social sharing: why & how to do it with highroad
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HighRoad's Campaign eMail includes a new feature to share content on social media. This webinar highlights why social share features are so important to today's users and how you can take advantage of it in the Campaign eMail product by BlueHornet. HighTRANSCRIPT
TheU: The Social Association
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Your Presenter:Jenny Lassi has been affiliated with HighRoad Solution for 8 years first as a client and then as an employee. With optimized recipient engagement top-of-mind, Jenny's expertise is in data & delivery allowing clients to leverage data collected and increase engagement. She also consults with clients on authentication, content, content strategy, integrating social to eMarketing strategies, email preference center management, business intelligence gathering to fuel segmentation & other deliverability/engagement optimization tactics.
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Today’s Content
• Understanding Generations• Communication Approach Differences• Trends in Social• Legacy Social Share %%SHARE%% Sunset Plan• New SocialLoop Social Share takes over May 1• Workflow Process Changes• Social Jumpstart Package• Best Practices• Resources/Takeaways
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MultigenerationalAssociation Members
Association membership databases include members that are considered a part of one generation type or another.
If your organization has not organized member/non-member/prospect records and their associated generations/personas and adjusted marketing strategies for each type, begin to use Social Share features now to stay on top of the curve!
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Multigenerational Association Members
1925-1945 - Silent Generation1946-1964 - Baby Boom1965-1979 - Generation X1980-2000 - Millennials or Generation Y2001-Present - Generation Z
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Facebook Trends
Declining numbers for Generation Z but substantial growth for 25+ on up.
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Social TrendsAccording to a 2014 study by iStrategyLabs.com1. Teens (13-17) on Facebook have declined -25.3% over the last 3 years.2. Over the same period of time, 55+ has exploded with +80.4% growth in the last 3 years.
Forbes Projections:1. Investment in social media will become a necessity, not a luxury.2. Google + will become a major factor3. Image Centric networks will see huge success4. We'll witness the rise of micro-video5. Foursquare will decline sharply6. MySpace, love it or hate it, will grow7. LinkedIn will become major player for B2B business growth
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There is Social Media…
Always link to your presence on the social platforms for members/non-members or prospects to interact with your organization’s social content and facilitate discussion.
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And there is Social Share• Social Share is a feature that allows subscribers to share
message content to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google + and Pinterest.
• Social Share is available with Standard, Recurring and Welcome messages.
• Multiple Social Shares can be applied within a single message.
• Social Share can be created using the HTML Editor, Basic Code Input or under Social > Create Social Share.
• Extended the reach of your marketing beyond your subscriber base
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Share to Social vs. Social Share
Share to Social %%SHARE%% sunsets May 1, 2014
The NEW Social Share is available now inside your HighRoad Solution Campaign eMail Account!
This change will impact your organization depending on if you use the integrated Social features with your emails now and also depending on your email marketing workflow:1. If you use the share to social feature now and you use a
template library with social features built-in to your template’s HTML code
2. If you use the share to social feature now, you code your templates in an outside HTML editor like Dreamweaver and paste in your code or
3. If you use the share to social feature now and you add sharing features
to each email you deploy during the message creation process
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Strategic Focus on Top 5
Why only Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest?
• Scalable social solution for Software as a Service social platforms
• Works with welcome, standard and recurring promotional messages.
• Enables multiple shares per email campaign• Enables sharing to Pinterest• Uses one click sharing• Subscribers can easily share to all social channels• No more annoying pop-up share widgets that discourage
sharing.• Includes a Social Share URL and HTML Code Generator• Available for subaccount users
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Social ShareWhy only Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest? They are the top 5!
Facebook900,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors
Twitter310,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors
LinkedIn250,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors
Pinterest150,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors
Google Plus+120,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors
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Template Based Workflow- Generate Codes
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Template Based Workflow- Generate Codes
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Template Based Workflow- Generate Codes
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Template Based Workflow- Generate Codes
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Template Based Workflow-Update Templates
Before
Using Legacy Share to Social %%Share%%
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Template Based Workflow-Update Templates
After
Using SocialLoop Social Share
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Set-Up: Per Email Campaign
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Set-Up: Per Email Campaign
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Set-Up: Per Email Campaign
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Sent Message
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Shared Message
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Are Subscribers Sharing?
Search for Social Shares
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Now What? Built-In Strategy
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Now What? Built-In Strategy
Reward your brand evangelists!
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Social Jump Start Consulting
Suzanne’s description here…
Includes:1. Item 12. Item 23. Item 34. Item 4
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Best Practices
• Use the New Social Share Feature Only on Emails You Want Shared
• Update All Templates Using Legacy Share to Social Now
• Become Familiar with The New Process Now Before May 1st
• Reward Social Influencers Using a Strategy BluePrint
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Questions?
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Thank you!Other questions for Jenny?
eMail = [email protected]
Twitter = @highroadjenny
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References & Resourceshttp://istrategylabs.com/2014/01/3-million-teens-leave-facebook-in-3-years-the-2014-facebook-demographic-report/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2013/09/24/the-top-7-social-media-marketing-trends-that-will-dominate-2014/
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites