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Social Media Marketing
           By: Prashant Chauhan A- 06
What is Social Media Marketing ?

Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or
attention through social media sites.

Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content
that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social
networks. A corporate message spreads from user to user and presumably
resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as
opposed to the brand or company itself. Hence, this form of marketing is driven
by word-of-mouth, meaning it results in earned media rather than paid media.

Social media has become a platform that is easily accessible to anyone with
internet access. Increased communication for organizations fosters brand
awareness and often, improved customer service. Additionally, social media
serves as a relatively inexpensive platform for organizations to implement
marketing campaigns.
Social media outlets/platforms Available
Social networking websites and blogs

Social networking websites allow individuals to interact with one another and
build relationships. When products or companies join those sites, people can
interact with the product or company. That interaction feels personal to users
because of their previous experiences with social networking site interactions.

Social networking sites and blogs allow individual followers to “re-tweet” or
“repost” comments made by the product being promoted. By repeating the
message, all of the users connections are able to see the message, therefore
reaching more people.
 Social networking sites act as word of mouth. Because the information about
the product is being put out there and is getting repeated, more traffic is
brought to the product/company.
Cell Phones
 Because cell phones are connected to social networking sites, advertisements are always
in sight. Also many companies are now putting QR codes along with products for
individuals to access the company website or online services with their smart-phones.

Engagement
In the context of the social web, engagement means that customers and stakeholders
are participants rather than viewers. Social media in business allows anyone and
everyone to express and share an opinion or idea somewhere along the business’s path to
market. Each participating customer becomes part of the marketing department, as other
customers read their comments or reviews. The engagement process is then fundamental
to successful social media marketing
Social media marketing
Social media marketing
Foursquare
Foursquare is a location based social networking website, where users can
check into locations via their smart phones. Foursquare allows businesses to
create a page or create a new/claim an existing venue. A good marketing
strategy for businesses to increase footfall or retain loyal customers include
offering incentives like discounts or free food/beverages for people checking
into their location or special privileges for the mayor of that location .
BLOGS (COMPANY)

Blogs allow a product or company to provide longer descriptions of products or
services. The longer description can include reasoning and uses. It can include
testimonials and can link to and from Facebook, Twitter and many social
network and blog pages. Blogs can be updated frequently and are promotional
techniques for keeping customers. Other promotional uses are acquiring
followers and subscribers and direct them to your social network pages.

To allow firms to measure their standing in the corporate world, Glassdoor is a
site where employees can place evaluations of their companies.
Social media marketing
YouTube
YouTube is another popular avenue; advertisements are done in a way to suit the target
audience. The type of language used in the commercials and the ideas used to promote the
product reflect the audience's style and taste.
Also, the ads on this platform are usually in sync with the content of the video requested,
this is another advantage YouTube brings for advertisers. Certain ads are presented with
certain videos since the content is relevant. Promotional opportunities such as sponsoring a
video is also possible on YouTube. YouTube is also known for its viral nature that eventually
allow marketers to promote their product for free.
Campaigns
2008 Presidential Election

The 2008 presidential campaign had a huge presence on social networking sites. Barack
Obama, a Democratic candidate for US President used Twitter and Facebook to
differentiate his campaign. His social networking site profile pages were constantly
being updated and interacting with followers. The use of social networking sites gave
Barack Obama’s campaign access to e-mail addresses, as posted on social networking
site profile pages. This allowed the Democratic Party to launch e-mail campaigns asking
for votes and campaign donations.

Kony 2012

A short film released on March 5, 2012, by humanitarian group Invisible Children, Inc.
This 29 minute video aimed at making Joseph Kony, an International Criminal Court
fugitive, famous worldwide in order to have support for his arrest by December 2012;
the time when the campaign ends. The video went viral within the first six days after
its launch, reaching 100 million views on both Youtube and Vimeo. According to
research done by Visible Measures, the Kony2012 short film became the fastest growing
video campaign, and most viral video, to reach 100 million views in 6 days.
Marketing techniques


Targeting, COBRAs, and eWOM


Social media marketing involves the use of social networks, COBRAs and eWOM to
successfully advertise online. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter provide
advertisers with information about the likes and dislikes of their consumers.


