A workshop delivered by Deena Zenyk, Principal Consultant at Influitive, focused on how to get your colleagues on board with an advocate marketing program.
The document discusses branding and social media marketing strategies. It emphasizes that social media is about engaging customers in conversations and building relationships rather than just posting ads. It provides tips for using social media to build brand awareness, drive engagement, generate sales leads, maximize content assets, encourage reviews and feedback, and deliver customer service. Specific opportunities discussed include launching new products, promoting events, and capitalizing on trends. The document also covers campaign management best practices like setting goals and incentives, boosting virality, scheduling posts, managing responses, and analyzing results.
How Startups Get Customers: Using Content Marketing & Social Media to Tell Yo...Kim Donlan
Defining your early brand story is difficult for any startup. Content marketing and social media channels are important to establish credibility. This is a presentation showing how to create a unique value proposition, define your brand story by using your customer perspective. It will help with lead generation and awareness.
The document outlines strategies for running an effective social media strategy in 30 minutes per day. It recommends focusing on people, objectives, and strategy using the POST technique:
1. Listening to customers and understanding where they engage on social media to inform objectives and strategy.
2. Defining clear, quantifiable goals for the social media program focused on awareness, community, engagement, and satisfaction.
3. Deciding where to focus efforts, starting slowly with one platform before expanding, and using tools to schedule and engage followers across networks.
Thought Leadership in the Construction IndustryImagine
Thought leadership (sometimes called "content marketing" or "idea marketing") can one of the most powerful but challenging tools in your marketing toolbox. Sadly, many builders and A/E/C firms have given up trying to develop valuable content, and started dressing up their brochures as thought leadership. While an impressive brochure has its place, it’s not exactly what we’re going for here. With the right approach, B2B companies large and small can leverage their Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and create valuable content that will connect with their customers and drive business results.
Does your Facebook, Twitter and other social media content translate the experience your customers have with your retail brand? It can. And should.
This seminar will give you tips and tactics to create social media posts that deliver the personality of your brand. Attendees will learn the keys to successful social media programs on how to engage your customers on a regular basis and to successfully translate what happens in your store via your social media posts. Learn how – and when to use humor and product knowledge to create social media posts that will engage customers on a regular basis.
With over a billion people using social media to connect with businesses, brands, celebrities and politicians every day, it is almost unheard of for business owners to not have a presence on at least one social media platform. In this workshop we will break down the top social media platforms including: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn. We will discuss which of these platforms are optimal for your business, and discuss the steps to building a robust social media marketing strategy. This workshop will be answering questions such as:
What social media channels should I be using to grow my business?
What is the difference between a boosted post and an advertising campaign, and when should I use them?
What types of content should I be posting? Can I post the same content across multiple channels?
What tools can I use to make social media marketing easier?
How can I develop real sales leads from my social media accounts?
How many times do I need to post on social media a day?
This document discusses strategies for marketing and customer engagement on social media in 2013. It notes that the customer journey has become more complex, personal, and emotional. It emphasizes that multiple social media channels are now required to connect with customers, who are influenced by friends, brands, and influencers online. Some key points discussed include using social media to build deeper customer relationships; monitoring social media for customer feedback; creating video and image content for sites like YouTube and Pinterest; engaging customers on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms; and measuring return on investment from social media efforts.
The document discusses branding and social media marketing strategies. It emphasizes that social media is about engaging customers in conversations and building relationships rather than just posting ads. It provides tips for using social media to build brand awareness, drive engagement, generate sales leads, maximize content assets, encourage reviews and feedback, and deliver customer service. Specific opportunities discussed include launching new products, promoting events, and capitalizing on trends. The document also covers campaign management best practices like setting goals and incentives, boosting virality, scheduling posts, managing responses, and analyzing results.
How Startups Get Customers: Using Content Marketing & Social Media to Tell Yo...Kim Donlan
Defining your early brand story is difficult for any startup. Content marketing and social media channels are important to establish credibility. This is a presentation showing how to create a unique value proposition, define your brand story by using your customer perspective. It will help with lead generation and awareness.
The document outlines strategies for running an effective social media strategy in 30 minutes per day. It recommends focusing on people, objectives, and strategy using the POST technique:
1. Listening to customers and understanding where they engage on social media to inform objectives and strategy.
2. Defining clear, quantifiable goals for the social media program focused on awareness, community, engagement, and satisfaction.
3. Deciding where to focus efforts, starting slowly with one platform before expanding, and using tools to schedule and engage followers across networks.
Thought Leadership in the Construction IndustryImagine
Thought leadership (sometimes called "content marketing" or "idea marketing") can one of the most powerful but challenging tools in your marketing toolbox. Sadly, many builders and A/E/C firms have given up trying to develop valuable content, and started dressing up their brochures as thought leadership. While an impressive brochure has its place, it’s not exactly what we’re going for here. With the right approach, B2B companies large and small can leverage their Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and create valuable content that will connect with their customers and drive business results.
Does your Facebook, Twitter and other social media content translate the experience your customers have with your retail brand? It can. And should.
This seminar will give you tips and tactics to create social media posts that deliver the personality of your brand. Attendees will learn the keys to successful social media programs on how to engage your customers on a regular basis and to successfully translate what happens in your store via your social media posts. Learn how – and when to use humor and product knowledge to create social media posts that will engage customers on a regular basis.
With over a billion people using social media to connect with businesses, brands, celebrities and politicians every day, it is almost unheard of for business owners to not have a presence on at least one social media platform. In this workshop we will break down the top social media platforms including: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn. We will discuss which of these platforms are optimal for your business, and discuss the steps to building a robust social media marketing strategy. This workshop will be answering questions such as:
What social media channels should I be using to grow my business?
What is the difference between a boosted post and an advertising campaign, and when should I use them?
What types of content should I be posting? Can I post the same content across multiple channels?
