to

tradeshow

leads

fill seats

on a

Sunday

night

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ONE AT A TIME try to think about just

what action would people take?

can you measure it?

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fill seats

on a

Sunday

night

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set marketing GOALS and OBJECTIVES

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an agenda and framework for marketing that works

1

get measurable RESULTS

2 run CAMPAIGNS on the CHANNELS that matter

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CAMPAIGN? what is a

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OBJECTIVES CAMPAIGNS CHANNELS RESULTS TOOLS SUMMARY

PUSH {content}

PULL {response}

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CAMPAIGNS types of

discussion

information

sharing

event invites +

updates

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offers +

promotions

build your

network fundraising

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WHICH CHANNELS MATTER? • depends on your audience

and what you want them to do

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EMAIL + SOCIAL you have to use both

amplify

your email

drive traffic back to

your list, email, etc.

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NOW, LATER OR NEVER three little words that rule your world

• who is it “from?”

• what’s the “subject?”

• when do you send your communication?

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SUBJECT OR HEADLINE winning the battle of priorities

SECONDS WORDS TODAY

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SUBJECT OR HEADLINE winning the battle of priorities

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£5 free to be naughty…or nice? [Mexican restaurant chain]

Low Cost + High Value = Good News [B2B marketing services provider]

Daily Alert – “Bunnies are Evil” [on-line t-shirt printer]

£5 for your thoughts? [survey request from pet goods retailer]

An Exclusive Look at Life on the Red Carpet [not-for-profit event update]

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WHEN TO SEND & POST WHEN TO SEND & POST • for social media

• 3-5 times a week to start with

• use automated tools to help

• for email • monthly is most common

• when are they likely to take the action

you want?

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set marketing GOALS and OBJECTIVES

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an agenda and framework for marketing that works

1

get measurable RESULTS

2 run CAMPAIGNS on the CHANNELS that matter

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at its core, marketing is about

eliciting a physical and measureable

RESPONSE

INTRODUCTION GOALS +

OBJECTIVES CAMPAIGNS CHANNELS RESULTS TOOLS SUMMARY

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RESULTS ARE MEASUREMENTS OF ACTIONS

click or

download

come to

the shop

or office

schedule

a session

call

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donate

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TOOLS YOU NEED Email marketing is hard to beat

• lots of physical,

measurable

response

• easy to brand with

colors + logos

• helps to measure

and monetise social

media

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TOOLS TO EXPAND YOUR REACH • Simple Share tool

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TOOLS TO EXPAND YOUR REACH • social media buttons

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TOOLS TO BUILD YOUR LIST – OFFLINE

•at the till

•with the bill at end of the

meal

•on registration forms

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TOOLS TO BUILD YOUR LIST – ONLINE • Join My Mailing List (app for website, Facebook, etc)

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TOOLS TO BUILD YOUR LIST – APPS

Scan to Join™ from Constant Contact

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THIS IS EASY. REALLY. low cost tools save you time & energy

monitor

+

schedule

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BE YOURSELF.

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BE YOURSELF.

INTRODUCTION GOALS +

OBJECTIVES CAMPAIGNS CHANNELS RESULTS TOOLS SUMMARY

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BE YOURSELF.

INTRODUCTION GOALS +

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BE YOURSELF.

INTRODUCTION GOALS +

OBJECTIVES CAMPAIGNS CHANNELS RESULTS TOOLS SUMMARY

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Q&A

UK freephone:

0808 234 9315

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CALL A COACH

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@tamsinfd