Targeting
This technique is crucial, as it provides the businesses with a “target audience” With
social networks, information relevant to the user’s likes is available to businesses; who
then advertise accordingly.
COBRAs
Consumer’s online brand related activities (COBRAs) is another method used by
advertisers to promote their products. Activities such as uploading a picture of your “new
Converse sneakers to Facebook ” is an example of a COBRA.




eWOM
 Another technique for social media marketing is electronic word of mouth (eWOM).
Electronic recommendations and appraisals are a convenient manner to have a product
promoted via “consumer-to-consumer interactions ”. An example of eWOM would be an
online hotel review;the hotel company can have two possible outcomes based on their
service. A good service would result in a positive review which gets the hotel free
advertisement via social media, however a poor service will result in a negative consumer
review which can potentially ruin the company's reputation.
Social media marketing tools

Besides research tools, various companies provide specialized
platforms and tools for social media marketing:

Social media measurement

Social network aggregation

Social bookmarking

Social analytics

Automation

Social media

Blog marketing

Validation
Implications on traditional advertising


Minimising use
Traditional advertising techniques include print and television advertising. The Internet
had already overtaken television as the largest advertising market.
Websites often include banner or pop-up ads. Social networking sites don’t always have
ads. In exchange, products have entire pages and are able to interact with users.
Television commercials often end with a spokesperson asking viewers to check out the
product website for more information. Print ads are also starting to include barcodes on
them. These barcodes can be scanned by cell phones and computers, sending viewers to
the product website. Advertising is beginning to move viewers from the traditional outlets
to the electronic ones.
Leaks

Social networking sites allow those leaks to go viral, and be seen by many users more
quickly. Time difference is also a problem facing traditional advertisers. When social
events occur and are broadcast on television, there is often a time delay between airings
on the east coast and west coast of the United States.

Social networking sites have become a hub of comment and interaction concerning the
event. This allows individuals watching the event on the west coast (time-delayed) to
know the outcome before it airs. The 2011 Grammy Awards highlighted this problem.
Viewers on the west coast learned who won different awards based on comments made
on social networking sites by individuals watching live on the east coast.

Since viewers knew who won already, many tuned out and ratings were lower. All the
advertisement and promotion put into the event was lost because viewers didn’t have a
reason to watch.
Social media marketing mishaps
 A flash poll done on 1225 IT executives from 33 countries revealed that
social media mishaps caused organizations a combined $4.3 million in
damages in 2010.

YouTube video of a Domino's Pizza employee doing unspeakable things to
pizza ingredients, which went viral on the internet.


A Twitter hashtag posted by McDonald's in 2012 attracting attention due to
numerous complaints and negative events customers experienced at the
chain store.


And a 2011 tweet posted by a Chrysler Group employee that no one in
Detroit knows how to drive.
Google Analytics

Google Alerts. Google Alerts are free email updates from Google search results about
any topic you’re interested in tracking. For example, I track, among other alerts, the
names of our competitors, the name of our company, and certain other terms I believe
are important to my business. Anytime Google adds something to its index that mentions
my company or the other terms I’m tracking, I receive an immediate email notification
with a link to that item.

Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free tool from Google that provides detailed
and very useful information about your website traffic and the effectiveness of your
marketing efforts. You can run social media campaigns, you can attach tracking tags to
those campaigns so that we can properly monitor them in Google Analytics. This is
important because without such data it will be nearly impossible for you to evaluate the
success of your social media marketing efforts. But analytics are important for another
reason: they’ll tell you which sites are sending traffic to your site.
Leverage Combinations of Social Media Tools
One of the best ways for small businesses to leverage social media marketing is to use
various social networks in combination with each other.

Suggestions :

Connect your Twitter account to Facebook so that your tweets will appear in your
public updates on Facebook. This will let you leverage your time on Twitter to also update
your Facebook fans.
Connect your LinkedIn profile to your WordPress blog. LinkedIn allows you to
publish, in your profile, synopses of the most recent blog posts on your blog. This
application will automatically update your LinkedIn profile with your most recent blog
posts.

Integrate Twitter tools into your blog. Use the Tweet Meme rewet button on your
blogs to make it easier for users to tweet about the blog posts. Also use the Share This tool
to enable readers to quickly share content on multiple social networks.
Conclusion

Hence Social Media Marketing is the need of the Hour & it’s a very
vibrant Tool for all the Sectors for business organisations all over
the globe.
THANK YOU!!!

