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Targeting Audiences on Social Media
1. Targeting and Tracking Audiences
on Social Media
Presented by:
Ana-Maria Critchley
Mabel Ho
2. Part of a broad multi-channel engagement
and service strategy
on Social
Promotion & outreach
Information & service delivery
Customer service
Media and public relations
Accessibility
4. on Social
Pinterest
• Visual discovery tool to find
ideas for projects and
interests
• Established in 2012
• 2,700+ followers
• CPCE/Special
Collections/Arts Staff
• Branch photos, children’s
content, Special Collections,
Digital Innovation Hub, Appel
Salon
5. on Social
Instagram
• Mobile photo/video sharing
tool
• Simple way to capture and
share TPL’s moments
• Established in 2014
• 6,075+ followers
• 18-29
• Branch photos, Special
Collections, user generated
content
6. on Social
LinkedIn
• Business-oriented social
networking tool
• Established in 2014
• 4,690+ followers
• Small business and career &
job search resources
7. on Social
Tumblr
• Microblogging platform and
social networking website
• Established in 2014
• 3,630+ followers
• Teen audience
• Teen Social Media Team
• Youth related and fandom
content
8. on Social
Periscope
• Live video streaming and
broadcasting service by
Twitter
• Established in 2015; 865
followers
• Appel Salon programs and
special events
9. on Social
SoundCloud
• Audio platform
• Established in 2016;
avg. 200-400 plays
• Appel Salon programs, Hear-
a-Story
10. on Social
Reddit
• First Ask Me Anything (AMA)
in July 2016
• Official TPL account
(TPL_On_Reddit)
• Broad TPL content and
community participation
11. on Social
• @TPLFortYork
• @TPLBloorGladstone
• @TPLScarbCentre
• @TPLParkdale
• @TPLRiverdale
• @TPLWeston
• @TPLJonesBranch
• @TPLWychwood
• @TPLAlbion
• Toronto Reference Library (FB)
• North York Central Library (FB)
• @TPLTeens
• @TPLBookBuzz
• @vbowlestpl
• Other staff
Branches, services and staff
16. • Social Media Team
Regular bi-weekly team meetings
Reviews and plans editorial content
Discuss new developments and opportunities
• Answerline Department monitors and responds to
questions during operational hours
Communications staff responsible for campaigns,
sensitive topics, media stories, and customer
engagement
Teams and Processes
39. Key Metrics
Conversion Engagement
Visits and pageviews to
channel
Followers
Referrals to TPL website Mentions
Holds placed Shares, retweets, likes,
favourites, comments
Program attendance Click-throughs
Content performance, campaign results, customer
satisfaction, community management
40. Thank You
Ana- Maria Critchley
amcritchley@torontopubliclibrary.ca
Twitter: @amcritchley
Mabel Ho
mabelho@torontopubliclibrary.ca
Twitter: @mabel_ho
Notes de l'éditeur
When we first started using social media tactics, we basically pushed content out to people. However, after several years, we have learned to take a more holistic approach so our customers experience the library offline and online in an integrated sort of way. Strategically, instead of tacking on social media to an activity, we look to integrate it into what we’re already doing in other channels, making it simply an extension of what we are doing all of the time.
The library focuses its online communication and social media activities to achieve a number of organizational goals, which are to:
Promote and raise awareness of our services
Deliver information and other library services
Improve and support customer service excellence
And support our media and public relations activities
These channels also make our staff and services more accessible to our customers.
Mention that, in 2013 we developed and rolled out a comprehensive Online and Social Media policy that outlines expectations and directives of staff and customer interactions through online and social media channels.
An extension of the library’s welcoming and supportive service environment. Risk management. Terms of Use.
Mabel
Toronto Public Library is currently active on 10 online communication and social media channels, which support these objectives. We began experimenting on these channels as far back as 2007, when we first started blogging on the TPL website.
These channels help us find new and engaging ways to extend the reach of our collections, programs and services to the widest possible audience.
They also let us build the library’s presence beyond our own website, going to where our customers are rather than always having them come to us.
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Blogs 2007
YouTube 2008 (april)
Facebook 2008 (aug)
Twitter 2009 (jan)
Flickr 2009 (sept)
E-newsletter 2010 (dec)
Pinterest 2012 (june)
Instagram 2014 (march)
Tumblr 2014 (march)
LinkedIn 2014 (march)
Mabel
Over the last 3 years, we’ve launched a few new channels.
