Welcome to Digital Marketing Planning
         Techniques Webinar

       Thursday 14th March 2013
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Digital Marketing Planning



Digital Marketing Planning Techniques
Learning Outcomes

•   Understand the steps involved in, and the process for developing, a
    digital marketing plan
•   Understand the potential barriers that affect digital planning
•   Understand the importance of reporting and measuring on a digital
    marketing plan
Digital Marketing Strategy
 Provides a consistent direction for an organisations digital marketing
  Provides a consistent direction for an organisations digital marketing
 activities so that they integrate with other marketing activities and support its
  activities so that they integrate with other marketing activities and support its
 objectives
  objectives

An Digital Marketing Strategy will aim to:
    • Provide direction to Internet marketing activities
    • Analyse the organisation’s external environment and internal resources
    • Articulate digital marketing objectives and support marketing objectives
    • Selection strategic options to achieve digital marketing objectives and
      create a sustainable competitive advantage
    • Include strategy formulation such as STP and specification for the
      marketing mix
    • Specify how resources will be deployed and the organisations will be
      structured to achieve the strategy
What is Digital Marketing Planning?
• If digital marketing is using digital technology and
  devices effectively to reach existing and potential
  customers to engage, inform and communicate
• Then…Digital Marketing Planning involves using the
  correct methods and systems to determine how we will
  achieve this and link it to the organisation's overall
  strategies and objectives
A Digital Marketing Planning
Framework




                               Chaffey, 2008
RACE
       •   This Planning framework is
           based on the SOSTAC
           approach; however, it has
           been adapted for Digital
           Marketing
       •   This key difference is rather
           than using the 7 P’s, the RACE
           acronym is used to focus on
           tactics that Reach, Act,
           Convert and Engage digital
           audiences


                           Smartinsights.com
Situation Analysis
                        The situation
                        analysis should
                        include:
                        •Macro
                        environmental
                        factors
                        •Micro
                        environmental
                        factors
                        •Internal factors
                        •SWOT


Chaffey, 2012
What Information Do we need
Effective marketing decisions are reliant on information in four
main areas:
    • Information about your own business
    • Information on customers
    • Information on other organisations
    • Information on the marketing environment




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Understand the Trends
Tools to try:

•Google Trends
•Ubersuggest
•Google Keyword Tool
•Keyword Discovery
•Hootsuite
•Tweetdeck
•Alexa
•Google Alerts




 Source: http://ubersuggest.org/   Source: http://www.keyworddiscovery.co.uk/
Objectives
Objectives – 5 S’s

 • Sell – Grow sales
 • Serve – Add value
 • Speak – Get closer to
   customers
 • Save – Cost savings
 • Sizzle – Extend the brand
   online, reinforce brand

Chaffey, 2012
Strategy Answers the Following
Questions
1.   What are the sources of the company's sustainable competitive
     advantage?
2.   How will a company position itself against competition in the
     market over the long run to secure a sustainable competitive
     advantage?
3.   Does it have the resources and value chain to be able to support
     this?
4.   What are the key strategic priorities?
5.   What trade offs have to be made?
Strategy: Marketing and Product
 Development Strategies
                                Ansoff’s Matrix can
                                help organisations
                              think about how online
                                   channels can
                                 support marketing
                                  objectives and
                                suggest innovative
                                     use of the
                              channel to deliver new
                                products and more
                                      markets




Chaffey, 2012
Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning

                           The most important
                           decisions at this stage are:
                           •Segmentation/target
                           strategy as an
                           organisation’s online
                           customers will have
                           differing characteristics,
                           needs and behaviours to
                           offline customers
                           •Positioning strategy as
                           competitors’ products and
                           service offerings will differ
                           in the online environment




Chaffey (2012)
The Online Value Proposition: How
To Deliver Value?
            Cost
                                                     Sell
   • I want the best deal    VALUE FROM   • Reach during buy-mode
   • Be cheaper to own
             .               CUSTOMERS     • Sense and Respond to
       Convenience                          increase lifetime value
      • Save me time
   • Be faster & simpler                             Speak
                                             • Research needs
         Content                              • Inform and build
     • Help me decide                            relationships
   • Make my life easier                        through e-mail

