"S" Is For Strategy: Charting Communication In The Digital Age

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Shonali Burke, ABCPresented at PRSA Alaska

July 21 & 22, 2010

“S” IS FOR STRATEGY:CHARTING COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Fundamentals of Planning

Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

First-ever Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition (2005-2006)

Courtesy: National Portrait Gallery

What was the problem?

• NPG perceived as outdated• Lack of connection with today’s artists• Portraiture not perceived as “cool” or “hip”• Aimed to reach emerging & mid-career

artists• Needed to secure 2,000 entries for the

contest to be viable

Courtesy: National Portrait Gallery

Image: saaby, Flickr (CC)

What We Did

• Media outreach• Media buy• Direct mail• “Portrait of an Artist”

Results• Changed creative• Impacted tactics &

collateral• Influenced media buy• Influenced media

outreach• Net-net: 4,000+

entries (double goal)

Courtesy: National Portrait Gallery

A Good Foundation Doesn’t Change

Communicator, SWOT Thyself

Strengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

What internal factors add value to the organization? Services? Thought leadership? Financial base?

Positives Negatives

What are the organization’s internal value-destroying issues? Low morale? Bad reputation? Lack of vision/leadership?

What can add value to the organization from the outside? Weak competitors? Growing marketplace? Technology?

What external negatives threaten the organization? Change in government? Change in audience? Technology?

Internal

External

Take a Snapshot

From Snapshot to Strategy

KPIs… What The @#*!

“… a measure of performance used to help an organization define and evaluate how successful it is, typically in terms of making progress towards its organizational goals.”

~ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_performance_indicators

Key Performance IndicatorsTrack effectiveness of

your program against business objectives, e.g.:o Web traffico Subscriberso Saleso Donationso Membership

Image: Art by Steve Johnson, Flickr (CC)

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Courtesy: KD Paine & Partners

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Online donations

Courtesy: KD Paine & Partners

Launch of the ASPCA’s “Mobile Animal CSI Unit”

Tactics

• Micro-site featuring a “pledge to fight animal cruelty”, www.fightcruelty.org

• Aggressive media outreach• Integrated social media & internal

communications• Postings on ASPCA’s online community, MySpace

and Facebook pages• Pre- and post-surveys to gauge post-launch and

campaign awareness

Results• Secured earned media coverage in all top 50 DMAs (goal):

o Print: 2.3 million+ impressionso Radio: 7.5 million listenerso TV: 16,000,000+ viewers

• Raised Web traffic by >22% over November (more than double goal of 10%)

• Secured 4,700 new registered users via signing of Anti-Cruelty pledge: 56% > goal (3,000)

• Pre- to post-survey awareness 28%• Expense budget: $130,000• CPI: $.10

The Importance of Messaging

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnCHCcveteA

Consistency Is Key

Cartoon: HubSpot, Flickr (CC)

And Now We Have Social…

Opportunity to Ask…

… and Listen

“Question”

“Answer”… Sort Of

“Getting a Seat at the Table”

Image: oskay, Flickr (CC)

Questions?

Thank you!

Where you can find me:

E-mail: info@shonaliburke.comTwitter: @shonaliBlog: www.WaxingUnLyrical.comWeb: www.shonaliburke.comSkype: sburke15

Image: Håkan Dahlström, Flickr (CC)

Title slide image: teachernz, Flickr (CC)

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