Erica Campbell was a Guest Lecturer for Old Dominion University's Internet Marketing Class on 4/7/2011. She spoke on integrated marketing strategies and how online social networking sites have revolutionized the way people interact with each other and gather information.
9. 99% of companies use social media for recruitment Source: Survey by OSCAR, talential, squeaker.net usage
10. If Facebook were a country, it would be the 3rd largest country in the world (behind China and India)
11. Russia has a population of 142M. That’s not even half of Facebook’s user base Facebook has more users than there are people in the U.S. Source: Facebook
12. 4 billion+ photos hosted & 4.8 million things were geotagged this month Source: Flickr
13. People who use mobile devices are 50% more active on social sites 4 mobile phones were sold for every PC sold in 2009
14. 25% of search results for the world’s Top 20 largest brands are linked to user-generated content Source:: MarketingVox and Nielsen BuzzMetrics
15. Social media marketing spend will reach $3.1b in 2014 Source: Forrester Research
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17. Social Media. It’s engagement. It’s brand awareness. It’s public relations. It’s listening. It’s loyalty-building. It’s responding. It’s customer service. It’s not always easy. It’s not about a campaign. It’s about a conversation. …& it’s NOT always about revenue.
19. Improve Branding & Establish the Brand of YOU Increase Traffic & Boost SEO Discover the Influencers Build Loyal Advocates Encourage Referrals Manage your Online Reputation Provide Customer Service & Gain Feedback Create Buzz Benefits of Social Media
20. Recommendations Build Trust Nearly one-fourth of U.S. adults say they have posted comments or reviews online about the products or services they buy.1 91% say consumer reviews are the #1 aid to buying decisions2 87% trust a friend’s recommendation over critic's review3 Online social network users were 3X more likely to trust their peer’s opinionsover advertising when making purchase decisions 4 By 2020, 84% of marketers agree that building customer trust will become marketing’s primary objective5 Source: 1 Pew Research Center, 2 JC Williams Group, 3 Marketing Sherpa, 4 Jupiter Research, 5 1 to 1 Media
58. Stay abreast marketing & technology trends Create & manage a personal LinkedIn account Join professional social networking groups Attend local marketing networking events Keep your resume updated Use Facebook privacy settings Subscribe to marketing newsletters & blogs Include your technology & social media consumption habits on your resume Tips & Advice
Mobile media is quickly becoming essential to thetechnologically advanced marketing plan.• Smartphone users are driving growth in browser andapplicationsBrowser and app growth are up Social Networking: Fastest-growing category accessedvia browser-150 million users access Facebook thru their mobile phone
Recommendations build trust and influence purchase decisions.
Objective: The 2010 consumer promotion was designed to entertain, engage & drive repeat visits with the intention of ultimately increasing brand awareness, preference and consideration. Concept: The ForRent.com “Pet Pads Unleashed” Photo Contest encourages apartment renters to submit a photo of how their pet lives the apartment life for a chance to win $1,500. Three Finalists will take home a $400 gift card to a local pet store. 560photos submitted and 2,500+ votes300+ new Facebook Fans and 14,000+ pageviews and 2,700photo views16,000+ photo views on Flickr
Eblast Launched 12.21.10 at 2:19 pm: The eblast was a success generating 300 additional Facebook “Likes” (fans) in one day.New “Likes” (Fans): 1,040Comments: 45Walls Posts: 20Total Interactions: 273Facebook “Likes” (Content): 208Pageviews: 5,170Unique Pageviews: 1,630Photo Views: 521
Create a hashtag for people to follow the conversation during the event & set up a Twitter fountain
The combination of geolocation and social networks is also a huge avenue for Starbucks and the company was one of the first major brands to broker a deal with popular location-based social network Foursquare. Foursquare mayors of retail stores special ‘Barista’ badges that would come with discounts on drinks and food.
Let me show you how big brands are using integrated new media techniques and tools that we just covered to build strong brands
Let me show you how big brands are using integrated new media techniques and tools that we just covered to build strong brands