16. 1. Generate Leads
2. Drive Foot Traffic
3. Grow Social Engagement
4. Grow Email Database
5. Collect Data
What Advertisers Want
17. 1. Generate Leads
2. Drive Foot Traffic
3. Grow Social Engagement
4. Grow Email Database
5. Collect Data
What Promotions Do!
✔
18. What is An Advertiser Contest?
Contest Run on Advertiser’s Page,
Media Company Not Visibly Involved
19. Why Measurable Results Matter:
For your station:
You are in control of elements of
campaign
Encourages repeat business
Be the expert in your market
$$$
42. SURVEY RESULTS
Did you know Haydel's
Bakery has Gluten
Free Options?
Yes No
Did you know Haydel's
Bakery makes King
Cakes all year long?
Yes No Yes No
Did you know we
ship worldwide?
45. SECRET SAUCE
• Valuable insights for the advertiser and lead generation
• Mobile database, Facebook, and email database growth
• Proof through results
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Matt
I am really thrilled that we have Gordon here to kick off the promotions summit. Gordon has been a critical advisor to Second Street over the past 5 or 6 years as we’ve really sharpened our focus on the promotions opportunity.
When I first met Gordon and started sharing the success we were having with revenue from contests and email database growth he wasn’t very interested because his research was already beginning to forecast a spike in promotional marketing spend from local advertisers. His forecast was directionally and it has informed our own investment in this space and in turn our guidance to Second Street partners.
By 2017 that number will double to 80BB!
WHY?
Because Advertisers want to be a part of promotions because they ignite interactions with potential consumers in ways that traditional advertising alone can’t duplicate
Be an expert in this growing trend; you can make yourself the go-to expert for your advertiser
Because it is growing, it is not necessarily something your advertiser is familiar with; means a perfect opportunity for you
Radio is poised to get more than its fair share
but it has to organize itself to do so
There are 2 different models when it comes to generating revenue from contests
The more traditional model is the sponsored model
Where you sell sponsorship opportunities to contests that run on your website, allowing them to get exposure to your audience
This has been a great model, still one that we highly recommend
Tons of media companies generating millions of dollars with these contests
Online promotions can Solve advertiser’s problems as They want activation, engagement
They want to be more engaged with their audience
TODAY we’re going to talk about this – rather than the contest running on your website or your Facebook Page and you sell advertisers into it – The Advertiser Model is all about them. just putting it on Facebook doesn’t mean it’s an advertiser contest – it’s their contest not yours.
You are an “agency” running this contest for your advertiser on their page
Client-focused objectives
Client pays for promotion
Client provides the prize
Single Like-gate + email opt-in
This doesn’t mean you should stop running sponsored contests – keep doing those – you guys have been making a lot of money
We’re talking about an opportunity to ADD to revenue by offering a different service
If you have an agency, this is a great thing to offer – if you DON’T, no worries, - these are just agency-like services you can offer
The needs analysis conversation is one of the most
important parts of the sales process, and it’s also the one
that is skipped the most often.
Relationship selling doesn’t cut it anymore for advertisers – your advertisers see so many reps, and they have so little time; you have to be the one that brings solutions to them.
The goal of a needs analysis conversation is not to go in
and sell a spot or an ad – the goal is to understand your
advertisers' challenges and goals and to determine how
you can move the needle for them in your market by
asking the right questions
Learn what advertiser wants to accomplish
Uncover challenges
Build a relationship
Gain insights that will help you suggest the right promotion type
The most important questions you will ask your advertiser are “what are your main goals” and “how will you measure success?”
Always start here when talking to your advertiser during the needs analysis stage.
These questions will give you the essential information you need to make a good recommendation
Plus, taking the time to ask these questions with the advertiser ensures that you will bring relevant results
to the follow-up meeting after the campaign has run.
There's nothing more valuable to an advertiser than a
promotion, but it's important that you pitch the right
promotions to the right advertisers.
Set goals that are measurable and within your control.
Each of your advertisers will have different needs and
goals, and while you can include survey questions or an
email opt-in on the registration form of any promotion you
run, each type has its own particular strengths.
