Exults - Social Media & Internet Marketing Presentation

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The presentation we did for PRSA Fort Lauderdale about social media trends and best practices for PR.

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET MARKETING

What You Need to Know About…

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Exults Company Overview

Social Media Trends

Social Media for PR

Examples of Successful Campaigns

Questions

Our DNA is made up of Pay Per Click (PPC), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Design, & Social Media

SERVICES

Organic SEO promoteshigher rankingson Search Engineresult pages as awebsite establishesreferrals across theinternet.

ORGANIC SEO

Pay Per Click (PPC)offers the opportunityto distribute highlycontrolled messagesto consumers as theysearch for informationrelevant to Clientofferings. Adwords and Bing Ads are examples.

PAY PER CLICK

RETARGETING

Retargeted image ads automatically follow visitors to 3rd party websites after they have visited your website in the form of banner ads.

SOCIAL MEDIA 101

What is Social Media?A conversation

Components to a good conversation :- A balance of talking and listening- Sharing interesting topics & content- Providing useful information

- H.A.I.R.

SOCIAL MEDIA FUNNELSOCIAL MEDIA FUNNEL

Build a Relevant Audience

Build the trust

Sales

SOCIAL MEDIA OVERVIEW

Facebook

Google+

LinkedIn

Twitter

Instagram

Pinterest

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Monthly Active Users on Social Media

SOCIAL MEDIA OVERVIEW

SOCIAL MEDIA STATISTICSThere are more than 33 billion pieces of

content shared each week on Facebook

The average number of Tweets per day is around 400 million.

73% of US adults use social media

114 billion minutes a month are spent on social media in the

U.S. alone

23% of Facebook users login at least 5

times per day

Facebook has over 1.23 billion active users in the U.S.

SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS

Here is what to expect from social media in 2014

• Increased use of social media ads• More focus on Pinterest and Google+• Smarter goal setting for social media

SOCIAL MEDIA ADS

Most effective targeting for Facebook Ads

1. Email list targeting2. Website visitor targeting3. Lookalike email list4. Interests5. Sponsored stories

SOCIAL MEDIA ADS

Most effective uses for Facebook Ads

• Building a relevant audience• Driving traffic• Lead generation• Assisted conversions

SOCIAL MEDIA ADS

Other emerging social media ad types

• Twitter Ads• LinkedIn Ads• Reddit Ads

Coming soon…

• Promoted Pins• Instagram Ads• +Posts Ads

PINTEREST

Why Pinterest matters…

• Fastest social media platform to 10 million users• Over 80% highly engaged female audience• Drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn,

and Reddit combined• Pins live longer than most other social media posts• 69% of consumers who visited Pinterest found the

product that they would purchase compared to 17% for Facebook

PINTEREST

http://www.pinterest.com/source/[YOURSITE.com]

GOOGLE+

Google+ may seem like a ghost town, but this is why it matters today…

• Getting content indexed• Google Authorship• SEO benefits

SOCIAL MEDIA & SEO

While we’re on the topic of social media & SEO….

• Social media get indexed• Google tracks social media signals• Titles should include important words

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Alter your PR material’s title/contentspecifically for social media

• Lists • Bold statements • Questions• Helpful

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Give the reader options to share…

• Like and +1 buttons• Floating share buttons• Pop-up share buttons• Incentives for sharing• Ask for sharing at the end

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Tell them what to say…

• Pre-loaded share buttons• Click to Tweet

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Set the images to share…

• Pin It buttons• Setting Facebook Open Graph images• Twitter Cards

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Give them extra incentives

• Share for a chance…• Share for an extra vote…• Join for free entry…• Comment for a chance…

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Create Pinterest-friendly images…

• Dominant colors• 2:3 aspect ratio• Less background• Enticing text• No faces

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Create Facebook-friendly images for links…

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Create Facebook images for engagement…

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Repurpose your press release…

• Informational image• Video• Slideshow• Podcast• Blog post

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Twitter tips and tricks• Create lists of people who re-tweet you • Create a list of influencers• Use the below tools– Topsy.com– Klout.com– Kred.com

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Twitter tips and tricksCreate a list of media members

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Twitter tips and tricksCreate a list for an upcoming event

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Twitter tips and tricksCreate alerts for relevant phrases and hashtags

(and interact)

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Twitter tips and tricks

• Think 120 characters for Retweets• Include a photo if relevant• Don’t forget to mention other users

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Twitter tips and tricks• Tweet link multiple times & stay active• Use below tools\– Buffer– Hootsuite or Sprout Social– Tweetdeck– Wordpress Plugins

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

“Tweet Mob” Concept

• Find a group of influencers • Provide incentives or exclusives for sharing• Provide a prompt and details

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

How the “Tweet Mob” Concept worked for Fillmore Miami Beach…

• Marketing interns reached out to South Florida-based music influencers on social media

• When they were going to announce a show, they reached out to the “Fill-mob” letting them know first

• Many times, they provided prompts, hashtags, and timing details

• Over time, “Fill-mob” members accrued points for free concert tickets or merchandise

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Interact in communities

• LinkedIn groups• Google+ communities• Facebook groups• Relevant hashtags

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PR

Email building on social media…

• Exclusive content• Contests• PR Updates

SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMPLES

TEDxMiami“Guess The Speaker”

SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMPLES

Goals for the campaign (in order)

1. Drive awareness2. Build the email list3. Increase traffic to link

SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMPLES

How it worked…

• Facebook fans were encouraged to ‘guess the speaker’ via clues

• They must enter their email for a chance at a free t-shirt

• New contest was run every week leading up the event

QUESTIONS

Feel free to contact us with questions at…

Phone: (866) 999-4736 Email: Zach.Hoffman@exults.comTwitter: @exults