Social Selling & Prospecting - 2015 LMA/Blinder Digital Revenue Summit

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In print & online, Sound Publishing… Publishes 49 daily, weekly & monthly newspapers Serves 100+ communities in Washington Draws 2.3 million monthly unique digital visitors Inserts more than 18.7 million preprints monthly

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In print & online, Sound Publishing… Publishes 49 daily, weekly & monthly newspapers Serves 100+ communities in Washington Draws 2.3 million monthly unique digital visitors Inserts more than 18.7 million preprints monthly Distributes to more than 655,000 households

President

Vice Presidents

Publishers

Sales reps

Wholly-owned subsidiary of Black Press, Ltd. of Victoria, B.C.

~90 multi-platform sales reps working entire product portfolio

Generally, no special digital goals or comp plans

2013 – Began testing social media streams with Friends To Follow in 1 regional market (1 daily, 2 weeklies)

2013 – Began testing social media streams with Friends To Follow in 1 regional market (1 daily, 2 weeklies)

RESULT: 20% of sales claimed social media as the driving factor

2013 – Began testing social media streams with Friends To Follow in 1 regional market (1 daily, 2 weeklies)

RESULT: 20% of sales claimed social media as the driving factor

2014 – Expanded feature to all titles, improved feature profile and saw similar results across all markets

Get more from your Facebook investment

Get more from your Facebook investment

Increase your reachNo extra effortLow cost

Great for businesses of all categoriesHealthcareRestaurantsReal estateAutoServicesRetailFinancial

Total Audience Coverage

Total Audience Coverage

But limited availability

Total Audience Coverage

But limited availability

Only sold in bundles

Wilder AutoPhoto of every sale

Wilder AutoPhoto of every sale

Wilder AutoPhoto of every saleFB Likes have

improved

Wilder AutoPhoto of every sale

Wilder AutoPhoto of every sale

Wilder AutoPhoto of every saleFB Likes have

improved

Black Bear DinerPosts specials 3x daily

Black Bear DinerPosts specials 3x dailyPeople expect it now

Black Bear DinerPosts specials 3x dailyPeople expect it nowCompetes with other

diners for top spot

The Hidden BushNew client

The Hidden BushNew clientLegal recreational

cannabis store

The Hidden BushNew clientLegal recreational

cannabis storeNo complaints

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