INBOUND MARKETING
STRATEGY of OYO
IIM SIRMAUR
Arjun Dixit || Ashish Gautam || Nivedita Das ||Sanat Kumar Gabel
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Introduction-
OYO
• Industry- Travel & Hospitality
• Product/Service: On the OYO
platform, guests can do on-demand
booking without waiting for a reply
from a host, and they can check in and
out instantaneously instead of waiting
at a reservation desk.
• Is it B2B or B2C?
• Primary Business goal of OYO: Fixing
the predictability.
• Revenue: Rs. 2600 Crore (2016)
COMPANY OVERVIEW
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BUYER PERSONA #1
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BUYER PERSONA #2
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BUYER PERSONA #3
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SWOT ANALYSIS OF OYO
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
• Partial inventory
• Inability to convert leads to
clients
• Customer
retention/repeatability still a
problem
OPPORTUNITIES
• Growing demand for
aggregators
• Surge in budget accommodation
demand
• More and more people are
relying on technology
• Vast reach of social media
THREATS
• Growing concerns about safety.
• Competition from Zostel.
• Fewer repeat customers.
• Business model highly imitable.
• Standardization
• Use of advertising for brand
recall
• Ever growing network
• Budget hotel
• Young and highly spirited leader
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SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY
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COMMUNICATION TONE OF
VOICE
EMOTIONAL
• To attract customers for family
vacations.
• To increase customer retention
about the brand.
ALLURING
Attractive images of tourist destination
should be used to attract more tourists
towards the spots
FUNKY
To attract the new generation
solo travelers
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ALWAYS-ON CHANNEL STRATEGY
• #GoRogue #MMMC
• Year long campaign which will run
on social media to attract solo
travelers.
• Will attract customers by showing
photos of captivating tourist
destinations.
• Will provide unknown details about
that place to intrigue travelers.
• Target Customer: Solo travelers who
avoid tourist places during vacation
and like to travel off-season.
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Influencer Marketing
Video Advertising
SEO and Content
marketing
Email Marketing
.
Social Media Advertising.
Retargeting
SELECTION OF SOCIAL CHANNELS
Affiliate Marketing
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71,3105 likes
714,829 follows.
1,342 posts
50.7k followers
6.7k monthly views
1k follows.
10,103 subscribe.
2,367 likes
37.2k followers
11.8k tweets.
1. FACEBOOK POSTS
○ Location based posts.
○ Various campaigns like
#LetTheTravelBegin.
○ Promotional Posts like OYO B
Direct.
○ Membership programs promotion
like #OYOWizard.
○ Updates on new offers.
○ Contact number for support staff
available.
○ High response rate.
SELECTION OF SOCIAL CHANNELS
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2. INSTAGRAM POSTS
○ Picture tagged by the travelers.
○ Similar posts as facebook.
○ Festive posts and videos.
○ Famous spots and delicacies of
tourist destinations (both national
and international) captured.
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3. PINTEREST POSTS
○ Creative posts.
○ Various diverse boards like
“Glimpses of Ujjain”, “OYO color
feed”.
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4. TWITTER POSTS
○ Social and CSR activities.
○ Award ceremonies and events.
○ Similar promotional activities and
posts like other channels.
○ Highly responsive to customer
queries, feedback and complaints.
○ Updates on new offers with eye
grabbing images as well as videos
occasionally.
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5. YOUTUBE VIDEOS
○ Various videos capturing
different tourist destinations.
○ Use of trending hashtags.
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SAMPLE CONTENT FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA
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TACTICAL CAMPAIGN
0401 02 03
July-September
April-June
October-December
January-March
QUARTER-1
• Campaign to attract tourists to cold
locations in the state oh Kashmir or
Himachal Pradesh.
QUARTER-2
• Campaign to attract tourists to
locations like Valley Of Flowers” in
Uttarakhand.
