Government Social Media Conference 2015 Presentation: How to Integrate social media into your government marketing strategy.
Government Social Media Conference 2015 - April, 2015
Speaker: Kaitlin Keeler, Oakland County Government, MI
5. Agenda
What is Integrated Social Media Marketing
Why should we integrate?
How to integrate Departments
Case Study: Board of Commissioners Human
Trafficking Event
7. What is an Integrated Social Media
Marketing Strategy?
Social media strategy
that is built upon the entire organizations’ marketing
goals and strategy
Integrates
Marketing & Departments
It is driven by one strategy for a parent brand and
integrates the strategies of underlying brands to
make each strategy stronger.
9. Why ISMM?
Work together towards common goals
Better customer service & delivery of services
Increased transparency
Track effectiveness of programs and
campaigns
Do more with constrained resources
hypersyndication, sharing, etc.
10. Why ISMM?
Marketing processes were
fragmented
Channels were isolated
Return on investment was
unknown
Customer service was
fragmented across channels
and lines of service
Inconsistent branding
Cohesive cross-
departmental marketing
Repeatable Process
Measurable ROI
Consistent customer
service
Strong Brand Identity
Before Integration After Integration
11. Why Integrate Marketing?
Every marketing activity must have a social
component to drive citizen engagement, improve
delivery of services and reduce costs.
As you create your marketing/event calendar,
make sure that you have a plan to use social to
amplify every marketing tactic and campaign
Campaigns can’t just be social, need a plan for every
step in the funnel
Promotion, Registration, Event, Afterwards, etc.
12. AWARENESS
CONSIDERATION
ACTION
STRANGERS – REACH
VISITORS – IMPRESSIONS
SUPPORTERS
LEADS – EDUCATED USERS
CUSTOMERS
LEADS – ENGAGED USERS
Events
Social Media Reach
WOM
Social Media Impressions
Social Media
Engaged User
Agency Website
Web Pages
Blog
Community
Outreach
Email
Public Relations
Press Releases
Research
Brand Awareness
Educate & Entertain
Engage
Conversations
Build Relationships
Establish Trust
Inspire Action
Take Action
Participate
Attendees
13. Why Integrate Departments?
We all have the same HIGH-Level goals:
Citizen Engagement, Awareness, Education, Promotion of
Services
We all have the same HIGH-Level target audiences:
everyone who lives, works and plays in Oakland County
We are all using some form of marketing, social
media, community outreach
Let’s work together!
16. How to get Leadership Buy-In
Leadership & Elected Official Buy-in
Initiative of Executive Office
ISMM Strategy centrally driven and created by IT
BOC approved social media policy
17. How to get Organization-wide
Participation
Organization-wide Participation
Educate departments on ISMM strategy & policy
Get buy-in (what’s in it for them) & integrate them
in strategy process:
Service Center Request
Questionnaire & Strategy
Account Creation & Optimization
Training & Empowerment
20. Strategy Questions
Goals?
Target Audience?
Who are they?
Where are they?
What do they want to hear from you?
How do they want to engage with you?
21. Platform Strategy
Where is your target audience?
What Existing Platforms can we leverage?
OakGov 9 social media channels
Other Departments
What new Platforms should we use?
Emerging
Is your target audience already there
22.
23. Content Strategy
What do they want to hear?
Type of Content
Mix of Educational, Engaging, Promotional
80/20 mix Community
Content Sources
Existing Content
Shared Content
User Generate Content
Content Frequency
24. Engagement Strategy
How to best engage them?
Who to engage with:
Target Audiences:
Others: Partners, other professional
organizations , CVT’s, etc.
How to engage
Frequency of engagement
Responding to Inquiries (positive and negative)
25.
26. Connection Strategy
Who are we targeting on social media?
Who to connect with:
Target Audiences: Current and Potential Vendors, Other
Governments, Associations
Others: Partners, other professional organizations , CVT’s, etc.
How to convert target audience to your connections:
Engagement – participate in the digital and social conversation
30. Integrate Departments
In ISMM strategy, Identify Parent Brand &
individual department brands
Outline/identify how other departments fit in &
work together
1. Service Center Request
2. Questionnaire & Strategy
3. Account Creation & Optimization
4. Training & Empowerment
31. 1. Questionnaire & Strategy Template
What are your
Goals?