What tools can I use to make social media marketing easier?
How can I develop real sales leads from my social media accounts?
How many times do I need to post on social media a day?
This document discusses strategies for marketing and customer engagement on social media in 2013. It notes that the customer journey has become more complex, personal, and emotional. It emphasizes that multiple social media channels are now required to connect with customers, who are influenced by friends, brands, and influencers online. Some key points discussed include using social media to build deeper customer relationships; monitoring social media for customer feedback; creating video and image content for sites like YouTube and Pinterest; engaging customers on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms; and measuring return on investment from social media efforts.
This document provides an overview of a workshop on growing a business with social media and smart consulting and coaching. It discusses Lisak's company which offers business coaching and consulting to help owners develop social media, marketing, advertising, and technology skills. The workshop covers creating a social media strategy and goals, defining the target audience, social media advertising, content marketing, and a question and answer session. It also discusses the social media acquisition model and setting SMART goals.
The document provides tips and tactics for digital marketing and growth hacking. It discusses defining objectives and targets, mapping out customer journeys, identifying personas, analyzing competitors, using key digital marketing methods like SEO, social media, email marketing and more. It also covers topics like lead generation, activating and nurturing leads, content marketing, and using email automation to improve marketing efforts.
The document discusses various traction channels that can be tested and utilized to help drive growth for a startup. It recommends focusing 50% of time on traction development and testing channels in parallel through "middle ring tests" that each cost under $150 before focusing resources on top-performing "inner ring" channels. Specific strategies are provided for channels like targeting blogs, publicity, unconventional PR, search engine marketing, social/display ads, and more to test cost-effectively and gather customer feedback early in product development.
This document provides an overview of developing a marketing plan in 3 sentences or less:
The document outlines key steps to developing an effective marketing plan including defining your mission, developing messaging, understanding your audience and goals, integrating traditional and online marketing channels like social media, and measuring results. It emphasizes aligning all marketing efforts with your organizational mission and brand. Regular measurement and feedback are important to evaluate success and opportunities for improvement.
This document provides a 6-step framework for small businesses to leverage technology and grow their business. It begins by discussing how marketing has changed from broadcast to listen-based approaches. It then outlines the 6 steps as: 1) Build a brand foundation by defining the ideal customer and core differentiators. 2) Focus on the entire customer experience. 3) Create a strong content foundation. 4) Get found online through search engine optimization and online presence. 5) Advertise and promote content. 6) Have systems to convert leads into sales through marketing automation and nurturing relationships. The document emphasizes developing buyer personas, focusing on the customer experience, creating keyword-rich and repurposed content, and integrating paid advertising with other online strategies
Presented during the Cagayan de Oro leg of TechCamp Philippines last March 2018.
This was for youth leaders supporting various organizations and causes.
Presentation power hour 14 how to drive customers to your website TheoRuby
“How do I get customers to visit my website?” is the most common question we are asked by SMEs, so each action below is designed take you through the entire process from start to finish:
Setup | Learn how to set up intelligent tracking tools (Google Analytics, Console & CRMs)
Understand | Discover customer touchpoints and how to stand out from the crowd
Prepare | Ensure all marketing channels/lead magnets are consistent and in-line with core values
Attract | Create a compelling story that offers real value to the target audience
Nurture | Build long-lasting relationships and repeat customers
Review | Monitor results and adjust campaigns to maximise effectiveness
Pay to play crafting compelling campaigns amie o’shaughnessy, jyl johnson p...TBEX
This document provides information and tips for bloggers on running marketing campaigns with brands. It discusses the differences between participating in and driving campaigns, and the pros and cons of each. Tips are provided on pitching campaigns, partnership ideas, case studies of successful campaigns, and getting repeat business. Sample metrics reports and campaign decks are available by emailing specific bloggers. The document aims to help bloggers maximize revenue from brand partnerships.
The document provides an overview of a marketing power workshop held on September 30, 2010 at St. Edward's University. It discusses various topics related to marketing including defining marketing, developing a marketing system, finding a core difference to communicate to customers, packaging a business, creating educational content, establishing lead generation strategies, harnessing social media and the internet, and living by a marketing calendar. The workshop also covered narrowing a business focus, product and service strategies, referral marketing, public relations, social media marketing, and marketing automation. Additional training sessions were announced on related topics like social media, referral marketing, and design.
Today's B2B buyer is more discerning than ever before, and has access to more information than ever before. They research online, get peer views and opinion, and they call you when their ready to buy, rather than when you’re ready to sell. So you’re involved late in the process, or more commonly, not at all. To get onto the shortlist, you’ve got to be there early in the buying cycle. And to do this takes a programme of great content.
It has to be relevant, useful and interesting. First problem; where does this content come from? Well, every organisation has their own content dungeon – just waiting to be unlocked. But, how do you do it, what’s going to be lurking down there, and how do you tame it? Then, once you’ve thrown the keys away, what are you going to do with all this content? How do you get it into the hearts and minds of the people that matter?
This presentation will involve B2B examples across different sectors and using content in all its possible guises: mobile, video, integrated infographics, Social debates. Even the odd whitepaper...
Session will look at:
Ways to find great content in your organisation, without actually creating anything
What content works, at what stage in the buying cycle
Practical ways to use interesting and different content formats
10 steps to create and implement a content marketing strategy
Content Strategy of Thought Leadership - Speed PresentationStacey King Gordon
The document discusses the content strategy for establishing thought leadership. It begins by noting that few companies have established themselves as true thought leaders through their content. An effective content strategy requires focus on areas of unique expertise, sustainability over time despite limited resources, and maintaining high standards for quality. The strategy should align content with customer needs at different stages, prioritize premium and current awareness content types, and establish guidelines for tone, structure and organization. Measuring success requires benchmarking metrics like engagement and starting with a small number of key performance indicators related to goals. An ongoing commitment to content strategy can help companies develop into true thought leaders over the long term.
