Digital Marketing
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Let me introduce myself
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Website:
The Small Business Guides
Twitter:
@TheSmallBusines
Facebook:
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LinkedIn:
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What about you?
Who has a:
Website
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Blog
Email newsletter
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Roadmap
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Introduction to Digital Marketing (DM)
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The Main Social Networks
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Digital Marketing Tools
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Digital Marketing Plan
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Before we begin…
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This is an introduction.
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Forget the hype.
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Decide if it’s for you.
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If it is, then experiment.
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I’Il focus on the use not the figures.
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INTRODUCTION TO
DIGITAL MARKETING
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Marketing
Companies create value for customers and build strong
customer relationships to capture value from customers in
return.
Kotler & Armstrong (2010)
Digital Marketing
Marketing using electronic media such as the web, email, interactive TV, IPTV and wireless media in
conjunction with digital data about customers
characteristics & behaviors.
Chaffey, Chadwick, Mayer, Johnson (2009)
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Websites
Types of Web Presence:
• Transactional e-commerce site:
• Amazon, Dell.
• Services-oriented/Relationship building:
• Accenture, British Gas.
• Brand building site:
• Guinness.
• Portal or Media site:
• Compare the market.
• Social network or Media site:
• Mashable, Inc, Entrepreneur, Facebook.
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New Trend: Communication style
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New Trend: Participation
Product
Price
Place
Participation
Promotion
Physical Evidence
Process
People
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Get them involved:
Social Media Platforms
Crowd sourcing
Testimonials
Fan submitted content
Digital Media Landscape
Who is doing it well
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10,287 mobile visits
So what could go wrong
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Concerns
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Uncontrolled: live conversation.
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Time intensive.
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Identity theft/Imitators.
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Hard to keep up with many updates &
platforms.
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SOCIAL NETWORKS
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Irish statistics
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Facebook:
2.2m users
2013
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Twitter:
520K users
2012
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Youtube:
1.3m users
2011
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LinkedIn:
713K users
2011
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92% of consumer trust peer recommendation
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Social Networks
Facebook.
 Twitter.
 Youtube.
 LinkedIn.
 Pinterest.
 Google +.
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Facebook
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Used by people & business.
Set up a profile (bus or personal).
Example: Yankee candle Ireland.
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Tips:
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Comment regularly (audience interests).
Add pictures, video, images.
Link to your website.
Maintain it.
Facebook
Personal:
 5000 friends.
 No SEO.
 One profiles.
 No Insights
 Private.
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Business:
 Unlimited.
 SEO.
 Multiple.
 Insights.
 Public
 Sponsored
posts.
Facebook
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Business use:
Win new customers.
 Communication & brand building.
 Run events.
 Competitions (Rules).
 Market Research.
 Tech support.
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Facebook
Build an Audience:
 Invite friends.
 Get Likes & comments.
 Post good contents.
 Ask for likes or comments on content.
 Redirect to website or call to action
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Facebook videos
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Facebooks Youtube Channel
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How to Create a Facebook Business Page
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Sponsored Stories
Twitter
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Micro- blogging site (<140 characters)
Real-time news updates
A cross between instant messaging, text
messages, and blogging
Rule of thumb: 60/40 – For every 60 you
follow, 40 will follow back
Follow others.
Twitter videos
Setting up a Twitter account
 Updating your picture & background
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Youtube
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Video sharing platform.
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Used by people and business.
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Can upload, trim, add captions, links.
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Bodyform
Dollar Shave Club
Budweiser
Humor works well
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LinkedIn
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Professional brand building & networking for individuals.
180m global users.
780,000 Irish Users.
LinkedIn is publicly traded.
Set up a profile.
Join Groups, runs Polls
Search / Post Jobs.
Pinterest
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Succeed by finding how your products or services fit into the
lifestyles of your target audience.
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Terms:
 Pin - Image
 Pinboard - Set of images
 Pinning - Sharing images
 Repin - Reposting
 Pin It button - placed on website
 Pinner - Person sharing.
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Google +
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Small in Ireland but growing.
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Many dormant accounts.
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May rise in future.
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Can hep your SEO.
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General Tips
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Pick 1 or 2 platforms.
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Understand 1 at a time.
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Go where your audience are.
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Each has its own value, audience &
purpose.
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DIGITAL MARKETING
TOOLS
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Digital Marketing Tools
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Getting Ireland Online.
Wordpress.
Google Analytics.
Facebook Insights.
Hootsuite.
Animoto.
Survey Monkey.
Drop box.
Google Drive.
Skype.
DIGITAL MARKETING
PLAN
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Develop your Plan
Define
Plan
Implement
Adjust
Developing an Internet Marketing Strategy Chaffey
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Digital Marketing Plan
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Situation Analysis
Budget
Audience
Objectives
Channels
Action Plan
Measurement
What are you doing now?
Money & Time/
Many types.
What you want to achieve.
Website, Social Media, Partners.
What & When.
Traffic, Awareness, Likes, Donations.
Challenges to Implementation
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Lack of planning or awareness.
Unclear responsibilities.
No specific objectives.
Lack time or budget.
Started but not kept up.
Not measurement.
Integrated Marketing Communications
Websites:
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Corporate & Student.
Online bookings, Blog, Videos & Information.
Social Media:
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Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn.
Pictures, Articles, News, Jobs & Recommendations
Monitoring:
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G.Analytics, FB Insights, Newsweaver, Internal Info, Bookings.
Advertising:
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TV, Radio, Print, Billboard, Magazine.
Grassroots:
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Campus visits, Member ambassadors.
Thank you
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More Information
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AMAS.
Social Bakers
Edelman.
Kantar.
Carat.
Simply Zesty.
Smart insights.
iCommunity.
Digital Marketing Institutes Blogs.
Enterprise boards.
Terms