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The Power of Email and Social Media Marketing to Boost your Business presented by:. Are you making the most of social media and email marketing tools to build your online brand and promote your business?.
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The Power of Email and Social Media Marketing to Boost your Business presented by:
Are you making the most of social media and email marketing tools to build your online brand and promote your business?
More than two-thirds of business leaders (68%) say they plan to integrate social media with their email marketing efforts in 2012 according to a survey from StrongMail.
A recent study commissioned by Microsoft shows that email and social media usage are both up, 45% and 21% respectively.
Email + Social Media = Marketing Powerhouse
How to Expand Your Business Connections • Engage with customers daily • Encourage customers to participate in or drive the conversations
How to Expand Your Business Connections • Create interesting content in multiple locations • Deepen and broaden your customer relationships
Why Should You Use Email as a Marketing Tool? FACT: Email marketing is one of the best technologies for connecting with customers and prospects 91% of Internet users between the ages of 18and 64 send or read email (eMarketer) FACT: Email marketing is cost effective Email’s ROI was $43.52 for every dollar spent on it (DMA)
The Benefits of Email Marketing • Build client base • Maintain relationships • Encourage repeat business • Share valuable information
Why Use An E-Mail Service Provider • High Deliverability • Manage Bounces • Comprehensive Tracking/ Analytics • List management and segmentation • Hides subscriber list • Social networking buttons
How Can I Build a Quality E-Mail List? • Permission-Based Marketing • Valuable Contact List • Keep your List Current
Build Your List Where You Connect • Phone Calls • Events or Meetings • Place of Business • E-mail Signature • Web Site and Social Media
What Are Your E-Mail Marketing Objectives? • Increase brand awareness • Up-sell or cross-sell • Increase retail foot traffic • Offer coupons/discounts
Use Pertinent Content to Meet your Objectives • • Share your expertise • • Use facts and testimonials • • Include links • • Offer discounts • • Encourage exclusivity • • Hold giveaways
Ways to Format Your E-Mail • Newsletters • Promotions • Announcements/Invitations
Branding E-Mails Consistently • Try different formats, but keep the brand message clear • • Logo placement • • Consistent color scheme or flavor • • Cohesive graphic elements
Calling Your Audience to Action • Calls to Action include: • Links to click on • Phone numbers to call • Info to print • Describe the Immediate Benefits • What’s in it for your audience • Why should they act now?
Getting E-Mails Delivered and Read • Add a recognizable "from" line. • Add compelling Subject line • Add “Share” or “Like” buttons to your email
Email + Social Media = Marketing Powerhouse
Why Social Media? Social Media is changing marketing • Facilitates word of mouth • Engages two way conversations • Extends your reach
Social Media: Marketing Opportunity • Businesses and brands need to integrate social into their marketing. • Campaigns that are not social run the risk of alienating a significant and growing market segment.
Elements of a Successful Social Media Strategy: • Vision and Goals • Target Audience • Consistency
1. Create Customer Centered Content • Make it relevant • Use content that's conversational and personal • Solve customer problems • Encourage participation
2. Get Visual Pictures and videos can be even more effective than words when it comes to social networks.
3. Leverage Your Blog “Companies that blog generate 88% more leads per month than those who do not. Companies who blog have 55% more web site visitors.” -Hubspot
4. Integration with Email • Include social icons in emails • Ask subscribers to share their email • Offer an incentive in your email if people connect with you on other social platforms
4. Integration with Email • Ask people to text their email addresses to you in order to be added to your email list • In your blog posts, ask readers to join your email list(and provide a link to do so)
Why Integrate? • Extend your reach • Grow your list • Connect on multiple networks
Getting Noticed Online • Focus on engagement (email, social media) and creating interesting content • Use your passionate customers to form the core of your email and social media marketing efforts • Always use email and social in conjunction to expand your audience
Q and A Thank You!
My Services • Email marketing campaigns • Social media marketing campaigns • Print marketing campaigns • Web copywriting • Direct mail • Public Relations