Social Media is Changing the World! Will You Get Onboard on Have Regrets?Francine Allaire
Fundamentally social media is changing the way your company will do business now and in the future with its customers, its partners and even its employees. As a business leader it’s important that you understand and keep abreast of the business innovations and the trends that are shaping the marketplace, specifically those that are affecting your company so that you can provide thought leadership and innovation, whenever appropriate, in your respective role and function in light of those changes.
A blog allows a company to engage in two-way communication with customers, share content regularly to remain top-of-mind, and build relationships over time. Inbound marketing focuses on attracting organic traffic by creating helpful content for customers at each stage of their buying journey. Creating a buyer/content matrix involves deeply understanding customers' needs and mapping content ideas to address their questions and move them through the sales process. The goal is to position the company as a thought leader by providing high-value, educational content.
This document provides an overview of digital marketing fundamentals for non-profit organizations. It discusses various digital marketing strategies including content strategy, search engine optimization (SEO), blogging, social media, email marketing, and pay-per-click advertising. For each strategy, it provides best practices, examples, and factors to consider for implementation and success. The overall document aims to educate on developing an integrated digital marketing plan to engage donors, volunteers and constituents online.
Power Hour 15 | 7 Steps to Grow Your Network on LinkedIn with Celia The Queen...TheoRuby
This document provides 7 steps to grow your LinkedIn network: 1) Update your basic profile info; 2) Create an engaging About section; 3) Include keywords throughout your profile; 4) Add existing contacts to grow your network; 5) Use advanced search to connect with others in your network; 6) Create posts and articles to increase organic reach; 7) Turn on LinkedIn Nearby to connect at live events. It also recommends dedicating monthly time to network building.
Karen Talavera discusses crafting lasting relationships through email marketing. She outlines a 5-level framework for an effective email program: foundational, promotional, informational, engagers, and 1-to-1 personal. Foundational programs maintain regular contact, while promotional emails encourage purchases. Informational content builds trust and educates recipients. Engagers involve and entertain through games and surveys. Highly personalized 1-to-1 emails respond to individual behaviors and milestones. Talavera provides examples for each level and urges marketers to strategically plan email series that converse with rather than blast recipients.
Karen Talavera presented on cultivating lasting relationships through email marketing. She discussed evolving from a broadcast mindset to a conversational one, with segmented messaging tailored to different customer lifecycle stages. Talavera proposed a 5-level email program framework including foundational, promotional, informational, engaging, and personal messages. She provided examples for each level and created a program planning matrix to map existing campaigns and identify gaps to fill. The presentation emphasized the importance of intentional planning, leveraging content and automation, and focusing on a two-way dialogue rather than one-way blasting.
Power Hour 20 | Understanding the Power of Content TheoRuby
“Content is King” is a term that is thrown around a lot and I’m sure you all know the importance of having regular, impactful content as part of your marketing strategy. However, most businesses create the occasional blog and schedule a few Facebook posts and hope for the best.
After going through the steps required to create a long-lasting content strategy, we will look at some real life examples and discuss best practice approaches that convert leads into customers.
In this session we will discuss:
1) The types of content available and how to come up with new ideas
2) Differences between content for your website and social media
3) How to repurpose your content for maximum impact
4) Optimising content for SEO to help drive new visitors to your website
5) Updating content on a semi-regular basis to keep it working for you for years to come
Struggling with content for your own website? Book a free 60 minute WordPress focus session by emailing theo@theoruby.com (new contacts only)
Look out for our full Content guide coming soon as part of the Bitesize Marketing Guides
Employee Engagement: Taking Care Of Your CabinInfluitive
Shristi Shonka & Sarah Schreiner, Senior Strategy Analyst and Director of Client Experience
Employee engagement is becoming top of mind for most organizations because it is vital for growth and survival among competition. During our session we'll provide the audience details on how we used our advocacy program to include a subset of our associate base to improve employee engagement! We'll talk about the how to find the right right focus (employee engagement vs. employee satisfaction), how employee engagement can impact the overall client experience, how we deployed our strategy, the perks we've seen and even our lessons learned. Research (1) has shown that lost productivity of actively disengaged employees costs the U.S. economy $370 billion annually. Research (2) has also indicated that a highly engaged workforce can increase innovation, productivity, and bottom-line performance while reducing costs related to hiring and retention in the extremely competitive talent market. We've used this insight and taken matters into our own hands by levering our hub to assist in driving up employee engagement, fostering peer-to-peer learning, supporting change management efforts, and much more! We'd love the opportunity to showcase how we were able to use the Influitive product for these efforts. (1) 2010 Gallup Employee Engagement Survey (2) The employee experience: Culture, engagement, and beyond, 2017 Global Human Capital Trends from Deloitte
Social media marketing is an important opportunity for newspapers and small businesses. It allows generating leads, measuring results, and having a flexible multi-media approach. While print remains important, online revenue should grow. Businesses need to use platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to engage customers and be part of online conversations. The key is reputation management and guiding advertisers through social media solutions. Newspapers can offer social media services and gain market share.
Catering Equipment Solutions (CES) has been established since 2001 and provides high quality catering and bar equipment solutions and services to the hospitality industry. They supply all levels of catering and bar equipment for one-off purchases or total project solutions tailored to client specifications and budgets. In return for clients' business, CES commits to 100% attention to projects, solution-based proposals reflecting client needs, prompt updates, and managing projects from start to finish with a fun and friendly yet professional approach. They offer design, project management, building works, ventilation, fire protection, flooring, countertops, equipment, and ongoing service and maintenance. CES has partnerships with major retailers, restaurants, hotel groups, golf and sports
How to Use Domain Names to Build and Protect your Brand OnlineMatthew Couto
Nonprofits in Canada frequently cater to a local community - so branding yourself as Canadian signals to your supporters that you are a legitimate and trustworthy organization.
