Measuring the return on your social media investment is no longer optional.
To secure executive buy-in for social marketing strategies—and larger, dedicated budgets—digital and marketing leaders need to confidently demonstrate how social media efforts are contributing to an organization’s broader business goals. You not only need to understand what to measure to show real impact, but also how to grab your CMOs attention by presenting the findings in a way that matters.
Hootsuite's global director of enterprise client strategy, Jaime Stein, delivers a presentation on proving social ROI.
14. Rebels and renegades tested
new ground by setting up
rogue accounts.
• Marketing
• Public Relations
• Community
• Customer Service
1st Wave of Social
15. 2nd Wave of Social
Coordinated and centralized
at scale as it grew beyond
the core.
• Big Bets
• Going Viral
• Social Organizations
16. Coming out of trial & error
with savvy organizations on
their third shot.
New entrants skipping the
first two waves.
• Social as a Skill (vs. Team)
• The Power of Employees
• Meaningful Measurement
3rd Wave of Social
17. Social ROI: Why Measure?
You either help...
Make
Money
Save
Money
Mitigate
Risk
and/
or
and/
or
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18. Social ROI =
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19. The reality is that in most
companies, employees
struggle to articulate the
wider organizational
goals.
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20. This immediately causes a
struggle to align social
media activities to achieve
organizational targets.
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21. 3 Key Steps to Measure
Your Social ROI
1. Set the right goals
2. Validate and calculate
3. Check in and adjust on
the go
22. 1. Set the right goals
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23. “Our goal is to
make our social
media accounts
feel more global.”
24. “We want to
create memorable
moments that
attract, engage
and retain a
community of
brand loyalists.”
25. “Our overall goal
is to increase
revenue, which
includes
monetizing our
social media
channels.”
27. What goals matter, and to who?
Manager: Consolidated reporting and tracking, secure pre-approved content workflow
Dir. Marketing: Increase traffic by 70% and improve social sentiment by 5% and drive
20% more leads, brand consistency and protection
VP, Marketing: Increase web/social reach by 50% to increase leads
by 20% to impact pipeline by 10%
CMO: Build & protect brand, drive total leads
to support revenue goal
CEO: 20% revenue growth
Practitioner: Reporting and insights tools, campaign management tool, workflow + permissions ability for content
creation and distribution
Tactical
Strategic
31. Validate & Calculate your ROI
✓ Identify & implement the right tools to help
you measure and demonstrate your social ROI
32. Validate & Calculate your ROI
✓ Identify & implement the right tools to help
you measure and demonstrate your social ROI
✓ Check your social metrics regularly—often
daily—to stay on top of your data and report
on the impact of your campaigns
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Retail customer
example
ROI Baseline =
3x return on paid social
34. 3. Adjust on the go
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35. Check in, adjust as needed
Social media lifecycles are short—identify & adjust
underperforming campaigns quickly & efficiently
Proving social ROI is not a one-time event—it is ever-
changing and evolving
Go back to the drawing board if necessary—these cycles will
help inform the success of future campaigns
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Employee advocacy enables organizations to
leverage their
employees to promote
the company’s message
39. Fortune 500 Brand vs. Employee Reach
Brand
1x
Main Social Accounts
1x
40. Fortune 500 Brand vs. Employee Reach
Brand
1x
Main Social Accounts
1x
3,738,010
Average likes/company
249,357
Average
followers/company
X
41. Total Reach
Fortune 500 Brand vs. Employee Reach
Brand
1x
Main Social Accounts
1x
3,738,010
Average likes/company
249,357
Average
followers/company
X 3,987,367
Est. reach of Brand
43. Entire
Workforce
~163,500 employees
Total Reach
100,000
# of accounts (est.)
75,000
Fortune 500 Brand vs. Employee Reach
Brand
1x
Main Social Accounts
1x
3,738,010
Average likes/company
249,357
Average
followers/company
X 3,987,367
Est. reach of Brand
44. Fortune 500 Brand vs. Employee Reach
Entire
Workforce
~163,500 employees
338
Average friends/account
208
Average
followers/account
Total Reach
100,000
# of accounts (est.)
75,000
X
Brand
1x
Main Social Accounts
1x
3,738,010
Average likes/company
249,357
Average
followers/company
X 3,987,367
Est. reach of Brand
45. Fortune 500 Brand vs. Employee Reach
Average F500 employees collectively have ~12x more social reach than combined brand accounts
Brand
Entire
Workforce
~163,500 employees
1x
Main Social Accounts
1x
338
Average friends/account
208
Average
followers/account
3,738,010
Average likes/company
249,357
Average
followers/company
Total Reach
100,000
# of accounts (est.)
75,000
X
X
3,987,367
Est. reach of Brand
49,400,000
Est. reach of Entire
Workforce
46. The value of those 49M impressions
would be approximately $24,500.
47. Your Social ROI
Mission
✓ Set the right goals
✓ Validate and calculate
✓ Check in and adjust on the go
48. Panel Discussion & Questions
Aldrina Thirunagaran
Assistant Vice President,
Content Marketing,
OCBC
@aldrinat
Jaime Stein
Global Director, Enterprise
Client Strategy
Hootsuite
@jaimestein
Allanjit Singh
Head of Social, Havas Worldwide
Managing Director,
Red Agency Singapore
@allanjits
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49. Thank You!
Global Director, Enterprise Client Strategy
@jaimestein
Jaime Stein
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50. ● Hootsuite Blog: blog.hootsuite.com
● Hootsuite Academy: hootsuite.com/education
● Digital in 2017 Global Report by Simon Kemp
Resources
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