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Creating a Digital Strategy
#DigitalStrategy
Joe Harrell
Director, Digital Strategy
harrellj@wnet.org
@joeharrellnyc
#DigitalStrategy
Steps for Creating a Strategy
1. Plan and Assess
2. Create and Launch
3. Engage and Cultivate
4. Measure and Evaluate
5. Rinse and Repeat
About WNET: Our Brands
Local Brands:
● WNET
● THIRTEEN
● WLIW
● NJTV
● NYC-ARTS
● MetroFocus
● Treasures of New York
● NJ Today
● Reel 13
● At the Paley Center
● Driving Jersey
● Tales of the Jersey Shore
National Brands:
● PBS
● Nature
● American Masters
● Finding Your Roots
● Great Performances
● Antiques Roadshow
● Masterpiece
● Frontline
● NOVA
● This Old House
● PBS NewsHour
About WNET: Digital Platforms
Websites
● WNET.org
● Thirteen.org
● PBS.org/Nature
Mobile
● THIRTEEN Explore iPad App
● Metrofocus & NYC-ARTS
iPhone Apps
Social Media
THIRTEEN/WLIW/NJTV
Nature/American Master
Email
● THIRTEEN Week
● THIRTEEN Arts
Digital Video
● THIRTEEN on YouTube
● Nature on Roku
● Watch.NJTV.org
SMS
WNET’s Digital Services: IEG.WNET.org
Steps for Creating a Strategy
1. Plan and Assess
2. Create and Launch
3. Engage and Cultivate
4. Measure and Evaluate
5. Rinse and Repeat
Plan and Assess
● What are your brands?
● What’s your brand architecture?
Plan and Assess
● What’s your current footprint?
● Competitor assessment
○ Who?
○ Where?
○ What?
● What’s working?
● What’s not working?
● What’s withering on the vine?
Plan and Assess
Who is your audience?
● Primary
● Secondary
Plan and Assess
● Where is your audience?
○ How do my audience members seek
information about my product, service, or
brand?
○ What social platforms do they favor?
○ What technology do they use?
Create and Launch
What can you maintain?
● Website
● Social media
● Email
● SMS
Create and Launch
● What’s your brand story?
○ What sort of emotions does it evoke?
○ What are the key messages?
○ How does the story connect to the
emotional needs of my target audience?
○ How will this story incite action?
Create and Launch
● Design and setup
● Establish KPIs
○ Web
○ Video
○ Social
Engage and Cultivate
● Integrated engagement calendar
● Consistency of voice and story
● Influencer outreach
● List and follower building
● SEO
Measure and Evaluate
● Measure everything
● Baseline is crucial
● Getting and listening to feedback
● Measurement tools
● Report and communicate
Steps for Creating a Strategy
1. Plan and Assess
2. Create and Launch
3. Engage and Cultivate
4. Measure and Evaluate
5. Rinse and Repeat
Questions?
Joe Harrell
harrellj@wnet.org
@joeharrellnyc
http://ieg.wnet.org

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Creating a Digital Strategy

  • 1. Creating a Digital Strategy #DigitalStrategy
  • 2. Joe Harrell Director, Digital Strategy harrellj@wnet.org @joeharrellnyc #DigitalStrategy
  • 3. Steps for Creating a Strategy 1. Plan and Assess 2. Create and Launch 3. Engage and Cultivate 4. Measure and Evaluate 5. Rinse and Repeat
  • 4. About WNET: Our Brands Local Brands: ● WNET ● THIRTEEN ● WLIW ● NJTV ● NYC-ARTS ● MetroFocus ● Treasures of New York ● NJ Today ● Reel 13 ● At the Paley Center ● Driving Jersey ● Tales of the Jersey Shore National Brands: ● PBS ● Nature ● American Masters ● Finding Your Roots ● Great Performances ● Antiques Roadshow ● Masterpiece ● Frontline ● NOVA ● This Old House ● PBS NewsHour
  • 5. About WNET: Digital Platforms Websites ● WNET.org ● Thirteen.org ● PBS.org/Nature Mobile ● THIRTEEN Explore iPad App ● Metrofocus & NYC-ARTS iPhone Apps Social Media THIRTEEN/WLIW/NJTV Nature/American Master Email ● THIRTEEN Week ● THIRTEEN Arts Digital Video ● THIRTEEN on YouTube ● Nature on Roku ● Watch.NJTV.org SMS
  • 7. Steps for Creating a Strategy 1. Plan and Assess 2. Create and Launch 3. Engage and Cultivate 4. Measure and Evaluate 5. Rinse and Repeat
  • 8. Plan and Assess ● What are your brands? ● What’s your brand architecture?
  • 9. Plan and Assess ● What’s your current footprint? ● Competitor assessment ○ Who? ○ Where? ○ What? ● What’s working? ● What’s not working? ● What’s withering on the vine?
  • 10. Plan and Assess Who is your audience? ● Primary ● Secondary
  • 11. Plan and Assess ● Where is your audience? ○ How do my audience members seek information about my product, service, or brand? ○ What social platforms do they favor? ○ What technology do they use?
  • 12. Create and Launch What can you maintain? ● Website ● Social media ● Email ● SMS
  • 13. Create and Launch ● What’s your brand story? ○ What sort of emotions does it evoke? ○ What are the key messages? ○ How does the story connect to the emotional needs of my target audience? ○ How will this story incite action?
  • 14. Create and Launch ● Design and setup ● Establish KPIs ○ Web ○ Video ○ Social
  • 15. Engage and Cultivate ● Integrated engagement calendar ● Consistency of voice and story ● Influencer outreach ● List and follower building ● SEO
  • 16. Measure and Evaluate ● Measure everything ● Baseline is crucial ● Getting and listening to feedback ● Measurement tools ● Report and communicate
  • 17. Steps for Creating a Strategy 1. Plan and Assess 2. Create and Launch 3. Engage and Cultivate 4. Measure and Evaluate 5. Rinse and Repeat

Editor's Notes

  1. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  2. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  3. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  4. 42% of online adults use multiple social networking platforms. For those who use only one social networking site, Facebook is typically—though not always—the platform of choice.
  5. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  6. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  7. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  8. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  9. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  10. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  11. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  12. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  13. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  14. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)
  15. Facebook: It still skews young, but the 45- to 54-year-old age bracket has seen 45% growth since year-end 2012 Twitter: 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. (Edison research)