Pinterest, which we established in 2012, is an image-collecting site that helps users find ideas for projects and interests.
We have over 2,700 followers and we use this channel to highlight our branches, special collections, children’s content, creations from our Digital Innovation Hubs, the Appel Salon space and more. The content is managed by CPCE staff, Special Collections and Arts staff.
Mabel
Instagram is a mobile photo and video sharing tool which has really taken off in the last couple of years.
It’s a simple way to capture and communicate TPL’s moments with our customers. We launched our Instagram account last year, and we currently have over 6,075 followers. The demographics of Instagram users is typically younger than the users on Twitter and Facebook – 18-29.
We feature a mix of content including branch photos, special collections, and user generated content. We’ve also started using more high quality photographs by our photographer. It’s the perfect platform to tell the story of the library in a visual way.
Mabel
LinkedIn is a business-oriented networking tool that enables companies to have a page for LinkedIn members to learn about the business’s brand and job opportunities. We launched our page last year and it’s become a popular site for users to receive small business, career & job search resources from the library. We have close to 4,690 followers on this channel.
Mabel
Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking site which is particularly popular with teens. The channel was established last year alongside our teen social media team and it features mostly youth related and fandom content. The account is primarily managed by our teen social media team comprised of teen-focused library staff across the system. It has 3,630+ followers.
Mabel
Periscope is a live video streaming and broadcasting service by Twitter. We started broadcasting our Appel Salon programs and special events last year including the opening of the Scarborough Civic Centre Branch, TPL100, Carrie Brownstein and David Suzuki at the Appel Salon. We have over 865 followers.
Periscope recently announced that Twitter users can now watch broadcasts right within the Tweet – you don’t need the Periscope app or the account.
Mabel
SoundCloud is an audio platform that we started using this year to create podcasts of our Appel Salon programs – we strip out the audio from the videos that we capture for YouTube. It’s an easy way for us to reach a new and different audience. As some of you may already know, podcasts are on the emerging trend due to popular podcasts like Serial and StartUp. We haven’t posted many podcasts yet but on average, we receive about 200-400 plays for each track.
We’d like to experiment in the future with creating original content – NYPL’s “The Librarian is In”; “Library Stories”
Mabel
Reddit Toronto is a huge bulletin board community: opinionated, engaged, low BS tolerance. NOT traditional library users. Moderators enforce community rules. You can visit without being a member. Members are anonymous. Reddit is a meritocracy - posts and comments get upvoted or downvoted. Reddit does not welcome institutional or corporate membership and it actively guards against vested self promotion posts.
The day of the AMA we had staff from several divisions who answered questions for the 3 hours and 2 reddit mods who supported the event. Our City Librarian dropped in, answered an ebook question and sent out a tweet. This large group of staff each brought specific expertise which we felt was respectful to the reddit community.
Mabel
In addition to our corporate channels, library branches, services and staff are also on social media. All of these accounts contribute to TPL’s overall social media presence and they also increase our reach to our customers.
Mabel
Twitter and Facebook are our largest social media channels
We’ve seen a steady follower growth over the years, with increased interactions when we have a campaign or if there is a hot topic in the news
At the end of 2014, we reached a total of 1 million video views on our YouTube Channel!
Our smaller channels, LinkedIn and Tumblr, have focused content for specific audiences, such as small business and job search information for LinkedIn and youth content for Tumblr
Comparison is from January – December 2015 vs. January – December 2014
Mabel
When comparing TPL’s Twitter followers to other Canadian public libraries, TPL has the largest following.
This is also the case for Facebook, where TPL has the largest number of likes. It’s also interesting to note the popularity of Twitter over Facebook for specific Canadian cities, e.g. EPL. For TPL, the growth of Twitter and Facebook followers have remained relatively the same over the years.
Mabel
When comparing TPL’s Twitter following to American public libraries, TPL has a relatively large following - with the exception of NYPL, whom has a very large following!
This is also similar when comparing Facebook likes.
Mabel
We thought it would be interesting to also take a look at how TPL compares to industry related organizations in Toronto.
Mabel
We established a social media team this year comprised of CPCE staff (project leader, stakeholder relations manager, comm officers, M&C assistant) who represent different areas of the organization and also our photographer as social has become much more visual.
