Best Practices Analysis for Inbound Marketing
Michelle Aclander Digital Marketing Intern Summer 2015
August 5, 2015
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Overview:
• Introduction – Campaigns (May 2015 – July 2015)
• Definition of Key Social Terms
• Current Social Posting Practices
• Analysis
• Best Practices
• Recommendations
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Posting Guidelines
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Definition of Key Social Terms
• The number of interactions plus the number of clicks and followers acquired, divided by the number of impressions
• The number of times each update is shown to LinkedIn members
• The number of clicks on the content, company name, company logo.
• Total number of times a user interacts with a Tweet
Engagement
• Times a User followed you directly from the Tweet
Impressions
• Clicks on URL or Card in the Tweet Clicks
LinkedIn Twitter
Interactions• The number of clicks on the
content, company name, company logo.
Sources: https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8261/~/company-update-reportinghttps://support.twitter.com/articles/20171990
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Analytics May – July Day of the Week
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Twitter Engagement RateEngagement Impressions
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Impressions
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Campaign Source with highest rate of Conversions to Leads
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Twitter – Best Post Trends >2% Engagement
• New Broadridge Acquisition Product Acquisition
• “Learn more about”• “Read about”
Learn More
• “View Graphic”• “View Research”
Graphic / Link
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Twitter – Worst Post Trends <.03% Engagement
• At ____ Event Event
• “Download”Need Action
• No “So what” • Is this important to customers? Information
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LinkedIn – Best Post Trends >4% Engagement
• “View” “Find Out” “Read”Prompt to Investigate
• Explanation of what the post relates to
• Short and concise
Short and Sweet
• Rich Daly Post CEO
Highlight
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LinkedIn – Worst Posts Trends <2% Engagement
• Run on of information • No “So What” • Is this important to customers?
Long Posts
• A lot of % comparisons Numbers
• Prompting followers to Subscribe Subscription
Ghost
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Recommendations:
• Utilize Sources with highest conversion rates • Twitter Posts:
– Monday – Thursday • Monday: Early AM • Tuesday: Mid Day / Mid PM • Wednesday: Mid PM • Thursday: Late AM
– Best Posts: Product Acquisition, Learn More, Graphics
• LinkedIn Post:– Monday – Wednesday – Best Posts: Promote to Investigate, Short and Sweet, CEO Highlight
• Further Research
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Listening Tools Overview
–Understanding Conversations • Broadridge Reputation and Brand Image • Client conversation• Competitor conversation
–Identifying Influencers
–Filter out the noise
–Understanding Sentiments
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Listening Tool – Decision Process
$1700/month
Social engagement and monitoring
cloud service25 owned channels250,000 messages
$1400/month
Data storage of 2 years
Dedicated Account Manager
$1000/month
2 Social Accounts 20,000 monthly
mentions
Heartbeat $16,000 a year
MAP $25,000 a year
Difference in search capabilities
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Thank you