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Social media marketing

  • 1. Social Media Marketing By: Prashant Chauhan A- 06
  • 2. What is Social Media Marketing ? Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks. A corporate message spreads from user to user and presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand or company itself. Hence, this form of marketing is driven by word-of-mouth, meaning it results in earned media rather than paid media. Social media has become a platform that is easily accessible to anyone with internet access. Increased communication for organizations fosters brand awareness and often, improved customer service. Additionally, social media serves as a relatively inexpensive platform for organizations to implement marketing campaigns.
  • 3. Social media outlets/platforms Available Social networking websites and blogs Social networking websites allow individuals to interact with one another and build relationships. When products or companies join those sites, people can interact with the product or company. That interaction feels personal to users because of their previous experiences with social networking site interactions. Social networking sites and blogs allow individual followers to “re-tweet” or “repost” comments made by the product being promoted. By repeating the message, all of the users connections are able to see the message, therefore reaching more people. Social networking sites act as word of mouth. Because the information about the product is being put out there and is getting repeated, more traffic is brought to the product/company.
  • 4. Cell Phones Because cell phones are connected to social networking sites, advertisements are always in sight. Also many companies are now putting QR codes along with products for individuals to access the company website or online services with their smart-phones. Engagement In the context of the social web, engagement means that customers and stakeholders are participants rather than viewers. Social media in business allows anyone and everyone to express and share an opinion or idea somewhere along the business’s path to market. Each participating customer becomes part of the marketing department, as other customers read their comments or reviews. The engagement process is then fundamental to successful social media marketing
  • 7. Foursquare Foursquare is a location based social networking website, where users can check into locations via their smart phones. Foursquare allows businesses to create a page or create a new/claim an existing venue. A good marketing strategy for businesses to increase footfall or retain loyal customers include offering incentives like discounts or free food/beverages for people checking into their location or special privileges for the mayor of that location .
  • 8. BLOGS (COMPANY) Blogs allow a product or company to provide longer descriptions of products or services. The longer description can include reasoning and uses. It can include testimonials and can link to and from Facebook, Twitter and many social network and blog pages. Blogs can be updated frequently and are promotional techniques for keeping customers. Other promotional uses are acquiring followers and subscribers and direct them to your social network pages. To allow firms to measure their standing in the corporate world, Glassdoor is a site where employees can place evaluations of their companies.
  • 10. YouTube YouTube is another popular avenue; advertisements are done in a way to suit the target audience. The type of language used in the commercials and the ideas used to promote the product reflect the audience's style and taste. Also, the ads on this platform are usually in sync with the content of the video requested, this is another advantage YouTube brings for advertisers. Certain ads are presented with certain videos since the content is relevant. Promotional opportunities such as sponsoring a video is also possible on YouTube. YouTube is also known for its viral nature that eventually allow marketers to promote their product for free.
  • 11. Campaigns 2008 Presidential Election The 2008 presidential campaign had a huge presence on social networking sites. Barack Obama, a Democratic candidate for US President used Twitter and Facebook to differentiate his campaign. His social networking site profile pages were constantly being updated and interacting with followers. The use of social networking sites gave Barack Obama’s campaign access to e-mail addresses, as posted on social networking site profile pages. This allowed the Democratic Party to launch e-mail campaigns asking for votes and campaign donations. Kony 2012 A short film released on March 5, 2012, by humanitarian group Invisible Children, Inc. This 29 minute video aimed at making Joseph Kony, an International Criminal Court fugitive, famous worldwide in order to have support for his arrest by December 2012; the time when the campaign ends. The video went viral within the first six days after its launch, reaching 100 million views on both Youtube and Vimeo. According to research done by Visible Measures, the Kony2012 short film became the fastest growing video campaign, and most viral video, to reach 100 million views in 6 days.
  • 12. Marketing techniques Targeting, COBRAs, and eWOM Social media marketing involves the use of social networks, COBRAs and eWOM to successfully advertise online. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter provide advertisers with information about the likes and dislikes of their consumers. Targeting This technique is crucial, as it provides the businesses with a “target audience” With social networks, information relevant to the user’s likes is available to businesses; who then advertise accordingly.
