Why is social media so important? A look at the statistics courtesy of Fuqua School of Business as well as the different social platforms and how to use them.
The ROI of Social Media-How to Make it Work for You
1. The ROI of Social Media
Tactics, Tips and Tools for Maximization
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5. A Few Facts About Me
• United States Military Graduate
• B.S. Human Factors Engineering
• United States Army-1987-1992-Captain Field Artillery
• U.S. Army Veteran
• Benedictine University-MBA w/Finance Concentration (2011)
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6. About Me cont’d
• 22 years of sales, marketing,
product launches
• Launched 10 new innovative
products in their space
• Johnson & Johnson Sales Trainer
• Over a dozen sales and marketing
awards
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7. Why Social Media?
• Directly interact with your customers
• Be proactive in the market place with regards to dynamic
demands
• Allows you to reach the largest target audience with minimal
cost
• Greatest profit margin for marketing dollars
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8. BUT JUST DON’T
TAKE MY
WORD
FOR IT
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9. Duke University Fuqua College of Business
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10. Questions to Ask Yourself
• What are you spending on marketing?
• What type of marketing?
• Is your current marketing focus enabling you
to reach your desired business goals,
financially?
• How are you measuring your ROMI?
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11. Business and Social Media
Small Business
• Guideline-2% of budget on marketing
• About 10k per year on different
mediums
• Actually-$2500/yr- (source Merchants
Circle)
Big Business
• 16.7% on marketing
• 18.1 % on social media marketing
• 50% have not been able to show the
quantitative impact on business
dollars
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12. So Where is the Disconnect?
Fishing in the Wrong Lake for the wrong fish!
13. How to determine the right social media approach
B2B or B2C
Greatest growth potential
Target Market
Appropriate social channels
• Facebook or,
• Twitter or,
• Linkedin or,
• Pinterest or,
• Tumblr or,
• Instagram or,
• PPC or
• Blog or etc. etc. etc………
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15. • How much is one customer worth to me?
• Where do these potential customers hang out?
• How do these prospects know who I am or what I
provide?
• How do these prospects know how good I am at
what I do?
• What is it that they really need or want?
• How do I convey that I am the one they want?
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16. • Become an authority in your space
• Provide expert or useful information
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• In the right platform
• In the right form
• Interact with other thought leaders
• Interact with your prospects
17. Clients include Cadillac, Target, McDonald’s, Accenture, Bermuda
Department of Tourism, The Coca-Cola Company, and JP Morgan
Chase.
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•#13 on the Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power
Influencers, 2013
•#8 on AdWeek’s Top 50 People Most Retweeted by
Mid-Size Marketers list
•15 Loyalty Thought Leaders You Should Follow on
Twitter
•One of the 5 Finalists in the Marketing Book of the
Year
•#11 on Onalytica’s Big Data and Customer
Experience Top 100 Influencers list
•One of the most interesting CMOs on
Twitter according to Say Media
•Top 100 Business, Leadership and Technology
Twitter Accounts You Must Follow
•50 Must-Follow Marketing & Media Mavens
Influencing the Hispanic Market Today
•#2 among Top 25 People Most Mentioned by digital
marketers: http://bit.ly/11jbDUj
•#16 among 25 most retweeted by Digital
Marketers: http://t.co/SynItBzHwY
•AGBeat’s Top 50 Industry Influencers
•#5 on SAP’s list of Top 60 Customer Experience
Influencers
•Most followed CMO on Twitter according to Social
Media Marketing Magazine
Ted Rubin
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• CEO of Fishbowl (software development
integrated into Quickbooks)
• The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning: Tying
Soft Traits to Hard Result
• Forbes Contributor
• Harvard Business Review
• Inc. Magazine
• 2012 Top Venture Entrepreneurs
David Williams
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Facebook
• B2C
• Very visual
• Customer service
• New Ideas,
promotions
Twitter
• B2B/B2C
• Informational
• Very fast
Linkedin
• B2B/B2C
• Professional Image
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•Leader in search engine results
•Everything integrates with Google
•Communities
•Hangouts for informational seminars
•Integration with Youtube
•Visual
•Marketing products
•Grouping of products/ideas
Others
•Instagram
•YouTube
•Curated Magazines-Paper.li and Rebelmouse
•Blogs
•Tumblr
22. What is the Right Message/Medium?
That depends on your audience
Never speak at them
Speak to/with them
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30. Final Words
• Takes time
• Takes an understanding of how to read analytics
• Helps you understand your target market deeper
• Helps you to understand your website flow
• Helps you understand what actions convert into
revenue
• Can put you way ahead of your competitors
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32. Questions
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