7. 7
Establishing and growing a
social audience comes down to
two things:
• Dedicate Significant time and
resources to organic community
growth
• Add a boost with paid support and
measure your efforts even better
“If you build it, they won’t come”
B2B vs. B2C organizations
largely use the same social
strategy:
• Acquire audience by sharing
relevant content and spur user
engagement
8. 8
Stay the Same
34%
Increase
64%
Decrease
2%
Change in Paid Social Media Ad Budgets in 2013
According to US Advertisers
% of respondents
The Industry is on board with Paid Social
Source: eMarketer.com 2013
9. 9
The Industry is on board with Paid Social
1% - 10% 70%
11% - 20% 18%
21+% 13%
Percent of Online Budge Allocated to Social Media
Ads According to US Advertisers
% of respondents
Source: eMarketer.com 2013
10. If you aren’t in the paid social
space, your competitor is. They will
out-spend and out-reach you.
10
11. 11
Short-term Sales
Engaging Existing
Customers
Spread News
Information
Brand Awareness Recruitment
Compliment Promotional
Campaign
Encourage
Word of Mouth
Increase
Searchability
What are your business objectives?
Social Media can help
Because every business has different objectives, ROI will be different for everyone. Before Adding
social media to any marketing campaign companies should clearly define their objectives.
Key Objectives
Source: eMarketer, MGD Advertising
12. 12
Social vs. Traditional Advertising
Pros Cons
Social Media Traditional
Inexpensive
Interactive/Engaging
Measurable
Short-Term Results
Permanent/Tangible
Time Involved
Shelf Life
Costly
One-Way
Non-Reciprocal
Hard to Measure
Source: Kuhcoon.com 2013
13. Not only is social advertising significantly cheaper than
other platforms, it’s scalable and modifiable in real-time
13
Social vs. Traditional Advertising
Cost Comparison
CPM
The CPM model refers to advertising brought
on the basis of impressions. It essentially tells
you how much people will pay per 1,000 people
to view your ad during the entire campaign.
$5 CPM
$9 CPM
$3 CPM
$1 CPM
SHow in Chart and combine News and to Print
Radio TelevisionBillboardSocial Media Print
$43 CPM
Source: Kuhcoon.com 2013
14. 14
So Where’s the Value?
Social Media ROI is the never-ending conversation
that even top CMOs have not been able to solidify.
The same KPIs of traditional advertising cannot be used
to measure social success. And that’s why it’s difficult.
15. 15
So Where’s the Value?
68%
Site Traffic
66%
Conversion
63%
# of Fans
63%
# of Positive
Customer
Mentions
50%
# of
Contributors
42%
# of Post
43%
# of Page
Views
41%
# of
Mentions
23%
Average Order
Value
16%
Reduced
Returns
11%
Reduced Call
Volumer
15%
Increased
Channel
Sales
7%
Do not Track
Metrics
7%
Workplace efficiencies
and
Positive Sentiment
Metrics Used by CMOs to Measure Social Media Marketing Activities
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Metrics
Source: eMarketer, MGD Advertising
16. 16
So Where’s the Value?
Source: eMarketer, MGD Advertising
Social Media Channels with Highest ROI
Facebook Ratings and
Reviews
Twitter Linkedin
36% 43%
23% 21%
32%
21%
42%
Participate in
Industry Blog
YouTube Company
Blog
Although the date above suggest that Facebook is the most valuable social marketing platform by ROI,
marketers chose YouTube as the medium they plan to increase marketing most.
Emerging Platforms
A survey of CMOs reveal which social platforms have the highest ROI
17. 17
Financial
Have cost decreased
or sales increased?
Brand
Have perceptions of
the brand improved?
Risk Management
Are you better prepared to respond
to issues that affect brand reputation?
Digital
Has the brand enhanced
its digital assets?
1 2
3 4
So Where’s the Value?
