May-August Social Media Case Study

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Social Media Case StudyMay 2015-August 2015

Overall Goals: May 2015

Create more awareness of Drury culture through social media• Establish personality for the company• Create a positive, fun, dynamic, energetic image of Drury

Metrics• Increase numbers• Gain traffic, increase interaction

Overall Goals: May 2015

Facebook

Metrics

May 2015• 591 likes• 25 visits• Tech oriented, online content heavy

August 2015• 630 likes• 37 visits• Fusion of tech, visual and personal content

Likes, Comments, and Shares These actions will help you reach more people.

Post Reach The number of people your post was served to.

Total Reach The number of people who were served any activity from your Page including your posts, posts to your Page by other people, Page like ads, mentions and checkins.

Online Audience Data shown for a recent 1-week period. Times of day are shown in your computer's local timezone.

Post Type The success of different post types based on average reach and engagement.

Most highly reached posts

Posts with the most clicks

Posts with most likes, comments, shares.

What we did, what can be done and takeaways

What we did• Created more of an informal voice by combining technological posts (Seth) with whimsical, fun, energetic and design

oriented posts (holidays, around the office, new staff)• Post at least once a day• Invite people to like the page, respond to likes and comments• USED HOOTSUITE

What can be done• Encourage staff to continually like posts on Facebook to gain traction• Limit tech posts (Seth) to one per day instead of 3-4• Tag people in photos, put location to photos

Takeaways• Most traction comes from stimulating visuals (fun pictures/videos, bright lights, “cool” things)• The simpler and more aesthetically pleasing, the better.

Twitter

Metrics May 2015• 436 followers• 271 following• 102 favorites• 1,536 tweets• Not frequently updated, little interaction• Very tech oriented, informational

August 2015• 561 followers• 593 following• 221 favorites• 1,777 tweets• Much more integration of design based, innovative content

Tweet Activity

Followers

Followers (cont.)

Top Tweets: May-August

Top Tweets (cont.): May-August

28 Day Summary

Closer Look: May (31 days)

Closer Look: June (30 days)

Closer Look: July (31 days)

Closer Look: August (15 days so far)

Outlets and Hashtags

Outlets• Colossal, GOOD, Laughing Squid, Designboom, Fast Company, Design Milk, Co.Design, AdWeek, AdAge, Mashable,

BizBash, HuffPost, VICE

Hashtags• Generalized for specific audiences• #eventprofs, #design, #technology, #innovation, #architecture, #sustainability, #gmic

What we did, what can be done and takeaways

What we did• Increased frequency and volume of posts (3-4 times per day)• More cause marketing and design focused integrated with technological posts (Seth)• Retweeted, favorited, replied to tweets• Experimented with hashtags: #gmic, #eventprofs, #sustainability, #design etc.• USED HOOTSUITE

What can be done• Maintain the frequency• Encourage staff to retweet, mention, reply• Include pictures: Manually upload with link• Mention people with @ sign, follow more accounts

Takeaways• Basic hashtags are most effective: #design, #eventprofs, #architecture etc.

Instagram

Metrics May 2015• 60 posts• 107 followers• Following 32• Posts: Infrequent, average like around 11

August 2015• 95 posts• 150 followers• Following 81• Posts: More frequent, more visual, average like in 20’s

Top Photos

Top Photos

Top Photos

Top Photos

Top Photos

What we did, what can be done and takeaways

What we did• Increased frequency and volume of posts (1-2 times per week)• Posted whimsical, fun, energetic, innovative photos and videos • Used numerous hashtags• Like photos, comment, follow others

What can be done• Continue with volume, hashtags• Follow more accounts

Takeaways• Most traction comes from stimulating visuals (fun pictures/videos, bright lights, “cool” things)• The simpler and more aesthetically pleasing, the better.

LinkedIn

Top Posts

Reach: Impressions and Uniques

Engagement: Clicks and Likes

Followers trendsEmployee followers

Follower Demographics Industry, Seniority, Function, Company Size

Page Views and Unique Visitors

Visitor Demographics Seniorty, Industry, Company Size and Function

What we did, what can be done and takeaways

What we did• Began posting updates on the company page

What can be done• Encourage staff to share updates if they pertain to the company (ex: Summer Mash)

Takeaways• Most traction comes from either event planning links (from BizBash) or Drury updates (Summer Mash or techsytalk) as

opposed to design oriented links

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