3. WHAT IS SOCIAL MARKETING?
Use of marketing principles and
techniques to influence a target
audience to voluntarily accept, reject,
modify, or abandon a behavior for the
benefit of individuals, groups, or society
as a whole.
Kotler et al., 2002
4. HOW CAN INTERNET
MARKETING HELP?
It can help you promote your
business by:
Allowing you to easily manage
individual or mass communication
Assisting you in managing your brand
Creating and presenting your
business identity
Generating customer trust and loyalty
6. I already
have
a web site…
isn’t that
enough?
INTERNET MARKETING IS MORE
THAN A WEB SITE…
• Building a web site
is a great first step
• Internet Marketing
is necessary to
generate buzz and
traffic
• Traffic generates
business
• Business brings
profits!
7. MARKETING
YOUR WEB SITE
Traditional Marketing
Television
Radio
Newspapers
Magazines
Billboards
Direct Mail
Word-of-Mouth
Internet Marketing
Video sharing web
sites
Blogs, Micro-blogs
Social Networks
Widgets
Search Advertising
Direct Email
Word-of-mouth
8. HOW CAN SOCIAL
MEDIA HELP YOU?
• It can connect you with customers, vendors,
and potential business partners
• Spread the word about your business
• Increase your credibility and relevance on the
Internet
21. By the end of 2010,
Dell had generated
$6.5 million in
sales from Twitter
alone.
22. WHY DO COLLEGES INVEST IN SOCIAL MEDIA?
For many of the same reasons they invest in more
traditional marketing and advertising
Create awareness
Encourage connection
Inspire loyalty
Recruit best fit students
Build powerful relations with alumni
Create stronger reputations
45. DON’T – OFFER VAGUE EXPERTISE
DO – CROSS-PROMOTE YOUR BLOG
@riarossi - Just posted on ActiveRain: Crofton MD - Real
Estate Statistics, August 2009
http://activerain.com/t/1250440
@debbierumsey -@samnickjonas Hey there, I'm Debbie and
a real estate agent. I'm networking with people in the area.
Feel free to ask me any RE questions.
47. DO – OFFER INFORMATION
@swfltopagents -Listen to Future of Real Estate Radio
SHow this week bit.ly/xhOMh lots of great info affecting the
market #fortmyers #realestate #SWflorida
51. SOCIAL MEDIA
DISCLAIMER
• There is no silver bullet!
• Not all online strategies
will be effective for all
business types
• It is up to you as the
marketer to determine
the appropriate
marketing channels and
to constantly measure
their effectiveness