If multiple promotions would work for an
advertiser, pitch an ongoing campaign to
solve all their challenges.
Tracking, keep in touch w/ advertiser
This is a stage many sellers overlook, so separate yourself from the pack and show your advertiser that you’re a true asset to them and informed.
It is also critical to building the relationship and demonstrating the effectiveness of your media
Here are a couple of tips for things you’ll want to bring with you and do at the follow-up meeting
Delivering measurable results with promotions renders
you invaluable to advertisers, and sets you up to grow
your business with them going forward.
thnk about how powerful it will be for you as a media company to be in complete control of the questions advertisers ask like: "was it successful“? and "did it deliver the results they expected". ?
So what is next? Since you’ve delivered results for the advertiser – continue the discussion – what is on the horizon for them in the next quarter? How can you continue to drive results!?
Remember Promotions deliver results. So the next steps is to determine what your next move will be with the advertiser – another promotion, how they can build on the results they delivered, what can your media company do to help them continue to achieve their goals
Let’s jump right in!
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Entercom New Orleans
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Growth was exponential
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the contest received 359 entries, which was a great result, especially considering the small niche to which we were marketing and the fact that the audience for hearing aids skews older.
45% of all contest entrants) said that they plan to purchase a hearing aid within the next year, and of those, 54% plan to finance their purchase. 96 respondents (26% of entrants), also indicated that they would be interested in a Lunch & Learn event.
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Matt
the contest received 359 entries, which was a great result, especially considering the small niche to which we were marketing and the fact that the audience for hearing aids skews older.
45% of all contest entrants) said that they plan to purchase a hearing aid within the next year, and of those, 54% plan to finance their purchase. 96 respondents (26% of entrants), also indicated that they would be interested in a Lunch & Learn event.
Matt
217 people (60% of entrants) opted in to receive emails from the Audiology & Hearing Center and 55 people (15% of entrants) indicated that they would like to have someone from the center contact them by phone.
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$200 card for $99
$25,000 in revenue
8-12 Different Courses
Round of Golf at EACH participating course
Some Restrictions are Acceptable
Must pay cart fee
Focus on categories that have mass appeal. You want your card to appeal to a wide audience, so focus on categories like golf, ski, and dining.
Get the same offer from each merchant. If you are building a golf card, make it a round of golf at each course on the card. If you’re doing a ski card, make it a lift pass at each resort. For a dining card, offer a $25 punch at each restaurant. No matter what, the offer needs to be a clean spend, and the same price point for each merchant.
We consistently find this stat to be true across the board.
2nd street works with 100s of major media companies and seeing this consistently
Quad City Times Advertiser Facebook Sweepstakes “Win Dinner for 10 at Red Lantern”
July 1-9 collected submissions
517 total submissions
355 came the day the email was sent
70% of contest entries came from the email
$200 card for $99
$25,000 in revenue
8-12 Different Courses
Round of Golf at EACH participating course
Some Restrictions are Acceptable
Must pay cart fee
Focus on categories that have mass appeal. You want your card to appeal to a wide audience, so focus on categories like golf, ski, and dining.
Get the same offer from each merchant. If you are building a golf card, make it a round of golf at each course on the card. If you’re doing a ski card, make it a lift pass at each resort. For a dining card, offer a $25 punch at each restaurant. No matter what, the offer needs to be a clean spend, and the same price point for each merchant.
So how do you deliver the kind of results that brandy, sara and Jamie have delivered in their markets?
REmember - relationship selling doesn’t cut it anymore for advertisers - so many reps, so little time; you have to be the one that brings solutions
Contest, Facebook? Ballot? Ecommerce offer? Align your advertisers goals with the right promotion type to fufill them.
Remember what Gordon Borrell said at the beginning of our webinar?
“Advertisers want results you can measure those results with promotions.”
Share those measurable results. You have had the needs analysis – you know what the advertiser wanted to get out of the promotion. You are in a position to share the success with them! Use those results as a tool to secure more business and to gain TRUST through proof of results.
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