QUARTER-3
• Campaign to attract tourists to
location which are famous for
Christmas carnivals. Ex- Goa
QUARTER-4
• Campaign to attract tourists to enjoy
the full bloom of places in North-
Eastern India like Sikkim.
Target Customer: Families
going on vacation, group of
friends exploring new
places.
#MakeMostOfTheSeason
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SOCIAL MEDIA LED TACTICAL CAMPAIGN
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ATTRACT, ENGAGE, DELIGHT
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01
02
03
• Referral discount
• Extra discount to repeat
customers.
• Post purchase email
surveys to know the
feedback
• Conversational bots- To
revert to customer queries
and grievances 24*7
• Engage customers by asking
them to post photos on
social media.
• Push notification
• Video- Youtube
• Content Strategy- Put
captivating content on travel
blogs.
• SEO- Put long tailed keyword
for the product/service offered
in the site. Ex- Couple friendly
ATTRACT
ENGAGE
DELIGHT
STRATEGY EXECUTION TIMELINE
Quarter A
A
B
C
D
Quarter B
Quarter C
Quarter D
Quarter A
(April 19-June 19)
• #MakeMostOfTheSeason:
Kashmir
• Organic Clicks 500000+
• Bounce Rate <30%
Quarter B
(July 19-Sep 19)
• #MakeMostOfTheSeason:
Uttrakhand
• Organic Clicks 520000+
• Bounce Rate <25%
Quarter C
(Oct 19-Dec 19)
• #MakeMostOfTheSeason:
Goa
• Organic Clicks 540000+
• Bounce Rate <20%
Quarter D
(Jan 20-Mar 20)
• #MakeMostOfTheSeason:
North-East
• Organic Clicks 550000+
• Bounce Rate <15%
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• To improve the Search Engine
Results of the website of OYO
Rooms
Business
Objectives
• SEO Optimization
• Short page titles
• Better meta description
Website Goals
• Organic Clicks
• Click Through Rate (CTR)
• Bounce Rate
Measurement
MEASUREMENT
PLAN
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On Page SEO SEO Score of the website Homepage
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1. Improving the page
titles
2. Improving the meta
description
3. Headings keywords to
be improved
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Meta
Description
Meta description helps a better results of the search using SEO. Higher in the
search query, better the chances of customer clicks.
42%
12%
9%
3%
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Page Titles
Problem:
• The titles are long and have repetitive
words
• Vague and unclear titles
• Many titles start with the company’s
name
Possible solutions:
• Figure out better title names by avoiding
company’s name
• Short and specific titles
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Competitor’s
Analysis
OYO Treebo FabHotels
Overall
Performance
74/100 62/100 94/100
Performance 24/30 27/30 24/30
Mobile 30/30 15/30 30/30
SEO 10/30 10/30 30/30
Security 10/10 10/10 10/10
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Comparison of Bounce Rates
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Bounce Rate of OYO
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Bounce Rate of Treebo
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Bounce Rate of FabHotels
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OYO Treebo FabHotels
35.10% 66.30% 41.70%
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Off Page SEO
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KEYWORD RESEARCH & PPC
STRATEGIES
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Keyword
Research
OYO Rooms
Offers
Up to 20% off on
booking through
HDFC Credit card
Region
Plan a trip to Goa
Features
80% off on
Wizard
membership
Travel, Vacation
etc.
Budget travel
#MMMC
#GoRogue
Competitors
Treebo, Fabhotel
etc.
Online Hotel
Booking, Budget
hotel etc.
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CTR = 111872/368000 = 30.4%
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CTR = 22/18100 = 0.121%
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MOBILE STRATEGY
• Apps
Platforms : Play Store App Store
Adoption : 10 million plus installs
Push notifications
Promotions and deals can be positioned better
• WAP Site
Landing page can be improved
Lite website for slow connections
Browser compatibility
Suitable chrome add-ins to improve user
performance and recommendations
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Mobile Strategy
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Mobile Strategy
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Mobile Strategy
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Mobile Strategy
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Mobile Strategy
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Mobile Strategy
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Mobile Strategy
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• Targeted marketing and campaigns to retain customers.