According to Forrester, identifying the value of social media
marketing efforts comes down to looking at four factors:
Source: eMarketer, MGD Advertising
18. 18
Social Advertising Products
Facebook Promoted Post
CPM
$0.50 Up
3.4 mm users in
Houston area, 18+
Cost Model
Reach
Targeting Options
Appears on Desktop and Mobile
• Device
• Geo-location
• Age
• Gender
• Interest Segments
• Relationship Status
• Language
• Education
• Workplace
19. 19
Social Advertising Products
Facebook Right-Rail Ad
CPM
$0.75 Up
3.4 mm users in
Houston area, 18+
Cost Model
Reach
Targeting Options
Appears on Desktop
• Device
• Geo-location
• Age
• Gender
• Interest Segments
• Relationship Status
• Language
• Education
• Workplace
20. 20
Social Advertising Products
Promoted Tweet
CPE
$1.50 Up
1mm+ users in
Houston area
Cost Model
Reach
Targeting Options
Appears on Desktop and Mobile
• Device
• Geo-location
• Key Word
• Look-alike followers of
specific accounts
• Interest Segments
21. 21
Social Advertising Products
LinkedIn Sponsored Update
CPM
$2.50 Up
1.5 mm users in
Houston area, 18+
Cost Model
Reach
Targeting Options
Appears on Desktop and Mobile
• Company Name
• Geo-location
• Company Size
• Industry
• Job Function
22. 22
Social Advertising Products
YouTube TrueView
CPV
$0.10 Up
149 mm unique
monthly users
(US)
Cost Model
Reach
* Pinterest and Instagram have introduced their own
paid products, with the first analytics rolling in
Targeting Options
Appears on Desktop and Mobile
• Key Word
• Geo-location
• Age
• Gender
• Interest Segments
23. 23
18 Months
$5,000 Total Spend
Promoted Posts | Right-Rail Ads | Giveaways
Contests | Promoted Tweet | Sponsored LinkedIn Update
Case Study: Houston Chronicle
Source: Facebook Insights, Omniture analytics
Number of Engagements
on Social Networks
15,000 to 55,000
Facebook followers
Site Traffic from Social Networks
+ 260%
+ 436%
+ 84%
27. Connected Experiences:
The Intrinsic Relationship Between Search, Social and Content
27
#LEVELUP
@nataliebgarza
@alisonvsutton
@lostrajani
@DivyaVisentini
28. How do Content, Search, and Social connect
in your digital marketing strategy?
28
30. 30
Social Activity Search Ranking Factors
Google +1
Facebook Shares
Number of Backlinks
Facebook Total
Facebook Comments
Facebook Likes
Pinterest
Tweets
% Backlinks rel=nofollow
0 SEO-Visibility of backlinking URL
% Backlinks with Stopword
Length of URL
Number of internal Links
Word Count in Anchor Text
HTML Length
Position of Keyword in Title (Character)
Position of Keyword in Title (Word)
% Backlinks from same Country
Word Count
Keywords in Body
Keyword in external Links
* Searchmetrics Ranking Factors 2013
0.40
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.33
0.31
0.29
0.28
0.25
0.20
0.18
0.16
0.15
0.14
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
Source: 435 Digital
31. What do you focus on first when
beginning your strategy?
31
32. 32
B2B B2C Content Marketing
Source: Content Marketing Institute
31%
Remain the Same45%
Increase
10%
Significantly
Increase
11%
Unsure
1%
Significantly
Decrease
2%
Decrease
45%
Increase
10%
Unsure
34%
Remain the Same
9%
Significantly
Increase
2%
Decrease
B2C Content Marketing Spending
(Over next 12 Months)
B2B Content Marketing Spending
(Over next 12 Months)
55% of B2C Marketers say they will increase
their content marketing spend.
54% of B2B Marketers say they will increase
their content marketing spending.
Overall, B2C Marketers are planning to increase content
marketing spend at a rate similar to B2B Marketers.
33. 33
Why Do People Share?
Anger
Sadness
Relaxation Happiness
Most Likely to be Shared
Least Likely to be Shared
Source: UpWorthy
34. How do you measure the success
of all three?
34
35. How do consumers engage with
each throughout the buying cycle?
35