The Digital Marketer's Framework

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Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz | @randfish | rand@moz.com

The Digital Marketer’s FrameworkA structured process to help make unbiased, strategic marketing

investments for your brand

The Problem

When You’re Used to Hammers…

Every Problem Looks Like a Nail.

Let’s Say This is Our Project:

Via https://www.crowdcow.com

If You Do Paid Search:

If You Do Paid Social:

If You’re a Content Marketer:

If You’re a Brand Marketer:

Scientifically, the best tasting, most

ethical, most unique beef available in

the US.

If You’re a CRO Specialist:

Test Headline

Test CTA

Test Photo

If You Do SEO:

Applying & Refining a Formula is What Made Us

Better at Our Jobs…

But, That Doesn’t Mean It’s Right

for Every Company, Product, or

Endeavor.

The Solution

Step Back…

Throw Out the Venn Diagram

Use a Blank Slate

The Goal

An Ordered List of

Channels & Tactics to Attempt

How You’ll Invest in Each

Dinners w/ Influencers in the Food WorldTactic:

Goal: 1-2 posts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat,

and/or their blog per attendee

Process: 1) Identify mid-tier influencers in each city

2) Find shared connections for intros

3) Arrange meal to be highly photogenic

4) Hire pro photographer & send shots to each

How You’ll Measure Those Investments

Brand growth via socialGoal:

Share counts, mentions, # of accounts mentioning,

reach, and social follower growth

Metrics:

Podcast CoverageGoal:

# of Podcasts, audience sizes, # of searches for

brand, # of visits to podcast-promoted URL

Metrics:

How You’ll Determine When to Add/Remove

Channels or Tactics

Dinners w/ Influencers in the Food WorldTactic:

Experiment: 4 cities, minimum 2 dinners, minimum 6

influencers per dinner

Must Be True to

Continue:

Influencer posts reach 500 engagements per

city (likes, comments, RTs, etc) AND posts &

engagements are 80%+ positive

How You’ll Compare Your Results

to the Competition

Dinners w/ Influencers in the Food WorldTactic:

Competitive

Metrics:

ID events from competitors (direct or indirect) &

measure: engagement rate on social platforms

per attendee, press coverage, new links, &

branded search growth

Pro Tool: Google Trends

New (ish) in GG Trends:

filter by geography!

Via https://trends.google.com/trends/

Let Me Guess What You’re

Thinking…

But Rand…

I’m a specialist.

This process could be self-defeating.

#1: You’ll Earn Trust by Conducting an Unbiased

Evaluation

#2: You’ll Only Work on Projects

Where You Can Deliver Great Results

#3: You Upgrade Your Perceived Value(this is how marketers become CMOs, & agencies become strategic partners

instead of outsourced workers)

The Framework

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

Who Are You Trying to Influence?

Demographics(age, gender, income,

marital status, ethnicity)

Psychographics(activities, personality &

values, attitudes)

Geographics(local, regional, national,

density, distribution)

Behavioral(benefits, usage rates,

patterns, use cases)

I kinda hate

personas…

But, I love working with real

customers & customer targets

Kim teaches cooking

classes? She’s a perfect

customer, and a real

person I can talk to.

Pro Tool: Twitter Analytics

Via https://analytics.twitter.com

Pro Tool: Clearbit

Via https://clearbit.com/enrichment

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

What Problem(s) Are You Solving?

Enable people to participate in crowdfunding of meat from

animals too large for single families

Give home cooks the same access to more ethical, better

tasting beef that professional chefs have

Be the source discerning meat eaters can trust

List from more

specific to more

abstract

(this will help w/

messaging,

positioning, and

channels later)

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

Are You Growing a New Market?

Or Capturing an Existing One?

Low volume for non-

branded keywords

means Crowd Cow

almost certainly

needs to grow the

market

Via https://moz.com/explorer

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

How Does This Audience Make Decisions/Solve

This Today?

Pro Tip: Interviews

Don’t Ask:

“What do you read & who do you follow

to learn more about steak?”

Do Ask:

“Can I see how you browse Twitter,

Facebook, Instagram, & your daily

news/hobby websites?”

Pro Tool: FullContact

Via https://fullcontact.com/gmail/

Pro Tool: Typeform

Via https://typeform.com

You can see my marketing survey for Moz’s audience here

Pro Tool: Nuzzel

Via http://nuzzel.com/dannysullivan

Yup! You can see what any

Nuzzel user’s feed looks like

by visiting their URL

Pro Tool: Klear

Via https://klear.com

Pro Tool: Klear

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

What Channels Have Your Audience’s Attention

Today?

Pro Tool: SimilarWeb’s Traffic Sources

Via https://pro.similarweb.com

Search

Pro Tip: Look for KW volume around the

“problem,” not the “solution”

Via https://moz.com/explorer

Crowd cow is a solution to

these problems.

Social Networks

Pro Tool: Keyhole.co

Via http://keyhole.co/hashtag-analytics

Social(ish) Content Networks

Email Newsletters / Subscriptions

Pro Tool: Discover by Revue

Via https://discover.getrevue.co/

TV & Video

Radio

Podcasts

Pro Tool: ListenNotes

Print Media

Books

Outdoor

Web Publications

Blogs

Pro Tool: Fresh Web Explorer

Via https://moz.com/researchtools/fwe/

Influencers

Pro Tool: Buzzsumo

Via https://buzzsumo.com

Events & Conferences

Industry & Trade Publications

News Aggregators

Forums & Discussion Boards

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

What Do We Stand For & Against?

Pro Tip:

Ask “How Will We Make Enemies?”

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

Simple, Memorable, Compelling

Via Bob’s Red Mill

Pro Tip: Not a Slogan, An Association

Via Team Tiffany

Pro Tip:

Emotions > Benefits > Features

Via https://moz.com/rand/what-are-the-most-powerful-mind-expanding-ads-youve-seen/

Pro Tip: All Marketing Should (Subtly) Reinforce the Message

SEO Snippets

PPC Ads

Big

Content

CommentsTweets

Photos

Landing

Pages

UI & UXBrand Name

Facebook

Posts

Emails

Product

Names

Videos

Visual

Branding

Outreach

Onboarding

Press & PR

The Brand

Promise

Audience

Problem

Market

Existing Solutions

Channels

Position

Message

Which Potential Channels…

Connect our audience to our message?

Fit our timeframe for returns?

Have low competition vs. potential reach?

Match our strengths & experience?

Fit our budget & team parameters?

Prioritize Based On:

Relative Odds of Success

Skills & Personnel Match

ROI (CLTV / Cost of Customer Acquisition)

Potential Impact

Budget Requirements

Real Life

Application

Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz | @randfish | rand@moz.com

Rock It!