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Why 1 Million Social Media Followers Sucks
Erica McGillivray Senior Community Manager at Moz @emcgillivray #webcongress
I <3 Community building Social media geekery Pushing boundaries Singing Frozen songs Reading comic books
You
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Your Wants Love your work Excel at it Please your boss/clients Grow your social media followers
Danger Goal
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1 Million Followers or
another follower
expectation
Bought 1,256,382 Followers
Has 0 Friends
Truths
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Harsh truths that, sadly, reflect most
brand’s social media efforts.
Business Follower Averages Twitter: 14,709 followers Facebook: 13,157 likes Pinterest: 229 followers Instagram: 208 followers
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About your message &
how you talk about yourself.
Mailbox
Recycling
Door
Direct to Garbage
I recycle junk mail coupons. Don’t make your social media junk.
Attention Spans Twitter: 18 minutes Facebook: 2-3 hours G+: 3 hours Instagram: 3-4 hours
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The short lifespan of your social
media posts.
Don’t market to everyone. They don’t care about your brand.
Talk to the audience that
does care.
Don’t Panic!
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1 Million Followers
Make sure this is not your
goal.
Tough Talk
Why is my brand on social media?
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Say No to Reporting Vanity Metrics
But track them for the math!
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Report This! Engagement
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True Social Metrics
Math = Counting
& Division # of actions by followers / # of posts = Rate
Finding a Baseline
Select a time period that makes sense.
Compare against what you’ve been
doing to mark improvements.
Conversation Rate
Who’s chatting with me? How often? What topics are interesting to them?
Conversation Goals
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A simple spreadsheet to calculate your goals & how you’re doing.
Are you keeping up?
SproutSocial
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Compare against your
social competitors.
Amplification Rate
Who’s re-sharing my social media content? Where? And why?
Amplification Goals
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Audience Reach
Buffer
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G+ Ripples
Share top content again
Rival IQ @emcgillivray #webcongress
Applause Rate
Who’s lurking, but liking? Who encourages you? Who gives you high fives?
Applause Goals
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Report This! Relative
Engagement
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What?
As you grow your followers & regular postings, you want to keep pace with connecting to your community.
True Social Metrics
Math = Followers,
Counting & Division
# of actions / # of posts / Followers per 1,000 = Relative Engagement Rate # of actions / Followers per 1,000 = Content Rate
Relative Engagement Goals
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What About Conversions?
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Sales? Try Traffic
Google Analytics
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We drive top of funnel
traffic. Our goal’s related to traffic, not
sales.
Report This! Anything
Important to Your Business
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Customer Happiness
In Q1 2014, Moz sent 362 happy packages to our community.
Team Growth
Moz’s community team went from one primary person to 5 full-time & 4 part-time people since 2010.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Product Feedback
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The top product new
feature requests from our customers.
Reporting
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Reports Tell a Story by
Showing Love, Passion,
& Relevance
Sample Report
Shows both engagement and traffic over time.
We also include
explanations for context & fun photos!
Who’s Listening
Weekly check-ins with your team Monthly reports to your team & company Share quarterly with the world
I want 1,000 conversations
with 100 people, not 1 million
followers & 100 conversations
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Contact Me Erica McGillivray Senior Community Manager at Moz @emcgillivray [email protected] http://moz.com/
Resources Social Engagement Metrics That Matter - Measuring, Tracking, and Reporting FTW by Jen Lopez http://moz.com/blog/social-engagement-metrics-that-matter Best Social Media Metrics: Conversation, Amplification, Applause, Economic Value by Avinash Kaushik http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/best-social-media-metrics-conversation-amplification-applause-economic-value/ Beginner’s Guide to Social Media http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-social-media G+ Ripples Bookmarklet by AJ Kohn http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/ripples-bookmarklet True Social Metrics http://www.truesocialmetrics.com/ SproutSocial https://sproutsocial.com/ Buffer https://bufferapp.com/ Rival IQ https://www.rivaliq.com/ Infogr.am https://infogr.am/
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