Measuring The Impact Of Social Media - Presentation Transcript
Measuring the Impact of Social Media Liana “Li” Evans Director of Social Media, Serengeti Communication
How’d We Get Here?
Monitoring & Measuring
Radian6
Meltwater
TrackUR
Techrigy
Google Alerts
Google Analytics
Coremetrics
Omniture
ClickTracks
Social Media’s Different
Involvement
Customer’s first point of agreed upon contact.
Visit to website
Sign up for email notification
Subscribe to RSS
Became a community member
Measuring Involvement
Web Analytics
Referral traffic to site from social media sites
The Other Stuff (Manual)
Subscribers to email lists or RSS
How many friends/fans you have
Number of new community member signups
Average number of posts per forum member
Interaction
The people like you …… Or maybe not
Conversations about you
Threads in forums & message board
Requests for more information
User Generated Content (UCG) about you
Videos, pictures, comments, etc.
Measuring Interaction
Web Analytics
Transactional Data
They bought something
Requested more information
Gave you their email address
The Other Stuff (Manual)
Number of comments
Number of reviews
How much UCG was submitted
Replies to forum threads
Intimacy
Visitor has an opinion based on their experience with you
Post product or service reviews
Blog posts – reviews of products/services
Create UCG such as videos, photos, podcasts
Forums threads dedicated to you
Fan/Hate groups dedicated to you
Measuring Intimacy
Buzz Monitoring
Radian6, Meltwater
Customer Feedback Data
The Other Stuff (Manual)
Number of comments to UCG
Number of up/down votes
Number of stars on ratings
Number of reviews
Blog posts
Product Reviews
Influence
Audience members form an opinion based on other community members
Sentiment of conversations
Interaction about you
Propagation of your media
Measuring Influence
Buzz Monitoring
Radian6, Meltwater
Customer Feedback Data (How did they hear about you?)
The Other Stuff (Manual)
Who’s Talking About You?
Technorati Ranking
Influence of Community Member
How long a member
Posting habits
Replies to posting
Who’s In Your Audience?
Different Types of Social Media
Different Things to Measure
Social News (Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Etc)
Number of Votes, Comments
Traffic to Media Submitted
Social Sharing (YouTube, Flickr, Etc)
Number of Views, Ratings, Embeds, Links, Favorites
Social Networking
Number of Fans, Friends, Group Members
Comments on walls, postings, media
Different Things to Measure
Twitter
Number of Followers
Retweets
Blogs
Subscribers
Comments to Posts
Forums & Message Boards
Number of Members
Posts to Members, Replies to Posts
Identify & Define Success
Re-Evaluate & Tweak Goals If It Doesn’t Work – Stop Doing It! Tim O’Reilly, OGI Keynote 7/21/09 Don’t Fall In Love…
Real World Example
Using Social Media to Engage, Interact, Involve & Influence Your Audience
Understanding Your Audience
Hold A Conversation in a Community
Videos…. Lead To
Your Audience Creating Them
Photos …. Lead To
Your Audience … Sharing Them
Linked In Profile… Lead To
Audience Created Groups & Discussions
Networking Where Your Audience Is
Leads to Over 480k Seeing Your Message
Twittering Leads To….
Twitters Holding Conversations About You
All of This Social Stuff Lead To….
Results Of Target Audience?
Summary
Understand where your audience is first
Identify and define your measurement goals
Involvement goals
Interaction goals
Intimacy goals
Influence goals
Defines success or failure
When to stop
When to add more
Don’t fall in love – re-evaluate & tweak goals
Contact Director of Social Media SergentiCommunications.com TakeItInHouse.com SocialConversations.com [email_address] Twitter: @storyspinner SearchMarketingGurus.com lianaevans.com
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