• Targeted promotional emails
• Remarketing
• Referral promotion: offering referral codes online
• Short page titles
• Better meta-description: include more impactful keywords
• Better naming of the hotels (naming without the name of company)
• Include better performing keywords in the headings and content
• Mobile landing page can be more attractive.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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THANK YOU
#MMMC
#GoRogue
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    INBOUND MARKETING STRATEGY ofOYO IIM SIRMAUR Arjun Dixit || Ashish Gautam || Nivedita Das ||Sanat Kumar Gabel 1
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    Introduction- OYO • Industry- Travel& Hospitality • Product/Service: On the OYO platform, guests can do on-demand booking without waiting for a reply from a host, and they can check in and out instantaneously instead of waiting at a reservation desk. • Is it B2B or B2C? • Primary Business goal of OYO: Fixing the predictability. • Revenue: Rs. 2600 Crore (2016) COMPANY OVERVIEW 2
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    SWOT ANALYSIS OFOYO STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Partial inventory • Inability to convert leads to clients • Customer retention/repeatability still a problem OPPORTUNITIES • Growing demand for aggregators • Surge in budget accommodation demand • More and more people are relying on technology • Vast reach of social media THREATS • Growing concerns about safety. • Competition from Zostel. • Fewer repeat customers. • Business model highly imitable. • Standardization • Use of advertising for brand recall • Ever growing network • Budget hotel • Young and highly spirited leader 6
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    COMMUNICATION TONE OF VOICE EMOTIONAL •To attract customers for family vacations. • To increase customer retention about the brand. ALLURING Attractive images of tourist destination should be used to attract more tourists towards the spots FUNKY To attract the new generation solo travelers 8
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    ALWAYS-ON CHANNEL STRATEGY •#GoRogue #MMMC • Year long campaign which will run on social media to attract solo travelers. • Will attract customers by showing photos of captivating tourist destinations. • Will provide unknown details about that place to intrigue travelers. • Target Customer: Solo travelers who avoid tourist places during vacation and like to travel off-season. 9
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    Influencer Marketing Video Advertising SEOand Content marketing Email Marketing . Social Media Advertising. Retargeting SELECTION OF SOCIAL CHANNELS Affiliate Marketing 10
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    71,3105 likes 714,829 follows. 1,342posts 50.7k followers 6.7k monthly views 1k follows. 10,103 subscribe. 2,367 likes 37.2k followers 11.8k tweets.
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    1. FACEBOOK POSTS ○Location based posts. ○ Various campaigns like #LetTheTravelBegin. ○ Promotional Posts like OYO B Direct. ○ Membership programs promotion like #OYOWizard. ○ Updates on new offers. ○ Contact number for support staff available. ○ High response rate. SELECTION OF SOCIAL CHANNELS 12
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    2. INSTAGRAM POSTS ○Picture tagged by the travelers. ○ Similar posts as facebook. ○ Festive posts and videos. ○ Famous spots and delicacies of tourist destinations (both national and international) captured. 13
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    3. PINTEREST POSTS ○Creative posts. ○ Various diverse boards like “Glimpses of Ujjain”, “OYO color feed”. 14
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    4. TWITTER POSTS ○Social and CSR activities. ○ Award ceremonies and events. ○ Similar promotional activities and posts like other channels. ○ Highly responsive to customer queries, feedback and complaints. ○ Updates on new offers with eye grabbing images as well as videos occasionally. 15
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    5. YOUTUBE VIDEOS ○Various videos capturing different tourist destinations. ○ Use of trending hashtags. 16