Get the inside scoop on how to choose the right domain name and brand your nonprofit online. We’ll tackle the tough questions about choosing a domain name, getting your website up running, hosting email on your domain, and more.
Find out why the .CA domain name is right for your nonprofit and how every .CA domain name contributes to building a better online Canada.
This document provides an overview of a workshop on growing a business with social media and smart consulting and coaching. It discusses Lisak's company which offers business coaching and consulting to help owners develop social media, marketing, advertising, and technology skills. The workshop covers creating a social media strategy and goals, defining the target audience, social media advertising, content marketing, and a question and answer session. It also discusses the social media acquisition model and setting SMART goals.
The document provides tips and tactics for digital marketing and growth hacking. It discusses defining objectives and targets, mapping out customer journeys, identifying personas, analyzing competitors, using key digital marketing methods like SEO, social media, email marketing and more. It also covers topics like lead generation, activating and nurturing leads, content marketing, and using email automation to improve marketing efforts.
The document discusses various traction channels that can be tested and utilized to help drive growth for a startup. It recommends focusing 50% of time on traction development and testing channels in parallel through "middle ring tests" that each cost under $150 before focusing resources on top-performing "inner ring" channels. Specific strategies are provided for channels like targeting blogs, publicity, unconventional PR, search engine marketing, social/display ads, and more to test cost-effectively and gather customer feedback early in product development.
This document provides an overview of developing a marketing plan in 3 sentences or less:
The document outlines key steps to developing an effective marketing plan including defining your mission, developing messaging, understanding your audience and goals, integrating traditional and online marketing channels like social media, and measuring results. It emphasizes aligning all marketing efforts with your organizational mission and brand. Regular measurement and feedback are important to evaluate success and opportunities for improvement.
This document provides a 6-step framework for small businesses to leverage technology and grow their business. It begins by discussing how marketing has changed from broadcast to listen-based approaches. It then outlines the 6 steps as: 1) Build a brand foundation by defining the ideal customer and core differentiators. 2) Focus on the entire customer experience. 3) Create a strong content foundation. 4) Get found online through search engine optimization and online presence. 5) Advertise and promote content. 6) Have systems to convert leads into sales through marketing automation and nurturing relationships. The document emphasizes developing buyer personas, focusing on the customer experience, creating keyword-rich and repurposed content, and integrating paid advertising with other online strategies
Presented during the Cagayan de Oro leg of TechCamp Philippines last March 2018.
This was for youth leaders supporting various organizations and causes.
Presentation power hour 14 how to drive customers to your website TheoRuby
“How do I get customers to visit my website?” is the most common question we are asked by SMEs, so each action below is designed take you through the entire process from start to finish:
Setup | Learn how to set up intelligent tracking tools (Google Analytics, Console & CRMs)
Understand | Discover customer touchpoints and how to stand out from the crowd
Prepare | Ensure all marketing channels/lead magnets are consistent and in-line with core values
Attract | Create a compelling story that offers real value to the target audience
Nurture | Build long-lasting relationships and repeat customers
Review | Monitor results and adjust campaigns to maximise effectiveness
Pay to play crafting compelling campaigns amie o’shaughnessy, jyl johnson p...TBEX
This document provides information and tips for bloggers on running marketing campaigns with brands. It discusses the differences between participating in and driving campaigns, and the pros and cons of each. Tips are provided on pitching campaigns, partnership ideas, case studies of successful campaigns, and getting repeat business. Sample metrics reports and campaign decks are available by emailing specific bloggers. The document aims to help bloggers maximize revenue from brand partnerships.
The document provides an overview of a marketing power workshop held on September 30, 2010 at St. Edward's University. It discusses various topics related to marketing including defining marketing, developing a marketing system, finding a core difference to communicate to customers, packaging a business, creating educational content, establishing lead generation strategies, harnessing social media and the internet, and living by a marketing calendar. The workshop also covered narrowing a business focus, product and service strategies, referral marketing, public relations, social media marketing, and marketing automation. Additional training sessions were announced on related topics like social media, referral marketing, and design.
Today's B2B buyer is more discerning than ever before, and has access to more information than ever before. They research online, get peer views and opinion, and they call you when their ready to buy, rather than when you’re ready to sell. So you’re involved late in the process, or more commonly, not at all. To get onto the shortlist, you’ve got to be there early in the buying cycle. And to do this takes a programme of great content.
It has to be relevant, useful and interesting. First problem; where does this content come from? Well, every organisation has their own content dungeon – just waiting to be unlocked. But, how do you do it, what’s going to be lurking down there, and how do you tame it? Then, once you’ve thrown the keys away, what are you going to do with all this content? How do you get it into the hearts and minds of the people that matter?
This presentation will involve B2B examples across different sectors and using content in all its possible guises: mobile, video, integrated infographics, Social debates. Even the odd whitepaper...
Session will look at:
Ways to find great content in your organisation, without actually creating anything
What content works, at what stage in the buying cycle
Practical ways to use interesting and different content formats
10 steps to create and implement a content marketing strategy
Content Strategy of Thought Leadership - Speed PresentationStacey King Gordon
The document discusses the content strategy for establishing thought leadership. It begins by noting that few companies have established themselves as true thought leaders through their content. An effective content strategy requires focus on areas of unique expertise, sustainability over time despite limited resources, and maintaining high standards for quality. The strategy should align content with customer needs at different stages, prioritize premium and current awareness content types, and establish guidelines for tone, structure and organization. Measuring success requires benchmarking metrics like engagement and starting with a small number of key performance indicators related to goals. An ongoing commitment to content strategy can help companies develop into true thought leaders over the long term.
