Tying Online Social Networking to Membership (AMMC 2013)

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Learn about the opportunities and challenges facing museums in leveraging social media for membership. We'll discuss best practices for engagement, acquisition, and retention including how and when to use contests and discounts. Presented by: Rosie Siemer, Principal of fiveseed

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Tying Online Social Networking to Membership

Wednesday, April 24

• Smartphone adoption

• Optimizing content for social sharing

• Real-time

• Limitations

The Mobile Imperative

Trends

• Pinterest

• Twitter

• Vine

• YouTube

• How to evaluate/allocate resources to new platforms

Proliferation of Platforms

Trends

• Promote on the timeline

• e-commerce integration

• Share buttons

• Link to unique URL

“Join” Tab on Facebook

Acquisition

• Tie to social platform

• Offer during slow periods

• Follow-up with tailored campaign

Special Promotions

Acquisition

• Highly targetable

• Sidebar vs promoted posts

• Offers/Apps

• On the fly budget

Facebook Advertising

Acquisition

Strategic Contests

• Raise awareness, create buzz

• Thread mission messaging into theme

• Photo, video, trivia, scavenger hunt, Pinterest

• Prospect data capture

Acquisition

• QR Codes

• Email Sign Up

• Surveys/Polls

• Mobile opt-in

AcquisitionOther Data Capture Strategies

Member Promo Reel/Spotlight

Retention

Highlight Member Only Events

Retention

• Share a favorite memory

• Why do they support?

• Ask them to make the ask

Encourage Members to Share

Retention

Retention

• Login protected content vs “open” members pages

• Customer service is expected

Members Only

Retention

• Tell the story behind why members matter

Public “Thank You!”

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