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Internet Summit Basis Online Marketing - 2011
1. Framework to Running an
Effective Online Marketing
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2. Who Am I?
• Started as a web developer and experiment into the field of online
marketing in 2005
• Focused mainly on search engine optimization and search engine
marketing
• Areas of expertise range from SEO, SEM, Social Media, Affiliate
marketing, Banner ads, Analytics, Revenue generation and usability
• Worked for the following companies
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3. About CommercialGuru
• Singapore’s Leading Commercial Property Portal Comprehensive site dedicated to office, retail, industrial and
factory properties
• Used by more than 100,000 business owners & investors
monthly
• 1.5 million pages viewed monthly
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4. PropertyGuru Network
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Asia’s Leading Property Portal Group – Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia
+ Hong Kong, Australia, Macau & India partners
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Almost 4 million visits monthly
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47 million pages viewed monthly
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435,000 properties available for sale or rent
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6. Online Marketing Framework
Objectives
Target Audience
Phase 1 - Setup
Phase 2 - Execution
Conversions
Conversions
Tracking & Reporting
Phase 3 – Post Campaign
Optimization
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7. Phase 1 – Setup
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8. Phase 1 - Objectives
Set Your Campaign Objectives
3 types of objective, marketers commonly set to achieve when
marketing online.
Getting Traffic
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Branding
Awareness &
Usage
Product Sales
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Promotions
Product Launch
Lead Generation
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Prospecting
Community
Building
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9. Phase 1 - Target Audience
Determine Your Target Audience, Why?
Because
•Resource are limited (manpower)
•Our budgets are finite
•Provide better conversions (sales)
•Minimize advertising wastage
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10. Target Audience
Determine Your Target Audience, How?
Ask Questions on
•Who, What, When, Where & Why
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About their demographics
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What type of products they need
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Would they buy your product online or
require someone to talk to them?
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Product purchase frequency
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11. Phase 2 – Execution
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12. Phase 2 - Media Selection
Finding Your Audience, Where They Spend Time Online
Source: http://www.wordle.net
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13. Phase 2 - Media Selection
Typical Campaign Setup
Search Engines
Reach out to
consumers seeking
products, services
and information
Vertical Sites
Ad Network
Mass Sites
Yahoo/MSN
Channels include – Car,
Travel, Biz, News &
lifestyle
Mass with Branding and Tactical
Copy
Branding to Target
Audience
Branding to
Mass Audience
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14. Phase 2 - Creative Message
Determine Your Campaign Message
Using the right message would contribute to the success of your
campaigns.
• Determine keywords that triggers a
reaction / call to action
• Types of images that stimulates an
emotion or action
• Each message should also be catered
for the media used
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15. Phase 2 - Creative Message
Sample Creative
Relating to a specific need
Individuals looking for a bargain
Lowest in Market
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16. Phase 3 – Post Campaign
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17. Phase 3 - Tracking & Reporting
Tracking & Reporting
Enables marketers to depend the health of their campaigns and
if they are meeting their objectives.
• All online campaigns should be tracked
• Tracked campaigns allows marketers to
calculate their cost per acquisition
• Match the initial performance estimates
with actual figures
• Reports help marketers analyze their
campaign performance for improvements
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18. Phase 3 - Tracking & Reporting
Metrics to Measure
Commonly tracked metrics for a successful campaign
Inputs
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Impressions
Clicks
Creative Performance
Cost
Earned Media (PR
Articles)
Interactions (Rich
Media)
Outputs
Mixture
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Visitors
Page Views
Time on Site
Bounce Rate
Average Page per
Visit
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Goals / Conversions
Cost per lead/
Acquisition
Post Campaign
Analysis
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19. Phase 3 - Tracking & Reporting
Tools We Use
Channel Tracking
•3rd Party Ad Servers like Eyeblaster
•Tracking codes from Google Analytics – Click here
Website Statistics
•Google Analytics
•Webmaster Central
Site Improvements
•Google Website Optimizer
•Crazy Egg
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20. Phase 3 - Optimization
Improving Your Campaign by Optimization
Analyzing campaign reports, enables marketers to improve upon
their existing campaign
What to look out for
•Determine profitable channels – Search,
online banners, edms, etc
•Which creative works best
•List top 10 performing and non-performing
sites
•Tweak performing creative message or ad
units to meet each channel
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22. Client
Objective
Leading business solutions provider
To generate leads and product awareness
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Age 30 and above
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High educational level
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Business owners and office
managers
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Annual revenues about
100k
Uses the internet daily
(read news, search for
information and
communications)
Media
Selection
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Online Banners, EDMs, Microsite integration
Creative
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Creative used to promote advertisers solutions
Target
Audience
Post
Campaign
• Still in Progress with positive client feedback
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