Social Media is Changing the World! Will You Get Onboard on Have Regrets?Francine Allaire
Fundamentally social media is changing the way your company will do business now and in the future with its customers, its partners and even its employees. As a business leader it’s important that you understand and keep abreast of the business innovations and the trends that are shaping the marketplace, specifically those that are affecting your company so that you can provide thought leadership and innovation, whenever appropriate, in your respective role and function in light of those changes.
A blog allows a company to engage in two-way communication with customers, share content regularly to remain top-of-mind, and build relationships over time. Inbound marketing focuses on attracting organic traffic by creating helpful content for customers at each stage of their buying journey. Creating a buyer/content matrix involves deeply understanding customers' needs and mapping content ideas to address their questions and move them through the sales process. The goal is to position the company as a thought leader by providing high-value, educational content.
This document provides an overview of digital marketing fundamentals for non-profit organizations. It discusses various digital marketing strategies including content strategy, search engine optimization (SEO), blogging, social media, email marketing, and pay-per-click advertising. For each strategy, it provides best practices, examples, and factors to consider for implementation and success. The overall document aims to educate on developing an integrated digital marketing plan to engage donors, volunteers and constituents online.
Power Hour 15 | 7 Steps to Grow Your Network on LinkedIn with Celia The Queen...TheoRuby
This document provides 7 steps to grow your LinkedIn network: 1) Update your basic profile info; 2) Create an engaging About section; 3) Include keywords throughout your profile; 4) Add existing contacts to grow your network; 5) Use advanced search to connect with others in your network; 6) Create posts and articles to increase organic reach; 7) Turn on LinkedIn Nearby to connect at live events. It also recommends dedicating monthly time to network building.
Karen Talavera discusses crafting lasting relationships through email marketing. She outlines a 5-level framework for an effective email program: foundational, promotional, informational, engagers, and 1-to-1 personal. Foundational programs maintain regular contact, while promotional emails encourage purchases. Informational content builds trust and educates recipients. Engagers involve and entertain through games and surveys. Highly personalized 1-to-1 emails respond to individual behaviors and milestones. Talavera provides examples for each level and urges marketers to strategically plan email series that converse with rather than blast recipients.
Karen Talavera presented on cultivating lasting relationships through email marketing. She discussed evolving from a broadcast mindset to a conversational one, with segmented messaging tailored to different customer lifecycle stages. Talavera proposed a 5-level email program framework including foundational, promotional, informational, engaging, and personal messages. She provided examples for each level and created a program planning matrix to map existing campaigns and identify gaps to fill. The presentation emphasized the importance of intentional planning, leveraging content and automation, and focusing on a two-way dialogue rather than one-way blasting.
Power Hour 20 | Understanding the Power of Content TheoRuby
“Content is King” is a term that is thrown around a lot and I’m sure you all know the importance of having regular, impactful content as part of your marketing strategy. However, most businesses create the occasional blog and schedule a few Facebook posts and hope for the best.
After going through the steps required to create a long-lasting content strategy, we will look at some real life examples and discuss best practice approaches that convert leads into customers.
In this session we will discuss:
1) The types of content available and how to come up with new ideas
2) Differences between content for your website and social media
3) How to repurpose your content for maximum impact
4) Optimising content for SEO to help drive new visitors to your website
5) Updating content on a semi-regular basis to keep it working for you for years to come
Struggling with content for your own website? Book a free 60 minute WordPress focus session by emailing theo@theoruby.com (new contacts only)
Look out for our full Content guide coming soon as part of the Bitesize Marketing Guides
Employee Engagement: Taking Care Of Your CabinInfluitive
Shristi Shonka & Sarah Schreiner, Senior Strategy Analyst and Director of Client Experience
Employee engagement is becoming top of mind for most organizations because it is vital for growth and survival among competition. During our session we'll provide the audience details on how we used our advocacy program to include a subset of our associate base to improve employee engagement! We'll talk about the how to find the right right focus (employee engagement vs. employee satisfaction), how employee engagement can impact the overall client experience, how we deployed our strategy, the perks we've seen and even our lessons learned. Research (1) has shown that lost productivity of actively disengaged employees costs the U.S. economy $370 billion annually. Research (2) has also indicated that a highly engaged workforce can increase innovation, productivity, and bottom-line performance while reducing costs related to hiring and retention in the extremely competitive talent market. We've used this insight and taken matters into our own hands by levering our hub to assist in driving up employee engagement, fostering peer-to-peer learning, supporting change management efforts, and much more! We'd love the opportunity to showcase how we were able to use the Influitive product for these efforts. (1) 2010 Gallup Employee Engagement Survey (2) The employee experience: Culture, engagement, and beyond, 2017 Global Human Capital Trends from Deloitte
Social media marketing is an important opportunity for newspapers and small businesses. It allows generating leads, measuring results, and having a flexible multi-media approach. While print remains important, online revenue should grow. Businesses need to use platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to engage customers and be part of online conversations. The key is reputation management and guiding advertisers through social media solutions. Newspapers can offer social media services and gain market share.
Catering Equipment Solutions (CES) has been established since 2001 and provides high quality catering and bar equipment solutions and services to the hospitality industry. They supply all levels of catering and bar equipment for one-off purchases or total project solutions tailored to client specifications and budgets. In return for clients' business, CES commits to 100% attention to projects, solution-based proposals reflecting client needs, prompt updates, and managing projects from start to finish with a fun and friendly yet professional approach. They offer design, project management, building works, ventilation, fire protection, flooring, countertops, equipment, and ongoing service and maintenance. CES has partnerships with major retailers, restaurants, hotel groups, golf and sports
How to Use Domain Names to Build and Protect your Brand OnlineMatthew Couto
Nonprofits in Canada frequently cater to a local community - so branding yourself as Canadian signals to your supporters that you are a legitimate and trustworthy organization.
Get the inside scoop on how to choose the right domain name and brand your nonprofit online. We’ll tackle the tough questions about choosing a domain name, getting your website up running, hosting email on your domain, and more.
