Being in a small marketing team can be hard, finding the right marketers, finding the right partners whether that is an SEO or paid agency or freelancer or consultancies. In this deck from the big brands search London event I break down how we look at strategy and building our extended team with agencies and what KPI's they need to hit and quickly. This presentation is for people who regularly work agency side or for start-ups or companies who have limited resources.
How consumers use technology and the impacts on their lives
How to develop strategy around smaller teams and bringing in agency support - SearchLondon deck
1. H O W T O D E V E L O P S T R AT E G Y
A R O U N D S M A L L E R T E A M S A N D
B R I N G I N G I N A G E N C Y S U P P O RT
D A N N Y D E N H A R D - H E A D O F D I G I TA L @ J U S T G I V I N G .
@ D A N N Y D E N H A R D
#SEARCHLONDON
2. S L I D E 2 WA R N I N G 🔞
W H E N PA S S I O N AT E I H AV E A T E N D E N C Y T O
S W E A R 🤐
A N D B E WA R E T H E R E A R E A L O T O F G I F S
& E M O J I S ❤ ⚠ 😤
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
3. M E :
I H E A D U P
G R O W T H &
P R O D U C T
M A R K E T I N G @
J U S T G I V I N G
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
W E H E L P :
✅ P E O P L E I N
N E E D
✅ C O M M U N I T Y
P R O J E C T S
✅ A N D
C H A R I T I E S
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4. A S K M E Q U E S T I O N S
T W E E T M E @ D A N N Y D E N H A R D
M E S S E N G E R . C O M / D A N N Y D E N H A R D
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
5. W E A R E G O I N G T O TA L K A B O U T:
S M A L L T E A M S T R AT E G Y
B U I L D I N G A N D W H E R E Y O U
M I G H T N E E D S U P P O R T.
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
6. A G E N C Y, C O N S U LTA N T S A N D
F R E E L A N C E S R E J O I C E
7. J U S T G I V I N G I S A N E T W O R K
E F F E C T C O M PA N Y
O T H E R V I R A L L O O P C O M PA N I E S I N C L U D E
• T U P P E R WA R E
• E B AY
• FA C E B O O K
• T W I T T E R
• U B E R
• M O N Z O
• AT O M B A N K
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
8. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
PA G E
C R E AT E D
S H A R E
T O
F R I E N D S
F R I E N D S
D O N AT E /
C O M M E N T
F R I E N D S
S H A R E
F R I E N D S O R
F R I E N D S O F
F R I E N D S C R E AT E
A PA G E
STARTS AGAIN
PRIMARY
NETWORK
SECONDARY
NETWORK
NUMBER OF
NETWORK EFFECTS
COMMENTS HELP
TO SPREAD THE
WORD OF THE PAGE
J U S T G I V I N G ’ S N E T W O R K E F F E C T S
C O M E
T O J G
9. C O R E A C T I O N S O N &
O F F S I T E :
• O U R PA G E O W N E R S
B R I N G T H E I R A N D
T R I B E S T O T H E I R
PA G E S ,
• T H E I R F R I E N D S
D O N AT E
• C O M M E N T
• S H A R E & E N G A G E
O V E R S O C I A L M E D I A
• S TA R T T H E I R O W N
PA G E S
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
S H A R E S
C O M M E N T S
R E A C T I O N S
11. T H I S I S I M P O R TA N T B E C A U S E
N E T W O R K E F F E C T S & W O R D O F
M O U T H I S A N E S S E N T I A L PA R T
O F O U R M A R K E T I N G S T R AT E G Y
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
12. U N L I K E O T H E R B R A N D S A N D
C O M PA N I E S S E O I S A L O W
T R A F F I C D R I V E R
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
13. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
SOCIAL MEDIA
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, LINKEDIN,
ETC
PAID MEDIA
GOOGLE & BING
DIRECT
PEOPLE WHO COPY & PASTE CITATIONS, CAME
DIRECTLY OR VIA DARK SOCIAL
SEO
GOOGLE, BING, YAHOO, DUCKDUCKGO
OUR TRAFFIC
SPLIT
PRESS / EXT LINKS
