supercharge your facebook marketing
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With everyone jumping aboard the Facebook marketing bandwagon, there is bound to be fallout. For every example of spectacular marketing success, there are just as many flops, failures, and disasters. How to run compelling social campaigns? How do you grow your audience, and connect successfully with interested prospects? What online tools, applications, and plugins should you use? How to measure and react to customer engagement? Sallie Burnett, President of Customer Insight Group, a leading strategic marketing firm renowned for its ability to help companies engage, keep and grow profitable customer relationships, will show you how to grow and engage your Facebook fan base. 5 Revealing Facebook Marketing Stats • 77% of B2C and 44% of B2B companies have acquired a customer through Facebook. • 56% of people are more likely to recommend a brand after becoming a fan on Facebook. • 51% of fans are more likely to purchase from a brand they “like” on Facebook. • 33% of U.S. online consumers have made a purchase based o recommendations from friends on Facebook. • 42% of marketers say that Facebook is critical or important to their business. Facebook is a constantly evolving platform. Social media marketers need to stay on top of these changes and learn to take advantage of them. There is no better time to get your Facebook marketing in shape. More Information: Find out how you are doing with the Social Media Grader: http://www.customerinsightgroup.com/do-you-make-social-media-grade Social Media Blog: http://www.customerinsightgroup.com/marketinglibrary/ Social Media Infographics: http://www.customerinsightgroup.com/infographs Get help from an expert: http://www.customerinsightgroup.com/social-media-marketing Here are just a few of the ways Customer Insight Group can you view and use social media: • Listen and Learn: We help you to monitor what consumers are saying about your organization, your products, or programs and you can use the information to support your marketing goals. We help you test different social media tactics and learn what works. • Build Relationships and Brand Awareness: You can interact with key audiences in order to build awareness for your brand. By increasing your visibility in the right areas and trying to stick in the minds of others through active interaction on many different levels, your company can strengthen relationships and brand awareness. • Improve Reputation: You also improve your organization's reputation as an expert by being consistently involved in discussions on topics or aggregating information that is important to the customers you serve. Cloud: social media marketing, facebook marketing, social media trends, facebook best practices, 2014 social media, facebook marketing 2014, facebook tips, facebook trendsTRANSCRIPT
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Supercharge Your Facebook Marketing
Sallie Burnett 303.422.9758
www.customerinsightgroup.com
Start with the End in Mind — Goals
Retention
Sales Brand Awareness
New Customers
SEO Customer Service
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Facebook Algorithm Update Over 1000 Factors
Facebook Algorithm
Does the fan base for the Page
overlap with other known high
quality pages?
Has the user engaged recently with this Page or
with similar content?
Is the Page’s profiles complete?
How frequently is content from this Page reported as
low quality? How timely and relevant is the
content?
Is it quality content (receiving lots of likes, shares or comments) by
the user’s friends?
Has the user engaged recently with this Page or
with similar content
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7 Social Media Trends
1. Content = Exposure
2. Text Status Updates Fall in Facebook Algorithm Ranking
3. Facebook Brand Fans are Super Consumers
4. Social Media is the Leading Engagement Vehicle in the Marketing Mix
5. Fans Buy More & Are More Loyal
6. Advertise on Facebook to Boost Visibility
7. Consumers Love to Share Photos
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1) Content = Exposure Facebook & Website
70%
Marketers say that content marketing has increased their brand awareness. (Source: Imedia)
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Website
Facebook Pinterest
Google+
Develop a content calendar.
Create relevant, timely content that supports your USP.
Cross promote content.
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Brings consistency. Saves you time. Increase SEO benefits.
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Post 1-3 times per day, every.
TIP: Think about your audience and what they will find value in. Create content that entertains, informs, or otherwise engages your audience. This is a critical piece in boosting engagement and visibility on Facebook. © 2014 CustomerInsightGroup.com • 303.422.9758
Weekly Create a Meaty Conversation Monday: Trivia or other lifestyle post
Tuesday: Problem/Solution post tied to your products. LINK
Wednesday: One Quick Question (could be around news event, national holidays, or crowd sourcing to find out what your audience is struggling with around your niche)
Thursday: Blog post or link to value added content on website. LINK
Friday: Quote of the day or other lifestyle post.
Saturday: Product post or promotion. LINK
Sunday: Link to value added content on your Facebook page or other social channels, i.e. Pin of the Week
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Follow 80/20 rule.
Focus on engaging fans.
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Have a call to action.
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2) Text Status Updates Fall in Facebook Algorithm Ranking
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Use the Upload Photos function to share photos.
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3) Facebook Brand Fans are Super Consumers
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Convert brand users to fans.
Leverage all customer touch points — i.e. point of purchase, direct mail, IVR, trucks, etc.
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Promote your social media presence on your website.
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Website Footer
Product Page
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Include your social media icons “Above the Fold” on all your emails.
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4) Social Media is the Leading Engagement Vehicle in the Marketing Mix
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Create multi-channel strategy across touch points — Catalog, Email, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest. (One-off tactics fall short of building fan engagement and loyalty.)
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Website
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Pinterest Google+
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5) Fans Buy More & Are More Loyal
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Convert visitors to fans. Give them a reason to “like” you and to engage with your
brand.
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Fan gate content and special offers.
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+ Value of Facebook fan continues to increase.
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Recognize and reward loyal customers and fans. Top Shopper
Brand loyal, high value online customers that not only have a higher LTV, but are consistent year over year top spenders.
Advocates
Everyday consumers who influence brand affinity and purchasing decisions by directly rating products, commenting or by publishing opinions and participating in conversations.
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6) Advertise on Facebook to Boost Visibility
+ Test different type of ads, offers
images and call to actions.
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+ Test using Facebook ads to target
different niches or target markets.
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7) Consumers Love to Share Photos
Source: GlobalWebIndex, Question: Thinking about the social media services that you actively use, could you please tell us if you have done any of the following on the service through your PC/Laptop/Mobile/Tablet in the past month? Base: % of Active Facebook Users
Millions Active Facebook Users
Millions Active Facebook Users
Millions Active Facebook Users
Uploaded and share photos 476.59 239.17 108.37
Messaged with friends on a one on one basis 374.55 216.23 82.86
Commented on a friend's post 388.08 201.82 94.44
Commented on a friend's photo or video 359.53 184.84 86.55
Posted comment about my daily activities 349.60 184.71 87.86
Clicked Facebook ‘like’ button 348.16 150.64 84.87
Followed a group or like a page created by a brand 291.99 110.60 66.94
Watched video clips created by other internet users 310.76 125.06 75.58
Shared a link to an article 287.82 112.19 67.37
Shared videos created by other internet users 259.86 93.31 54.64
Top 10 Facebook Activities Globally - millions of Active Facebook Users performing the following top 10 social network activities, Q2 2013
Create SEO value from your images and photos.
Make sure each image has a file name.
Add well written descriptions including keywords.
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Make it easy for customers and fans to share.
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