Find out why the .CA domain name is right for your nonprofit and how every .CA domain name contributes to building a better online Canada.
This document describes a PROACTIVE multi-hop ad-hoc network for emergency management that is wireless, infrastructure-less, highly adaptable, reliable, and has high performance. The network uses self-configuration to automatically establish connections between nodes like gateways, relay nodes, and command and control centers. It implements an OLSR routing protocol over the ad-hoc topology. Laboratory and field tests showed the network extending communication ranges through multi-hopping and achieving transmission rates up to 81.6 Mb/s on commercial off-the-shelf hardware including router boards, Android phones and UAVs.
ROI Marketing For Your Business: Using your website to drive top-line growthJames Hutto
The document provides statistics about internet usage and growth over time. It notes that there were over 31 billion searches on Google last month, compared to 2.7 billion in 2006. It also discusses how internet marketing has changed communication and how brands must have an online presence to reach customers. Key strategies mentioned include search engine optimization, social media marketing, email marketing and blogging.
The document lists the names of various castles located across Europe, including in France, Spain, Belgium, England, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and the Czech Republic. Many of the castles listed are located in France, such as Chambord, Chenonceau, Azay le Rideau, Amboise, Cheverny and Chantilly. The document provides a high level overview of historically significant castles found across different European countries.
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The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against developing mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un embargo petrolero contra Rusia en respuesta a la invasión de Ucrania. El embargo prohibirá la mayoría de las importaciones de petróleo ruso a la UE y se implementará de manera gradual durante los próximos seis meses. Algunos países de la UE aún dependen en gran medida del petróleo ruso y se les ha otorgado una exención temporal, pero se espera que todos los miembros de la UE dejen de importar petróleo ruso para fines de 2022.
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This document discusses how businesses need to rethink their approach to customers in the digital age. It outlines five core customer behaviors - access, engage, customize, connect, and collaborate - that are driven by digital experiences. It also presents a "customer network model" where customers are nodes within dynamic networks rather than passive consumers. The document provides strategies around each of the five customer behaviors and a tool to help generate customer network strategies based on objectives, customers, and concepts. It notes challenges that traditional enterprises may face in adopting this new customer-centric paradigm.
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This document discusses the advantages of customer advocacy programs and how they can benefit different teams within a company. It outlines how advocacy can help speed up sales cycles, provide customer references quickly, and differentiate a company from its competitors. It then explores the specific benefits advocacy can provide to sales, marketing, customer success, and product teams, such as accelerating content creation, boosting PR visibility, driving demand generation, strengthening customer relationships, and gaining useful customer feedback. The document encourages selecting a team to partner with and brainstorming ideas for an advocacy program to provide a transformative impact.
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Wsq promote products and services on social media robinRobin Stienberg
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The document discusses how B2B marketing is changing and becoming more inbound focused. It notes that today's buyers will find companies on their own when they are ready to purchase. The buyer journey is non-linear and influenced early on by awareness building content. The challenges for companies are to have relevant content to be part of conversations with buyers and influence how buyers define their needs. Content marketing is presented as a solution, but companies need a content strategy and to repurpose existing materials from subject matter experts. Measurement of content effectiveness and distribution channels is also important. An example case study is provided of a company that successfully grew its audience and leads through a video-based content marketing experiment.
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This document outlines the 4 steps to building an effective content marketing strategy: 1) Setting objectives by defining goals and a content marketing mission, 2) Defining client and audience needs through personas, 3) Developing an execution plan including content types, calendar, and sharing methods, and 4) Establishing metrics to measure consumption, sharing, lead generation, and sales. It provides examples and templates to help strategize content around audience needs at different stages in the buying cycle in order to build a bridge to success.
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Main Takeaways:
Learn ways to explore customer empathy for various user scenarios.
Ensure everybody on the team is able to empathize with the customers while building an effective solution.
Embed customer feedback/sentiments while designing your solutions.
Presented to an events company looking to introduce Social Media. This should ideally be accompanied by my explanations, but I put it here for attendees to save the trees.
The document describes a framework for conducting customer-centric discovery. It involves 4 stages: KNOW, BE, CONNECT, and CREATE.
In KNOW, salespeople analyze the customer's industry, corporate goals and initiatives, and key contacts. In BE, they learn about the experience of the customer's employees, customers, and value chain.
In CONNECT, salespeople share insights about the customer, visualize their current reality, and co-create a vision. In CREATE, they develop a case for change, storyboard potential solutions, and create a mutual plan.
The goal is to understand customers deeply, connect authentically, and collaboratively develop solutions that meet their needs and priorities.
How To Plan And Build A Successful Content Marketing StrategyMichael Brenner
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There are 4.75 Billion pieces of content shared
There are 1.8 Billion photos uploaded
There are 700 Million Snapchats
There are 500 Million tweets
Marketing, as we know it, is being transformed right in front of our eyes. More and more messages are being promoted every day, on more channels, and as a result, consumers are learning to simply tune out the noise.
Because of this, brands must leverage content marketing to deliver the useful information necessary to educate and build trust with their audiences. But they often fail to document what they are trying to achieve, how they will get it done, and what measures will prove success.
Yesterday I presented to more than 600 attendees of the NewsCred #ThinkContent Webinar: "How To Plan And Build A Successful Content Marketing Strategy." I presented:
The key factors for content marketing success
The core components of a content marketing strategy
I answered the main questions of how to build a solid content marketing strategy
I shared my secret that effective content marketing was relatively simple:
"The buyer journey is nothing more than a series of questions that must be answered." ~ IDC
I shared the Content Marketing Institute's more formal definition of content marketing:
“Content marketing is the marketing and business process for creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract, acquire, and engage a clearly defined and understood target audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.” ~ Content Marketing Institute
And I shared the rallying cry for why we need to change:
"We have to stop interrupting what people are interested in, and be what people are interested in." ~ Craig Davis (former Chief Creative Office - J. Walter Thompson)
Backed by research and our own customer engagements, I covered
The 6 factors to content marketing success:
Document content strategy
Have someone in charge of content
Consistently publish quality content
Map content to buyer journey
Balance Paid, Owned, Earned Media
Track Content Marketing ROI
I provided an example and a template for anyone to develop:
Your Content Marketing Mission Statement
Become a destination for [target audience] interested in [topics]. To help them [customer value].
