2. Fred von Graf, PMP
@fvongraf
Web3Mavens, LLC
Digital Marketing Consulting
You can find a high level background
for me on LinkedIn
Technical Background
Technical Manager at Intel
Business Development at Avnet
Currently: LaunchSpot, Hexxa,
Web3Mavens & Baby von Graf
3. Why Social Media?
- It’s built in to us, it’s built in to all of us
- Some cultures more so than others
Photo by niallkennedy
The world is social
4. Thanks to Sheila K.
What is Social Media?
Facebook currently has more than 500
million users - more than the combined
populations of the United States,
Germany, and Japan.
There are currently 133 million blogs that
average 900,000 posts a day, according
to Technorati.
YouTube will serve 75 billion video
streams to 375 million unique visitors
this year. Users now upload more than
24 hours of content every minute,
according to YouTube.
5. Top TV
channels have
10MM viewers
per month.
Top social-sites
generate over
500MM.
Photo by cloudzilla
6. SOURCE: Business Insider, 7/7/2010
Video Search
66.7% of US Internet users (147.5 million people)
are watching video online each month
By 2014, that figure is forecast to rise to 77% of Internet users, or 193.1 million people.
7. Twitter
SOURCE: Business Insider, 7/7/2010
65 million Tweets are sent every
day
Twitter has 190 million
users and handles 800
million searches per day.
8. Today
National, regional, local – it doesn’t
matter. Transparency rules and
brands win by interacting publicly
with fans and critics alike.
10,000,000/mo US visitors to
Google local results tell it all
SOURCE: Quantcast, June 2010
9. Social is all over the world
- BTW, Facebook is winning
Photo by IBM
10. If Facebook were a country it would rank 3rd behind
China and India with over 500,000,000 users
Like China and India, Facebook is an ‘emerging’
economy that business professionals are trying to
understand. It has its own social norms, privacy issues,
cultural sensitivities and community rules that govern how
business is done and how its members engage and derive
value.
Unlike China and India, however, the ‘Facebook Nation’
has no borders (with almost 70% of members outside of
the U.S.) and is growing at a rate that will likely eclipse
China and India over the next 3-5 years - in terms of
population.
11. Photo by Robert Scoble
Social even beats search!
Facebook has
overtaken Google
as the most visited
site.
Facebook is #1
for time on site with
>7 hours per
month on average.
…and social-media has overtaken porn as
the #1 online activity.
12. If Skittles FB Fans were a state, it would be the 12th largest in the US.
And Skittles can connect with them and them alone, whenever they want.
They can rally them from their phones.
They can ask for feedback.
They can get them to market for them.
13. What are your goals for social?
Increasing awareness, loyalty and influence
Measuring public opinion
Market research
Increasing customer satisfaction
New customer acquisition
Planning for Social
Well it doesn’t matter!
People will use the channels you
open to communicate.
As a result Marketing / PR is in
the middle of everything!
14.
15. Jeff Moriarty
@jmoriarty
Director Social Media Strategy
Sitewire
Software engineering background
9 years at Intel
Internal and external social media
Social Media Club Phoenix chair
Ignite Phoenix founder & organizer
ImprovAZ Flashmob group
Social Media director for Digital
Marketing firm – Sitewire
16. Shortcuts will fail – how big is
big?
We’re on the Twitter!
Find the correct measurements,
then sell them
Starting with Objectives
18. Measuring the Objectives
• Accuracy often
difficult without
infrastructure
commitment
• Enormous benefit in
secondary or soft
value like sentiment
• Evolve
measurement as
Objectives
18
19. Not every tool for every job
Should you even be on the
Twitter?
Right audience, right time, right
tool… right measurement
Using Tools Correctly
30. Facebook Feed Optimization
• Affinity score – How often you interact with a
friend or page – posting, sharing, etc.
• Weight given to each type of Edge. For example, a
comment has more importance than a ‘Like’
• Time Decay - The older an Edge is, the less
important it becomes.
30
31. Social Media vs Public Relations
• Balancing for best public
interaction
• Public Relations as
structured communication
and promotion of message
• Social media as interactive
discourse in support of
message
• Clear escalation paths
between groups critical for
coordinated, rapid
response
• Collaboratively develop
final message deployment
31
32. If… when… things explode
what will you do?