Answerline was brought on in 2013 to assist us in monitoring and responding to questions. (Mention it was an extension of their current work and made sense since they have access to our knowledge base; briefly mention training – e.g. there were concerns on the part of staff about taking on this responsibility, so we took it slow and provided a great deal of support and oversight; didn’t take long for them to get comfortable as they realized that it was not dissimilar to how they provide customer service through other channels, and as they became comfortable with the voice, tone and customs of the channel
CPCE staff are responsible for ongoing customer engagement and will jump in whenever there are sensitive topics, arising media stories and organized campaigns.
Mabel
Our social media team meets regularly every two weeks to review and discuss plans for editorial content and discuss new developments on the various social media channels, interesting industry related campaigns, and new opportunities for TPL.
We also receive input from staff across TPL including the Online Editorial Committee (comprised of staff from branches, support services and committees – e.g. collections, innovation hub). We also actively share the content generated by branch/service accounts and staff also supply content for our channels.
Mabel
In many cases customer service online looked a lot like it did through other channels.
Could be account related, or about our collections, or other services …
Mabel
Mabel
But questions can come in other forms, and present opportunities not only to provide good customer service, but preempt concerns and correct misconceptions
Mabel
Monitoring conversations and trends on your channel can give you the opportunity to proactively provide good customer service and again prevent complaints and concerns.
Mabel
We’re using a personalized Hootsuite dashboard to manage multiple networks (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn etc.) and profiles. There are many tools that are available but we’ve been using Hootsuite and it’s working for us.
The dashboard is shared between CPCE and Answerline staff for monitoring and responding. It open lines of communications between both departments.
We evolved to this.
Mabel
We’re using a personalized Hootsuite dashboard to manage multiple networks (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn etc.) and profiles. There are many tools that are available but we’ve been using Hootsuite and it’s working for us.
The dashboard is shared between CPCE and Answerline staff for monitoring and responding. It open lines of communications between both departments.
We evolved to this.
Mabel
Mabel
A few Answerline staff responded to the customer on Twitter.
Unaware of the offline conversations
Took it offline – provided instructions to Answerline staff.
Answerline staff took lead, contacted branch staff, finance, etc. and crafted response.
Mabel
A few Answerline staff responded to the customer on Twitter.
Unaware of the offline conversations
Took it offline – provided instructions to Answerline staff.
Answerline staff took lead, contacted branch staff, finance, etc. and crafted response.
Mabel
Ana-Maria
A collection of short stories that highlight what Toronto Public Library means to our users, staff, and communities.
Mabel
We’re using a personalized Hootsuite dashboard to manage multiple networks (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn etc.) and profiles. There are many tools that are available but we’ve been using Hootsuite and it’s working for us.
The dashboard is shared between CPCE and Answerline staff for monitoring and responding. It open lines of communications between both departments.
We evolved to this.
Content performance, community management, campaign results, customer satisfaction
Mabel
Although information requests have gone down in the last couple of years, the channels in which customers are contacting us remain steady.
In person
2013 - 5,692,134 (87.5%)
2014 - 5,696,515 (88.4%)
2015 - 4,131,493 (88%)
Telephone
2013 - 776,599 (11.9%)
2014 - 713,018 (11.1%)
2015 - 543,279 (11.5%)
Online (+ social media)
2013 - 39,082 (0.6%)
2014 - 33,460 (0.5%)
2015 - 21,521 (0.5%)
Ana-Maria
More and more, customers are turning to online and SM channels to find service information, especially during emergency situations
- ice storm, flooding, blackouts. But also elevators not working, individual branch closures, etc., website down
For online service interruptions even more of an expectation that we are monitoring, listening, responding.
Communications protocols are important when updating across multiple channels, especially when the situation is fluid
Ana-Maria
And on Facebook and Twitter
And they can be branch-specific, indicating service interruptions
Mabel
Since we launched our What’s On at the Library e-newsletter back in 2010 we’ve seen a steady subscribers growth – with over 12,200 subscribers to date.
Our average open rate is 42.2% compared to 27.5% industry rate (this is for the nonprofits, associations & government sector).
Average click-through rate is 25.7% vs. 4.0 % industry rate. (very good numbers!)
Last year, our e-newsletters generated 5100+ holds on our collections and over 83,500+ visits to TPL’s website.
