As social media becomes a more integral part of marketing, the ability to validate your effort will become critical to sustainability in an organization's bottom line. In this presentation, we will cover actual proven tactics that validate budgets for the C-Suite. Keeping the ROI answers top of mind will benefit any marketing professional in social media, mobile and digital marketing. A back to basics presentation with out of the box approaches.
Takeaways from this presentation:
1. How to quickly validate participation on specific social media channels by your customers.
2. Demonstrate ROI of social paid media through simple tactics.
3. Leveraging the customer voice for internal decision making.
4. WHY?
Make deeper impact with experience
Cause Based Marketing
Non Profit Org | For Profit Approach
5. One of nations oldest & largest blood suppliers.
10% of U.S. Blood Supply.
1000 hospital customers in 30 states.
Blood Service Division - 11 Brands.
12. SPEAK & SHOW ROI
• HOW MUCH COST INVOLVED?
• WHY SPEND EFFORT ON SPECIFIC CHANNELS?
• WHAT DID EFFORTS PRODUCE?
13. • KNOW YOUR INTERNAL CPA?
• DID IT LOWER COST TO ACQUIRE A NEW DONOR?
• MEASURE & ROLL UP
KEEP TOP OF MIND
14. • Google Analytics + Conversion Goal Events
• Social Media Targeting + Insight Data + Pixels
• Link Shortener (Bitly.com + Goo.gl).
SET UP FOR SUCCESS
15. 1st RULE OF DIGITAL MARKETING
TRACK EVERYTHING!
16. • Effort Effects – Net Results
• Targeting the right audience
• What to change – ABO | ABC
TRACKING VALIDATES EFFORT
27. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FANS BUT NOT DONORS?
HOW MANY DONORS ARE NOT FANS?
28. PRACTICAL INSIGHT
C-Suite Sound Bytes
• “3 out of 4 of our donors use social media daily”
• Typically lower cost to engage audience
• Measure accurately & be accountable to effort
29. ROI INSIGHT
Channel / Market Validation ✓
Zero cost to prove ✓
Data warrants expanded effort ✓
WE MUST BE WITH OUR DONORS
30. RE-ENGAGE | RETARGET | REPEAT
Engage Lapsed Donors + Geo Proximity + Attract New Ones
31. RE-ENGAGE LAPSED
DONORS
• Pull Lapsed Donor Lists
• Custom Target for Accuracy
• Micro-Budgets
• Content specific messaging
33. PRACTICAL INSIGHT2
C-Suite Sound Bytes
• Delivering Right Message + Right Place + Right Time
• Low cost engagement
• Measure with Analytics & Pixels
34. BUILDING OFF BASE
• Identify New Audiences Based On Your Data
• Large Scale Data Sorting
• 1% of U.S. – Net down to specific region
36. LET THE DATA DO THE WORK
• Record Audience Sizes
• Employer matches
• Age Segments
37. GOALS & PIXELS
Google Conversion Events = Goals
Social Media Conversions = Pixels
EASY TO INSTALL & FREE TO USE
38. ROI TRACKING
What % of people who visit make an appointment?
From which channel? (social, email, search)
Amount it cost to convert a user to donor?
39. GOALS & PIXELS
Google Conversion Events = Goals
Social Media Conversions = Pixels
EASY TO INSTALL & FREE TO USE
RESOURCES
Google.com/analytics – Website 1-10
Facebook.com/business Search: “PIXEL” – Campaign tracking
Business.Facebook.com – Insight Data + Audience
Business.Twitter.com – Insight Data + Audience
Business.LinkedIn.com – Data + Audience
Bitly.com – Tracking Links
Context into ROI – Understanding the actual market is a good place to begin. This is mine at a 35k foot level.
Define our role – remember your purpose. – Resonates with the C-Suite and other leaders.