PEOPLE WHO CAME THROUGH PRESS LINKS
14. T R A F F I C T O C R O W D F U N D I N G B Y
R A N K
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
R A N K R E F E R R E R
1 FA C E B O O K
2 G O O G L E *
3 E M A I L
4 T W I T T E R
5 W H AT S A P P
6 S M S
7 I N S TA G R A M
8 B I N G
9 D A I LY M A I L
1 0 T W I T C H
R A N K R E F E R R E R
1 FA C E B O O K
2 M . FA C E B O O K . C O M
3 G O O G L E *
4 E M A I L
5 T W I T T E R
15. PA I D I S I M P O R TA N T T O B R I N G I N
P E O P L E I N N E E D S TAT E
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
16. A LT H O U G H PA I D C A N A L S O
S W I T C H O N A N D S W I T C H O F F
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
18. S M A L L T E A M S N E E D T O B E T W O
T H I N G S :
1 . A G I L E
2 . K N O W L E D G E A B L E
( & O F T H E I R L I M I TAT I O N S )
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
19. A S PA R T O F T H E M A R K E T I N G
L E A D E R S H I P T E A M AT J G
W E H AV E
• B 2 B : C H A R I T I E S
• 2 X B 2 C :
• F U N D R A I S I N G
• C R O W D F U N D I N G O F F E R I N G S
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
20. W E H AV E 1 4 ( O U T O F 1 3 0 ) P E O P L E I N
T O TA L I N O U R M A R K E T I N G
D E PA R T M E N T
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
21. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
SearchPRContent
Product
Marketing
Content
Team that creates consumer based
content. Works out where the
content should sit and why people
would engage with it
Product Marketing
Strategic layer that markets each
company product, developing their
business area and driving campaigns
PR
Connecting our stories with the right
press based storytellers and journalists.
Understanding how our content works
and where we can get maximum
exposure
Search
SEO and paid, understanding
opportunity for improvements in
campaigns exposure and gaining
pages created from search based
activities
CRM
22. O U R P U R P O S E :
• H E L P P E O P L E W I T H T H E I R
P R O B L E M S
• U N L O C K “ N E E D S TAT E ” 🔐
• H E L P W I T H E X P O S U R E O F T H E I R
PA G E
• H E L P W I T H D O N AT I O N S
• H E L P T H E M & T H E I R F R I E N D S
A G A I N
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
23. S O M E I N S I G H T I N T O O U R
C R O W D F U N D I N G T E A M
W E O N LY H AV E 1 3 P E O P L E
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
24. W H Y ?
W E A R E E S S E N T I A L LY A S TA R T U P
W I T H I N J U S T G I V I N G
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
25. H O W I S T H E T E A M M A D E U P ?
• S T R AT E G Y 📝
• A N A LY S T 📈
• P R O D U C T 📱
• F R O N T E N D +
• F U L L S TA C K 🔄
• M E , 1 M A R K E T E R + 1 C R M 📺
• S H A R E D R E S O U R C E S ; C O N T E N T,
P R & C S
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
26. M A R K E T I N G R E A L LY I S G R O W T H
@ J U S T G I V I N G C R O W D F U N D I N G
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
27. G R O W T H I S P R O B A B LY A D I R T Y
W O R D I N T H I S R O O M 😤
H O W E V E R
E V E RY T H I N G W E D O H A S T O
M O V E O U R K P I ’ S & Q U I C K LY 📈
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
28. T H E A I M O F O U R T E A M I S T O :
• G R O W N U M B E R O F PA G E S 💯
• I N C R E A S E U S E R H A P P I N E S S 😁
• I N C R E A S E D O N AT I O N S 💰
• I N C R E A S E R E A C H O F O U R
P R O D U C T 📱
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
29. S O I H E A R Y O U S AY:
H O W D O W E C R E AT E A S T R AT E G Y
A R O U N D P E O P L E C R E AT I N G &
S H A R I N G T H E I R PA G E S ?
