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Head + Heart
Integrating Search and Social
to Reach Your Consumer
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Started with GeoCities
Sports marketing
Traditional PR
now?
Social media + experience junkie
Maggie Malek
Head of PR and Social
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Consumershavea
naturaladblock.
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once upon a time…
Search Social
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the new consumer landscape
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• Written content is now graphic content.
• Social traffic is not guaranteed.
• Social engagement is a different ball game.
• Brands have to pay to play.
four years of BIG change…
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Tobreakthrough,brandshaveto
stopshoutingandstartlistening.
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Winningbrandswill
igniteauthentic
conversations.
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Conversationsthatultimatelychange
consumers’heartsandminds.
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Identify(orcreate)
momentsthatmatter.
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search social
winning
content
our approach
head heart
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it’s a closed loop
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“Secret”sauce=
flexibility+willingnesstofail.
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Steps
1. Start with data.
2. Create a content strategy.
3. Ignite conversations and amplify.
4. Experiment, measure, repeat!
steps
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Let’sputthe
breaksonhere.
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Tobreakthrough.Tomatter.Toigniteconversations…
youmustdefineyourspirit.
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step1:Startwithdata.
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• What are people searching for in the privacy of their own
Google search box?
• What questions are they asking?
• What trends are you seeing?
lead with the head.
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But Google isn’t the only
place people are searching.
• Facebook Open Graph
• YouTube organic search
• Amazon products and reviews
• Twitter search
• Instagram hashtags
• And the list goes on.
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Use social listening tools to
identify key conversation topics.
Facebook
Account Connecter
Facebook
API Connecter
Facebook
Account List
Facebook
Insights Query
Facebook
Select Post
Facebook
List Comments
Facebook
List Posts
Connect to API
Connect to Account
List Accounts
Get Insights
Select a Post
List Accounts
Get Comments
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• What are people saying about your product to their
friends?
• How are they interacting with your competitors?
• What customer service issues are they having?
• What type of content gets the most engagement?
let the heart provide context.
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step2:Createacontentstrategy.
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Success looks different for every brand.
What metrics will you be looking at?
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Awareness metrics
metrics for awareness vs. conversion
• Reach/impressions
• Engagement
• Mentions
• Clicks/CTR
• Site traffic
• Brand awareness
• Sentiment
Conversion metrics
• Leads
• Checkouts
• Conversion rate
• Average order value
• Cart abandonment rate
• Customer retention rate
• Customer LTV
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pick your channels.
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you need three types of content.
hero
Large-scale, tent-pole events or “go-big”
moments designed to raise broad awareness
hub
Regularly scheduled “push” content
designed for your prime prospect
hygiene
Always-on “pull” content designed for your
core target
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Planforunbridled
success.
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step3:Igniteconversationsandamplify.
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Hirethemostamazingwriters
asbrandambassadors.
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Assign a
dedicatedteam.
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Knowexactlywhois
responsibleforwhat.
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Identify collaborators on each team.
Establish a cadence to data share.
including data review
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mmiagency.com/smxadvanced
publication checklist
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Have your tools
ready to go.
Haveyourtools
readytogo.
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Alwaysbe
readytomove.
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step4:Experiment,measure,repeat!
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Assess
yoursuccess.
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and REMEMBER!
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High organic reach = amplify
Heavy website traffic = amplify
Key cultural moment = amplify
look for opportunities to amplify
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Failfast.
Failforward.
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• Knowyourbrandvoice.
• Chartyourcoursewithdata,butletyourheartleadtheway.
• Rallyaroundcontentthatrepresentswhoyouare.
• Developarelationshiponsocialmediathatallowsyoutoglean
evenMOREdatafromyourconsumerstopersonalizetheirexperience.
• Convertsocialsensationsintocontentopportunities.
takeaways
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SEE YOU AT THE NEXT #SMX
THANK YOU!

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Editor's Notes

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