During this presentation, Grow Socially's Sales Executive David Platz presents strategies and tactics that companies in the tag and label printing industry can use to succeed with social media!
David presents a number of case studies of printers that are using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other networks to achieve business objectives.
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How Social Media Can Help You Grow Your Tag and Label Printing Business
1. Webinar: How Social Media Can
Help You Grow Your Print Business
How Social Media Can Help You Grow Your Print Business
May 23rd 2012
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2. Intro: Who We Are
► Grow Socially, Inc. – Support Services
► Online Marketing/Social Media
► Plan, Manage, Execute and Measure
► interlinkONE – Software (SaaS)
► Enterprise Marketing Management Software
► Plan, build, manage, execute and measure all
marketing activities
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3. Special Presenter: David Platz
(978) 729-8195
davidp@growsocially.com
Twitter.com/DavidPlatz
Facebook.com/davidplatz1
Linkedin.com/in/davidplatz
http://www.growsocially.com
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4. Quick Plug: The Book!
Strategies, Plans, Case
Studies, Campaign Ideas
A guide to help you grow
your business!
By John Foley, Jr.
NewPathToProfit.com
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5. Today’s Overview
► The Marketing Landscape
► Case Studies For Inspiration
► How YOU Can Find
Social Media Success
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7. Marketing Used to Be “Easier”!
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8. Inbound Marketing: Game-Changer
Social Media, Websites, SEO!
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9. Social Media Statistics
900 Million Users on Facebook
250 Million Tweets Sent Per Day
72+ Hours of Video Uploaded
every minute
90 million users in 6 months
18 million users… and it’s addictive!
NOTE: As of April 2012
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10. However, don’t forget this…
► Social Media is really part of something
much bigger...
…Your overall marketing efforts!
► Specifically, inbound marketing.
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11. What is Inbound Marketing?
“Inbound marketing is
a marketing strategy that focuses
on attracting prospective
customers by offering useful
information.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbound_marketing
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12. Content: Essential to Inbound Marketing
Source: http://mashable.com/2011/10/30/inbound-outbound-marketing/
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13. Inbound Goal: Drive INQUIRIES!
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14. Why Should YOU Use Inbound Tactics?
It works!
Increase Awareness & Drive Inquiries
Reach More Customers & Prospects
Sell more things!
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15. CASE STUDIES FOR INSPIRATION
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16. Can Those Tools Actually Help
Service Providers?
Let’s look at Some Examples!
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18. QuickLabel Systems on Pinterest
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19. H & H Graphics Group
► Lancaster, PA
► Provides mailing, fulfillment, print… and
multi-channel marketing services!
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21. Videos That Tell Their Story
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22. CustomXM
► Little Rock, Arkansas
► Paul Strack - @Pstrack
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23. Website: Engaging & Social
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24. CustomXM’s Tips for Twitter
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25. Social Media Creates Chatter
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26. Best Practices for Twitter
► Actively participate & engage
► Share a variety of information!
► Be a thought leader, be yourself, show the
human side of your business
► Review efforts & measure results
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27. Printing Center USA
► Primarily an online printer
► Located in Montana
► Quite active on social media
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28. Twitter Activity is High!
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29. Variety of Content in Tweets
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34. What do they have in common?
► They have a strategy and a plan!
► They produce a lot of content.
► Social media is integrated across multiple channels.
► They are committed! Time and energy.
But it pays off!
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35. HOW YOU CAN FIND
SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS
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36. Steps to Social Media Success
► Create a Strategy (PLAN)
► EXECUTE
Remember
Execution
TRUMPS
► Measure Strategy
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38. Plan! Strategy before Tactics!
Step 1: Describe the Business, Service, Solution
Step 2: Business, Service, Solution Goal
Step 3: Where Is the Audience Cyclically?
Step 4: How Does the Audience Use Social Media?
Step 5: The One Thing
Step 6: How Will You Humanize the Brand
Step 7: Content Resource and Distribution Strategy
Step 8: How Will You Measure Success?
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39. Align Tactics with Goals
Tactic Goal Key Steps
Facebook Fan page Increase awareness Post once a day;
of services, generate Custom Tab for demo
leads registration
Twitter company Become a thought Post multiple times
page leader, provide daily; share
support marketing-related
news; active listening
YouTube Profile Humanize brand; Film weekly video of
create demand employee(s); create
screencasts of
customer successes
Pinterest? Drive website traffic! Create boards to
highlight portfolio
work
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40. How to Measure Success?
► Site Traffic
► Downloads
► eNewsletter Sign-Ups
► Blog Comments
► Questions
► Shared Links
► Re-Tweets
► Followers
► Who’s talking about you and how
► Show me the money
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41. Tools for Measuring Effectiveness
Link Shorteners
iLink.Me
Bit.ly
Google Analytics
Website
Insights
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
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42. Here’s How Social Media Can Help YOU
► Build Awareness and Thought-Leadership
► Generate Inquiries and Qualified Leads
► Create Happy Customers
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43. Build Awareness and Thought-Leadership
► Share relevant and helpful information.
► Have consistent branding across networks.
► Don’t just post your own news – engage!
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44. Generating Inquiries and Leads
COMPANY
WEBSITE
Social Whitepapers,
Media eBooks
3500 Downloads
Visitors
SEO eNewsletter
Sign-Ups
DM/Flyer 2000
Visitors Comments &
Questions on
CRM
E-mail
Blog
800
Links Visitors Info/Inquiries
Other 100 Webinar
Visitors Sign-Ups
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45. Creating Happy Customers with Social Media
► How?
► Reward Your Socially-Engaged Fans
► Be an Active Listener!
► Share Content That is Relevant to Them
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46. Very Important: Know Your Audience
► Who Are They?
► Where Are They
Cyclically?
► How Do They Use
Social Media?
► What Networks Are
They On?
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47. Being Ready for What’s Next
► Don’t forget fundamentals – PLAN!
► Always be measuring your efforts
► Resources to Stay Ahead of the Game
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48. Be Committed
► Social Media often
requires daily
attention
► Prioritize: RELEVANT
Content creation,
listening, & engaging!
► Measure & Adjust
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49. 3 Action Items
► Social Media: Strategize, Plan, and Align Tactics with
Goals
► Increase commitment to promoting yourself!
► Devote time to creating content, sharing, and
measuring its effectiveness.
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50. Want to learn more?
(978) 729-8195
davidp@growsocially.com
Twitter.com/DavidPlatz
Facebook.com/davidplatz1
Linkedin.com/in/davidplatz
http://www.growsocially.com
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51. THANK YOU!
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Editor's Notes
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Lots of ways to measure social media success, so make sure you determine your key metrics BEFORE you get started. I recommend picking three solid metrics to track. Appropriate metrics differ based on what your objective is for the program.
The same principles apply to generating leads from social media as they do from other channels… You need to target people in that vertical, drive them to your website, get them to raise their hand an interact, then get them in the sales funnel!
If you are trying to decide what social networks you should be on the, the first step is really understanding your target audience. You need to define who they are , how they act, where they engage, and when. Then, you can choose to spend your time today?