  • 13. COBRAs Consumer’s online brand related activities (COBRAs) is another method used by advertisers to promote their products. Activities such as uploading a picture of your “new Converse sneakers to Facebook ” is an example of a COBRA. eWOM Another technique for social media marketing is electronic word of mouth (eWOM). Electronic recommendations and appraisals are a convenient manner to have a product promoted via “consumer-to-consumer interactions ”. An example of eWOM would be an online hotel review;the hotel company can have two possible outcomes based on their service. A good service would result in a positive review which gets the hotel free advertisement via social media, however a poor service will result in a negative consumer review which can potentially ruin the company's reputation.
  • 14. Social media marketing tools Besides research tools, various companies provide specialized platforms and tools for social media marketing: Social media measurement Social network aggregation Social bookmarking Social analytics Automation Social media Blog marketing Validation
  • 15. Implications on traditional advertising Minimising use Traditional advertising techniques include print and television advertising. The Internet had already overtaken television as the largest advertising market. Websites often include banner or pop-up ads. Social networking sites don’t always have ads. In exchange, products have entire pages and are able to interact with users. Television commercials often end with a spokesperson asking viewers to check out the product website for more information. Print ads are also starting to include barcodes on them. These barcodes can be scanned by cell phones and computers, sending viewers to the product website. Advertising is beginning to move viewers from the traditional outlets to the electronic ones.
  • 16. Leaks Social networking sites allow those leaks to go viral, and be seen by many users more quickly. Time difference is also a problem facing traditional advertisers. When social events occur and are broadcast on television, there is often a time delay between airings on the east coast and west coast of the United States. Social networking sites have become a hub of comment and interaction concerning the event. This allows individuals watching the event on the west coast (time-delayed) to know the outcome before it airs. The 2011 Grammy Awards highlighted this problem. Viewers on the west coast learned who won different awards based on comments made on social networking sites by individuals watching live on the east coast. Since viewers knew who won already, many tuned out and ratings were lower. All the advertisement and promotion put into the event was lost because viewers didn’t have a reason to watch.
  • 17. Social media marketing mishaps A flash poll done on 1225 IT executives from 33 countries revealed that social media mishaps caused organizations a combined $4.3 million in damages in 2010. YouTube video of a Domino's Pizza employee doing unspeakable things to pizza ingredients, which went viral on the internet. A Twitter hashtag posted by McDonald's in 2012 attracting attention due to numerous complaints and negative events customers experienced at the chain store. And a 2011 tweet posted by a Chrysler Group employee that no one in Detroit knows how to drive.
  • 18. Google Analytics Google Alerts. Google Alerts are free email updates from Google search results about any topic you’re interested in tracking. For example, I track, among other alerts, the names of our competitors, the name of our company, and certain other terms I believe are important to my business. Anytime Google adds something to its index that mentions my company or the other terms I’m tracking, I receive an immediate email notification with a link to that item. Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free tool from Google that provides detailed and very useful information about your website traffic and the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. You can run social media campaigns, you can attach tracking tags to those campaigns so that we can properly monitor them in Google Analytics. This is important because without such data it will be nearly impossible for you to evaluate the success of your social media marketing efforts. But analytics are important for another reason: they’ll tell you which sites are sending traffic to your site.
  • 19. Leverage Combinations of Social Media Tools One of the best ways for small businesses to leverage social media marketing is to use various social networks in combination with each other. Suggestions : Connect your Twitter account to Facebook so that your tweets will appear in your public updates on Facebook. This will let you leverage your time on Twitter to also update your Facebook fans. Connect your LinkedIn profile to your WordPress blog. LinkedIn allows you to publish, in your profile, synopses of the most recent blog posts on your blog. This application will automatically update your LinkedIn profile with your most recent blog posts. Integrate Twitter tools into your blog. Use the Tweet Meme rewet button on your blogs to make it easier for users to tweet about the blog posts. Also use the Share This tool to enable readers to quickly share content on multiple social networks.
  • 20. Conclusion Hence Social Media Marketing is the need of the Hour & it’s a very vibrant Tool for all the Sectors for business organisations all over the globe.