social metrics made easy
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METRICSApril 23, 2010
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Why Numbers Matter
• Metric programs in Public Affairs are vital tools to identify where you are & measure how you’ve done
• Metrics offer a recognizable and demonstrable way of showing effect
• Trends allow you to make informed decisions
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Not All Numbers are Created Equal• Many social metrics have little significance
without considering relationship: – Number of fans– Number of posts you put out– Word clouds
• Instead you should focus social metrics on engagement & interaction:– Number of likes, comments & impressions in Facebook– Number of @ replies or RTs in Twitter– Number of comments in Flickr, YouTube, Facebook
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But Before You Can Devise a … You Must Have
What do you want to achieve?With whom do you want to achieve it?
How does it fit into your command communication goals?How will you measure that success?
METRICMEASUREABLE OBJECTIVES
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MONITOR CONVERSATIONS GOAL 1:
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Step 3 Keep track
Step 2 Use social tracking software or sites, set up RSS feeds Google, Addictomatic, Radian6, Twitter search … the more the merrier
Keep a spreadsheet to track topics and who is talking about youBONUS: use a Google form to ease input of “coding” of social mentions
Step 1 Devise search terms
Variations on your command name, commander, common misspellings,Keywords related to the command or its mission, etc.
Find Item Use Google Form to Code
Form Feeds into Spreadsheet
Make Charts from Data
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1. Log into Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) , create a form
2. Populate the form with items you want to “code,” like date, audience type, message, topics discussed, etc.
3. Form data feeds into spreadsheet that Google docs builds automatically as you create that form
4. Toggle between form and spread sheet as you build the form and check the spreadsheet
5. Start coding with the form when it is ready, use the data on the spreadsheet to to make graphs
Use Google Forms for Coding
Need form ideas for your own coding?• See http://bit.ly/usncode1 for a coding form focusing
on what others say about you• See http://bit.ly/usncode2 for a form focusing on how
engaging you are to your stakeholders
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MONITOR REACH & REPEAT OF MY MESSAGE
GOAL 2:
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Monitor mentions
Step 1 Post it, use bit.ly for links
Step 2 Monitor how many people clicked on it
Step 3 Monitor how many people directly retweeted your message
RTs are
great – it
means no
one edited
your
message!
Type an asterisk (*) after your bit.ly URL to see your stats on that link
Click on your @username or Retweets on the left sidebar to see how many people republished your tweet
Step 4 Keep scoreKeep a spreadsheet to track number or RTs, @ mentions and clicks for each message you tweet. BONUS: make graphs showing how successful social media is at communicating command messages
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ENGAGE MY STAKEHOLDERSGOAL 3:
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Built-in Facebook Metrics
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Metrics
Shows Viral Effect
Impressions show how many eyeballs saw the item you posted on their feeds – that means fans, and friends of fans who interacted (creating a viral effect).
Feedback is the ratio of interaction per impression.
Insights contain admin-only metrics that chart interaction and give audience data.
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Export Facebook
Insight data into Excel
Select Different Metrics
Select Different Metrics
Post quality compares interaction of your fans with that on sites of similar sizes. The higher the number, the better.
Demographics are broken down into active fans this week (top) and all fans (bottom) on the right. Are you hitting your targeted gender, age and geographic demographic?
Media consumption shows how much each of your multimedia products posted within Facebook are viewed.
Facebook Insights
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Matching Objectives with MetricsAre Message Goals Met?
• Count Topical Mentions• Look at Tone by Topic• Compare Topical Mention Over
Time
Are You Reaching Your Targeted Stakeholder Groups?
• Demographics of Users (Facebook Insights and your own coding)• City, Gender or Ages of Users• Creating your own Coding Categories such
as Sailor, family, etc.• Look at Topics Mentioned by Audience Group
How Much are Command Issues/the Command Discussed?
• Count Mentions• Track Topic Trends
Match objectives with metrics, then
use the data to chart communication
course.
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For help setting your metrics program or to get more information about these processes, please contact us.
LT Kaye SweetserActing Deputy, Emerging Media Integration [email protected](O)703-695-6915
CDR Scott McIlnay, APRDirector, Emerging Media Integration [email protected](O)703-692-4718