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
30. I N 7 D I F F E R E N T T H E M E S
• 1 . C O M M U N I T Y
• L O O K AT W H E R E P E O P L E H A N G O U T
• A N D H O W T H E Y E N G A G E & S H A R I N G H A B I T S
• 2 . D I S C O V E R
• F I N D O U T W H AT P E O P L E S E A R C H F O R
• F I N D O U T H O W W E C A N A C T U A L LY H E L P
• 3 . W H Y A N D W H E R E ?
• W H Y A R E P E O P L E C R E AT I N G PA G E S
• W H E R E A R E T H E Y C O M I N G F R O M ?
• W H E R E A R E T H E Y F R O M ?
• 4 . Q U E S T I O N D ATA C O N S TA N T LY:
• I S T H E R E A T R E N D ?
• I S T H E R E A N E W N I C H E ?
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
31. • 5 . M O T I VAT I O N S
• F I N D O U T W H AT M O T I VAT E S P E O P L E T O
A S K F O R H E L P F R O M F R I E N D S &
S T R A N G E R S
• F I N D O U T W H AT M O T I VAT E S P E O P L E T O
S H A R E
• F I N D O U T W H AT & W H E R E T H E Y A R E
S H A R I N G
• 6 . F E E D B A C K ( L O O P )
• G A I N F E E D B A C K A S A P
• C O N S TA N T LY G A I N H O N E S T F E E D B A C K
• 7 . T E C H N O L O G Y
• L O O K AT W H AT D E V I C E S P E O P L E U S E ,
W H Y & W H E N
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
32. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
T H E R E A R E T W O T Y P E S O F
A G E N C I E S :
1. T H I N K F O R M E
2. D O F O R M E
Y O U C A N N O T D O O R B E B O T H
33. S P E A K T O Y O U R T E A M , W O R K
O U T W H AT T H E I R N E E D S A R E
A N D W H AT R E Q U I R E M E N T S T H E Y
A C T U A L LY H AV E
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
34. W H AT TA K E S T H E M O S T A M O U N T
O F T I M E & E N E R G Y F R O M T H E
T E A M ?
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
35. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
E F F O RT A C R O S S D I G I TA L C H A N N E L S
Google
Bing /
Duckduckg
o
Baidu /
Yandex /
Naver
Snapchat Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Pinterest
Nextdoor Instagram
Organic Search
Engines
Social
Networks
Social
Search
Discovery
Engines
Siri /
Google
assistant /
Viv
Bots
& IM
Support
Bots
Chat Apps
&
Messenger
Comments
Device /
iOS
Push
Notification
s
Mobile
In app
notification
s
Dating
apps
M E D M E D H I G H H I G H H I G H L O W
Google
Bing
Yahoo
Paid Search
Engines
V H I G H
36. T H E C O N T E N T B AT T L E I S R E A L
F O R E V E RY O N E
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
37. E V E N W H E N O U R C O N T E N T I S
O V E R 9 9 % U G C 1
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
38. W O R K O U T W H AT Y O U C A N
O U T S O U R C E E F F E C T I V E LY
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
39. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
C O S T E F F E C T I V E C H A N N E L S
Google
Bing /
Duckduckg
o
Baidu /
Yandex /
Naver
Snapchat Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Pinterest
Nextdoor Instagram
Organic Search
Engines
Social
Networks
Social
Search
Discovery
Engines
Siri /
Google
assistant /
Viv
Bots
& IM
Support
Bots
Chat Apps
&
Messenger
Comments
Device /
iOS
Push
Notification
s
Mobile
In app
notification
s
Dating
apps
MED MED HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW
Google
Bing
Yahoo
Paid Search
Engines
V HIGH
✅ ✅ ✅❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅✅✅
40. M Y C R I T E R I A I S :
• W H AT A R E T H E T E A M S C O R E
S T R E N G T H S ?
