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State of the Twittersphere: How Marketers
Are Using TwitterJanuary 21, 2009
Rick Burnes
HubSpot Marketing Manager
Twitter: @rickburnes
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. New Data on Twitter Use
III. Case Studies: How Marketers are III. Case Studies: How Marketers are Using Twitter
IV.How to Measure Twitter as a Marketing Tool
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What’s HubSpot?
• Founded in July 2006; grew out of research at MIT
• Sells inbound marketing software
• 2,000+ customers; 100+ employees
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Traditional Marketing (Outbound)
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Marketing Today (Inbound)
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What Is Inbound Marketing?
Get Found
• Publish
• Promote
• Optimize
Process Tools
Get Found
• Content Mgmt
• Blogging
• Social Media
• SEO
Website Visitors
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Leads• SEO
• Analytics
Convert
• Test
• Target
• Nurture
Customers
Convert
• Offers / CTAs
• Landing Pages
• Lead Intelligence
• Lead Mgmt
• Analytics
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Twitter Feeds the Funnel & Helps Convert
Blogging SEO Email Pay-Per-ClickTwitter
Website Visitors
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Leads
Customers
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Not Sold on Twitter?
Same recipe for success on every social network.
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. New Data on Twitter Use
III. Case Studies: How Marketers are III. Case Studies: How Marketers are Using Twitter
IV.How to Measure Twitter as a Marketing Tool
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Old Twitter, New Twitter
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Flickr: .:sandmanFlickr: Don Van Dyke
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Traffic Is Slowing
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So Is User Growth
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Now a More Mature Service
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Image: Wikipedia
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More Followers, on Average
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Following More, on Average
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More Updates, on Average
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Same Goes for HubSpot Customers
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Best Practices, FTW
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Put a Bio in Your Profile
Follo
wers
Avg
Follo
wers
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Put a Link in Your Profile
Follo
wers
Avg
Follo
wers
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Best Practices Followed More Often
July 2009 Jan. 2010
Bio in Profile 24% 53%
Location in Profile 31% 65%
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Location in Profile 31% 65%
Web Address in
Profile
20% 41%
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A More International Service
Top Locations in July 2009 Report Top Locations in Jan 2010 Report
London London
Los Angeles Brasil
Chicago USA
New York New York
San Francisco California
Toronto Los Angeles
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Toronto Los Angeles
Atlanta UK
Seattle Chicago
Boston Canada
Austin Germany
Sydney Sau Paulo
San Diego Singapore
Washington, DC Indonesia
Melbourne Texas
Portland Australia
Houston Toronto
Vancouver Florida
Dallas India
Brooklyn San Francisco
Philadelphia Washington, DC
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. New Data on Twitter Use
III. Case Studies: How Marketers are III. Case Studies: How Marketers are Using Twitter
IV.How to Measure Twitter as a Marketing Tool
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Twitter Drives Leads
HubSpot Social Media Leads
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Twitter is largest category, at >40% of HubSpot’s total social media leads.
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Twitter Plays a Bigger SEO Role
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Results
from
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Key to Success: Content
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Blogging Increases Twitter Reach >75%
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Links to Blog = Links to Landing Pages
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Potential for
Lead Gen
No Potential
for Lead Gen
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What to Publish?
• Blog
• Podcast
• Videos
• Photos• Photos
• Presentations
• eBooks
• News Releases
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A Word of Caution
• Don’t Tweet too much
about your product.
NOBODY CARES.
• Create content that’s
useful and interesting to
your target personas.
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What Gets Shared?
Rarely
Shared
Frequently
Shared
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• Product info
• Free trials
• Software documentation
• New data
• Funny videos
• Top-notch blog posts
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Agenda
I. About HubSpot & Inbound Marketing
II. New Data on Twitter Use
III. Case Studies: How Marketers are III. Case Studies: How Marketers are Using Twitter
IV.How to Measure Twitter as a Marketing Tool
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Follower Count
• A measure of your raw distribution power
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@replies
• A measure of community engagement & branding
• On your profile or via search.twitter.com
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Twitter Grader
• Inputs include followers, influence, follower influence
and patterns of use
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Measure the Impact on Your Funnel
Website Visitors
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Customers
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How to Track Your Funnel
Track visitors.
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How to Track Your Funnel
Track leads.
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How to Track Your Funnel
Track customers.
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Why Tracking Via Channels Is Critical
Visitors Leads Conversion Customers Net
Conversion
Twitter 3,289 554 17% 12 0.4%
Facebook 504 75 15% 6 1.2%Facebook 504 75 15% 6 1.2%
Stumbleupon 511 28 5% 1 0.2%
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Final Thoughts …
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Twitter Is Part of a Complex System
Social Media, eg Twitter
SEO
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Diagram: Wikipedia
Blogging
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HubSpot Helps Navigate the System
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Thank You!
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