MEASURING ENGAGEMENT

TJ Tee
Digital Marketing Evangelist
Integricity Corporation
Acquisition   Activation of stuff happens here
                       Lots   Referral       Retention   Revenue
Acquisition         Activation          Referral             Retention            Revenue


     PR, campaigns,         Home page, landing     Sales, leads,       Retweets, affiliates,
     contests, SEO/SEM,     pages, product         subscriptions,      contests, EDMs, widgets,
     affiliates, blogs,     features               affiliate revenue   viral marketing
     EDM, widgets, social
     media, banner ads,
     SMS/MMS
Know what you want to track
• Driving engaged traffic to a website/landing
  page doesn’t guarantee any return
• Define metrics that are relevant for your
  business:
  •    Targeted clicks, sign-ups, downloads
  •    New leads/sales
• Ignore low-value metrics like:
  •    Number of followers/fans/friends
  •    PageRank, Alexa rank
Goals & objectives

Qualitative            Quantitative

•   Loyalty            •   Sales
•   Trust              •   Leads
•   Passion            •   Qualified users
•   Interaction        •   Sign-ups
•   Satisfaction       •   Referrals
•   Authority          •   Targeted clicks
•   Feedback           •   Downloads
•   Brand awareness    •   Video views/shares
Qualitative measures
Campaign – Build loyalty and trust
  •   Execution:
      •   Engage with customers who mention your
          company/product on Twitter or Google
  •   Success metrics:
      •   # Positive comments sent to customers per week
      •   # Conversations that started from a comment
  •   Goal
      •   x# Positive conversations about your company/product per
          week
      •   x# Positive blog posts about your company/product per
          month
Qualitative measures
Campaign – Increase customer satisfaction
  •   Execution:
      •   Engage with customers/prospects and ask what they would
          like from you
  •   Success metrics:
      •   # New useful/good suggestions
      •   # Suggestions you implement
  •   Goal
      •   x# Suggestions collected per month and # you actually
          implement
Qualitative measures
Campaign – Increase authority
  •   Execution:
      •   Blog about stuff you’re an expert on by writing authoritative
          content (first) and promoting your company (second)
  •   Success metrics:
      •   # Influential blogs linking to your content
      •   # Organic visitor traffic per month
      •   # Traffic that converts into sales
  •   Goal
      •   x% of organic referral traffic per month
      •   x$ sales attributable to referrals from blog per month
Quantitative measures
Campaign – Increase offline sales
  •   Execution:
      •   Promotion on a social media platform (e.g. Facebook)
          Participants get a print-out voucher to redeem offline
  •   Success metrics:
      •   Monthly sales
      •   Monthly store traffic (walk-in)
  •   Goal
      •   x$ Monthly sales
      •   x% Increase in store traffic over pre-promotion period
Quantitative measures
Campaign – Increase online sales
  •   Execution:
      •   Use Twitter to inform prospects about exclusive time-
          limited promos
  •   Success metrics:
      •   Monthly sales attributable directly to Twitter
      •   New customers attributable directly to Twitter
      •   Monthly revenue generated from customers originally from
          Twitter
  •   Goal
      •   x$ Monthly sales directly attributable to Twitter
Google Alerts




  Google.com/alerts
Google Analytics: Advanced Segments
Peashoot




Peashootapp.com
Facebook Pages: Insights
Measurement scorecard (sample)
Stage         Conversion                                    Conv   Est value
                                                            (%)    (RM)
Acquisition   Visitors to site/widget/landing page          60     0.10
              Eg: 2+ pgs, 10+ sec, 1+ clicks, 0 bounce


Activation    Happy 1st visit, use the site, sign-up        15     0.25
              Eg: Clicks/time/pages, newsletter/profile
              sign-up, feature usage

Retention     Users come back, multiple visits              5      0.50
              Eg: 1-3x visits/mth; email/feed open rate
              / CTR

Referral      Users refer others                            1      1.00
              Eg: Cust satisfaction >=8; viral K factor >
              1;

Revenue       Users Pay / Generate $$$                      2      5.00
              Eg. Sale, affiliate revenue
Key takeaways
1. Driving targeted traffic from social media
   sources is only half the challenge if you’re trying
   to sell something
2. Define quantitative and qualitative goals &
   objectives and create campaigns/strategies
   using these metrics
3. Filter out channels and strategies that don’t get
   good returns. Repeat.