• R I S K V S R E WA R D
• W H AT D R I V E S G R O W T H
• W H AT TA K E S A L O N G P E R I O D O F T I M E
• W H AT I S M O S T C O S T E F F E C T I V E
• W H AT C O U L D Y O U TA K E I N H O U S E
A F T E R O U T S O U R C I N G I N 3 , 6 , 9 & 1 2
M O N T H S
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
41. M Y C R I T E R I A I S :
• W H AT A R E T H E T E A M S C O R E S T R E N G T H S -
P R O J E C T S & S E O
• R I S K V S R E WA R D
• W H AT D R I V E S G R O W T H -
PA I D , P R E S S PA G E S & S O C I A L M E D I A R E F E R R A L S
• W H AT TA K E S A L O N G P E R I O D O F T I M E -
PA I D M E D I A
• W H AT I S M O S T C O S T E F F E C T I V E -
PA I D M E D I A
• W H AT C O U L D Y O U TA K E I N H O U S E A F T E R
O U T S O U R C I N G I N 3 , 6 , 9 & 1 2 M O N T H S ?
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
42. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
W E A C T U A L LY W O R K W I T H
A G E N C I E S I N I N T H E
F O L L O W I N G A R E A S :
• PA I D M E D I A ( A C R O S S A L L B U S I N E S S E S )
• C O N T E N T ( F O R B 2 B )
• P R ( A C R O S S A L L B U S I N E S S E S )
43. B I G G E R Q U E S T I O N T I M E
W H O C A N W E
O R
W H O S H O U L D W E W O R K W I T H T O
I M P R O V E O U R B U S I N E S S
& O U R T E A M ?
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
44. • C O R E S T R E N G T H S
• T H E I R A C T U A L S K I L L S E T S
• T H E I R M O T I V E S
• T H E I R A P P E T I T E
• W I L L I T B E C O S T E F F E C T I V E ?
• W I L L T H E E X T E R N A L R E S O U R C E I M PA C T O U R
C U LT U R E ?
• W I L L T H E Y B E A T I M E D R A I N F O R O U R
T E A M ?
• E D U C AT I O N ?
• W I L L T H E Y WA N T T O T E A C H O U R T E A M ?
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
W H E N L O O K I N G T O W O R K W I T H A G E N C I E S /
F R E E L A N C E R S / C O N S U LTA N T S
Y O U H AV E T O U N D E R S TA N D T H E F O L L O W I N G :
45. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
I F PA R T N E R S C A N N O T A N S W E R T H E S E
Q U E S T I O N S C L E A R LY & W I T H F U L L
T R A N S PA R E N C Y
T H E N U N F O R T U N AT E LY T H E Y W O N ’ T H E L P
Y O U T H E Y W I L L H I N D E R Y O U R T E A M
47. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
T O W R A P U P
• K P I ’ S A LWAY S C O M E F I R S T
• B U I L D O U T Y O U R T E A M A N D
S T R AT E G Y A R O U N D T H E C O R E K P I ’ S
• W I L L A N A G E N C Y A C T U A L LY H E L P
Y O U H I T Y O U R TA R G E T S
( T O D AY, T O M O R R O W, N E X T Q U A R T E R , N E X T Y E A R ? )
• A R E T H E Y C O S T E F F E C T I V E ?
• E N S U R E Y O U R T E A M W I L L L E A R N
F R O M T H E P R O P O S E D PA R T N E R S
• W O R K O U T I F Y O U N E E D A D O F O R
M E V S A T H I N K F O R U S PA R T N E R
48. @dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON
T O W R A P U P
• F I N D I N G T H E R I G H T PA R T N E R
W I L L TA K E A S L O N G A S T H E B E S T
I N - H O U S E H I R E D O E S
• R E V I E W PA R T N E R S R E G U L A R LY
• E N S U R E Y O U A R E N E V E R J U S T A
N U M B E R O N T H E I R
S P R E A D S H E E T S / B U D G E T L I N E S
• A LWAY S H AV E T H E C O N T R O L &
K N O W Y O U C A N TA K E B A C K I N
H O U S E W I T H I N A F E W W E E K S
49. A N Y Q U E S T I O N S ? 🎬
💬 . M . M E / D A N N Y D E N H A R D
T. @ D A N N Y D E N H A R D
L . / D A N N Y D E N H A R D
@dannydenhard#SEARCHLONDON