     Customisation                                 Serve
     • Tailor it for me                       • Provide online
    • Personalise my                       content and services
    recommendations
                                                    Save
           Choice                            • Sell and service
   • Fit my unique needs                       more efficiently
 • Making the right choice     VALUE
         Community
                               FROM                 Sizzle
     • I want to belong       COMPANY     • Differentiate our brand


Chaffey, 2007
Tactics – The Marketing Mix
Tactics - RACE
Actions
Who does what and when?
•Gantt Chart
•Responsibilities and
Structures
•Resource Allocation
•Marketing Activity Plan
•Social Media Activity
Outline
•Policies
Identify Your Resources
Control

      Goal setting           CONTROL
                               Who?

                             MEASURE
Performance Measurement        Who?
                              When?
                               How?
                              REVIEW
  Performance diagnosis        Who?
                               When?


    Corrective action
                          Chaffey, 2004
Key Measurements for Digital Media
            Media                    Measurements available
Websites                    • Traffic                    • Browser used
                            • Frequency of visits        • Geographic location
                            • Pages viewed per visit     • Bounce rates
                            • Referrer                   • Seasonality
                            • Conversions

Blogs and social media      • Traffic                    • Likes/retweets
                            • Frequency of visits        • Subscribers
                            • Pages viewed per visit     • Fans/followers
                            • Comments                   • Track backs
                                                         • Posts/words per
                                                         post

Advertising & promotional   • Traffic (Impressions)
                            • Clicks and click-through rates
campaigns                   • Conversions
                            • Seasonality
                            • Referrer
                            • Promotional codes used
Key Measurements for Digital Media
          Media                   Measurements available

Email campaigns            • Subscribers
                           • Bounce rates (emails not delivered due to
                           incorrect details)
                           • Emails delivered
                           • Number of emails opened
                           • Clicks and where users clicked
                           • Conversions

Mobile websites and Apps   • Traffic
                           • Frequency of visits
                           • Pages viewed per visit
                           • Referrers
                           • Subscribers
                           • Device used (screen resolution)
                           • Bounce rates
                           • Geographic location
Campaign Measurement
Measures used for setting campaign objectives or assessing success
                                Step 6.             Lifetime value

                           Step 5.              Branding metrics

                      Step 4.
                                             Campaign ROI




                                                                     Sophistication
                 Step 3.              Cost per acquisition (CPA)

            Step 2.
                                 Cost = Cost per Click (CPC)
       Step 1.
                             Quality = Conversion rate

    Step 0.
                        Volume = Unique visitors /
                               Reach (%)
    Chaffey, 2012
Monitoring Tools
Barriers to Planning
•   Culture – is it external or internally

•   Politics

•   Too much analysis, not enough action

•   Resource issues – human, financial, time

•   Skills and technology

•   Fear and lack of knowledge

•   Inability / Lack of willingness to change fast enough or at all / or

    to challenge existing ideas and processes
Questions?

             Thank you
Additional resources
Digital marketing strategy:
      http://www.davechaffey.com/Internet-Marketing/10-steps-to-developing-a-digital-strategy-4th-edition-of-internet-marketing-book/

Digital marketing strategy and plan template:
       http://www.smartinsights.com/blog/digital-marketing-strategy/digital-marketing-planning-template
Internet Marketing planning using SOSTAC:
       http://www.davechaffey.com/guides/internet-marketing-strategy-e-marketing-strategy/
http://www.smartinsights.com/managing-digital-marketing/capability-performance-review/sostac-marketing-plan-infographic/
Goals for Digital Marketing
http://www.smartinsights.com/goal-setting-evaluation/goals-kpis/goals-for-your-digital-marketing/
How to write a digital marketing plan
http://webyogi.co.uk/how-to-write-digital-internet-marketing-plan/
The State of Digital Marketing
http://mrmarketingservices.com/the-state-of-digital-marketing-2012/
The Digital Marketing Plan
http://connectedculturebook.com/digital-marketing-plan/
Use Ansoff Matrix to identify your growth strategy
http://www.hjmbd.ie/use-ansoffs-matrix-to-identify-your-growth-strategy/
Mind View Gantt Chart
http://www.matchware.com/en/special/gantt-chart.php
PR Smith’s The SOSTAC® Guide to writing the perfect plan
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SOSTAC%C2%AE-Guide-writing-perfect-ebook/dp/B0063GDKMA

