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Growing Leads and Sales with Social Media: The Digital Funnel Strategy

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How can you grow leads and have a real ROI with Social Media? You need to see social as part of a larger digital marketing strategy. Slides from a Keynote Presentation at Social Media Lima 2014.

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Growing LEADS and SALES with SOCIAL MEDIA

@Mike_Gingerich www.TabSite.com

www.DigitalHill.com www.MikeGingerich.com

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Power Up! • Where to Engage • How to Engage • Sales Funnel Strategy • Specific Tips

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When we’re done: • A Plan to Evaluate Social Networks • Concept of the 3 Parts of the Funnel • Strategy for Social Engagement • Tips on Measuring & Posting • Clarity on next steps to LIGHT IT UP

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Housekeeping • Slides Yes. • PDF Download, and more! • Q & A

• www.digitalhill.com/blog/leads-sales-resources/

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Setting Expectations • More “slow bake” than microwave

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Ready?

Due to time, we are not covering any one tool totally in depth. This is strategy overview!

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Foundation #1 Social = 2 Way Street

• Automation, yes, there are efficiencies • But there is ongoing regular work with

social media.

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- Jay Baer, Youtility

Foundation #2:

Content is fire Social Media is Gasoline.

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Foundation #3: Social is a lot like…

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Foundation #4:

People use the Internet for 2 reasons…

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•72% of all internet users are active on SM •18-29 year olds have an 89% usage •The 30-49 bracket sits at 72% •60% of 50 - 60 year olds are active View more at jeffbullas.com

2013 Social Proof:

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Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Vine Pinterest Instagram

Where to Engage?

WHERE should your business focus?

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Who is your Target(s)?

Where do they spend time online?

What appeals to them?

Worksheet here >>

Answer these:

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Women account for __% of all consumer purchases.

55% 65% 72% 85% Women are the majority influencer in major purchases like homes __% 58% 65% 88% 91%

B2C Target:

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YouTube - 2nd most used search engine Vine – Twitter’s 6 second video tool Instagram – Growing by leaps. Photos and video. Huge with 13-29 yr old Other: Slideshare, Stumbleupon, Tumblr, SnapChat, Reddit

The Quick:

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Every demographic!

23% Login 5x per day 1M websites use “Sign in w/ Facebook”

Facebook:

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• Fastest growth is 55-64 • Twitter Engagement up 17% on weekends • Tweets: Hashtags & Images Matter

Twitter:

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• By Google. For Google. • SEO • Hangouts on Air – free webinar tool •One to watch. Less noise. • 45-56 year old is top growth

G+:

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Traffic - #___ Source of Social Traffic Rich Pins – Product, Place, Article, Recipe and Movie types. Product Pins -Real time pricing, availability, and where to buy.

Videos and Slides

Pinterest:

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Pinterest:

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LinkedIn: • 172k new / day • Profile is key • Company Pages • Groups • Connect / Research • For B2B it’s…

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• Leads are the life blood of business!

Social as Touch Point

Can take 7 touches on average before a sale!

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Social for Upsell

One time Touch Sale

Follow-up Sales via ongoing touches

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Customer Value • 6-7x more expensive to gain new versus retain existing customers Flowtown, 2010

• Repeat customers spend 67% more

• Repeat customers refer others Bain & Company

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Part deux:

How to Engage?

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How to Engage? In Social, competition is DIFFERENT

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The

Digital Marketing

Funnel

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The Funnel:

1.Top of Funnel Content – Attracting & Engaging

50% 3 Main Parts

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Top:

Where: Website, blog, in social media, & email. Types: How to, Product info., Stories, Fun.

Entertain. Educate. Experience

Goal: Expand your Audience Digital Hill Multimedia

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Attract & Engage: 50%

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Top of Funnel Tip:

Create + Curate

to Develop Attraction Content

Goal: Expand your Audience Digital Hill Multimedia

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Get this!

Driving Traffic via Social

is a form of Lead Gen

Goal: Expand your Audience Digital Hill Multimedia

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Attraction is NOT:

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Attract

B2B

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Tip:

IMAGES get the most engagement • Style is social

• Uses an Image

• Images are fun

• Not over-the-top selling

• Tells a story

• Entices interaction

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Mid-Funnel:

Content that offers resources

with intent to gain

LEAD CAPTURE.

30%

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Mid-Funnel is:

Focus: Fan to Lead, Unknown to on Email List

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Mid:

Offer Clear incentive to sign-up email.

Focus: Fan to Lead, Unknown to on Email List

Goal: Unknown to known

[Name & email]

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Capture: Good start, but….

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Mid:

Incentivize the Email List Sign-up! -A Coupon -A How To

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Mid:

Incentivize the Email Sign-up! -A Report

Offers Help Not a Pitch

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Mid:

B2C: • Coupon Code • Printable Deal • Contests

PROMOTION IDEAS:

B2B: • eBook • Webinar • Video

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Mid Funnel Nurture: Nurture Email Series Example:

• Use Auto-responder service

• Setup once, then drip over 7-10 days or more.

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Mid: Nurture Email Series Example:

- Drip series should be tied to the sign-up. (Meaning the content is connected.)

- Offer value, education, help, information

- Share stories of ROI, Transformation

- Intent is to build loyalty, confidence

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Mid: Nurture Email Series Example:

• In a 7-10 day time period you could do 1 at

sign-up, a day later, then 3, 5, 7, & 10 days.

• Make a specific incentive offer on day 10,

• Or a next step deeper in the relationship

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Bottom Funnel:

– Specific offers and Sales opportunities – Demonstrate ROI, remove Final barriers & questions

20%

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Bottom Funnel: – Self-use ROI calculator

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Bottom: Intent: Offer a time specific offer to a specific niche! Campaign offer works best if targeted for a specific audience.

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Bottom: Track ROI by Measuring:

Key Performance Indicators

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Bottom: Measure: Google Analytics Social Rpt

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Visits by Social Channel

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest YouTube Google+

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Bottom: Measure: Sign-ups

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You’re Website / Blog must be socially friendly for visitors

Tip:

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Leverage… what you got! One Image on Blog that is 600 x 600: -Share to Facebook -To Twitter, Pinterest, Google +, & LinkedIn -Take a pic and add to Instagram -Explain it in a short Video (YouTube/Instagram)

- Highlight it in a email campaign

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Find Best Times to Post Per SN Tip:

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Attraction Tip: Create once, use multiple places

Blog post – 1. share on social, 2. share again with different quotes. 3. Share pics from post.

Video – Create on Instagram, Load to

YouTube, Facebook and embed on site

Photos – Post to: Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, and Twitter

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Your Mix:

Attract & Engage 50%

Capture Leads 30%

Offers 20%

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Test. Review. Modify.

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Resources: Go to this web page:

digitalhill.com/blog/leads-sales-resources/

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