The document outlines seven steps for social media success for startups. It discusses defining social media goals, understanding personas and audiences, optimizing social media platforms, creating content, using press releases strategically, monitoring and responding to social conversations, and testing social advertisements. The seven steps are: 1) define social media goals, 2) understand personas and messaging, 3) optimize social platforms, 4) create content, 5) use press releases, 6) monitor and respond to social conversations, and 7) test social advertisements. The document provides tips and best practices for each step.
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Seven steps to Social Media success for Startups
1. Sameer Khan
Digital marketing lead @Rackspace
Entrepreneur, speaker and blogger
Seven steps to Social Media
success for Startups
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Quick Intro
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Twitter :: @sameerkhan
Blog :: Keywebmetrics.com
Blog :: Rackspace.com/blog/author/skhan/
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Agenda
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Marketing evolution
Role of social media
Seven steps
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Marketing Transformation in the Digital Age
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Offline
Marketing
• News
papers
• Flyers
• Yellow
pages
Online
Marketing
• Google
• Yahoo
• Bing
• Email
Social
Marketing
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Youtube
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Social Marketing @ Product Development Stage
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Customer
Intelligence
Ease of Use
Performance
Price
Social
Intelligence
Social media
research
Social
insights
Competitive
Intelligence
Competitive
landscape
Share of
Voice
Social NPS
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Social Intelligence : Thought Leadership Research
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5332
2790
2091
1559 1521
1138
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Blog Mentions
6475
1261
855
380 334 219
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
Social Mentions
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Social Competitive Intelligence
Competitor A
48%
Competitor B
17%
Competitor C
12%
Competitor D
14%
Competitor E
9%
Your Company vs Competitors Only
Company Count
Competitor A 23,538
Competitor B 9,906
Competitor C 8,456
Competitor D 7,246
Competitor E 5,639
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Step 3 – Social Platform Optimization
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Purpose : SEO
Best Content
Type : Video
Priority : 4
Business case :
SEO
Purpose :
Personal network
Best Content
Type : Video and
photos
Priority : 2
Business use :
Engagement, SO
V, direct sales
Purpose : Micro
blog
Best Content
Type : Text
(Tweets)
Priority : 1
Business use :
Engagement, SO
V, support
Purpose :
Professional
network
Best Content
Type :
Articles, Slides
Priority : 3
Business use :
Social Selling
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Step 5 – Press release as a social tool
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Picked up by
Houston Chronicle
MySanAnonio.com
200K views in 24 hours
1,000 backlinks and
mentions in a week
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Step 6 – Social Media monitoring and response
18Promoters
81.3%
Passives
0.9%
Detractors
17.9%
SNPS
+78%
Negative
Are
unhappy
with the
brand, prod
uct or
service
Somewhat
Negative
Neutral
Are
satisfied
but
unenthusias
tic when
discussing a
brand,
product or
service.
Somewhat
Positive
Positive
Are
satisfied
and actively
promote
the brand,
product or
service.
% Promoters - % Detractors = Social Net Promoter Score
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Monitoring and Response Process
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Listen
Analyze
EngageInfluence
Measure
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Social Ads Best Practices
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Twitter and Facebook Ads to grow followers and promote content
(cost per click only – do not use cost per impressions)
LinkedIn ads works best for hiring new employees
Move 10% of the ppc budget to social to test
Enable social extension on Google ppc ads
Don’t pay more than $1 per click
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Key Takeaways
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Social media is an important component of the
marketing mix
Social success comes with one step at a time
Social content production is critical
Press releases are effective social tool when
used wisely
Over the course of last 20 years, Marketing of product and services has gone through two major technological shifts. First shift was with the rise of the web based search engines in late 1990s then with social media in mid 2000s. These are the two major milestones in marketing and consumption of product and services.
Fast forward 2013, there is another shift that is happening on how we market and learn about products and services. Let me tell you why we are experiencing another shift in marketing. Internet has given ordinary individuals an opportunity to showcase their products at a national and international level. This has led to increase production of content and has led to saturation of information sharing. Both big and small companies are realizing the power of content product and distribution. To stand out from competition applying the social marketing at the production stage becomes a key to success of your next app, physical product or consulting service.
Fast forward 2013, there is another shift that is happening on how we market and learn about products and services. Let me tell you why we are experiencing another shift in marketing. Internet has given ordinary individuals an opportunity to showcase their products at a national and international level. This has led to increase production of content and has led to saturation of information sharing. Both big and small companies are realizing the power of content product and distribution. Content machines are in the works
Fast forward 2013, there is another shift that is happening on how we market and learn about products and services. Let me tell you why we are experiencing another shift in marketing. Internet has given ordinary individuals an opportunity to showcase their products at a national and international level. This has led to increase production of content and has led to saturation of information sharing. Both big and small companies are realizing the power of content product and distribution. Content machines are in the works
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.
Identification of your target audience and delivering them the value proposition is key to success of your digital marketing efforts.