2. Little about me…
• Director of Message, Marketing and Media for Bob for Cook
• Chief Digital Strategist for Boxless Media
• Digital Marketing Agency
• Web design firm
• Official Marketing Partner of the Illinois PGA
• American Red Cross of Northern IL Marketing Partner
• Founder of Chicago Social
• Serial Entrepreneur
• DJ | Keyboardist | Music Director
3. What you’re about to learn…
• A proven framework for digital marketing success
• Growth strategies for social media
• Organic social hacks
• Social advertising techniques
• Sample business digital marketing plan
4. Framework for Digital Marketing Success
• What is a framework?
• Why do we need a framework?
• How do you use a framework?
6. Campaign Goal Development
• Determine one or more goals and any specific objectives or
outcomes to support the development and purpose of the campaign.
• SMART Goals
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Relevant
• Time bound
7. Audience Definitions
• The second step is to create as many in-depth audience avatars as
possible.
• Be as descriptive as possible with definitions
• Age
• Gender
• Geography
• Financial demographics
• Interests / charitable interests
• Other demographic information
8. Channel Determination
• Next, you must decide which channel will best reach your audiences
• Different audiences may require different channels
• Utilize industry benchmarks and Red Cross data to determine most
appropriate channels
• Sample channels: Facebook, Instagram,Twitter,
LinkedIn, Web, Blog, Search, Newsletter,
Mass Email, Cross Connection, SMS
9. Tactics
• Based on the channel, one or many tactics should be implemented
• Sample tactics:
• Organic social media
• Paid social media
• Paid search
• Influencer marketing
• Public relations (blogger outreach)
• Email marketing
• SMS
• Affiliate assets
10. Messaging
• Messaging should be unique and determined on the following
factors:
• Audience characteristics
• Channel requirements/best practices
• Tactical demands/characteristics
• Messaging must be aligned with overall campaign goal
11. Analytics/Refinements
• Regular monitoring of results and adjustments:
• Which audiences are performing the best?
• Which channels are producing most?
• Cost-benefit analysis on the tactics
• Is the messaging resonating with the audiences?
• Invest more in what is working, pull back on what isn’t
• Incorporation of tracking mechanisms at the inception of the
campaign
22. 2017 SUPER BOWL
COST PER THOUSAND
$35.07
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM
COST PER THOUSAND
$2-$15
SOCIAL ADVERTISING
OFFERS BETTER TARGETING AND REACH AT A BETTER VALUE
23. LOCATION
Live in an Area
Present in an Area
Traveling to an Area
BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS
Age
Generation Category
Gender
Language
EDUCATION
Education Level
Field of Study
School
Undergraduate Year
FINANCIALS
Income
Net Worth
Home Ownership
Home Type
Household Composition
LIFE EVENTS
Anniversaries
Away from Family
Away from Hometown
Birthday
Close friends with someone
have a birthday
Friends of Newly Engaged
Friends of Newlyweds
Friends of Recently Moved
Long Distance Relationship
New Job
New Relationship
Newly Engaged (by time
period)
Newly Wed
Recently Moved
Parents (by age of child)
Moms (by type)
Grandparents
POLITICS
Likely to engage with Politics
(Conservative, Liberal,
Moderate)
Self Reported (Conservative,
Liberal, Moderate)
US Politics (Conservative,
Liberal, Moderate)
RELATIONSHIP
Interested In
Relationship Status
WORK
Employers
Industry
Job Titles
Office Type
INTERESTS
Most Anything Imagineable
BEHAVIORS
Motorcyclers
New Vehicle Buyers
New Vehicle Shoppers
Car Owners (by make,
purchase date, style, age,
price)
Car by Purchase Type
Used Car Buyers/Shoppers
B2B Company Size
B2B Industry
B2B Position Seniority
Charitable Givers (by type)
Gamers
OS Used
Canvas Gamers
Event Creators
FB Payment Users
FB Page Admins
Browsers Users
Photo Uploaders
By Email Domain
Small Business Owners
Technology Early vs. Late
Adopters
Expats (by Country)
Bank Types
Types of Investors
Spending Methods
Job Roles (Executives,
farmers, financial pros)
Type of TV Service
Satellite or Internet Radio
Users
Multicultural Affinities
Mobile Device Users (By
Type)
Purchasing Habits
Types of Travelers
Facebook Engagements
Website Visitors
Page/Account Followers
JUST A FEW TARGETING OPTIONS
25. STEPS TO CREATING
SUCCESS SOCIAL ADS
1.Create your perfect customer
personas
2.Find your audiences
3.Create compelling content for ads
4.Analyze and revise
26. CREATE YOUR PERFECT
CUSTOMER PERSONA
1. Age, gender, language
2. Geography
3. Interests
4. Online habits
5. Social media behaviors
DON’T LIMIT YOURSELF TO ONE AUDIENCE.
