Social Media Meets Marketing Events Face to Face

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Using social media to maximize ROI on marketing events. A case study of the 2009 Web 2.0 Expo use of FaceBook, LinkedIn and Twitter to build community.

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FACE TO FACE SOCIAL MEDIA

& EVENTS

scott niesenscott.niesen@comcast.net

twitter: @sniesen

WHO IS THIS GUY?

MANAGED CORPCOM & MARCOM FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES

WHO IS THIS GUY?

MANAGED/PARTICPATED IN MORE THAN 50 EVENTS

FIRST TO LAND LAST TO LEAVE

WHO IS THIS GUY?USING SOCIAL MEDIA

SINCE 2004

WHO IS THIS GUY?

OH…AND I MARRIED AN EVENT

PLANNER

WHAT I’VE LEARNED

ALL CAREERS LEAD TO EVENT PLANNING

TRADE SHOW ATTENDANCE IN 2008

-5%

-10%

-22% 2009 IS WORSE

$16 TO $24 SQ. FT.

“Many marketers will look to cut budgets in the next few weeks and while the pressure to cut trade shows and events will be high, keeping the intimacy with customers will pay dividends, even during a recession.”

G.Oliver Young - Forrester

PEERS &COLLEGUES 84%

VENDOR, TRADE, PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES

80%

BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS 77%

DIRECT VENDOR SALESPERSON 75%

CONSULTANTS, VALUE ADDED RESELLERS

68%

INDUSTRY EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS CONFERENCES

65%

SOCIAL NETWORK SITES, ONLINE COMMUNITIES

64%

INTERACTIVE MEDIA – PODCASTS, ONLINE VIDEO

61%

EMAIL - NEWSLETTERS 60%

WEBINARS 60%

VENDOR/INDUSTRY BLOGS 57%

ANALYST FIRMS 56%

BROADCAST 42%

DIRECT MAIL 41%

IMPORTANCE OF EACH SOURCE INFORMING PURCHASE DECISION

SOURCE: FORRESTER RESEARCH ENTERPRISE & SMB HARDWARE SURVEY NA & EUROPE – Q3 2008

NEW OUTREACH IS CHANGING THE GAME

GETTING MORE FROM YOUR EVENTS WITH

SOCIAL MEDIA

BEFORE | DURING |AFTER

CONNECTIONCONVERSATION

EXTENSION

IT’S FREE

SORT OF

DOESN’T COST

MUCH

BUT

IT TAKES WORK

ANATOMY OF A WEB 2.0 EVENT

IF YOU BUILD ITTHEY WILL COME…

MAYBE.

EVENT MANAGEMENT TAKING THE LEAD

BUILD THE BUZZ

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

4,966FANS

545 MEMBERS

10,989FOLLOWERS

1,230UPDATES

BUILD THE BUZZORGANIZERS

SPEAKERS

PARTICIPANTS

LEAD & JOIN THE CONVERSATION

700 TPH

SHARE THE LOVE

SET THE CONTENT FREE

SHARE THE PITCH

SHARE THE PITCH

SHARE THE PITCH

SHARE THE PICS

SHARE THE VIDEOS

IT’S ALL MEASURABLE

START OVER

WHAT NOW?

LEARN THE TOOLS

CREATE THE MIX

EXPERIMENT

MEASURE

WHERE NOW?

THE EVENT COMES TO YOU

PARTICIPATION WITHOUT

EXHIBITING

THE UNCONFERENCE

INTIMATE CONFERENCE

EVEN PLAYING FIELD

POWER TO THE ATTENDEES

thanks

scott niesenscott.niesen@comcast.net

twitter: @sniesenhttp://marketinggoon.wordpress.com

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