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Education · Strategy · Development · Engagement
BIZTEGRA
                             Solutions for the Social Web

                        West Palm Beach, Miami, Buenos Aires




Education · Strategy · Development · Engagement
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    Brands

  Growing
Companies

  Start-ups
Publishing Industry Experience
We Keep Hearing The Same Things:

                  We know          But we don’t
  Traditional      there is        know how to
  marketing        value in        harness and
      is not     this ‘social        leverage
     driving      stuff’ and           those
  growth like                      relationships
                    we’ve
                                      to drive
  it used to.     invested           revenue.
                     in it.
Viral Marketing?
Viral Marketing?
Part 1: Main Themes
                      Social Media is Not What You
                               Think It Is

                      Find the Natural Cadence of
                      Your Organization / Business

                        Change Your Approach

                         It’s All About Your Goals

                           Marketing Is About
                      Engagement … But It’s Really
                            About Search and
                      Discoverability …And Revenue
In the Old World




IT WAS ABOUT THE TV MODEL ...
…Targeted the Masses
…was All About The Product…
…Was ONLY ONE Way…
…And Interrupted…




                    …To Get
                       Our
                    Attention
What You Should Be Talking
         About
  Your Business
  Your Customers
 and Competitors
 Your Brand and
  Your Products
And How to Market
   and Sell in a
  “Social” World
So What Are the New Rules?




YOUR CUSTOMER REALLY DOESN’T LOVE YOU ANY MORE
               (IF THEY EVER REALLY DID)
So What Are the New Rules?




YOUR CUSTOMER REALLY DOESN’T LOVE YOU ANY MORE
               (IF THEY EVER REALLY DID)
Traditional Marketing
• One way (Brand  Customer)
• Push and Interrupt
• Brand Generated Advertising

                             BRAND               DIRECT
                           Image & Reputation   Lead Generation
Social Media:
• Multi-way (Brand  Customer)
• Brand and User Generated Content
• Participatory

                             BRAND                      DIRECT
                           Image & Reputation         Lead Generation




                                          SOCIAL
                                       Engagement & Loyalty
Social Marketing:
• Multi-way (Brand  Customer  Customer)
• Brand and User Generated Content
• Participatory

                           BRAND                      DIRECT
                         Image & Reputation         Lead Generation




                                        SOCIAL
                                     Engagement & Loyalty
Integrated Marketing:
• Multi-way (Brand  Customer  Customer)
• Brand and User Generated Content
• Participatory
• Integrated Across Channels
                             BRAND     DIRECT
                              Image & Reputation
                                Lead Generation
                                 Engagement &
                                    Loyalty

                                  SOCIAL
The One or Two

Mistakes Everyone
IS MAKING
Mistake #1:
How Many?




 Why?
Start Here                   Goal


                                       Strategy


                                      Campaign


        Don’t Start Here
This is Not a Social Media Strategy     Tactic
No Matter How Much She Believes, There is No Such Thing …




                       … AS A UNICORN
No Matter How Much You Believe, There is No Such Thing …




                       … AS A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY
Mistake #1:



  Viewing Social Media as the   Strategy
Mistake #2:
Get Me Some of This!!!
Mistake #2:


     Starting at the

Wrong End
“Today, I’m gonna print
         1 million
post cards and mail them out.”

      (no-one would say this)
So, What
Should You
   Do?
You Need This…
                                          Current
                                         Strategy?
                       Business         Different than last      Current
                        Goals?                year’s?          Marketing
                        Specific &                             Programs /
                       Measurable                             Campaigns?


                                                                               Your
      How Are You                                                           Customers?
        unique?
                                                                             Geographic
         Your Brand?
                                                                            Demographic
                                                                            Psychographic


                                       Integrated
                                       Marketing
    What Your                           Program                                  Your
   Business Does
                                                                              Competition?
    / Industry?                      Goals, Strategies,
                                     Metrics, Concepts,
                                              …
… To make sense of this …
… To Be Able To Get To This!
What are you
                  currently doing?

                   What are your
                 competitors doing?
   Questions
That need to
be answered.       How can your
                 programs be more
(That nobody
ever answers)
                      ‘Social’?

                Where are the Gaps &
                  Opportunities?
Owned   Bought   Earned
You Need To…


                    Change
                     your
                     thinking.




Flickr / @boetter
Flickr / Mark Gstohl
Before You
• And What Do You Get
                  Do?
                Started
You Should Already Have This…


                                       Current
                                      Strategy?
                       Business      Different than last      Current
                        Goals?             year’s?          Marketing
                        Specific &                          Programs /
                       Measurable                          Campaigns?