Social Media doesn’t wait for
your committee to meet
Measurement in avoidance
Crisis Management
37. Social Media Strategy Framework
Layered strategy to
engage employees,
customers, and
brand
37
Escalation
Plan
Publishing
Schedule
Response
Framework
Employee SM Policy
Social Media Taxonomy
38. The most passionate sales force
around
Passion cuts both ways
Measuring brand and
community health
Driving Discussion
40. Join the Conversation
Think conversation, not
campaign
• Don’t focus on selling
• Ask questions/Respond
• Provoke engaging dialogue
• Develop rules of
engagement
40
• Know what to do with negative comments
• Admit mistakes and thank those who bring it to your
attention
• Turn brand detractors into advocates
41. Content Creation & Distribution
• Corporate Content
– Balance of content types
– Map a clear syndication path
across properties
• User Generated Content
– Perceptions may differ from
corporate message
– Users can engage anywhere
• Mass or Single Syndication
– Wide visibility for awareness
– Focused visibility for
community building
41
property
property property
property property
property property
Content
User
Content
42. Building a Community
• Community: a group of
people sharing a common
interest, idea, or attribute
Leadership provides direction
Transparency creates trust
Reciprocity builds loyalty
Discourse generates value
42
Common
Bond
Leadership
Transparency
Reciprocity
Discourse
43. Putting your brightest minds to
work
Priceless advice and cutting
honesty
Measuring “free” input and its
rewards
Product Improvement
44. The power of user reviews
44
Most trust
user reviews
over anything
else
45. Thanks to Jason Baer for this one!
More power of user reviews
47. Conversions are valuable
All conversions have value
Which conversions are you
doing well?
Neglecting?
Driving Sales
48. 67 percent of Twitter users who become
followers of a brand are more likely to buy that
brand’s products.
60 percent of Facebook users who become a
fan of a brand are more likely to recommend that
brand to a friend.
74 percent of consumers are influenced on
buying decisions by fellow socializers after
soliciting input via social media.
Social & Marketing
Source Taylor Pratt 2010 Search Marketing Expo.
50. Domino’s Pizza
“The old days of trying
to spin things simply
doesn’t work anymore”
Patrick Doyle - Domino’s
President
• Totally candid
• 550,000
YouTube views
• Commentary,
discussion,
spoofs
• Engaging
replies to users
50
51. Domino’s Campaign Impact
• Sharp increase
in interest and
conversation
share
• Google
rankings
• Heavy buzz
factor
• Permanent or
temporary?
51
Interest “Domino’s”
“Domino’s” Growth Relative to Food
& Drink Category
52. Start at the top and work down
One size does not fit you
Don’t measure by default
Measure what you need,
ignore the rest
Define Your Objectives
53.
54. Digital Marketing Strategist
Author of Podcasting for Dummies
Co-Founder of Podiobooks.com
Professional Public Speaker
Evo Terra
@evo_terra
ASimplerWay.com
SiteWire.com
55.
56. Photo by Mister Wind-Up Bird
ROI = Return on Investment
– not “interest”
– not “interaction”
– not “engagement”
ROI =
Benefit - Cost
Cost
57. Your Social Media Investment…
leads to an Action, that
creates a Reaction, which
delivers a Non-Financial Impact, that may
ultimately
cause a Financial Impact.
62. Examples of Actionable KPIs
• Number of people in a specific location who follow
us on Twitter
• Reduction in support costs
• Number of product improvement suggestions from
Facebook fans
• Increase in product review and ratings
• Reduction in sales cycles
63. Other KPIs to consider
• Volume of consumer-created buzz
• Seasonality of buss
• Rate of virality
• Embeds/installs
• Increase in searches
• Ranking improvements
• Demographics
• Interaction/engagement rate
• Number of interactions
• Store locator view
• Registration by channel
• User-initiated views
• Attributes of tags
64. KPI Evolution
Are people sharing your content?
• How many shared a link to your content?
• How many links have been shared?
• How many people clicked through to a given time
span?
• What type of content is shared most?
65.
