How to measure social media
“Terence Winter said that when he was writing
The Wolf of Wall Street,he was forever trying to
explain even limited Wall Street terms … like IPO,
before finally concluding that it didn’t matter.
‘People don’t care,’ he said.‘The techno-speak
goes in one ear and out the other. What people
will remember is that in the Madden deal, Jordan
Belfort made $23 million in two hours.”
— JOE NOCERA
The Status Quo
Spreadsheets vs. Stories
Dos and Don’ts
6 Tricks
PART 1
THE STATUS QUO
80%That’s how many chief marketing officers say they’re “deluged” with
data about their customers, but aren’t sure how to measure them.
The metrics,
they are a’changin’.
Page Views Unique Visitors Shares
Time Spent Scroll Depth Recirculation
“What you see in the industry now is people
jumping around and trying to find
the God metric for content.”
— JONAH PERETTI
Metrics tell only
part of the story.
TOBY
More college kids think they’ll see UFOs than
Social Security checks.
BARTLET
But they don’t tell you how many believe in
UFOs—that’s the number we ought to be
worried about.
— THE WEST WING
OF COND MS AND
KIDNEY STONES
“There is a subtle difference between clickable and
shareable content.You might click,for instance,on a
story about the dress mishapAnne Hathaway
experienced while stepping out of a car,but you may
not want to add it to your Facebook feed,lest your
aunts and former classmates think you’re a creep.”
— MATTHEW LYNCH
OF BAMACARE
AND FERNS
CONTEXT
Let’s Recap
 The metrics, they are _’_______’.
 Metrics tell only ____ of the story.
PART 2
SPREADSHEETS
VS. STORIES
Keep it human.
“If I look at the mass, I will never act.”
“If I look at the one, I will.”
“The death of millions is a statistic.”
“The death of one man is a tragedy.”
The World Reacts to the Crisis in Syria
The World Reacts to the Crisis in Syria
The World Reacts to the Crisis in Syria
The World Reacts to the Crisis in Syria
The World Reacts to the Crisis in Syria
The World Reacts to the Crisis in Syria
Use analogies.
The U.S. federal budget is about $4
trillion a year.
The U.S. federal budget is about
$11 billion a day.
The U.S. federal budget is about
$500 million an hour.
The U.S. federal budget is about
$7.5 million a minute.
The U.S. federal budget is about
$127,000 a second.
In one second, the federal
government spends what two
typical American families earn in
an entire year.
Every two seconds, the federal
government spends enough
money to buy the average house.
That’s your 30-year mortgage paid
off in less time than it takes to
breathe in.
In the time it takes you to read this
sentence out loud, the federal
government spent enough money
to buy about half the homes on
your block.
Every six weeks, the federal
government spends enough
money to buy Apple, the most
valuable public company in
America.
Five more weeks of spending, and
it could also buy ExxonMobil.
Grams of Fat
USDA Daily
Recommendation
One Bag of
Movie Popcorn
0 10 20 30 40
+ +
=
Let’s Recap
 Keep it _____.
 Use _________.
PART 3
DOS AND DON’TS
/USChamber Facebook Page
Referral Traffic to FreeEnterprise.com
• 158,000 mentions
• 115,000 outbound tweets and direct messages
— PR DAILY DIGITAL PR AND SOCIAL MEDIA AWARDS 2012
• Did Twitter serve as an early warning system to
identify problems before they spiraled?
• How many issues did tweeting help you resolve
in real time?
• How many corporate testimonials—i.e., happy
customers—did your tweets give rise to?
“Measurements are a means to find the essence of
something.They are not the essence itself.”
— ERIC ELDON
6.5million
That’s how many social interactions nytimes.com generated in
October 2013.
The Most Viral Websites
This past week, there
were over 1,800 tweets
that mentioned the
Chamber, including 319
that highlighted our
infrastructure and
cybersecurity
messaging.