27. FIND YOUR AUDIENCES
ONLINE
1. Different platforms attract different demographics
2. Find platforms that reach your demo
3. Make sure you can create content for that platform
28.
29. CREATE COMPELLING
CONTENT FOR ADS
1. Diversify your content, create many ads
2. Try different medias/ad formats
3. Have a clear call-to-action
4. Experiment with pro and real photography
5. Try alternate versions of your copy
6. Graphics for graphics/text for text
We connect with friends throughout our lives on Facebook.
People around the world communicate without barriers apps.
YouTube has put a video studio in our hands. 1
We share memories of the days through Instagram
We get news faster than any news media on Twitter.
We share funny photos and videos of our life as they fade away in SnapChat
We are never without a recipe, DIY projects or craft idea with Pinterest
We build business relationships that advance our professional careers through LinkedIn
Social Media in all forms has changed our lives.
While Social Media is and will always remain free to users, for businesses to be successful, they must pay.
In 2017, it is estimated that the social advertising spending will reach more than 11 billion dollars.
And if we look at spending trends from the last few years and until 2020, you will see that digital advertising as a whole is going nowhere but up.
Here we see the dramatic increase in digital advertising which include all types of digital ads (search, social and display). Social advertising currently represents about 15% of this total and I think we will see an increase as social platforms evolve and become a more important part of our lives.
So, social media has changed how we live, communicate and tell the stories of our lives. How do the advertising platforms associated with these networks relate to the biggest advertising event of the year?
SUPERBOWL
Targeting
Males vs. Female – 60:40 maybe?
Age – 9 to 90?
Interest – Who knows?
Reach
114 million viewers
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Cost
$3.5 Million
$35.07 CPM
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Social Advertising offers
Better, More Advanced Targeting
Greater Reach
At a fraction of the cost
Let’s talk targeting for a second…
So, if we think about the SuperBowl, where it was nearly impossible to target, we see that with this small list of just a sampling of the targeting abilities, the opportunities to target people by anything imagineable is what makes social advertising some of the most advanced advertising platforms available.
If we think about the numbers we saw earlier on social platforms, the reach is so much greater on social platforms as well.
So, why waste a few million on Superbowl ad?
We now know that Social Advertising is somewhere we need to be. How do we get started?
Let me introduce you to the Four Steps to SUCCESSFUL Social Advertising. No matter who your audience, what you’re trying to accomplish or the budget you have to spend, these four steps will ensure your campaigns produce results.
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We start by creating a customer avatar for your perfect customer. While social media has opened the doors to do business without borders, it is most often most efficient to do business with select groups of people. For example, if you own reestaurant in downtown Chicago, it doesn’t make sense to reach people in China. If you are promoting a product that is only available at specific retail locations, it only makes sense to advertise to people in those areas. If you are marketing a product that only appeals to teenagers, it doesn’t make sense to target retirees. Figure out who that most perfect customer is and define those personas.
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Then, find your audiences online. Different platforms attract different demographics. Take advantage of the platforms that attract the demographics that you are trying to reach.
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Next, create compelling content for your ads. You have to use the right photos, videos and/or text that will sell your product or services.
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Finally, social advertising platforms give you more advanced analytics than most any other ad platform. Use those analytics to make the most of the campaigns that produce the most and revise and dump those that don’t.
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Let me introduce you to the Four Steps to SUCCESSFUL Social Advertising. No matter who your audience, what you’re trying to accomplish or the budget you have to spend, these four steps will ensure your campaigns produce results.
[SLIDE]
We start by creating a customer avatar for your perfect customer. While social media has opened the doors to do business without borders, it is most often most efficient to do business with select groups of people. For example, if you own reestaurant in downtown Chicago, it doesn’t make sense to reach people in China. If you are promoting a product that is only available at specific retail locations, it only makes sense to advertise to people in those areas. If you are marketing a product that only appeals to teenagers, it doesn’t make sense to target retirees. Figure out who that most perfect customer is and define those personas.
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Then, find your audiences online. Different platforms attract different demographics. Take advantage of the platforms that attract the demographics that you are trying to reach.
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Next, create compelling content for your ads. You have to use the right photos, videos and/or text that will sell your product or services.
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Finally, social advertising platforms give you more advanced analytics than most any other ad platform. Use those analytics to make the most of the campaigns that produce the most and revise and dump those that don’t.
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