66. Here are some Tools to consider:
Bit.ly (free)
SocialMention (free)
Google Alerts (free)
Twitter Search (free)
Facebook Insights (free)
Google Analytics (free)
YouTube Insight (free)
SocialOomph (freemium)
Swix ($9/mo/campaign)
Trackur ($18-377/mo)
ScoutLabs (enterprise - $500/mo+)
Radian6 (enterprise - $600/mo+)
So How Can I Measure and
Monitor my Social?
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69.
70. What to monitor?
Brand mentions
Product mentions
Events
Promotions
Competitors
Product launches
Public Employees
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80. THANK YOU
Fred von Graf
@fvongraf
Blog.vonGraf.com
SocialMediaAZ.org
Ask about PRSA Discounts!
Jeff Moriarty
@jmoriarty
Improvmedia.com
Evo Terra
@evo_terra
ASimplerWay.com
Notas del editor
- Sweden, US
- First company at 13
o selling schematics
o mowing lawns & blowing snow
- Social media back then was the phones, magazines and early BBS's and systems like GENIE and CompuServe.
- Later days helped start several ISPs locally and you learn a lot there
- Consulting fortune 500
- Consulted for the State of Arizona, ran R&D labs, helped set drivers license standards and testing, setup the 3rd party network, and a few other fun projects. This gave me a very good understanding of how governments operate.
I accepted a management position at Intel in the Assembly Test Supply Chain Automation group where I owned 7 tier 1 mission critical applications
It takes an understanding of people: Social Psychology
influence and find the influencers and advocates
- Motivators: Sharing, Acceptance, Influence
- My success in digital marketing
o Interest in Social Psychology
o Actually cared about people
- user experience
- processes
- listening
- brand management
- ultimately it comes down to having a good product. I use a simple filter when determining if we should help a company with their digital marketing. Are they trying to sell a polished turd?
Open Graph API
Like Buttons
Over 500 million users. The average user has 130 friends, spends 55 minutes a day on the site and receives three "event invitations" to real-life gatherings every month (in December 2009, the company stated that 3.5 million events were created every month). Next?
LinkedIn : over 65 million members. A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second.
Success depends on defining clear objectives for social media and identifying supporting strategies
TOSTM
Target – Clearly identify primary and secondary audiences, including out of scope
Regular Guests, New Guests, Reviewers, etc.
Objectives – What will be accomplished with audience?
Retention, New Guests, Brand Management, Promotion
Strategy – How will this be accomplished?
Promote interaction, Greater visibility, etc.
Tactics/technology – Tools and technologies to accomplish the strategy
Yelp, Foursquare, Facebook, Twitter
Measurement – Have we succeeded?
Page fans, Shared items, New visits, Sentiment
Data from: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007430
You may not realize it, but News Feed only displays a subset of the stories generated by your friends — if it displayed everything, there’s a good chance you’d be overwhelmed. Developers are always trying to make sure their sites and apps are publishing stories that make the cut, which has led to the concept of “News Feed Optimization”, and their success is dictated by EdgeRank.
At a high level, the EdgeRank formula is fairly straightforward. But first, some definitions: every item that shows up in your News Feed is considered an Object. If you have an Object in the News Feed (say, a status update), whenever another user interacts with that Object they’re creating what Facebook calls an Edge, which includes actions like tags and comments.
Balancing Public Relations and social media yields best public interaction
Specific balance point depends on individual brand, goals
Alert and Notification sharing between groups
Trending topic in social space needing PR attention
News/promotional information needing SM support and response
Situation: Greenpeace attacked Nestle page soon after completing a study of rainforest oil practices
Timing…was anyone even home at Nestle? An unmonitored page is the antagonist’s/rogue activist’s playground
Once you set up shop, cultivate it – be ready to engage
Don’t establish a presence just for the sake of “joining” social movement. If you don’t take ownership it can backfire big time
RESULT: Nestle ended contract with Sinar Mas
Social Media = Power Shift
LESSON: Address rather than censor
896 ratings, 29,000 views, 5 video replies
Underlying theme among all of the “what not to do” slides to follow
DON’T assume offline issues will stay offline – power shift
DON’T assume it will fade out on its own
DON’T ignore the clock – timing is of the essence
DON’T try to censor
1 million views before it was taken down – Dominos did not respond for 48 HOURS
Mr. Weisberg said. Mr. Doyle was featured in the video, saying rather woodenly, "We sincerely apologize for this incident. We thank members of the online community who quickly alerted us and allowed us to take immediate action. Although the individuals in question claim it's a hoax, we are taking this incredibly seriously." He adds in the video that the store where the videos were shot has been shut down and sanitized. The company, he says, is also conducting a wholesale review of hiring practices "to make sure that people like this don't make it into our stores.”