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  • 1.
    Welcome to DigitalMarketing Planning Techniques Webinar Thursday 14th March 2013 This webinar will start at 1.00pm. For this webinar, it won’t be possible to enable individuals to speak, but you can ask questions and make comments by utilising the chat area on the right hand of the screen. Please ensure that your computer’s internal speakers are switched on, or you have connected external speakers or headphones. 1
  • 2.
    Sound Check The presenter is now speaking. If you can’t hear anything make sure that you have enabled the sound on your computer. If you still can’t hear anything click on the arrow next to your name on the participants list and re-enable the audio. If you still can’t hear type please log off and then on again 2
  • 3.
    Welcome Your webinar presenter today is: Red Barrington 3 3
  • 4.
    Digital Marketing Planning DigitalMarketing Planning Techniques
  • 5.
    Learning Outcomes • Understand the steps involved in, and the process for developing, a digital marketing plan • Understand the potential barriers that affect digital planning • Understand the importance of reporting and measuring on a digital marketing plan
  • 6.
    Digital Marketing Strategy Provides a consistent direction for an organisations digital marketing Provides a consistent direction for an organisations digital marketing activities so that they integrate with other marketing activities and support its activities so that they integrate with other marketing activities and support its objectives objectives An Digital Marketing Strategy will aim to: • Provide direction to Internet marketing activities • Analyse the organisation’s external environment and internal resources • Articulate digital marketing objectives and support marketing objectives • Selection strategic options to achieve digital marketing objectives and create a sustainable competitive advantage • Include strategy formulation such as STP and specification for the marketing mix • Specify how resources will be deployed and the organisations will be structured to achieve the strategy
  • 7.
    What is DigitalMarketing Planning? • If digital marketing is using digital technology and devices effectively to reach existing and potential customers to engage, inform and communicate • Then…Digital Marketing Planning involves using the correct methods and systems to determine how we will achieve this and link it to the organisation's overall strategies and objectives
  • 8.
    A Digital MarketingPlanning Framework Chaffey, 2008
  • 9.
    RACE • This Planning framework is based on the SOSTAC approach; however, it has been adapted for Digital Marketing • This key difference is rather than using the 7 P’s, the RACE acronym is used to focus on tactics that Reach, Act, Convert and Engage digital audiences Smartinsights.com
  • 10.
    Situation Analysis The situation analysis should include: •Macro environmental factors •Micro environmental factors •Internal factors •SWOT Chaffey, 2012
  • 11.
    What Information Dowe need Effective marketing decisions are reliant on information in four main areas: • Information about your own business • Information on customers • Information on other organisations • Information on the marketing environment 11
  • 12.
    Understand the Trends Toolsto try: •Google Trends •Ubersuggest •Google Keyword Tool •Keyword Discovery •Hootsuite •Tweetdeck •Alexa •Google Alerts Source: http://ubersuggest.org/ Source: http://www.keyworddiscovery.co.uk/
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    Objectives – 5S’s • Sell – Grow sales • Serve – Add value • Speak – Get closer to customers • Save – Cost savings • Sizzle – Extend the brand online, reinforce brand Chaffey, 2012
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    Strategy Answers theFollowing Questions 1. What are the sources of the company's sustainable competitive advantage? 2. How will a company position itself against competition in the market over the long run to secure a sustainable competitive advantage? 3. Does it have the resources and value chain to be able to support this? 4. What are the key strategic priorities? 5. What trade offs have to be made?
  • 16.
    Strategy: Marketing andProduct Development Strategies Ansoff’s Matrix can help organisations think about how online channels can support marketing objectives and suggest innovative use of the channel to deliver new products and more markets Chaffey, 2012
  • 17.
    Segmentation, Targeting andPositioning The most important decisions at this stage are: •Segmentation/target strategy as an organisation’s online customers will have differing characteristics, needs and behaviours to offline customers •Positioning strategy as competitors’ products and service offerings will differ in the online environment Chaffey (2012)
