If the idea of starting a social media marketing campaign overwhelms you, the author of Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day will introduce you to the basics, demonstrate how to manage details and describe how you can track results. Case studies, step-by-step guides, checklists, quizzes and hands-on tutorials will help you execute a social media marketing campaign in just one hour a day. In addition, learn how to integrate social media metrics with traditional media measurements and how to leverage blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, and user-generated content sharing sites like YouTube.
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Dave Evans is an expert in social media marketing whose passion is tapping the power of the Social Web and applying it to business. Beginning in 1994, when he founded marketing consultancy Digital Voodoo, and continuing through his career in advertising, Dave has developed interactive communication programs for Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Southwest Airlines, AARP, the U.S. Air Force, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Dial, the PGA Tour, Chili's, Meredith Publishing, and many more. Dave is a ClickZ columnist and a frequent conference speaker, and has served on the advisory board for ad:tech as well as the Measurement and Metrics Council for the Word of Mouth Marketing Association.
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Develop an Integrated, Successful Social Media Strategy
A Step-by-Step Guide
Put the buzz about your business to work for you. This comprehensive, perfectly paced guide will teach you how to make social media an active part of your marketing plan so that you can turn customer conversations about your brand, product, service, and company into a sustainable competitive advantage. Learn how you can tap the Social Web and amplify your current marketing efforts by listening and participating in conversations that drive measurable results.
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Develop and effectively pitch a successful social media campaign inside your company
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Learn how to become a genuine Social Web participant
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Build a map of your key conversation-generators as you evaluate every point of contact between you and your customers
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Get to the sweet spot of social media marketingthe consideration phase of the purchase funnel
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Leverage all the tools availableblogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, video and photo sharing, and more
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Use social media measurement tools, including the Net Promoter score, and apply metrics from platforms such as Bazaarvoice, BlogPulse, and Cymfony
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Learn best practices for launching your social media program and measuring the results
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A comprehensive look from the savvy marketer's perspective at social sites and servicesMySpace, Facebook®, LinkedIn®, and Twitter, along with YouTube, Seesmic, Eventful, and FriendFeed
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Straightforward tools for building social media into your current marketing program
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Real-world case studies that illustrate successes to learn from and mistakes to avoid
Inhalt
Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I The Foundation of Social Media.
Chapter 1 Backlash.
The Early Social Networks.
The Pushback Begins.
A Big Boost from an Unlikely Source.
Why Does This Matter?
The Backlash: Measured and Formalized.
Which Brings Us to Trust.
Chapter 1: The Main Points.
Chapter 2 The Marketer's Dilemma.
The Roots of Avoidance.
Early Online Word-of-Mouth.
The Social Web Blooms.
Nielsen Shows the Way.
Chapter 2: The Main Points.
Chapter 3 What Is Social Media?
Social Media Defined.
Is Social Media Accurate?
Social Media and Marketing.
Social Media as a Guidepost.
Social Media's Impact on the Purchase Funnel.
The Social Feedback Cycle.
The Elements of Social Media.
Chapter 3: The Main Points.
Part II Month 1: Prepare for Social Marketing.
Chapter 4 Week 1: Web 2.0: The Social Web.
Social Networks: The Power of the Collective.
Sarnoff's Law.
Metcalfe's Law.
Reed's Law.
Social Media Begins Here.
Week 1: Engaging with Social Media.
Monday: The Written Word.
Using Blogs and Wikis.
Finding Social Content.
Tuesday: The Web Comes Alive with Multimedia.
Tuesday's One-Hour Exercise.
Wednesday: Microblogs and Tagging.
Thursday: RSS.
Friday: Social Networks.
Friday's One-Hour Exercise.
Chapter 4: The Main Points.
Chapter 5 Week 2: The Social Feedback Cycle.
Social Media in Marketing.
Consideration and the Purchase Funnel.
Consumer-Generated Media.
Create Your Social Feedback Cycle.
The Social Feedback Cycle.
The Awareness Phase.
The Point-of-Sale.
Let the Games Begin.
Your Social Feedback Cycle.
Chapter 5: The Main Points.
Chapter 6 Week 3: Touchpoint Analysis.
Touchpoints and the Social Web.
Identifying Touchpoints.
Quantifying Touchpoints.
Gather Your Touchpoint Data.
Organize Your Data.
Evaluate and Rank Your Data.
Analyze Your Data.
Plan Your Next Steps.
Chapter 6: The Main Points.
Chapter 7 Week 4: Influence and Measurement.
Influence and the Social Web.
Quantifying the Conversation.
Influence and Metrics.
Applying Influence: Social Media.
Metrics: From Influence to ROI.
Chapter 7: The Main Points.
Part III Month 2: Social Media Channels.
Chapter 8 Week 1: Build a Social Media Campaign.
How Is Social Media Different?
Quantifying the Social Feedback Cycle.
Combining Touchpoints and Feedback.
Applying Social Media Metrics.
Social Media Channels.
Making Sense of the Channels.
Social Media and the Purchase Funnel.
The Point of Sale and Beyond.
Refining Your Plan.
Putting Your Framework Together.
Chapter 8: The Main Points.
Chapter 9 Week 2: Social Platforms.
Social Networks.
Personal Social Networks.
Business Social Networks.
Participation Is Everything.
White-Label Platforms.
Support Forums, Message Boards, and Communities.
Customer Communities.
Working with Social Platforms.
Chapter 9: The Main Points.
Chapter 10 Week 3: Social Content: Multimedia.
Advertising and the Social Web.
The Multimedia Channels.
Blogging.
Corporate Blogs.
Microblogs.
Photo and Video Sharing.
Audio and Video Podcasting.
Your Social Media Marketing Plan.
Pulling Things Together.
Chapter 10: The Main Points.
Chapter 11 Week 4: Social Content: Reviews, Ratings, and Recommendations.
Building Consensus.
Consensus and Marketing.
Ratings.
Reviews.
Recommendations.
Putting It All Together.
Winning the Popularity Contest.
The Voting Process.
Applying Recommendations.
Getting There Faster.
Building Your Plan.
Chapter 11: The Main Points.
Chapter 12 Week 5: Social Interactions.
Connecting the Dots.
Managing Social Information.
Events and Calendars.
SMS and Mobile Communications.
Status Notices and Bacn.
Feeds.
Social Information and Marketing.
Chapter 12: The Main Points.
Part IV Month 3: Complete Your Plan.
Chapter 13 Week 1: Objectives, Metrics, and ROI.
The Basis for Social Media Metrics.
Define Your Objectives and Audience.