This will help us [your content marketing goals]
Earn your audience’s attention vs. just buying it
Reach, engage and convert NEW buyers
AmEx Open Forum Example: Help Small Businesses Do More Business. To become the largest source of inbound leads.
I provided spreadsheets to help anyone conduct a content audit and measure their content marketing results:
The document outlines a social media strategy for a brand with the following key points:
1. The strategy aims to position the brand as a thought leader, engage customers, increase awareness and sales through social media channels like blogs, forums, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
2. Goals for the first 6 months include attracting subscribers to the blog, driving traffic to key pages, generating engagement on social platforms and mobile.
3. The strategy details communication plans to promote content internally and externally using various marketing channels to drive customers to social media.
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This session is designed for optimizers who are ready to move beyond rigid testing roadmaps and embrace a more dynamic, iterative approach. We'll delve into the principles of Kaizen, the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement, and how it can revolutionize your testing practices.
In this webinar, our expert speaker, Richard Joe of Kaizen CRO, will show you how to extract valuable insights from both quantitative and qualitative data post-test analysis. We'll guide you through creating a 're-test-launch-learn' cycle, ensuring that each experiment builds on the last for ongoing optimization. By adopting a growth mindset, as championed by Carol Dweck, you'll view failures as stepping stones to success, ultimately driving higher conversion rates and richer learnings.
Join us to transform your A/B testing approach and achieve sustained growth through effective feedback loops. This session will equip you with the tools and mindset needed to navigate the complexities of experimentation and maximize your results.
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Major Types of Marketing: A deep dive into traditional and digital marketing, along with other specialized forms such as guerilla, emotional, and neuromarketing.
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Principles of Marketing: An overview of the seven key principles: product, price, promotion, place, packaging, positioning, and people.
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Setting Marketing Goals and Monitoring Results: Establishing measurable objectives and tracking performance.
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We often encounter companies that simply ‘forget’ to build a customer retention strategy in their quest for new customers, and that’s a shame. Think about how much revenue lies in upsell, cross-sell, and renewals of your existing customers.
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- Onboarding
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3. Backgrounder
• Principal Consultant, Influitive
• Prev. Ed Tech advocate marketer
• Based out of Squamish, BC
• Former journalist & graduate researcher of
social and subcultural capital
• Champion for the power of advocacy
• Really, really afraid of sharks, wasps,
heights
• Really, really excited about rollercoasters,
hiking, biking, camping, reading & writing
11. (Em)Powering your Community
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Workshops or simple one-offs should:
• Educate on function of advocacy in organization
• Demonstrate your program
• Connect advocacy to stakeholder performance goals
• Clearly define your program goals
• Highlight your input process
• Lead to new challenge ideas
• Be a starting point….
13. Process is not a dirty word
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Key Considerations:
1. Meet your colleagues where they are
2. Design a process that is easy to access
3. Be highly accountable to your message and your process:
• Advocacy can be immediate
• Advocacy can be agile
• “Advocacy can help you reach your goals”
19. The Internal Workshop in Three Parts
1.Introduction to Advocate Marketing
2.Demonstration of your program
3.Advocacy in Action: Get your colleagues
involved – on the spot.
20. Let’s do this together!
1. Get into groups of four
2. Assign one of the following personas to each group member:
• Sam or Sally the Sales Team Member
• Mark or Madelyn the Marketing Team Member
• Carl or Catherine the Customer Success Team Member
• Paul or Penelope the Product Team Member
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25. B2B BUYING
HABITS HAVE
FOLLOWED THE
SAME TREND AS
CONSUMERS
84%
OF B2B
DECISION
MAKERS
START OF THE
BUYING PROCESS
WITH A REFERRAL
8OUT OF 10
IT DECISION
MAKERS
RELY ON W.O.M
WHEN MAKING
BUYING
DECISIONS
75%
OF B2B
BUYING PROCESS
IS COMPLETE
BEFORE BUYERS
COME IN
CONTACT WITH
SALES
59%
OF B2B BUYERS
ENGAGE WITH
PEERS WHO
SHARE THEIR
CHALLENGES
26. How can our advocates help?
Referrals Product reviews
Content
distribution
References
Social
promotion
Media
interviews Surveys
Analyst
briefings
LET’S PROACTIVELY DRIVE ADVOCATES TO CONTRIBUTE TO A VARIETY
OF STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Case Studies
29. • Describe the specific goals and purpose of your own advocacy
community, including:
• What’s in it for the advocates
• What company-wide, departmental and personal strategic objectives
does your program tie into – Demonstrating this will help you get buy-in
from your audience
• Program results
• If you have already been live for a while, share some initial wins from
the program (qualitative and quantitative)
[Insert name of your community]
30. • Describe the practical ways in which your co-workers can get
involved
• Is there a shared doc where they can record their challenge ideas?
• Explain the cadence of activity you are targeting to publish to
advocates (recommended 3 challenges/week) and give an overview
of any coming themes/contests you are working on
• Give examples of other use cases to inspire your audience, e.g.
Event advocacy, user groups, other initiatives going on in the
company..
How can our advocates help YOU?
32. What is AdvocateHub?
An invitation-only online community where our
customers can engage
with us and each other, and get recognized for their
active support of our company.
Why?
To consolidate the tasks we are striving to get our
advocates to complete, onto a
single and engaging platform.
