Everybody wants to know - what's the social media ROI? Some claim there isn't a way to measure social media ROI. And others have redefined social media ROI to mean anything but return on investment. This presentation shows you how set up tracking, how to choose measurements based on the objectives you set and how to do the hardest thing of all - talk to your bosses about the fact that social media marketing just like any marketing is always a cost.
Presented at Content Jam, Chicago, 2014.
What I learned from auditing over 1,000,000 websites - SERP Conf 2024 Patrick...
From Social Media Benchmarks to ROI: How to Begin with the End on Mind
1. FROM BENCHMARKS TO
MEASUREMENT
All You Need to Start with
the End in Mind
Mana Ionescu, Lightspan Digital
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9. WHAT’S R.O.I?
ROI =
(Gain from Investment - Cost of Investment)
divided by
Cost of Investment
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10. IT MAY SEEM IMPOSSIBLE
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11. YOU CAN GET AND
MEASURE RESULTS
BUT ...
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12. STEP 1: REPEAT AFTER ME
!
THERE IS NO FREE MARKETING
Money often costs too much.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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13. STEP 2. DEFINE THE R =
RETURN
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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14. What to Look For by Channel & Objective
Email Marketing:
Data Points What it Tells U
Open Rate = Opens / Delivered Sender recognition and quality subject lin
Click Through Rate = Clicks / Open Opportunities to click (links
Conversion rate = Buys / Delivere How well your integrated marketing does - your
messages have been cohesive and compellin
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15. WHAT TO LOOK FOR BY
CHANNEL & OBJECTIVE
Facebook
Data Point What it Tells Us
Page Likes 80% of page likes come from existing fans
Reach
Good calls to action
Reader interest
Opportunities to click (links)
Engagement How well your integrated marketing does - your
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messages have been cohesive and compelling
16. Data Points What it Means
Traffic to the
Unqualified
website
Leads
Goal Conversion You got some
Action!
Per Session Value Your bang for the
buck
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17. TWITTER DATA POINTS
Data Point What it Tells Us
Followers nothing
Impressions
if above average, your content is
inviting shares, or your content
was published at a peak hour, or
both.
Engagement
Rate
Your content was designed to
drive action
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18. Data Point What it Tells Us
Visits your tweets make readers want
to read more
Conversion
rate
your website does a good job at
moving the twitter visitors to
contact you
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23. 1. How to get the most with the least effort
2. When and where it’s important to invest more
3. Which type of marketing you want to do really well on
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24. START WITH...
From 0 to 500
From 1,000 to 2,000
From x to 10% above x
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25. WORK BACK FROM THE GOAL
!
If you want 100K fans on Facebook, be prepared to invest $100K
!
But first... ask “why” 5 times
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26. TEST AND LEARN
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