Domino's also opened a Twitter account to deal with consumer inquiries.
The Domino's apology video had gotten 330,000 views at press time. The original offending video had reached nearly 1 million views when it was taken down Wednesday evening. A copy now has more than 345,000 views.
Richard Levick, president of PR firm Levick Strategic Communications, said he'd give Domino's an F for the first 24 hours and an A or an A+ for everything thereafter.
1 million views before it was taken down – Dominos did not respond for 48 HOURS
Corporate speak and policy spouting just won’t cut it…social media users tend to look at “corporate apologies” with a critical filter
Mr. Weisberg said. Mr. Doyle was featured in the video, saying rather woodenly, "We sincerely apologize for this incident. We thank members of the online community who quickly alerted us and allowed us to take immediate action. Although the individuals in question claim it's a hoax, we are taking this incredibly seriously." He adds in the video that the store where the videos were shot has been shut down and sanitized. The company, he says, is also conducting a wholesale review of hiring practices "to make sure that people like this don't make it into our stores.”
Domino's also opened a Twitter account to deal with consumer inquiries.
The Domino's apology video had gotten 330,000 views at press time. The original offending video had reached nearly 1 million views when it was taken down Wednesday evening. A copy now has more than 345,000 views.
Richard Levick, president of PR firm Levick Strategic Communications, said he'd give Domino's an F for the first 24 hours and an A or an A+ for everything thereafter.
Devising a layered strategy to best engage employees and clients for effective social media usage, and what policies should support
Escalation Plan – Clear documentation of how to escalate issues and topics within the social space – ties into Taxonomy roles
Social Content Publishing Schedule – Plan for promotion and dissemination of content across properties
Social Media Response Framework – Guidelines for consistent response on behalf of brand; including tone, content, timing
Employee Social Media Policy – Clear expectations and limitations; tied to corporate policies
Social Media Taxonomy – Identify terms, properties, roles, and responsibilities
62mph
Corporate Content
Balance of content types
Funny video is really interesting, but not necessarily valuable
Providing information on new menu items, specials, or events is valuable
User Generated Content
Community building aspects of how people "experience the brand“
Perceptions may differ from corporate message
Community: a group of people sharing a common interest, idea, or attribute
Common threads must be understood to be strengthened
Multiple ties form stronger communities
Cannot always dictate the community ties (Red Lobster v Cheddar Bay Biscuits)
Leadership and development transforms into a Tribe (Seth Godin)
ex1
And people now have the power to reach your customers and potential customer, like this!
One thing that still holds true with social media related marketing and traditional marketing, and I don’t care what some people say, the larger your audience the better it is for influence. Now in reality that audience may not have much actual influence but it’s a matter of perception.
Posted my dissatisfaction with a transaction on Twitter, resulted in a director from the company contacting me, paying for the overnight shipping and providing a gift.
Here’s the contradiction. The same executives who insist on ROI measurements from marketing departments happily invest huge sums of money on other things whose returns are also incalculable from an ROI perspective, like the lobby of the building, the fresh coat of paint in the hallway, or even the accounting staff. When CEOs and executives resort to ROI excuses, I ask, “What’s the return on investment of the army of landscapers who are constantly at work on the plantings around your corporate headquarters?” Usually my question is met with embarrassment.
Take a chance. Make the assumption that if millions of people are sharing your ideas (that’s a number you can measure), then some percentage of them will buy your products.
- New ideas that THOUSANDS are asking for. The money is sitting on the table.
Leveraging metrics for value
Not all KPIs are about the $$. And these are what we’ll take about here, because they are easier and more in line with traditional PR goals.
o But be on the look out for things you aren’t measureing you are influencing. :)