Web Communications in the Public Sector

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The web communication landscape has evolved dramatically. As a result of the social media avalanche, your target audience’s behavior and expectations have changed. The level of engagement that people expect, not just from brands, but also from government agencies, has increased—as has the quality of information and content delivery. One of the biggest challenges for public agencies is to measure the success of their online presence in order to optimize their communications strategies. In this presentation, Hannon Hill CEO Kat Liendgens will discuss how government agencies can measure and utilize social media, SEO, web analytics, and content marketing strategies to better serve their customers.

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Web Communication in the Public Sector

Content Strategy + Content Management for Government Organizations

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Kat Liendgenskat@hannonhill.com@katliendgenswww.hannonhill.com@hannon_hill

What we’ll discuss

• Website Evolution• Content Strategy• Agile Processes and Communications• Social Media• Metrics• Campaign Management

Websites: Then and Now

Websites: Then and Now• More targeted content• Fresher content• Accessibility• Multi-lingual• Social media• Subscriptions/Syndication• Multi-media• Engagement and interaction

The Evolution of Web Content Management Systems

• Flexibility and scalability • Content sharing between pages and sites• COPE: Create Once Publish Everywhere• The focus is on content strategy

Content Strategy: It’s time

• Determines how to best serve your target audience

• Involves analytics to assess the success of existing content

Content Strategy

Identify the questions that you need your content strategy to answer:– What?– Who?– When?– Where?– How?

Content Strategy - Outcomes

• High quality content• Better resource allocations • Better workflows• Improves your SEO• Optimizes promotion of your content• Ability to do more with less (smart and agile

content repurposing)

Content Strategy - Outcomes

• Helps you identify what works best• Better consistency of your message• Fewer back and forth: IT, Communications,

other departments work together and everybody understands each other’s goals and processes

Content Strategy – Getting Started

• Baby Steps• Low hanging fruit• Know your team • Know your audience

Content Strategy – Getting Started

• Identify key messages and strategic goals• Content audit• Content gaps• Editorial calendar• Be agile

Agile Methodologies

• Track -> Measure -> Analyze -> Inspect -> Adjust• Easy to make changes• Continuously optimize your approach• Without metrics, you can’t get better

Agile Processes

• Traditional: Massive re-designs, long processes• Now: Ongoing process, ongoing tuning

http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/05/16/stop-redesigning-start-tuning-your-site/

Agile Communications and PR

• Goals and objectives• Track and measure• Inspect and adjust• Engagement

Social Media

• Not a replacement for your CMS• Communicate with your audience• Promote your content and provide value• Reputation management• Track, measure, analyze, adjust

Analytics

Web Analytics– Start small – define a few measurable goals– Measure conversions– Use the data to make content (and design!)

decisions

Analytics

• Key to analytics: Action Items• Provide your content contributors with data

they can use:– Keywords and search terms – Referring sites and inbound links– Social media channel measurement– Entry and exit points– Conversion rates

Analytics

Social analytics– Followers, likes, subscribers– Traffic sources – Engagement score

Campaign ManagementWebsite

Social Media

Sustainability Event

Emails

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Event follow-ups

Promo posts

Form Conversions

A/B Test Calls to Action

QR codes for promotion

QR codes attendance tracking

Videos

Cost per participant

Content Management System Content Marketing/Strategy Tool

Website Analytics

Social Analytics

Forms and Landing Pages

Conversion Rates

Engagement tracking

Search Engine Optimization

Social Media Management

Brand consistency

Content Audit

Editorial Calendar

Behavior Tracking

Multi-site management

Cross-site sharing of content

Users/Groups/Roles

Easy content creation

In-Context Analytics

Approval workflows

A/B Testing

Content syndication

Multimedia management

Users/Groups/Roles

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Actionable Data

Targeted, Quality Content

Campaign Management

Content Synergy

Putting it all together

• Agility:– Focus on content, social media, measurement, ROI– Campaign management and optimization

• Develop a content strategy• Set goals and objectives

Putting it all together

• Use social media to promote your content and to interact with your audience

• Use web and social analytics• Track as much as you can• Inspect your results and adjust your strategy• Content Synergy: Better content and wider

reach

Questions, please?

kat@hannonhill.com@katliendgenswww.hannonhill.com@hannon_hill

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