The 4 Steps for
Social Media Success
David Liem
Senior Consultant, Web Marketing
david@happymarketer.com


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About Happy Marketer?
• Headquartered in Singapore
• Provides Strategic Consulting and
  Training Services
• Focused on bringing market leading
  thought leadership in Social Media
  Marketing to APAC
• Trained over 1500 professionals in
  less than 2 years
• Yahoo & Google Certified Partners


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We all know
social media is


BIG
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>1billion
 Social network users



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750
Million People on
   Earth is on


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2.9
  Billion hours
watching a month



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1.6
Million messages
get sent a day on



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2+
Billion mobile phone
 subscribers in Asia


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42%
Had a conversation with a
brand via social network


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Yes, we all know
we have to be on
 social media...


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But how
 do we
DO IT??
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The 4 Steps to
 Social Media
   Success

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The 4 Steps to
Social Media
Success




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Attract

1. Advertising
2. In-Store Promotion
3. Viral / Word of Mouth
Goal: Grow your community.
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Advertise
• Sponsored Ads on Google, Facebook, Twitter,
  Yahoo!
• Email database




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In-Store Promotion
• Tags on TV, posters, brochures, website




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Viral / Word of Mouth




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Attract

1. Constant Content
2. Community
3. Customer Service
Goal: Increase participation
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Create Constant Content
•   Short videos
•   Infographics
•   Articles
•   “Constant content
    creates a constant
    audience”




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Care for your Community
• Provide educational material




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Customer Service
• Learn how to answers questions, complains.




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Twitter




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Facebook
• Ran contests, customer service, share
  photos/videos
• First 1000 fans get a free beer
• Measured post quality (number of
  interactions/comments), traffic to
  website




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Customer Service and Engagement
• Free beer to the 1st 1000 fans
• Low advertising
• Lots of conversation & images
• Lots of promos being offered




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Attract

1. Contests
2. Coupons
3. Cell Phones
Goal: Influence perception, store
visits and purchases
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Quizzes




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Photo Contests




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Coupons
• Exclusive discounts just for followers




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Cell Phones
• Near Field Communication (NFC), QR Codes




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Attract

1. Size of Community
2. Quality Conversations
3. Revenue Generated
Goal: Utilize metrics to make
better business decisions
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Size of Active Community
• The number of Facebook fans, Twitter
  followers
• Blog posts, comments
• The number of pictures, videos, article views




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Quality of Conversations
• Did you learn anything from your customers?
  Did they learn anything about you?
• Reviews?




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Revenue Generated
• Sales from events, contests, and products
  promoted through social media
• Reduction in marketing expenses
• Set the right expectation about revenue




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The 4 Steps to
Social Media
Success




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The 4 Steps to
Social Media
Success




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Download
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Recommendations for the next 4 weeks
1. Internal check of existing social
   media accounts
2. Competitor analysis on
   social media
3. Assign an internal evangelist

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Thanks!
Email: David@HappyMarketer.com
Web: HappyMarketer.com
Twitter: @hmarketer
Facebook: Facebook.com/HappyMarketer

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4 Steps to Social Media Success