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Umar Khan Digital Marketing

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MMMM MMMMModerator & Community Catalyst at Inbound.Org(World’s Largest Inbound Marketing Community of over 170,000 marketers)

Columnist at:

Topics We’ll Cover

• What is Social Media?

• 6 Questions for Effective Social Media Strategy

• Importance of Social Media Analytics

What is Social Media?

“Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.”

Major Social Media Channels

Why is Social Media Important for Business???

Social Media is about tearing down the artificial walls between customers and the

individuals who work at companies

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Why do you use Social Media?

Customer Service

Traffic

LeadGeneration

BrandingRetention

Thought Leadership

Before Social Media

After Social Media

Let’s Start

First decide what you want to achieve...

Set Goals and Objectives

Listen to what is already happening

Do Competitor and Consumer research

Decide which social media is for you

Personalize Your Social Media Brand

Social Media Tools

•Buffer

•Buffer•HootSuite

•Buffer•HootSuite•Mention

•Buffer•HootSuite•Mention•Twitonomy

•Buffer•HootSuite•Mention•Twitonomy•Sprout Social

•Buffer•HootSuite•Mention•Twitonomy•Sprout Social•Lithium

•Buffer•HootSuite•Mention•Twitonomy•Sprout Social•Lithium•Buzz Sumo

• Buffer• HootSuite• Mention• Twitonomy• Sprout Social• Lithium• Buzz Sumo

Social Etiquette

BE HELPFUL

AVOID blatant self promotion – noone likes arrogance!

Share interesting info that willEnlighten/engage your audience

Promote others to build connections

Promote others to build connections

6 Questions for effectivesocial media strategy

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evergreen.

What

does

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companies

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results

from

their

socialactivity

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thing.

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set

expectations

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sahead

of time.

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set

expectations

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sahead

of time.

Then

ask

yourself

this…

Are

those

expectations…

realistic?

Are

those

expectations…

realistic?achievable?

Are

those

expectations…

realistic?achievable?focused?

Okay,

now

take

adeep

breath.

Let’s

Recap

6 Questions for effective

socialmedi

astrategy

6 Questions

Can you answer the question “Only we…”?

6 Questions

Can our culture nurture & sustain a social media transformation?

6 Questions

Are we are a conversational brand? Or could we be?

6 Questions

Where are our customers and competitors?

6 Questions

What is our sources of rich content?

6 Questions

What does success look like?

That’s

a lottothink

about……

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Steps for Measurement on Any Social Channel

Identify the Audience

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Understand Your Goals

Channel Specific Metrics

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Tools for Channel Measurement

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Number of monthly active Facebook users worldwide as of 4th quarter 2016statista.com

Facebook Audience 1.86 billion monthly active users

Facebook Content Types

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Social Litmus Test :

Does Your Goal Work Here?

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Facebook Metrics

01Page Likes 02

Post Reach 03Engagement: Reactions, Shares,

comments

04Impression & Clicks 05

Hide/Report Spam, Unlikes 06Post Types

07Video Views 08

30 second ++ views 09FB Referral Traffic & Bounce Rate

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FB Measurement Tools

• Facebook Insights

• Sumall•Agora Pulse

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Facebook Audience Insights

Facebook Audience Insights

Facebook Audience Insights

Number of monthly active Twitter users worldwide from 1st quarter 2010 to 4th quarter 2016statista.com

Twitter Audience

Twitter Content Types

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Social Litmus Test :

Does Your Goal Work Here?

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Twitter Metrics

01Followers 02

Tweet Reach 03Engagement: Mentions,

Retweets, Likes

04Tweet Clicks 05

Engagement Rate 06Top Tweet, Top Mention, Top Follower, Top Media Tweet

07Video Views 08

Completion rate 09Twitter referral traffic & bounce

rate

Twitter Analyticsanalytics.twitter.com

Twitter Analyticsanalytics.twitter.com

Twitter Measurement Tools

• Twitter Analytics• Followerwonk• Buffer• TweetReach

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Numbers of LinkedIn members from 1st quarter 2009 to 3rd quarter 2016statista.com

LinkedIn Audience

467 million members

LinkedIn Content Types

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Social Litmus Test :

Does Your Goal Work Here?

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LinkedIn Metrics

01Followers 02

Impressions 03Interactions: Like, Shares, Comments, Followers Acquired

04Update Clicks 05

LinkedIn Referral Traffic 06Post Types

07Page Views, Unique Visitors 08

Engagement Rate 09Follower Demographics

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LinkedIn Analytics

LinkedIn Measurement Tools

• LinkedIn Analytics• Sprout Social• Simply Measured• Qunitly

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YouTube Audience

• Total number of people who use YouTube – 1.3 Billion

• Number of videos viewed on YouTube everyday – 4.9 Billion

• Number of unique visits to YouTube every month - 900 Million

YouTube Analytics

Check Analytics for each video

At the end……….

Reports to look out

Traffic by Social Channel

Where to find this report:Acquisition > Social > Network Referrals

Social Media Traffic

Where to find this report:Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels

Landing Pages

Where to find this report:Acquisition > Social > Landing Pages

Conversions

Where to find this report:Acquisition > Social > Conversions

Thank You!!