Measuring Engagement

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    MEASURING ENGAGEMENT TJ Tee DigitalMarketing Evangelist Integricity Corporation
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    Acquisition Activation of stuff happens here Lots Referral Retention Revenue
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    Acquisition Activation Referral Retention Revenue PR, campaigns, Home page, landing Sales, leads, Retweets, affiliates, contests, SEO/SEM, pages, product subscriptions, contests, EDMs, widgets, affiliates, blogs, features affiliate revenue viral marketing EDM, widgets, social media, banner ads, SMS/MMS
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    Know what youwant to track • Driving engaged traffic to a website/landing page doesn’t guarantee any return • Define metrics that are relevant for your business: • Targeted clicks, sign-ups, downloads • New leads/sales • Ignore low-value metrics like: • Number of followers/fans/friends • PageRank, Alexa rank
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    Goals & objectives Qualitative Quantitative • Loyalty • Sales • Trust • Leads • Passion • Qualified users • Interaction • Sign-ups • Satisfaction • Referrals • Authority • Targeted clicks • Feedback • Downloads • Brand awareness • Video views/shares
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    Qualitative measures Campaign –Build loyalty and trust • Execution: • Engage with customers who mention your company/product on Twitter or Google • Success metrics: • # Positive comments sent to customers per week • # Conversations that started from a comment • Goal • x# Positive conversations about your company/product per week • x# Positive blog posts about your company/product per month
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    Qualitative measures Campaign –Increase customer satisfaction • Execution: • Engage with customers/prospects and ask what they would like from you • Success metrics: • # New useful/good suggestions • # Suggestions you implement • Goal • x# Suggestions collected per month and # you actually implement
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    Qualitative measures Campaign –Increase authority • Execution: • Blog about stuff you’re an expert on by writing authoritative content (first) and promoting your company (second) • Success metrics: • # Influential blogs linking to your content • # Organic visitor traffic per month • # Traffic that converts into sales • Goal • x% of organic referral traffic per month • x$ sales attributable to referrals from blog per month
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    Quantitative measures Campaign –Increase offline sales • Execution: • Promotion on a social media platform (e.g. Facebook) Participants get a print-out voucher to redeem offline • Success metrics: • Monthly sales • Monthly store traffic (walk-in) • Goal • x$ Monthly sales • x% Increase in store traffic over pre-promotion period
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    Quantitative measures Campaign –Increase online sales • Execution: • Use Twitter to inform prospects about exclusive time- limited promos • Success metrics: • Monthly sales attributable directly to Twitter • New customers attributable directly to Twitter • Monthly revenue generated from customers originally from Twitter • Goal • x$ Monthly sales directly attributable to Twitter
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    Google Alerts Google.com/alerts
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    Measurement scorecard (sample) Stage Conversion Conv Est value (%) (RM) Acquisition Visitors to site/widget/landing page 60 0.10 Eg: 2+ pgs, 10+ sec, 1+ clicks, 0 bounce Activation Happy 1st visit, use the site, sign-up 15 0.25 Eg: Clicks/time/pages, newsletter/profile sign-up, feature usage Retention Users come back, multiple visits 5 0.50 Eg: 1-3x visits/mth; email/feed open rate / CTR Referral Users refer others 1 1.00 Eg: Cust satisfaction >=8; viral K factor > 1; Revenue Users Pay / Generate $$$ 2 5.00 Eg. Sale, affiliate revenue
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    Key takeaways 1. Drivingtargeted traffic from social media sources is only half the challenge if you’re trying to sell something 2. Define quantitative and qualitative goals & objectives and create campaigns/strategies using these metrics 3. Filter out channels and strategies that don’t get good returns. Repeat.