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Social Media Marketing
Bootcamp Session - Social Media Marketing Framework
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Let’s look at a Typical SMM Paradigm
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Typical Approach
Identify Social Media Channels
Create Content
Upload Content
Try to Measure Effectiveness
Hope Magical Results
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What results can you expect?
Views on Social Media Channels
Some Traffic on the Website
May be Some Improvement in Search Engine Rankings
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Has the Business met its Objectives?
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Doubtful?
Are the Views & Traffic Significant?
Are the Views & Traffic Relevant?
Does the Message Addresses the Concerns of the Potential Customers?
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Social Media Marketing Framework that Works!
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Social Media Marketing = Medium + Message
Content is the Key. ‘Quality’ wins!
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Online Marketing: Bringing Customers to your Site SMM: Going Where your Customers Are!
Channel Identification is Critical!
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SMM is about Engagement & Conversations
Participation is Must!
Doing Nothing Don’t care about SM
Don’t have the time or budget Listening
Start paying attention
Getting alerts
Learning Researching about SM
Experimenting Engaging
Participating
Promoting
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Consumer/User is REALLY the King in SMM!
Serve them well. Inspire them to market your brand!
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Experimentation is Not at all Bad in SMM
It’s the only way to Win SMM war for most of us!
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You can Measure Performance in SMM
Every channel has its own metrics
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Creation Population
Promotion
Visibility/ Branding/
Leads/ Sales
SM Channels, Positioning & Message
Measurability
Content
• Blog • Community • Advertising • Groups • Mashup
• Multichannel • Mashup
• Photos, Videos, PPTs, Blog Stories, Tweets etc
SMM Objectives
Business
Value Prop Need
Target Group
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Social Media Marketing Initiative
Creating an Engaging Community
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Content Creation
Strategy?
Ongoing Population strategy?
Promotion Strategy?
Visibility/ Branding/
Leads/ Sales
SM Channels, Positioning (name, kind of messages, theme)
What Metrics will I use for ongoing Measurement?
• Blog • Community • Advertising • Groups • Mashup
• Multichannel • Mashup
• Photos, Videos, PPTs, Blog Stories, Tweets etc
SMM Objectives
Business
What can I offer to community? What’s in it for them?
Target Group
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SMM Objectives
What can I offer to community? What’s in it for them?
Who is Target Audience?
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Objectives Business Objective
Increase Monthly Revenue by 200%
Online Marketing Objectives Increase Traffic by 100%
Improve Conversions (Sale/Visitors) by 50%
SMM Objectives Primary Improve Conversions
Secondary Improve Revenue/Customer
Increase Reach
Find Trainers & Authors
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What do I want from SM?
SMM Objectives Primary Improve Conversions
Target Audience Primary Website Visitors
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What channels do they visit?
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Selected Channel
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What can we provide? Question a Day
Platform to share
How they have prepared?
Common mistakes to avoid
Tips & Tricks, etc.
Latest information about certification
Testimonials of satisfied customers sharing “How Whizlabs products can help them in preparation?”
Make it part of Whizlabs website
Ensure satisfied customers participation
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Website Visitors
What do they really want? Or What’s in it for them?
Primary Ensure their success in Exam
Reduce preparation efforts and time
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Positioning in Community
CHANNEL
Identify Name Kind of messages Theme
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Guidelines to Create Positioning
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Since 1400, book authorship has grown nearly tenfold in each century
Until the year 2000
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Now, Authorship is growing nearly tenfold each year.
100 times Faster
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Explosion of information
*Source: seedmagazine.com
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Over Communicated Society
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Only a fraction of of messages are actually reaching out!
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How to ensure that your message reach out to right people?
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How to do that?
Be selective
Concentrate on narrow targets
Practice segmentation
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Let’s Start the Work!
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Platform
Target Audience
Relatives Friends Customers Partners Prospects ….
Your Name Created Brands (Pages, Groups) Your Name Created Brands
(Groups)
Identity
Facebook LinkedIn Discussion Forums /Blogs
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Platform
Your Name Created Brands (Pages, Groups) Your Name Created Brands
(Groups)
Identity
Facebook LinkedIn
Communities
Create Community Name
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Positioning of Community Name
Separate for each Certification
Generic but Loosely coupled with Whizlabs Brand
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Insights
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Insights
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Positioning in Community
CHANNEL
Identify Name Kind of messages Theme
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Content Creation Strategy?
Promotion Strategy
Content Population Strategy?
Implementation Plan
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Metrics for ongoing Measurability
Measurability
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