The 10 Steps to a Successful Social Media Marketing Strategy for your Business
The Digital Landscape
• The 3 Phases of the Web
– Phase 1: Portals
– Phase 2: Search Engines
– Phase 3: Social Networks
The Digital Landscape
• The Numbers: What has happened since 1990?– First Website in 1990– 130 Web Sites in 1993– 16 Million Users in 1995– 738 Million Internet users in Asia in December 2009 – 252 Million Internet users in North America in 2009– 90 Trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2009– 234 Million Websites in 2010– 247 Billion – Average number of email messages per day – 30 Billion – Photos uploaded to Facebook per year 2010– 2.0 Billion Users in 2011
The Digital Landscape
The Digital Landscape
The Digital Landscape
• Mobile
The “Numbers’ Problem”
• Over 500 million websites• More than 155 million blogs• Nearly 800 Million Facebook Users• 2 Billion Internet Users • 1 Trillion Facebook page views - 2011
The “Noise” Problem in 60 Seconds
• 700,000 searches• 600 Videos are uploaded to YouTube• 80,000 Facebook Wall posts
The Display Ad “Clutter” Problem
The “Technology” Problem
The “Technology” Problem
Problem: We still think Analog!
Why Social Media Marketing?
Why Social Media?
• Social Media Amplifies your Content
Why Social Media?
• Makes you Stand out from the Crowd
Why Social Media?
• Networking on Steroids
Why Social Media?
• Accelerates the Spread of your Brand
Why Social Media?
• It can Position You as an Expert
Why Social Media?
• Your Business Can Self-Publish
Why Social Media?
• Global Word of Mouth
Why Social Media?
• “On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog”
Why Social Media?
• Facilitates Trust – Edelman Trust Barometer
The Foundations and Approach to Social Media
The Foundations and Approach to Social Media
• Content
The Foundations and Approach to Social Media
• Search
The Foundations and Approach to Social Media
• Social
The Foundations and Approach to Social Media
• Publish to Multiple Networks
The Foundations and Approach to Social Media
• Publish a Variety of Multi-Media Content
The 10 Steps to a Successful Social Media Marketing Strategy
Step 1
• Establish a Clear Focused Vision
Step 1
• Establish a Clear Focused Vision
Nike’s Vision
“To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. If you have a body, you are an athlete”
Step 2
• Obtain Commitment from Management
Step 3
• Determine Prospects & Customer Personas
Step 4
• Create and Prioritize Goals
Step 5
• Develop Tactics to Achieve Goals
Step 6
• Resources Allocated to Achieve the Goals
Step 7
• Plan and Create Content
Step 8
• Publish and Promote on the Social Networks where your Customers are
Step 9
• Measure and Monitor the Results
Step 10
• Modify, Rinse and Repeat
Social Media Marketing Tools and Tactics
Social Media Marketing with Facebook
Social Media Marketing with Facebook
• Why Use Facebook?– Business Page – for spreading your content– Multi-Media rich – It is where one in three internet users hang out– Self Serve Target Ads with user demographics
Facebook Social Media Marketing – B2C
• Facebook Tips for B2C Companies1. Welcome page
2. Provide an incentive for growing your Facebook “Likes”
3. Capture email subscriptions for your database
4. Offer specials
5. Publish content daily
6. Crowd sourced market research
7. Sell products on your Facebook store
8. Provide rich multimedia
Facebook Social Media Marketing – B2C
• Victoria’s Secret
Facebook Social Media Marketing – B2C
• Threadless
Facebook Social Media Marketing – Personal Brand
• Mari Smith
Facebook Social Media Marketing – B2B
• Facebook Tips for B2B Companies1. Video Channel with “How To” Tutorials
2. News Updates in Your Industry
3. Provide an Incentive for Growing your Facebook “Likes”
4. Capturing Email Subscriptions for your database
5. Targeting Decision Makers through Paid SMM
6. Market Research and Surveys
7. Promote your Thought Leaders
Facebook Social Media Marketing – B2B• Case Studies - Publishing Content Linking to the Blog or Website
– Goal: Position company or personal brand as a thought leader
Social Media Marketing with Facebook – B2B• Case Studies – Clear Risk
– Goal: Capture email subscribers and Facebook “Likes”
Social Media Marketing with Facebook – B2B• Case Studies – General Electric
– Goal: Promote Thought Leaders
Social Media Marketing with Facebook – B2B• Case Studies – Get Satisfaction - Internet Software Company
– Goal: Provide customer service
Social Media Marketing with Facebook – B2B• Case Studies – Cisco
– Goal: Educate with Online Video within Facebook
Social Media Marketing with Twitter
Social Media Marketing with Twitter
• Why use Twitter?– A global network of 500 million plus users– You can target industries and niches– Monitor the competition– It is global– It is real time– It is a great tool to market your blog content– It is simple
Social Media Marketing with Twitter
• 5 Tips for Optimizing Twitter1. Include a photo or logo
2. Add your Facebook or Website’s URL
3. Write “Great Headlines”
4. Make sharing easy with a “ReTweet” button
5. Include “Follow me on Twitter” buttons on your blog
Social Media Marketing with Twitter
• Twitter Marketing Tips1. Develop a targeted Twitter following
2. Listen, engage and communicate and build loyal followers in your community
3. Create a live feed on the corporate brand name to see what the world is saying about you
4. Tweet your online specials that link to a landing page
5. Tweet your content
6. Network and Create contacts on Twitter by retweeting their content
Social Media Marketing with Twitter
• Twitter Tools
Social Media Marketing with Twitter• Case Studies – jeffbullas.com
– Goal: Drive traffic to the blog and networking
Social Media Marketing with Twitter• Case Studies – dell.com
– Goal: Sell Product that can be tracked with coupons
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
