2. The World Leader in Social Media
Marketing Software
• Largest provider of social media marketing software
• 15,000+ paying customers
• 300+ employees
• Founded in 2008: HQ in Silicon Valley, offices in U.S., Europe, Asia
• Powered 250K+ campaigns
3. 30 of the World’s Top 50 Brands Are
Wildfire Customers
7. Super Bowl XLVI:
NY Giants Won On and Off the Field
• Grew fan base 86% faster
than Patriots
• 8x more posts and
VS. comments during game
• 90% increase in unique
visitors to website
8. Champions League: Who Won in Social?
During the Match
• Bayern beat Chelsea in Facebook fan engagement by nearly 2x
(185K to 103K engagement activities – Likes, Comments, Shares)
After the Match
• Chelsea dominates post-game engagement (20 minutes post-match)
(58.5K to 24.5K engagement activities – Likes, Comments, Shares)
9. EARNED MEDIA: THE STUDY
10,000 Facebook campaigns
4,300 brands
13 million consumers
9 months of data
10. Paid, Owned, and Earned Media
Paid Owned Earned
Website &
Ads Other Owned Word of Mouth
Properties
Prospects Prospects & Fans
Customers
11. The Two Paths to Earned Media
Campaign
Entry
Direct News Feed
Invite Post
Click on
Referred Post
Entries
Referred
Entries
12. PICK YOUR FAVORITES
39%
QUIZ
32%
TRIVIA
29%
SWEEPSTAKES
ESSAY CONTEST
PHOTO CONTEST
26% 25% 25%
COUPONS
19%
What Drives the Most Shares?
Rate of Sharing by Campaign Type
GIVEAWAY
15%
VIDEO CONTEST
11%
13. PICK YOUR FAVORITES
27%
GIVEAWAY
15%
QUIZ
13%
SWEEPSTAKES
COUPONS
ESSAY CONTEST
11% 11%
TRIVIA
10%
Earned Media Click Rate
PHOTO CONTEST
3%
VIDEO
2%
CONTEST
ESSAY
How Many Clicks Do Shares Drive?
1%
CONTEST
14. What’s the Conversion from Click to Entry?
Earned Media Click-to-Entry Rate
82%
74% 74%
69%
66%
47%
23%
PHOTO CONTEST
ESSAY CONTEST
ESSAY CONTEST
SWEEPSTAKES
13%
GIVEAWAY
COUPONS
CONTEST
TRIVIA
VIDEO
QUIZ
15. Social Scorecard: What Works Best?
Average Entries per Campaign
1 Coupon 3,037
2 Giveaway 1,888
3 Sweepstakes 1,630
4 Favorites 1,070
5 Quiz 1,024
6 Trivia 410
7 Essay Contest 398
8 Photo Contest 381
9 Video Contest 313
Top-3 tactics that drive most shares
16. • AMC Theatres Coupon
Campaign
• $1 popcorn, drink
• 200K entries in 6 days
• 50K entrants invited
friends to claim coupons
17. • Benefit UK Photo
Contest Campaign
• Upload best “Honest
Leah” look-a-like photo
• Objective to drive user-
generated content
• Great tactic for beauty
product brand
18. • Chelsea FC “Blue Flag”
Campaign
• Upload photo of your face –
gets put on the flag
• Out-of-the-box thinking to
drive engagement
• Example of unlimited
creativity that social allows
19. 3 percent
of campaign entrants
drive 100%
of additional engagement
27. Social Powers the Customer Life Cycle
Awareness Engagement Advocacy
Intent Purchase Support Loyalty
(Social Ads) (Promotions) (Word of Mouth)
Rich Social
Profiles
28. Word of Mouth at Scale
Consumer Trust Index
Word of Company Print or
Mouth Website TV Ad
92% 58% 47%
Nielsen, “Global Trust in Advertising Survey,” April 2012