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TRUMP, BUSH,
CLINTON, & SANDERS
How Inbound Marketing and Inbound Sales
Decided the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
David Meerman Scott
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
This is a sales and
marketing presentation
Not a political discussion (!!)
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August 4, 2015
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March 2, 2015
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1 THE PRIMARIES
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Offline and Online
Integrate
Online and offline
(or not)
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Image: rawconservative.com
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#FAIL
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1. #Hashtag for the event I was attending
2. My social content shared by the campaigns
3. Content created by the campaigns ready to be shared by
supporters on social networks
4. Follow-up after the event with images, quotes, etc.
Missed Opportunities
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What most
people do…
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What you
should do!
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You ARE
What you publish
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BERNIE
SANDERS
A 75-year-old socialist from
Vermont, built a movement with
millions of passionate supporters.
Image: BernieSanders.com
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Sanders’ campaign
raised an average
of $27 each from
nearly 7 million people.
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1. He failed to harness his supporters’ online passion for the
good of his campaign
2. Worse, he failed to reign in dark online forces who trolled
supporters of other candidates
3. His campaign invested way too much in traditional
advertising.
But Sanders marketing was out of
alignment
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Where Voters Live and Interact
Real-Time
Social Networking
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Selfies!
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JOHN
KASICH
Selfie #FAIL
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HILLARY
CLINTON
Selfie NINJA
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Hillary Clinton photo (!!!!)
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500 selfies at once!
Photo: Barbara Kinney, Hillary for America
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The Time
IS NOW!
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DONALD
TRUMP
Real-Time
Marketing Genius
Photo: @realdonaldtrump
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Simple and Memorable message
repeated often
?
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Simple and Memorable message
repeated often
#MAGA
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Trump = Real-Time
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Trump = Real-Time
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Trump = Real-Time
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Donald Trump
generated $5
billion in free
media
mediaQuant
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2015 Primary
season
Bought vs
Earned Media
mediaQuant
+ New York Times
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mediaQuant
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Dollars per Primary Delegate
#1 - Donald Trump
$49,891 per delegate
$77 million spent
1,543 delegates
@realDonaldTrumpThe Atlantic
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#2 - Hillary Clinton
$105,566 per delegate
$297 million spent
2,814 delegates
@HillaryClinton
Dollars per Primary Delegate
The Atlantic
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#3 - Bernie Sanders
$117,731 per delegate
$223 million spent
1,893 delegates
@SenSanders
Dollars per Primary Delegate
The Atlantic
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#11 - Jeb Bush
$34 million per delegate
$139 million spent
4 delegates
@JebBush
Dollars per Primary Delegate
The Atlantic
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JEB
BUSH
The initial front
runner used an
outdated playbook
Photo: facebook.com/jebbush
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Social Media are
Tools…
Real-Time is a
Mindset
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Real-
Time !!
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2 THE GENERAL
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Newsjacking
is your
secret weapon!
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“If Hillary Clinton were a man,
I don’t think she’d get five
percent of the vote.
The only thing she’s got
going is the woman’s card.”
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“Mr. Trump accused me of
playing the woman card.
If fighting for women’s health
care and paid family leave and
equal pay is playing the woman
card, then deal me in!”
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Real Time is
Essential
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Monthly 2016 free media
>> tied <<
Trump = $500 million
Clinton = $500 million
mediaQuant (August 2016)
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Trump campaign emails Sept 19 – Sept 30, 2016
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Clinton ground
game:
Volunteers selling
door to door
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3 REAL-TIME AT THE
DEBATES
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First debate
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Vice Presidential debate
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Mike Pence was regarded to have “won” the VP debate
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wvgazettemail.com
Second (town hall) debate
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Dueling Text Messages from the
Clinton and Trump Campaigns
Trump Campaign
sent 5:06 am on
10 October (the
morning after the
second debate)
Clinton Campaign
sent 10:22 pm on
9 Oct (as the
second debate
was going on)
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4 ANALYSIS
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Early front runner Jeb Bush
was using the outdated
Outbound Marketing playbook
that got his father and brother
elected president.
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Bernie Sanders failed to use
his millions of online supporters
for good… And many became
very dark and nasty.
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Clinton’s careful, traditional
marketing strategies failed to
energize enough voters.
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Donald Trump is a marketing
genius.
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Trump’s reliance on just two
strategies – Real-Time Twitter
and mega rallies, both covered
by mainstream media – won
him the Republican nomination.
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Trump created a powerful
brand, reaching his buyers
via Inbound Marketing. This
strategy has made him the
45th President.
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Until the 2020 election cycle…
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David Meerman Scott
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