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    TACTICAL CAMPAIGN 0401 0203 July-September April-June October-December January-March QUARTER-1 • Campaign to attract tourists to cold locations in the state oh Kashmir or Himachal Pradesh. QUARTER-2 • Campaign to attract tourists to locations like Valley Of Flowers” in Uttarakhand. QUARTER-3 • Campaign to attract tourists to location which are famous for Christmas carnivals. Ex- Goa QUARTER-4 • Campaign to attract tourists to enjoy the full bloom of places in North- Eastern India like Sikkim. Target Customer: Families going on vacation, group of friends exploring new places. #MakeMostOfTheSeason 18
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    SOCIAL MEDIA LEDTACTICAL CAMPAIGN 19
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    ATTRACT, ENGAGE, DELIGHT 20 01 02 03 •Referral discount • Extra discount to repeat customers. • Post purchase email surveys to know the feedback • Conversational bots- To revert to customer queries and grievances 24*7 • Engage customers by asking them to post photos on social media. • Push notification • Video- Youtube • Content Strategy- Put captivating content on travel blogs. • SEO- Put long tailed keyword for the product/service offered in the site. Ex- Couple friendly ATTRACT ENGAGE DELIGHT
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    STRATEGY EXECUTION TIMELINE QuarterA A B C D Quarter B Quarter C Quarter D Quarter A (April 19-June 19) • #MakeMostOfTheSeason: Kashmir • Organic Clicks 500000+ • Bounce Rate <30% Quarter B (July 19-Sep 19) • #MakeMostOfTheSeason: Uttrakhand • Organic Clicks 520000+ • Bounce Rate <25% Quarter C (Oct 19-Dec 19) • #MakeMostOfTheSeason: Goa • Organic Clicks 540000+ • Bounce Rate <20% Quarter D (Jan 20-Mar 20) • #MakeMostOfTheSeason: North-East • Organic Clicks 550000+ • Bounce Rate <15% 21
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    • To improvethe Search Engine Results of the website of OYO Rooms Business Objectives • SEO Optimization • Short page titles • Better meta description Website Goals • Organic Clicks • Click Through Rate (CTR) • Bounce Rate Measurement MEASUREMENT PLAN 22
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    On Page SEOSEO Score of the website Homepage 24
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    1. Improving thepage titles 2. Improving the meta description 3. Headings keywords to be improved 25
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    Meta Description Meta description helpsa better results of the search using SEO. Higher in the search query, better the chances of customer clicks. 42% 12% 9% 3% 26
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    Page Titles Problem: • Thetitles are long and have repetitive words • Vague and unclear titles • Many titles start with the company’s name Possible solutions: • Figure out better title names by avoiding company’s name • Short and specific titles 27
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    Competitor’s Analysis OYO Treebo FabHotels Overall Performance 74/10062/100 94/100 Performance 24/30 27/30 24/30 Mobile 30/30 15/30 30/30 SEO 10/30 10/30 30/30 Security 10/10 10/10 10/10 28
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    Bounce Rate ofTreebo 34
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    Bounce Rate ofFabHotels 35
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    KEYWORD RESEARCH &PPC STRATEGIES 46
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    Keyword Research OYO Rooms Offers Up to20% off on booking through HDFC Credit card Region Plan a trip to Goa Features 80% off on Wizard membership Travel, Vacation etc. Budget travel #MMMC #GoRogue Competitors Treebo, Fabhotel etc. Online Hotel Booking, Budget hotel etc. 47
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    CTR = 22/18100= 0.121% 59
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    MOBILE STRATEGY • Apps Platforms: Play Store App Store Adoption : 10 million plus installs Push notifications Promotions and deals can be positioned better • WAP Site Landing page can be improved Lite website for slow connections Browser compatibility Suitable chrome add-ins to improve user performance and recommendations 60
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    • Targeted marketingand campaigns to retain customers. • Targeted promotional emails • Remarketing • Referral promotion: offering referral codes online • Short page titles • Better meta-description: include more impactful keywords • Better naming of the hotels (naming without the name of company) • Include better performing keywords in the headings and content • Mobile landing page can be more attractive. RECOMMENDATIONS 68
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