AIA KC Social Media for Architects

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Cindy Frewen, architect/blogger and Shelly Kramer, PR/blogger presented benefits of social media for architects and architectural firms. Marketing, recruiting, advocacy, and thought leadership were covered, including the use of various platform, strategies, example corporate strategies, and analytics.

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AIA Kansas CityBlogging, Linking, Tweeting, and LikingSocial Media Makeovers for Architects

Cindy Frewen Wuellner FAIA PhDShelly Kramer V3 Integrated Marketing

    Today’s Website

Understand The Web of Today

Learn this, Live it …

Is Your Client…

Social Media

Why bother?

93% of people expect companies to have a social

media presence

Primary Social Media Objectives

28%

Source: 2010 COLLOQUY & DMA Social Media Study

Brand Awareness

Customer Growth & Loyalty

Customer Acquisition

Other

25%19%

27%

People

has over 640 million registered users

Largest Business Network in the World

More than 80% of companies use social media for recruitment

are using LinkedInSource: Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey, via Erik Qualman’s Social Media Revolution Video

People

has over 200 million accounts

Over 75 million tweets per day

of users across all social media platforms are 18 to 50 years of age

35 years or older

65% are 35 to 54

We’re a Wired Bunch – And We Participate in Social Media

Email

51 Higher%

A blog is social media. Not just another place to push out your

marketing message

Why This Matters….

Traditional Marketing

Digital Marketing

vs.

Print AdsTelevision AdsCold CallingTrade ShowsEmail Blast

Traditional Marketing

BlogsEbooks

White PapersVideosSEO

Social MediaWebinars

Feeds, RSS

What Is Digital Marketing?

Inbound Marketing is More Effective

Source: State of Inbound Marketing Report - http://bit.ly/aewfHr

Outbound Ave. Cost Per Lead

$332

Inbound Ave. Cost Per Lead

$134

Inbound is

60% lower per lead

Search Engines

Video

is the second largest search engine next to Google with 490 million

unique users per month

Finding

New Clients is one of every

businesses’ greatest challenges

New Study by Bredin Business Information

Tactics to find new customers

2010 2011

51% 85%Website

38% 74%Search

20% 54%Video

Source: New Study by Bredin Business Information

Tactics to find new customers

2010 2011

- 53%Coupon Offers (Groupon)

- 49%Mobile

27% 50%Twitter

43% 65%Facebook

Source: New Study by Bredin Business Information

Company Blog

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Social Media is for Leads and Sales

Source: State of Inbound Marketing Report - http://bit.ly/aewfHr

Percentage of companies that have acquired a customer from:

46%

41%

44%

41%

434% Increase in website pages indexed by Google for companies that blog

over companies that don't blog. 

 Source: Data from over 1,500 small businesses - http://bit.ly/XDkQV

First Step – Know Thy Website

• Analyze Site Traffic• Do Your Keyword Research• Stalk the Competition• SEO Content For Your Site

Now, where’s the #$@*%

ROI?

The Key is BENEFITS

Short vs. Long

Financial vs.

Non-Financial

Before ROI, You Get This

• Increase in site traffic• Increase in time spent on site• Views of a specific landing page, blog post

or offer• Increased follower/like/friend base• Increase in Share of Voice• Increase in Positive Sentiment (this means

they like you) (more)

And the Payoff …

• Increased revenue• More leads• Shorter sales cycles• Lower customer acquisition costs• Lower customer service costs• Lower customer retention costs

(Are You Happy Yet?)

Scorecard

Have Revenue/Profits increased? Financial

Financial

Brand

Digital

Risk Management

Have Costs decreased?

Have consumer attitudes about the brand improved?

Better prepared to find/respond?

Has the company enhanced it’s assets?

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

- Charles Darwin

Any Kind of Actual Work

Device Failure

Creators 23%•Blog•Articles•Tweet•Comments•Videos/Audio

•Plus I save – research

Creators

Collectors

Joiners

Spectators

Inactives

Critics

friends Ideas/ info

Following me?

University of

Houston

APF

FB

Web -casting

Twestival

SMCKC

URBANVERSE

BLOG

@urbanverse

webinars

futrchat

Lets blog off

Slide- share

You-tube

LinkedIn

2005 20092007 2011

deliciousbookmarks

ebooks

A growthprocess

You’re ALIVE

Why blog?

LovableKnow Alot

CareLead

What to blog….

…Or tweet ……

Be realBe relevantBe useful, and usableBe consistent, activeBe nice

Be careful with humor.And be smart… and creative.

What do you want to read/see it?

Who do you want to read/see it?

Livable CitiesWork SmarterLeisure By DesignExperts

Modern Workplace DesignTo be Engaged

ArchitectureDesignSustainabilityCities

ArchitectureDesignSustainabilityCities HOK happenings

ArchitectureDesignSustainabilityCities HOK happenings

Interior DesignProductsbefore/after

Interior designKitchensBathsTravelProducts

ArchitectureDesign CommunityHumorLife as an architect

ArchitectureSocial causesTechnology Research PoliticsFutures

CitiesArchitecture

Design Sustainability

Futures Social change

CitiesArchitectureSustainabilityFutures Design Social changeUrbanism

Ways to tweet the same thing:1. Researcher: Case Study: San Francisco’s Plan Turns 25 #cities

2. Urbanist: SF’s plan created better public spaces and streets. #urbanism

3. Designer: San Fran’s a cool town b/c they cared enuf to create a brilliant long term plan. #design

4. Urban Stats: SF has 2 million more people than when they completed their last plan in 1986. #stats #urbandata

5. Preservationist: SF’s plan save the city’s culture. #historicpreservation

6. Conversationalist: What did SF’s do plan for you?

Cindy Frewenhttp://urbanverse.posterous.com@urbanverse

Shelly Kramerhttp://V3im.com@shellykramer

Thank you for your time and attention!