33. How does it work?
1 2 3
Advocates get to choose among
different activities
based on their interests…
.. They earn points,
badges, & move up the
Leaderboard as they
complete activities..
.. And can redeem their
points for great rewards,
like discounts, event passes,
gift cards – Whatever we
think will motivate
our advocates
34. What are advocate activities?
Advocate activities can be created around
any of our strategic objectives:
• Lead Gen
⟼ Drive referrals & online reviews
• Content Development
⟼ Case Studies, Testimonials
• Social Promotion
⟼ Sharing of content, discussions
• Pipeline
⟼ Reference activities
• Product Dev
⟼ Surveys
35. • Deeper engagement – Through the program, we’ll be directly
connected with our customers and have a pulse on their
happiness
• Consistency – Rather than reaching out when we need
something, we’ll have ongoing open communications with
advocates, making critical asks easier when they are timely
• Speed – With the help of advocates, we can source content,
identify references, get feedback , etc. in a matter of hours
• Goals – With the help of advocates, you can exceed your goals
Why should advocacy matter to you?
36. Faster, smoother sales cycles – Peer recommendations can speed
up sales cycles by 5x, and 60%+ of your prospects are influenced by
reading online reviews
Connect your prospect with a reference, FAST – Customers
who are members of an advocacy community can pick up reference call
requests in less than an hour
Differentiation - Having an exclusive community where customers can
network & learn sets us apart from our competition
How do you benefit as a sales pro?
37. • Help identify advocates – Nominate them in Salesforce!
• Promote the program in your talks with customers and prospects – they’ll be
more inclined to join when someone they know recommends it
• Provide activity ideas! They can fall under any of these buckets:
• Educational – Read a blog post/interesting industry article, download a
whitepaper.
• Ask – Submit a referral, write an online review, be a reference
• Fun – Share your favorite quote, check out a video, solve a riddle..
How can you help?
38. Accelerate & diversify content
creation
Don’t run after case study volunteers
to replace stale stories; proactively
identify star customers willing to share
their success. Give advocates early
bird access to your content and evolve
it based on what really speaks to
your audience
Boost your PR & Analyst visibility
Recruit advocates for interviews &
surveys in a matter of days
Create authentic social media
buzz
Grow your presence not with self-
promotion but with advocate-
initiated discussions
Drive Demand Gen
Boost the # of inquiries through
authentic customer stories, webinars,
blog posts, etc. advocate-generated
content
How do you benefit as a marketer?
39. • Provide interesting content to share with advocates –
Advocates will not only benefit in terms of learning, but can amplify our
message by sharing the content on social
• Share your marketing programs calendar – Being in the loop
with marketing themes will allow us to reflect them in the hub, making
participation more engaging & fun for advocates
• Provide activity ideas! They can fall under any of these buckets:
• Educational – Read & share a case study, participate in an online discussion..
• Ask – Submit a testimonial, volunteer for a case study, guest blog, RSVP to an event..
• Fun – Participate in a points raffle, get perked with swag, do a fun survey/trivia
challenge..
How can you help?
40. A direct, engaging channel to communicate with your
customers Clients that know you better and get valuable content/tips
directly from you will stick around
Drive user adoption & retention
By gamifying the process, becoming a better customer is more engaging
and rewarding
Your customers’ success is your success
As we build the program further, your new/lower health customers can get
inspired by the best ones, creating an organic support network & lower touch
required from you
How do you benefit as a Customer
Success Pro?
41. • Give your customers a personal, fun way to engage with you –
Stay up to date on the advocacy your customers are doing, encourage them
to participate, and thank them for it
• Identify key customers to invite – Star customers can be engaged
and educated further, struggling ones can be nurtured
• Provide activity ideas! They can fall under any of these buckets:
• Educational – Learn about a new exciting use case for your product, Share a tip..
• Ask – Get advocates to suggest training topics, get feedback on your webinars..
• Fun – 2 truths & a lie about yourself, ask about your customers’ vacation plans..
How can you help?
42. Get real, insightful feedback on the products you build,
fast
Advocates give great feedback on the product and have a wealth of ideas
for improvements, can can be surveyed on roadmap decisions, etc.
Source beta testers
Advocates are usually active users of the product, and therefore ideal
candidates for beta testing/driving adoption of new key features
How do you benefit as a member of the
Product Team?
43. • Help generate valuable content for advocates – Customers love
product tips & exclusive previews of new features
• Provide challenge ideas! They can fall under any of these buckets:
• Educational – Check out release notes, test advocates on their product knowledge..
• Ask – Complete a product feedback survey, provide insight on roadmap, vote on
features..
• Fun – Read a bio of an employee, share a photo of your work station..
How can you help?
44. Small Group Activity
Roleplaying!• In your groups, work together to complete your worksheets.
• What is your SMART goal (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic
and timely)?
• How can advocates help you achieve this goal? Write down every idea
that comes to mind.
• Find common themes in your group’s ideas. For example, do many of
the ideas include receiving feedback from advocates? If so, “feedback”
is one of your group themes.
• When you are done, your team should have four worksheets,
one for each persona.
• Work together together to develop ideas!
45. Lightening-Quick Case
Study
[Business name] is a world leader in [solution] that [solves
what?].
Our advocates are [role] mainly in [industry] who [what makes
them advocates?].
Complete this section as a team!
46. Sample Goals
• To increase productX sales in Michigan by 25% by Q3/FY17
• To increase blog traffic by 40% during December product
launch
• To decrease churn by 15% by end of FY17
• To decrease support tickets on topicX by 20% in Q2
• To increase field marketing activity attendance by 25% in Q3
• To grow referencable customer base by 30% by end of FY17
70. Group Share Back
1. What is your team’s case study?
2. What creative ways did you find to connect your internal
stakeholder personas’ goals to advocacy?
3. What themes did you see in your group?
4. If you were running this workshop, what is one thing you
would do differently?