Who do you want to
reach?
Where do you want
to be?
What do you want to
share?
Availability
Goal Oriented
Citizen Centric
Leverage shared
resources, content &
goals
Connection,
Platform, Content &
Engagement
Sustainable
Questionnaire Strategy
34. Service Center Request
Board of Commissioners sent in request: “Help
to promote Human Trafficking Awareness
Event”
Had already educated BOC on Social Media
Strategy & Policy, and it was determined that
they wouldn’t have their own dedicated
accounts, but leverage OakGov, Departments
& Commissioners
35. Questionnaire & Strategy
Initiates Questionnaire conversation
Goal- 600 Event Attendees
Target Audience, Assets Available, Timeline
Strategy Creation
How does it fit in ISMM strategy?
Platform, Connection, Content & Engagement
Strategy
36.
37. BOC- Connection Strategy
Who do they want to reach?
Parents
Educators
Teens
Professionals
Who can help us amplify our message?
Our Departments: Sherriff, Public Health, Homeland Security
Speakers
Schools
Community Organizations
38. BOC-Platform Strategy
Where are these people?
Where are Human Trafficking Conversations
happening?
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
39. BOC – Content & Engagement Strategy
What conversations are already happening on
social media about Human Trafficking
How can we add to it
Awareness, education, stats/facts
True Stories
#HumanTrafficking, #Awareness
Graphics, photos, program, logo
Promote event
40.
41. AWARENESS
CONSIDERATION
ACTION
STRANGERS – REACH
VISITORS – IMPRESSIONS
REGISTRANTS
LEADS – EDUCATED USERS
ATTENDEES
LEADS – ENGAGED USERS
Eventbrite Page Views
1.2K
Social Media Reach
77K
WOM
Social Media Impressions
13.3K
Social Media Engaged Users
210
OakGov Website
34.5K
BOC Home Page
526
Downloads
299
Community
OutreachPublic Relations
Press Releases
Eventbrite
Impressions
2.5K
Brand Awareness
Education
Engage
Conversations
Build Relationships
Establish Trust
Inspire Action
Take Action
Eventbrite
Registrants
597
42. BOC Results
Sold Out- 650 people attended!
Goal was 600
Continued conversation on social media year
round
BOC Human Trafficking Event committee
expanded to become a Task Force
Location: Southeast Michigan, our county offices are 20 miles northwest of Detroit
Size: 900 miles, 1.2 million people, Oakland County is composed of 61 cities, townships and villages
Awards: Recognized multiple times for our innovative use of IT to improve customer service and reduce our
Industry: built upon the motor city but capitalized on automation expertise to diversify economy into healthcare & Information Technology
Oakland County has adopted an integrated social media marketing strategy.
WHY
Exploring social media, with some success
Not consistent, resources
Goal oriented
Needed to better track effort to determine ROI
Not using social media at all? Well your constituents are, and they are talking about you
Some departments are, some accounts are weak or abandoned
Not sure how much time (tax payer dollars are being spent) and if you are getting any results?
Perhaps you’ve got a strategy & a presence, but not enough time or people to implement…. Well an integrated marketing strategy leverages already created content, ensures consistent branding and is measureable.
Questionnaire, strategy template-build with the department, create realistic implementation strategy, train on brand standards & individual strategy, establish how to measure, empower
Content can be pushed and pulled between all tiers
OakGov content can be hypersyndicated to any profile or platform for any Department
The Departments can share content and engage with each other at any level, so long as the content is relevant and strategic
The Connection Strategy will be driven by the strategies’ goals and target market
With an integrated approach:
Connections grow exponentially because the number of connections of each brand can be utilized
Reach grows virally when your connections spread your brand to their connections
An integrated social media strategy leverages the power of social media of an entire organization, making each tier’s strategy stronger.
An integrated social media approach will ensure consistent branding, strategic content, and increased connections
With proper implementation, this approach will allow all Departments to reach their social media goals
An integrated social media strategy leverages the power of social media of an entire organization, making each tier’s strategy stronger.
An integrated social media approach will ensure consistent branding, strategic content, and increased connections
With proper implementation, this approach will allow all Departments to reach their social media goals
Social Media Reach: 47 posts, 77K Reach, 13.3K Impressions, 210 engaged users