1Two Social Media Practices Marketers Must MasterPaul ReaderSenior Business Development Manager
The Current Situation2
Social Media Trends3
Social Media Trends4
Social Media Trends5
Where do I go from here?Is social media resource intensive?Do you feel stretched to be successful?Would you benefit from focus?7
Opportunity for Focus8
Propensity to Forward Recommendations9
Average Social Network Size10
Extended Reach Potential116,000,00050,000
Social Media Integration Trends12
Social Media Measurement Trends13
Two Social Media Practices to MasterExtend marketing reach by driving “social sharing”Measure the effectiveness of investments in social media14
Drive Social Sharing
Push Viral via Social Sharing16Tap into social media channels by sharing content
Push Viral via Social SharingAdd “Tweet This” or “Share This” links to your emails/landing pages
Sharing Is Caring
Publish Email as RSS
Publish RSS in Email20Bring the conversation to your audience through RSS Feeds
Measure Social Media Impact
Social Media Reporting
Corporate Blog Reporting
Social Media Measurement Dashboards
Social Media Activity In CRM
Positive Impacts From Social Sharing
Focus on Success27
Social Media ResultsRoche “Cell Death Tour” Adds 8000 leadsTD Garden Golden TicketLines at 7am for 12pm eventConcur: True Tales Campaign900 qualified leads
Practical Steps Forward29
Practical Steps ForwardMake sure your marketing platform empowers multi-channel social sharingMake sure your marketing platform can track inbound inquiries from social media linksMake sure your marketing platform can track activity from inquiry to closed businessStart using consistent metrics to measure the business impactAdjust and refine your practicesStart simple and evolve over time30

Two Social Media practices marketers must master. Paul Reader, Senior Business Development Manager, Eloqua. Inside Knowledge Seminars June 2010

Editor's Notes

  • #7 The plethora of tools that allow us to publish information, form opinions, tag, rank, and categorize, is what we all know as social media
  • #17 Are you watching “the conversation” about your products? Are you “tweeting” about an upcoming event to drum up extra registrations? Which of your blogs are driving the most traffic to your website? Do you even know where to start?If you are looking to tap into social media channels to reach more buyers, Eloqua’s new social media sharing and reporting capabilities make it easy to reach and influence prospects, amplify the impact of your campaigns and measure the social activity of your efforts. Step 1: Share and Be Shared: Allow your prospects to easily share and post your content within their social networksThrough Eloqua’s easy to use WYSIWYG editors, a marketer can quickly add a shareable link to an email or landing page and extend the reach of their programs
  • #21 Intensify your campaigns by bringing “the conversation” to your audience. Share the latest twitter searches or blog postings with your audience by incorporating an RSS feed into your campaigns