Contenu connexe Similaire à Grow Your Small Business with Email and Social Media (20) Plus de Lorraine Ball (20) Grow Your Small Business with Email and Social Media1. © Constant Contact 2016
GrowYour Business
with Email &Social Media
Simple Marketing Strategy for Small Business and Nonprofits
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Lorraine Ball
Owner, Roundpeg
Email: lorraine@roundpeg.biz
Welcome
Questions after the event?
facebook.com/roundpegindy @roundpeg or @lorraineball
3. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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4. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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9. Engagement is the new word of mouth
1. Small business marketing today
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11. Source: MarketingTech Blog, Business2Community.com
46% of shoppers
rely on social media
when making a purchase
88% find online reviews
as trustworthy as personal
recommendations
Time’s have changed. We trust strangers.
12. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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What are you trying to achieve?
Increase
ReachEngage
Nurture
Drive
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Setting your goals
When will this be
accomplished?
What is your target?
Set real numbers
Who are you
trying to reach?
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Half MoonYoga
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Example:
WHO: previous members
WHAT: average of 10 attendees/per class
WHEN: over the next 3 months
16. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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17. Where are you today?
Facebook LinkedIn InstagramTwitter Pinterest Youtube
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…2 of your Facebook fans
see you in their News Feed.
of email gets
delivered to the inbox.
90%
2%
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Social media
3-5 x/week is plenty
*Use automated tools
Email
1x/month is most common
*Use reports to determine
optimal frequency/time
When to
send & post?
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22. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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23. Content is all about them; not you
80%
Valuable
content
Sounds like:
“3 common
mistakes on
your taxes”
Sounds like:
“Let us do your
taxes!”
20%
Promotion
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Tutorial to weatherproof
your bag in 5 min.
Top 3 benefits to
volunteering this summer
We’re in your neighborhood!
Find out where…
How do I weatherproof
my new golf bag?
Can I set my own
volunteer hours?
Where can I find a
map of your location(s)?
…Into ContentTurn Questions…
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26. The “EdgeRank” algorithm
shows posts based on …
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Facebook has an algorithm
• Interest of your fans
• The post’s performance among other users
• Performance of your past posts
• Type of post the users prefer
• How recent the post is
27. You don’t have to do it alone: use resources
Interviews
or
testimonials
Social
media
Blogs
Special
guests
Survey
results
Industry
news
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29. Source:Constant Contact Data Reveals DirectCorrelation Between Email
Campaign Effectiveness and Number of Images andText Lines Featured, 2015)
Make it engaging with visuals & video
ProTips
• 3 or fewer images
• Make images clickable
• Videos under 90
seconds
31. Make it mobile
ProTips
• Avoid multiple columns
• Use larger font sizes
• Limit your images
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32. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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Narrow it down to 1
Use actionable language
Stay above the scroll
Create clickable buttons
3. Setting your goals
Design an
awesome
call-to-action
Emails with a single
call-to-action
increased clicks by
371%
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3. Setting your goals
Half MoonYoga Goal:
Engage previous members to increase
class attendance to an
average of 10 attendees/per class
over the next 3 months.
Call-to-action:
View the schedule
40. Where does it go?
4. Choosing the right message
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Where does your call-to-action go?
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Where does your call-to-action go?
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Where does your call-to-action go?
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44. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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Measure your
success
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46. • 11 new volunteers • 500 attendees • 53 coupons claimed
Measuring your goal
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Opens
Industry averages: 8-28%
Best Practices
• Evaluate send day & time
• Optimize subject line
• Recognizable from name
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Click-throughs Best Practices
• Simplify your call-to-action
• Format links to stand out
• Sent targeted content
Industry averages: 5-18%
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49. What types of posts are doing well
Engagement metrics
Who engages with your content
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Use Facebook’s Insights tool
to know what works for you
When your fans are online
50. Agenda
1.Small business marketing today
2.Setting your goals
3.Choosing the right message
a. Pick your platform
b. Build relationships through content
c. Write a call-to-action
4.Measuring success
5.How to get started
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You can do this...
...and you can start today.
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52. Three simple steps…
1. Write your goal
2. Design a call-to-action
3. Measure the results
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Grow with Constant Contact
All the marketing tools you need together in one place.
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•You really can do this!
We’re here to help.
All the marketing tools you need together in one place.
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Questions?
Contact me LorraineBall@roundpeg.biz
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