MAKE YOUR STARTUP SHINE WITH BRANDING, PR AND SOCIAL. January 26, 2016

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1 MAKE YOUR STARTUP SHINE WITH BRANDING, PR AND SOCIAL January 26, 2016

2 THE STARTUP MARKETING LIFECYCLE 1 BRAND Define what you want your target community to think and do 2 EXTEND Build a community of brand advocates and ambassadors 3 ENGAGE Engage with your target communities and their influencers 4 CONVERGE Evolve your channel strategy 5 MEASURE Figure out what is working, what is not, and make changes

3 THE STARTUP MARKETING LIFECYCLE 1 BRAND Define what you want your target community to think and do 2 EXTEND Build a community of brand advocates and ambassadors 3 ENGAGE Engage with your target communities and their influencers 4 CONVERGE Evolve your channel strategy 5 MEASURE Figure out what is working, what is not, and make changes

4 DESIGN

5 EXPERIENCE

6 CONSISTENCY

7 COMMUNITY

8 THE STARTUP MARKETING LIFECYCLE 1 BRAND Define what you want your target community to think and do 2 EXTEND Build a community of brand advocates and ambassadors 3 ENGAGE Engage with your target communities and their influencers 4 CONVERGE Evolve your channel strategy 5 MEASURE Figure out what is working, what is not, and make changes

9 Myth Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

10 Myth Media comes first, customers and community come later.

11 Myth Community is only about social media.

12 THE STARTUP MARKETING LIFECYCLE 1 BRAND Define what you want your target community to think and do 2 EXTEND Build a community of brand advocates and ambassadors 3 ENGAGE Engage with your target communities and their influencers 4 CONVERGE Evolve your channel strategy 5 MEASURE Figure out what is working, what is not, and make changes

13 Myth One article in the New York Times is going to make my business!

14 Myth Just find a PR person with great contacts who can whisper in the ears of journalists.

15 Myth Reporters will find your story.

16 Myth Reporters do the writing.

17 Myth I can measure everything in Google Analytics.

18 Myth Pay for play is junk.

19 THE STARTUP MARKETING LIFECYCLE 1 BRAND Define what you want your target community to think and do 2 EXTEND Build a community of brand advocates and ambassadors 3 ENGAGE Engage with your target communities and their influencers 4 CONVERGE Evolve your channel strategy 5 MEASURE Figure out what is working, what is not, and make changes

20 A JOURNALIST TRIES TO MAKE SENSE OF THE NEW MARKETING LANDSCAPE

21 THERE IS A CONVERGENCE HAPPENING IN MARKETING Image courtesy IDG

22 CHANNEL MADNESS

23 WHAT IS CONVERGING? The marketing technologies that companies use The marketing strategies that companies engage in The media categories that individuals and brands use to interact with content and each other The specific channels where this interaction takes place The customer and brand experiences The specific social media platforms and the applications used by brands and individuals

24 THE EVOLUTION OF MARKETING TECHNOLOGY: 1970-TOMORROW Take your customer database and digitize it: telesales Then port it to the personal computer: contact management software Then add collaboration, lead scoring and reporting: sales force automation Then port it to the web and add lifecycle management: customer relationship management Then add SEO and some automation scripts: marketing automation Then add omnichannel support and mix in some consumer empowerment: digital marketing hub

25 VISUALIZING THE DIGITAL MARKETING HUB F2F Facebook Marketing System Google Analytics Link Shorteners CMS/CRM or Marketing Automation Platform Hootsuite Tweetdeck Twitter Buffer IFTTT Web / Mobile / Tablet Other Social Channels

26 VISUALIZING THE DIGITAL MARKETING HUB Awareness Knowledge Your Channels Action Your Marketing Hub Interest Intent Your Sales & Marketing Process

27 TRANSITIONING TO A DIGITAL MARKETING HUB, OR, DON T PANIC!

28 THE STARTUP MARKETING LIFECYCLE 1 BRAND Define what you want your target community to think and do 2 EXTEND Build a community of brand advocates and ambassadors 3 ENGAGE Engage with your target communities and their influencers 4 CONVERGE Evolve your channel strategy 5 MEASURE Figure out what is working, what is not, and make changes

29 HOW TO MEASURE SUCCESS Engage Activate Twitter Low Engagement Applause Rate (Favorites, Likes) Bounce Lands on Slideshare/Blog Post/Website, Reads, No Follow-through LinkedIn Medium Engagement High Engagement Amplification Rate (Retweets) Engagement Rate (Original Tweets or Replies) Low Activation Medium Activation Clicks to Read More on Site Share Download Activation (Click) High Activation Opt In Lead Generation

30 THE ESSENTIAL AND BETTER TOOLS FOR MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS ESSENTIAL Web Analytics (e.g., Google Analytics) (Behavior -> Site Content -> All Pages) Social media analytics (Every tool measures differently) BETTER Campaign Codes + Link Shortener (e.g., bitly.com) + Web Analytics (e.g., Google Analytics)

31 SO, YOU WANT TO CALCULATE ROI? ROI is just 1 metric It may not even be the most important metric!

32 VALUATION IS JUST ONE OF FIVE KEY METRIC CATEGORIES 1. Inputs 2. Outputs Hat tip (or h/t as we say in social media) to Measurement Queen Katie Paine 3. Outtakes 4. Outcomes 5. Valuation *

33 WHAT DRIVES YOU? AWARENESS Ideal for Feeding the top of the sales and marketing funnel Influencing the influencers of big ticket or long lead item purchases Driving sales of impulse, small ticket or in-store retail items Top campaign/program priorities Exposure Eyeballs Quick purchases Pair with Strong analytics LEAD GENERATION Ideal for Going deeper into the sales and marketing funnel Reaching the buyer of big ticket or long lead items directly Online sales Top campaign/program priorities Actions Wallets Pair with A solid marketing program Marketing automation

34 TAKEAWAYS 1. Your logo is a vessel that is constantly being filled with meaning 2. Define the experience you want your customers/partners/employees to have 3. Be consistent in your message and your behaviors 4. Build your community from Day One 5. Create a sustained outreach program One and Done doesn t work 6. Hire people who can message and tell stories consistently 7. Understand what and why you re measuring 8. There's no such thing as a Facebook strategy 9. Have a conversion strategy in place: It starts with social and ends with your website 10. Analytics are your friend, but measure what counts

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