This past week, the
Chamber earned
retweets from
influencers such as
Christine Lagarde, the
managing director of the
International Monetary
Fund (157,000
followers), and the
Democratic National
Committee (267,000).
332,000
That’s how many fans the Chamber’s Facebook page has.
Facebook Pages of
Pro-Business Trade Associations
Facebook Pages of the
Top Trade Associations
That’s how many monthly active users Facebook has.
1.3billion
PART 4
6 TRICKS
More people have
a mobile phone than
a toilet.
Only 4.5 billion people
have access to a clean,
working toilet.
WATERAIDUK
More people have
a mobile phone than
a toilet.
Only 4.5 billion people
have access to a clean,
working toilet.
WATERAIDUK
More than 350,000
women die during
pregnancy or childbirth
every year.
THEHUFFINGTONPOST
Awoman dies every 90
seconds of pregnancy-
related causes.That’s
1,000 women a day.
More than 350,000
women die during
pregnancy or childbirth
every year.
THEHUFFINGTONPOST
64 million girls are
forced into child
marriage every year.
CARE
In some countries,a girl
is more likely to be
forced into child
marriage than learn how
to read.
64 million girls are
forced into child
marriage every year.
CARE
One billion people
around the world are
hungry.
GLOBALCITIZEN
One billion people
around the world are
hungry.That’s more
than the population of
America,Canada,and
the European Union
combined.
One billion people
around the world are
hungry.
GLOBALCITIZEN
It would cost $30
billion a year to end
global hunger.
CARE
It would cost $30 billion
a year to end global
hunger.Sounds like a lot,
right?American
consumers spend nearly
half of that on Super
Bowl goodies alone.
It would cost $30
billion a year to end
global hunger.
CARE
In launching the Kindle,
Jeff Bezos boasted that
the Kindle library
contained 90,000 books.
To own a Kindle is to
have a Barnes & Noble
bookstore at your
fingertips.
In launching the Kindle,
Jeff Bezos boasted that
the Kindle library
contained 90,000 books.
Let’s Recap
 Draw a __________.
 Translate big numbers into ____.
 Use “____ or ____ likely” logic.
 Cite __________ data.
 Hit them where it hurts: their ______.
 Stress ________, not features.
Questions?
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Show Me the Stories: How to Measure Social Media, and Thus Sell It to Your C Suite

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    How to measuresocial media
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    “Terence Winter saidthat when he was writing The Wolf of Wall Street,he was forever trying to explain even limited Wall Street terms … like IPO, before finally concluding that it didn’t matter. ‘People don’t care,’ he said.‘The techno-speak goes in one ear and out the other. What people will remember is that in the Madden deal, Jordan Belfort made $23 million in two hours.” — JOE NOCERA
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    The Status Quo Spreadsheetsvs. Stories Dos and Don’ts 6 Tricks
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    80%That’s how manychief marketing officers say they’re “deluged” with data about their customers, but aren’t sure how to measure them.
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    The metrics, they area’changin’.
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    Page Views UniqueVisitors Shares Time Spent Scroll Depth Recirculation
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    “What you seein the industry now is people jumping around and trying to find the God metric for content.” — JONAH PERETTI
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    TOBY More college kidsthink they’ll see UFOs than Social Security checks. BARTLET But they don’t tell you how many believe in UFOs—that’s the number we ought to be worried about. — THE WEST WING
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    OF COND MSAND KIDNEY STONES
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    “There is asubtle difference between clickable and shareable content.You might click,for instance,on a story about the dress mishapAnne Hathaway experienced while stepping out of a car,but you may not want to add it to your Facebook feed,lest your aunts and former classmates think you’re a creep.” — MATTHEW LYNCH
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    Let’s Recap  Themetrics, they are _’_______’.  Metrics tell only ____ of the story.
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    “If I lookat the mass, I will never act.”
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    “If I lookat the one, I will.”