We also launched a new teen enewsletter last year to reach teens, TPL staff and educators that interact with teen audiences. Subscribers are steadily increasing and the average open rate and click-through rate are on par with the What’s On at the Library e-newsletter.
Reference: http://www.silverpop.com/marketing-resources/white-papers/all/2015/email-metrics-benchmark-study-2015/
Industry open rates are for nonprofits, associations & government sector
Retail & Ecommerce at 18.3%
Schools & Education at 27.2%
Click through rates are for nonprofits, associations & government sector
Retail & Ecommerce at 2.9%
Schools & Education at 4.6%
Mabel
As you’re aware, we’ve started to take incremental steps to improve our online content. We introduced our online and social media policy, editorial guidelines, and online editorial calendar.
We delivered mandatory blogging training to over 200 bloggers, focusing on writing for the web, copyright, and accessibility.
Since June of 2013, we began to curate the homepage blog links, selecting the timely, relevant and well-written posts for the homepage. We’ve seen a significant increase in referrals to the library’s website and the # of holds placed as a result of curation.
From June 23, 2014 – June 7, 2015
Referrals to website 403,711 in 2014 vs. 103,577 in 2013 (increase of 290%)
Holds placed 30,881 in 2014 vs. 7,928 in 2013 (increase of 289%)
CPCE’s blog team is working directly with bloggers to improve blog posts by reviewing the posts for spelling, grammar and technical errors, and also providing suggestions on how to improve future posts.
We’re seeing positive results from these efforts
Mabel
Over the summer we met with all blog leads and managers to better understand the goals and objectives of individuals blogs. These meetings were helpful to gather feedback for organizing blog content and staff resources to support TPL’s online content strategy.
Collectively, we agreed that the next steps for blogs includes:
Developing a TPL-wide editorial approach that allows us to plan for and anticipate content
Evolve TPL’s blog content to support user needs and service direction
Build a team of strong writers and editors, including organizing another bloggers day next spring
Linda
And we wanted to end our presentation with a couple of examples of how good customer service on social media can reinforce your library as responsive, welcoming and innovative
And result in great customer satisfaction
Linda
Linda
We find that we often not only meet but exceed our customers’ expectations because we’re listening and responding proactively.
Mabel
Explain editorial calendar and processes.
Mabel
We have a number of tools and resources that support TPL’s online and social media presence.
Online & Social Media Policy, editorial guidelines used to prevent problems that may occur when communicating online and provide support to staff for content creation.
Speak to elements of staff training – content, approach (types of questions and comments; monitoring and responding; risk management; emergency communications protocols)
Designated staff and processes in place to manage channels - when to escalate to a manager or staff contact, where to direct media inquiries, when not to respond
Training staff prior to use of channels - Staff training including policy and editorial guidelines
Enforcing the Library’s Terms of Use
There is a dedicated email address available for staff input, e.g. MA staff submitted Jackson note.
Online Editorial Calendar and Hootsuite will be discussed in the next couple of slides.
Linda
Toronto Public Library's mission is to provide free and equitable access to high quality customer driven services.
We value customer feedback and welcome any comments to help improve our programs and services.
Our main feedback channels include in person at our branches, telephone, email, social media and letter mail. Email is still our primary channel for online customer support.
Linda
Staff are trained to provide service that is: courteous, competent, timely, and helps to resolve your issues and concerns.
our branch staff,
customer support team (also known as our Answerline department),
and the Communications, Programming & Customer Engagement (CPCE) department have the most interactions with our customers on s day-to-day basis.
TPL’s customer feedback standard states that all feedback will be acknowledged within 2 business days. It specifically mentions telephone, letter mail, and email but we haven’t updated it to reflect our response time on social media.
Informally, customers can expect to receive a response from us within 24 hours, and during our Answerline department’s operational hours. Generally, customers have high expectations for a quick response on social media.
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Monday – Thursday 9-8:30 pm
Friday 9-6 pm
Saturday 9-5 pm
Sunday 1:30-5 (September – June)
Linda
Last year, we received more than 7 million (7,092,637) information requests
In person: 6,243,593
Telephone: 808,258
Online, including social media: 40,786
stats for directional and reference questions,
does not include a count of all the customer feedback that we receive.
We’re noticing that in particular, social media is a medium for us to receive instant feedback, not necessarily one that requires a direct reply.