                                                                            Your
      How Are You                                                        Customers?
        unique?
                                                                          Geographic
         Your Brand?
                                                                         Demographic
                                                                         Psychographic


                                      (Social)
                                     Marketing
    What Your                        Program                                    4 – 5 Top
   Business Does                                                              Competitors?
    / Industry?                         Goals
                                       Concept
                                         …
A Social / Integrated Program Isn’t:
            Free / Easy / Immediate


                         What it is:
                          Hard to Measure &
                           Maintain




                            What It Won’t Do:
“You Are Building     Give You an Immediate
  For Next Year”                      Return
Before You Get Started

You have running at 100%
• Website Optimized
• Analytics / Measurement
• Reporting
• Listening
• Email Programs
• Search / SEM / SEO
• Affiliate Programs
• Direct Response
• Broadcast
• Print
• Public Relations
• CRM
1. Take A Step Back
             2. Take a Look Around
             3. Fix Up The House
             4. Natural Cadence and Content
8 Steps         Generation
To Getting
             5. Listen, Monitor, Measure, Report
  Started
             6. Enhance Existing Programs
             7. OnGoing Engagement & New
                Platforms
             8. Evaluate
             9. Shift and Improve
An Important Concept…




You Need To Find …


              … The Natural Cadence
                     Of Your Business
flickr.com/ jenny downing
Part 1: Main Themes
                      Social Media is Not What You
                               Think It Is

                      Find the Natural Cadence of
                      Your Organization / Business

                        Change Your Approach

                         It’s All About Your Goals

                           Marketing Is About
                      Engagement … But It’s Really
                            About Search and
                      Discoverability …And Revenue
Questions?




             Let’s Take a Break
Part 2: Where Should you be Focusing?

                          Website
                          Content
                      Social & Mobile
                     Author EcoSystem
             Listening, Monitoring, Reporting
                           Email
                    Online Advertising
                    Tools & Techniques
                           Events
                      Other Channels
Web
Remember This?
It’s (Still) All About Your Site
Website - Considerations
Responsive Design
Catalog, Cart, & Checkout – multi device
Email Registration
Social Integration
Author Engagement & Content
On-Page SEO
User Centric Navigation
Responsive Website?




            Not Responsive!
Responsive Website!




              Responsive!
Responsive Website
 • Responsive Web
   Design (RWD)


 • Dedicated Mobile
   Site


 • RESS

http://sixrevisions.com/design-showcase-inspiration/responsive-webdesign-examples/
http://sixrevisions.com/mobile/methods-mobile-websites/
Why A Responsive Website?
Why A Responsive Website?
Website – On-Page SEO
“Standard” SEO Items     Domain Information

Optimize Titles & URLs       URLs / Structure

Meta: Description                 Keywords

Headings                           Long Tail

CSS                                 Content

Images & Multimedia            Internal Links
Website – On-Page SEO
Website – On-Page SEO
Publishing Specific
1. Use Structured Data
   • www.schema.org
   • http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets#




2. Set Up Authorship
Structured Data & Authorship
It’s (Still) All About Your Site
Advertising: Search, Display & Social
Advertising: Search, Display & Social
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• YouTube
Advertising: Search, Display & Social
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• YouTube


                              On-Platform Advertising

                                   Facebook
                                   LinkedIn
                                   Twitter
                                   YouTube
Advertising: Search, Display & Social
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• YouTube
An Example
My Favorite Author
Advertising: Search, Display & Social
Content Drives Search
Content
Video Content
VIDEO




        (And Social Search)
Go Big!          Go Viral!




Flickr / dicktay2000
YOUTUBE IS THE…
  2ND LARGEST SEARCH ENGINE
      YOUTUBE IS THE…
  3RD MOST VISITED SITE
Video and Search




                   What 1 Little
                   Video Can Do…
1
After 60 Minutes…




        4




5
            3
                2
                    1
After 5 Hours…



            4




6
       5
                3
                     2
                         1
After 7 Hours…




    4
            2
                1




5
        3
After 24 Hours…




6
          4
              3
                  2
                      1




      5
After 24 Hours…




    6
        5
            4
                3
                    2




7
                        1
Social PR
            1
            2
            3
            4

            5
            6


            7


            8

            9
            10
Social Drives Engagement
Main Platforms
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Google+
YouTube
Blog
Pinterest
Instagram
Tumblr
Publishing Specific
Social Drives Engagement
Where is Matt? (Authenticity)
Listening, Monitoring, Analytics
Listening
 Brands            Set up Alerts
 Industry          Identify Blogs
 Niches / Topics   Identify Forums
 Books             Platform Searches
 Authors           Listening Station
 Influencers        Google Alerts
                    Google Reader
                    Twitter Search
                    Hootsuite / Tweetdeck
                    Listening Tools: Sysomos, Radian 6, etc.
State of the Art Listening
Insights




           •   Create a Dashboard
           •   But What Are You Actually Measuring?
INFORMATION (leads to Insight)                            Data
Gives Us a view of Data that allows
 us to make decisions based on        Context                             History
 where we want to be (Context)        Relationship to                 Relationship to the
                                       PROGRAMS                              PAST
 where we came from (History)
 where/who we are (Relevance).                     Relevance
                                                        Relationship to
                                                         Someone’s
                                                              JOB
Reporting, As A Business Driver

Activity
Engagement
Conversion
Performance
Reporting, As A Business Driver

(Activity) x
(Engagement) x
(Conversion) =
(Performance)
Tools and Techniques
Tools
Track Everything
• Landing Pages
• Bitly.com
• Google Link Generator

• Schedule Posts
• Buffer
Publishing Industry Specific
Event Planning
Event Planning
Engaging Authors




        http://bit.ly/BookMarketingPlan
Other Channels
Bringing It Home…
Here’s Your Magic Bullet




(There Isn’t One)
Final Thoughts?




                     You Tell Me

Flickr / jimharmer
Thank You




                                                                                           Very much!
Flickr / meddygarnet


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Murray Izenwasser
     @murrayiz
Murray@biztegra.com
    561.452.2662
www.biztegra.com
  561.452.2662

Driving Discoverability, Engagement, and Revenue in Publishing - Digital Book World 2013 Workshop