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    “The death ofmillions is a statistic.”
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    “The death ofone man is a tragedy.”
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    The World Reactsto the Crisis in Syria
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    The World Reactsto the Crisis in Syria
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    The World Reactsto the Crisis in Syria
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    The U.S. federalbudget is about $4 trillion a year.
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    The U.S. federalbudget is about $11 billion a day.
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    The U.S. federalbudget is about $500 million an hour.
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    The U.S. federalbudget is about $7.5 million a minute.
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    The U.S. federalbudget is about $127,000 a second.
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    In one second,the federal government spends what two typical American families earn in an entire year.
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    Every two seconds,the federal government spends enough money to buy the average house. That’s your 30-year mortgage paid off in less time than it takes to breathe in.
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    In the timeit takes you to read this sentence out loud, the federal government spent enough money to buy about half the homes on your block.
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    Every six weeks,the federal government spends enough money to buy Apple, the most valuable public company in America.
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    Five more weeksof spending, and it could also buy ExxonMobil.
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    Grams of Fat USDADaily Recommendation One Bag of Movie Popcorn 0 10 20 30 40
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    Let’s Recap  Keepit _____.  Use _________.
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    Referral Traffic toFreeEnterprise.com
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    • 158,000 mentions •115,000 outbound tweets and direct messages — PR DAILY DIGITAL PR AND SOCIAL MEDIA AWARDS 2012
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    • Did Twitterserve as an early warning system to identify problems before they spiraled? • How many issues did tweeting help you resolve in real time? • How many corporate testimonials—i.e., happy customers—did your tweets give rise to?
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    “Measurements are ameans to find the essence of something.They are not the essence itself.” — ERIC ELDON
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    6.5million That’s how manysocial interactions nytimes.com generated in October 2013.
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    This past week,there were over 1,800 tweets that mentioned the Chamber, including 319 that highlighted our infrastructure and cybersecurity messaging. This past week, the Chamber earned retweets from influencers such as Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (157,000 followers), and the Democratic National Committee (267,000).
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    332,000 That’s how manyfans the Chamber’s Facebook page has.
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    Facebook Pages ofthe Top Trade Associations
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    That’s how manymonthly active users Facebook has. 1.3billion
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    More people have amobile phone than a toilet. Only 4.5 billion people have access to a clean, working toilet. WATERAIDUK
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    More people have amobile phone than a toilet. Only 4.5 billion people have access to a clean, working toilet. WATERAIDUK
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    More than 350,000 womendie during pregnancy or childbirth every year. THEHUFFINGTONPOST
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    Awoman dies every90 seconds of pregnancy- related causes.That’s 1,000 women a day. More than 350,000 women die during pregnancy or childbirth every year. THEHUFFINGTONPOST
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    64 million girlsare forced into child marriage every year. CARE
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    In some countries,agirl is more likely to be forced into child marriage than learn how to read. 64 million girls are forced into child marriage every year. CARE
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    One billion people aroundthe world are hungry. GLOBALCITIZEN
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    One billion people aroundthe world are hungry.That’s more than the population of America,Canada,and the European Union combined. One billion people around the world are hungry. GLOBALCITIZEN
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    It would cost$30 billion a year to end global hunger. CARE
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    It would cost$30 billion a year to end global hunger.Sounds like a lot, right?American consumers spend nearly half of that on Super Bowl goodies alone. It would cost $30 billion a year to end global hunger. CARE
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    In launching theKindle, Jeff Bezos boasted that the Kindle library contained 90,000 books.
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    To own aKindle is to have a Barnes & Noble bookstore at your fingertips. In launching the Kindle, Jeff Bezos boasted that the Kindle library contained 90,000 books.
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    Let’s Recap  Drawa __________.  Translate big numbers into ____.  Use “____ or ____ likely” logic.  Cite __________ data.  Hit them where it hurts: their ______.  Stress ________, not features.
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