  • 18.
    The Online ValueProposition: How To Deliver Value? Cost Sell • I want the best deal VALUE FROM • Reach during buy-mode • Be cheaper to own . CUSTOMERS • Sense and Respond to Convenience increase lifetime value • Save me time • Be faster & simpler Speak • Research needs Content • Inform and build • Help me decide relationships • Make my life easier through e-mail Customisation Serve • Tailor it for me • Provide online • Personalise my content and services recommendations Save Choice • Sell and service • Fit my unique needs more efficiently • Making the right choice VALUE Community FROM Sizzle • I want to belong COMPANY • Differentiate our brand Chaffey, 2007
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    Tactics – TheMarketing Mix
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    Actions Who does whatand when? •Gantt Chart •Responsibilities and Structures •Resource Allocation •Marketing Activity Plan •Social Media Activity Outline •Policies
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    Control Goal setting CONTROL Who? MEASURE Performance Measurement Who? When? How? REVIEW Performance diagnosis Who? When? Corrective action Chaffey, 2004
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    Key Measurements forDigital Media Media Measurements available Websites • Traffic • Browser used • Frequency of visits • Geographic location • Pages viewed per visit • Bounce rates • Referrer • Seasonality • Conversions Blogs and social media • Traffic • Likes/retweets • Frequency of visits • Subscribers • Pages viewed per visit • Fans/followers • Comments • Track backs • Posts/words per post Advertising & promotional • Traffic (Impressions) • Clicks and click-through rates campaigns • Conversions • Seasonality • Referrer • Promotional codes used
  • 25.
    Key Measurements forDigital Media Media Measurements available Email campaigns • Subscribers • Bounce rates (emails not delivered due to incorrect details) • Emails delivered • Number of emails opened • Clicks and where users clicked • Conversions Mobile websites and Apps • Traffic • Frequency of visits • Pages viewed per visit • Referrers • Subscribers • Device used (screen resolution) • Bounce rates • Geographic location
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    Campaign Measurement Measures usedfor setting campaign objectives or assessing success Step 6. Lifetime value Step 5. Branding metrics Step 4. Campaign ROI Sophistication Step 3. Cost per acquisition (CPA) Step 2. Cost = Cost per Click (CPC) Step 1. Quality = Conversion rate Step 0. Volume = Unique visitors / Reach (%) Chaffey, 2012
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    Barriers to Planning • Culture – is it external or internally • Politics • Too much analysis, not enough action • Resource issues – human, financial, time • Skills and technology • Fear and lack of knowledge • Inability / Lack of willingness to change fast enough or at all / or to challenge existing ideas and processes
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    Questions? Thank you
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    Additional resources Digital marketingstrategy: http://www.davechaffey.com/Internet-Marketing/10-steps-to-developing-a-digital-strategy-4th-edition-of-internet-marketing-book/ Digital marketing strategy and plan template: http://www.smartinsights.com/blog/digital-marketing-strategy/digital-marketing-planning-template Internet Marketing planning using SOSTAC: http://www.davechaffey.com/guides/internet-marketing-strategy-e-marketing-strategy/ http://www.smartinsights.com/managing-digital-marketing/capability-performance-review/sostac-marketing-plan-infographic/ Goals for Digital Marketing http://www.smartinsights.com/goal-setting-evaluation/goals-kpis/goals-for-your-digital-marketing/ How to write a digital marketing plan http://webyogi.co.uk/how-to-write-digital-internet-marketing-plan/ The State of Digital Marketing http://mrmarketingservices.com/the-state-of-digital-marketing-2012/ The Digital Marketing Plan http://connectedculturebook.com/digital-marketing-plan/ Use Ansoff Matrix to identify your growth strategy http://www.hjmbd.ie/use-ansoffs-matrix-to-identify-your-growth-strategy/ Mind View Gantt Chart http://www.matchware.com/en/special/gantt-chart.php PR Smith’s The SOSTAC® Guide to writing the perfect plan http://www.amazon.co.uk/SOSTAC%C2%AE-Guide-writing-perfect-ebook/dp/B0063GDKMA

Editor's Notes

  • #28 Other useful social media evaluation tools Some other sites worth checking for social media evaluation: www.blogpulse.com www.samepoint.com http://addictomatic.com/ www.socialmention.com