• Why use LinkedIn?– Over 150 Million professionals are members– Great for networking professionally – Finding opportunities– Positioning as an expert with over 800,000 groups– Integrate your other sites Website, Blog and Facebook – Average income is over $100,000
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
• Setting up and Optimizing LinkedIn– Create a public profile (don’t lock it away) – In your homepage activate your Twitter link – Activate your blog feed to your homepage on LinkedIn– Integrate “SlideShare” into LinkedIn
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
• LinkedIn Marketing Tips– Update your posts on LinkedIn after publishing– Participate in one of the 800,000 groups that is suitable for your target
audience– Create your own group that doesn’t sell but provides a forum for your
industry niche
– Create Exclusive Content that requires registration
– Advertise on LinkedIn from as little as $10 per day– You can target by
• Geography
• Industry
• Job Function
• Job title
• LinkedIn Groups
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
• LinkedIn Case Study B2B: Post Card Mania– Create compelling content– Build contacts– Join groups and contribute– Cold message contacts
Results: In 12 Months they have generated 600 leads from a B2B audience
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
• LinkedIn Case Study B2B: Post Card Mania– The Post on LinkedIn
Social Media Marketing with LinkedIn
• LinkedIn Case Study B2B: Post Card Mania– The Landing Page
Social Media Marketing with YouTube
Social Media Marketing with YouTube
• Why use YouTube?– Second largest search engine in the world– Easier to rank higher in organic search than Google– The younger generation would rather poke their eyes out than
read a paragraph of text – provide short videos– “How To” category is the fastest growing segment– Can be branded
Social Media Marketing with YouTube
• Setting up and Optimizing YouTube1. Create your own branded YouTube Channel
2. Link to your Blog, Facebook Fanpage or your website to make it easy for people to link back to your site
3. Put the category such as [Social Media Marketing] in Brackets before each Title of your video
4. Put “Tags” in your video tags section, make them relevant to your video title
5. Again promote your YouTube video on Twitter and place them on your blog in a Video or YouTube Channel section
Social Media Marketing with YouTube
• YouTube Marketing Tips1. Interview senior people in your industry – promote them, the
law of reciprocity
2. Create information videos that inform clients while you sleep – leverages your time
3. Create Educational videos demonstrating expertise and thought leadership
4. Include videos in your online store to showcase and demo products (can increase conversion rates by 10-30% (Case Study: Online shoe store Zappos)
Social Media Marketing with YouTube
• YouTube Case Study: Orabrush
Social Media Marketing with Slideshare
Social Media Marketing with Slideshare
• Why use Slideshare?– It is the “YouTube” for PowerPoint– Presentations position you as an expert– Optimal for B2B– Good for optimising content for search
Social Media Marketing with Slideshare
• Slideshare Marketing Tips1. Turn your posts into PowerPoint presentations and post them
to SlideShare2. Write a good headline both on the presentation itself and the
title area3. Include keyword tags that would be used to find the
presentation4. Promote your presentations on Twitter5. Allow viewers to download your presentation to assist in
making it easy for people to share6. Post them to your Facebook page7. In choose a license make it CC (Creative Commons) License
so people can use your content and then attribute and link to your blog
Social Media Marketing with Blogs
Social Media Marketing with Blogs
• Why Blog?– To establish a home base that you own– Personal branding eg”jeffbullas.com”– Position you as a thought leader in your niche– Establishes authority– Google likes fresh unique content – Easy to use– Builds an online asset
Social Media Marketing with Blogs
• Setting up and Optimizing Your Blog– Buy your own domain name – Blog as part of your primary website domain– Purchase a WordPress theme – Post content regularly – Promote your Blog on Twitter regularly– Include social media share and subscribe buttons – Build your email subscriber database
Social Media Marketing with Blogs
• Blogging Marketing Tips1. Solve problems with your posts. What do your customers worry
about?2. Provide “How To” articles3. Write great headlines4. Write easy to read articles5. Use multimedia embed videos, images and screen shots6. Send out posts instead of static email newsletters that drive traffic
to your site and drive comments7. Post after publishing to other social media channels, Facebook
page, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter (manually)8. Create evergreen content9. Be focused (stay on topic) 10. Repurpose offline and publish it online
Social Media Marketing with Blogs – Personal Brand• Case Studies – jeffbullas.com
– Goal: Create a personal brand online and create global opportunities
Social Media Marketing with Blogs – B2B• Case Studies – Hubspot – software as a service for small to medium business
– Goal: Create great content that drives link building and positions the brand
Social Media Marketing with Blogs – B2C• Case Studies – Southwest Airlines
10 Takeaways
1. Strategy not just tactics
2. Content is the foundation
3. Optimize for search
4. Make it easy to share
5. Think like a publisher
6. Build an online asset
7. Publish where your customers are
8. Implement the Hub & Spoke model
9. Use paid as the catalyst
10.Be patient and persist
How Could You Use Social Media Marketing… To Put a Dent in the
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Twitter: @JeffBullas
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