MAFSI Conference 2014 Inbound Marketing Presentation - Erik MacPherson

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Erik MacPherson of TMC Digital Media talked Inbound Marketing in front of 40 MAFSI members in mid January. The presentation breaks down Inbound vs Outbound, sites examples of Blogs, Landing Pages and how to integrate them with Social Media and eMail marketing. He talked Twitter 101 at a high level and left the audience with the DOs and DONTs of Social Media marketing. S/O to Hubspot for a lot of the content.

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Inbound Marketing.Giddy Up.

January 17, 2014

ErikMACPHERSON@erik_mac9

Content Marketer

> about.me/erikmacpherson

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AGENDA

Define Your Goal

Twitter Dos & Don’ts

Discussion!

Inbound Marketing

Buyer Personas

INBOUND

MARKETING1

The Marketing Playbook is Changing

78% of Internet users conduct product research online.

No more interrupting.Ask for permission.

Companies that blog get

website visitors.55% more

57% of businesses have acquired a customer through their company blog.

67%of B2C companies

(and 41% of B2B companies)

have acquired a customer through Facebook.

42%of companies have acquired

a customer through Twitter.

Outbound vs. Inbound Marketing

Outbound vs. Inbound Marketing

I get it. I’m in.Where do I start?

1Make stuff people want.

EDUCATIONAL EBOOKS HOW-TO VIDEOS ONLINE CALCULATORS PLANNING TOOLS ANSWERS TO COMMON

QUESTIONS

Giddy Up.

Food Service Equipment Example

Rock your keywords.2

Food Service Equipment Example

Giddy Up.

Give great directions.3

RELEVANT LANDING PAGES CLEAR CALLS TO ACTION COMPELLING OFFERS

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Measurable is the new

‘gee, I hope this works.’

Create a Content Strategy and Plan.

Giddy Up.

Visualize an Offer to Give your Visitors, Leads or Customers.

Giddy Up.

Create a Landing Page toAdvertise your Offer & a Call to Action that Links

to your Landing Page.

Giddy Up.

Create Lead Nurturing Workflows that Follow

Up with Leads.

Giddy Up.

Publish a Series of Blog Articles on the Topic of

the Offer.

Giddy Up.

Promote Landing Pageand Blog Articles onSocial Media.

Giddy Up.

Create an Email Marketing Offer to Engage Existing Customers.

Giddy Up.

Analyze and MeasureResults. Rinse and

Repeat.

2DEFINE YOUR

GOAL

So much noise.

SMART Goal Setting

1 Specific: Significant, Simple

2Measurable: Meaningful, Manageable

3Attainable: Appropriate, Achievable

4Relevant: Results-oriented, Realistic

5 Timely: Time-oriented, Time-based

SMART Goal Setting

3BUYER

PERSONAS

Fictional Characters that Represent Your

IDEAL Customers

How to Create Personas

Talk to sales

Interview your current customers

Research your current customers

Look at data

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What Questions You Should Answer

What does a day in their life look like?

What are their pain points?

What is their job & demographic information?

Where do they go for information?

What are their common objections to your product or service?

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4TWITTERDOs & DON’Ts

Contentto pull people in.

Context to pull people through.

WHERE To Start

200 Million active users

LeadsPartnersClientsManufacturers

Handle - @Perlick @MAFSIAssoc

TipsWhat’s a Hashtag?

Industry & Brand Specific#convectionoven#foodservice

Incorporate Into Marketing#onlyMAFSI

Promote Your ContentBlogs, Landing Pages, drive folks to website

TipsUse @Mentions … but wisely

Yes, only 140 characters

Tips Monitor and Thank Current Sales Opportunities.

New Customer? Tweet them. Delight them.

Monitor Customers For Service & Support.

Monitor the Competition.

Tips

Social MediaBrand Awareness

Drive Sales

ME! NO! It’s not all about you. It’s not about how great your company is. And please don’t ‘sell’!

TIME Plan. A strategy takes time. Focuson good content. See what works.

5DISCUSSION

ErikMACPHERSON@erik_mac9

erik@tmcdigitalmedia.com(727) 742-9699

about.me/erikmacpherson

THANK YOU.

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