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AgendaWhy Integrate?

Some Best Practices

Examples

Social Forward

Why Integrate?

1. Facebook - 350 MM Members“If Facebook was a country, it would be the fourth largest in the world.”

2. LinkedIn – 101 MM users (09.09)

3. Twitter – 19.37 MM unique visitors (10.09)

4. Pew Internet & American Life Project’s Survey Results:o 75% of online adults 18-24 have a profile on a social network

o 57% of online adults 25-34 have a profile on a social network

o 30% of online adults 35-44 have one

o 19% of online 45 to 54 year olds have a profile

o 10% of online 55 to 64 year olds have a profile

o 7% of online adults 65 and older have a profile

-2,253 adults

5. 35% of American adult internet users have a profile on a

social network

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Why Integrate?

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Social Media Is NOT Replacing Email

“… social media use

appears to make

people consume

email more, not

less, particularly

for the heaviest

social media users.”

- Nielson Company, April 2009

Email Best Practices in a Social World

1. Simplifyo Shorter attention spans

• World of 140 character ‘tweets’

o Include links to read more content after a teaser

o Mobile phone displays

o Label images with alt-text

2. Consider ‘Retweet’ Ramificationso Shorten

o Concise ‘teaser’

o Image selection

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Best Practices to Engage Through Email

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1. Ask subscribers to become engaged

o Follow Us On…

2. Present benefits of engaging

o “Bio: FREE MOOSEJAW TEE THING: We give a Moosejaw

Tee away each day to one of our followers on Twitter.“

3. Consider devoting broadcasts entirely to an invitation event

o Filter users who click from future invitations

4. Consider adding invitations to email signature

5. Test, Test, Test

Examples – Organic Bouquet

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The Good:oClear CTA

oLarge Buttons

The Bad:oNo Benefits

oAt The Bottom of Email

Examples – Charlotte Dentistry

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The Good:oClear CTA

oLarge Buttons

oClear Benefits

oClean & Concise

The Weary to Some:oNon-Traditional Message

ExactTarget: Social Forward

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ExactTarget: Social Forward

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The End!

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