The Indianapolis Colts want to grow their fan base and presence on social media in 2016. Their objectives are to have more fan interaction through Q&As with players and increase their follower count on platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. They will run contests on each platform to engage fans and give away game tickets. Key dates they will focus on are holidays and NFL-related events. The social media team roles and responsibilities are outlined as well as policies, response plans, and metrics for measuring growth in followers.
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary (February 2016)
Social Media Audit
Social Media Objectives
Include photos representing the demographics
Online Brand Persona and Voice
Strategies and Tools
Timing and Key Dates
Social Media Roles and Responsibilities
Social Media Policy
Critical Response Plan
Measurement and Reporting Results
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The main goal for 2016 is for us to have more fans via social media. The Indianapolis Colts is a world class
organization and we want to see the fan base grow.
The team is full of potential and we would like to see more fans join us at our games and interacting with
our social media accounts.
Our website will have more followers that will lead to more fans attending the football games and more
fans purchasing merchandise.
Attempt to answer more questions that the fans may have about the team so that they know that we are
there for them.
Attempt to do more live chats with the fans and answer them.
4. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT
Indianapolis Colts Website: www.Colts.com
Twitter: @Colts
Instagram: @Colts
Facebook: Indianapolis Colts
5. SOCIAL MEDIA OBJECTIVES
The main goal for 2016 is to make the
Indianapolis Colts more present on social media.
We want our social media audience to grow. One
of our goals is to have more Q&A’s with the
players to interact with the fans.
6. ONLINE BRAND PERSONA
The Indianapolis Colts are
Diverse
Family Oriented
Smart
Outgoing
Fan Friendly
7. STRATEGIES AND TOOLS
Twitter: 15 pairs of tickets given away randomly to followers who
retweet something Colts related.
Instagram: 15 pairs of tickets to followers who post pictures of them in
Colts gear with the hashtag #COLTSPRIDE
Facebook: 20 pairs of tickets to a random select followers that share a
Colts related video.
8. TIMING AND KEY DATES
Holidays Important Dates
President’s Day - April 28th-30th NFL Draft
Memorial Day - August 7th Hall of Fame Game vs
Fourth of July Green Bay Packers
9. SOCILA MEDIA ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Social Media Department Employees
Sr. Director of Marketing-Stephanie Pemberton
Social Media Coordinator-Amber Derrow
Writer-Kevin Bowen
Graphic Designer-Megan Magiera
Director of Digital Media-Dan Plumiee
10. SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
Our company uses social media to interact with the players and the fans. We
use it to share news and messages with everyone that follows the Colts as
their team. It is also used to share events that will come in the year. As an
employee for the Indianapolis Colts, I would like to share some of the rules
and guidelines that need to be followed by using social media:
Respect everyone
Be polite with everyone
Help the fans that need help (whether with a question or purchase)
Ignore Negative Comments
11. CRITICAL RESPONSE PLAN
An inappropriate tweet, picture or message sent from any @Colts social
media account
Amber Derrow sends a memo to everyone in the social media
department stating that they should contact the person that made the
inappropriate post from the team to see if they can come to an
agreement and fix the problem.
Then Amber Derrow calls the press to make the apology happen.
12. MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING
RESULTS
Twitter, Facebook posts and Instagram have made a big movement by
including the hashtag #COLTSPRIDE. This has made the team’s social
media accounts gain many new followers to come and join the Colts
nation.
We expect to have gained at least 1,000 new followers by July 2016.