Social media is continually evolving and offering businesses and consumers new ways to interact. It can seem impossible to keep up! Get armed with the latest marketing and communications research and real-life practical examples pertaining to the direction of social media for 2014 as it relates to the home building industry. Topics covered include trends in social media, the latest developments with Facebook, the growing importance of creating a visual identity, SEO authorship and the importance of tapping into contextual social networks.
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State of Social Media 2014
1. The State of Social Media 2014
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM
| 3:00 – 4:00 PM (ENCORE)
Presenters:
Chad Davis // NAHB, Washington, DC
Jamie Gorski // The Bozzuto Group, Greenbelt, MD
Carol Morgan // mRELEVANCE, Cartersville, GA
2. Speaker Contacts:
Chad Davis
Jamie Gorski
Carol Morgan
NAHB
The Bozzuto Group
mRELEVANCE, LLC
Head Shot
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202.266.8328
cdavis@nahb.org
@ChadTech
Head Shot
7850 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
410.279.5851
jgorski@bozzuto.com
@jamiegorski
50 Shotgun Road
Cartersville, GA 30121
770.383.3360x20
carol@mrelevance.com
@AtlantaPR
7. Major Social Media Themes (2014)
Images
Content
Pay to Play
SEO
Mobile
8. Images: The Rise of Visual Content
our brain process images 60,000X faster than text.
hy?
Cognitive
Emotional
Graphic
Memorable Description
Textual Description
A curved line with every
point equal distance from
the center
9. Content: Original and Curated
riginal Content
Showcases your expertise
Exhibits your character
Makes your brand more human
urated Content
The power of affiliation and inference
Exhibits your character
Makes your brand more human
10. Pay to Play
But social media is free,
right?
Opportunity costs have
always existed here
Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn all have ad tools
now
11. SEO: Finders Keepers
he ultimate, long-term goal of the web search engine is to
deliver the web *you* want *before* you want it
ocial data in search incorporates the likes and dislikes of
your tribe
aving a presence in social directly correlates to higher
rankings in search
14. Converting Social Media to Leads
oogle Analytics Lead
Conversion and Goal Tracking
– 2% of website traffic coming
from social sites to contact us
form
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16. Blog:
Traton Homes
Blog Visitors are
engaged
Top Traffic Source for
TratonHomes.com
Visitors from the blog
visited 7 pages on
average
Visitors spend 5
minutes on the website
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19. The State of Facebook 2014
71% of all adults
online use FB
46% of users, 25-54
+10% growth in 65+
63% of users log on
daily
Leaning in to mobile
20. Why We Like Facebook
ngaging your ‘tribe’
Share industry
news
Put a ‘face’ on
your company
Be a part of the
community
isual identity
21. Facebook Example: S&A Homes
This or That Tuesdays – views exceed 400
(vs. avg reach of ~115)
28. The State of Pinterest in 2014
Digital, social
scrapbooking
21% of adults online
‘pin’ (only 18% tweet!!)
80% female
50% are moms
Largest demographic:
Women, 25-34
Most popular board
category: Home Décor
29. Why We Like Pinterest
Easier to get started
Modest analytics
Ad-free (for now)
Showcase your work
– in detail
Showcase the work of
your partners
Get feedback
Publicly collect ideas
for future projects
Post more than just
house pics
30. Pinterest Dos
Traffic – upload from your
blog or website
Plan – how will you
categorize your boards
Branding – post images that
make sense
Contests – use them to
increase interaction
Hashtag
#frenchbrothersdreamhome
31. Pinterest Example: Keystone Custom
Homes
28 participants/new boards created by
pinners
09 new overall followers
92 followed Pin-N-Win board
ncreased engagement
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35. The State of Twitter 2014
Focus on images
46% of Twitter users check
their accounts daily
29% check multiple times
But…
230M+ tweets a day
40% of accounts are just
consuming, not engaging
Customer service
36. Why We Like Twitter
ore like a broadcast platform than a social network
Can magnify other social accounts
Share industry news, company news & staff kudos
reat source of industry/competitor research
Brand monitoring
reat for Customer Service
43. The State of Instagram in 2014
ought by Facebook
50M MAUs (Jan. 2014)
7% of users check daily
5% check multiple times
ight behind Twitter
44. Why We Like Instagram
asy to use, share
Link to Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr
Use hashtags
ou brand’s story, visually
Filters
Videos (up to 15
seconds)
45. Instagram Example
&A Homes (@sahomebuilder)
Launched August 2013
42 followers in first 15
weeks
101 following
Multiple likes per post
Posting two times per
week
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51. The State of Google+ in 2014
Google+ has 540M MAUs
Not just another Facebook -- Google is adding
a social layer to everything it does
2nd most popular social platform *worldwide*
Improve search engine rankings
Google+ Integrates Google Local & Google
Places
Google Glass integration hints at the future
52. Why We Like Google+
EO
EO
EO
id we mention, SEO?
53. Why We Like Google+
ow opportunity cost
an make longer posts, like blogs
ice UI, even nicer photo tools
ashtags that work
54. Google+ Example: Brock Built
Google+ visitors
stay on
BrockBuilt.com
longer than any
other traffic source
Higher conversion
rate than site
average
57. Speaker Contacts:
Chad Davis
Jamie Gorski
Carol Morgan
NAHB
The Bozzuto Group
mRELEVANCE, LLC
Head Shot
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202.266.8328
cdavis@nahb.org
@ChadTech
Head Shot
7850 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
410.279.5851
jgorski@bozzuto.com
50 Shotgun Road
Cartersville, GA 30121
770.383.3360x20
carol@mrelevance.com
Editor's Notes
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Apartment Ratings, Yelp, Google+ Local. These are the social media sites that we are most actively using. Of these, Facebook and Apartment Ratings are our biggest focus.
People are social by nature, and this behavior of interacting with others is what drives social media. I define social media as any online media that allows or encourages two way conversation. If you can like it, comment on it, rate it, review it, share it, it’s social media! This includes FB, Twitter, blogs, forums, review sites, news sites that allow comments, etc.
http://mashable.com/2014/01/27/social-media-marketing-2014/?utm_cid=mash-prod-email-velocity-alert&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=velocity&utm_emailalert=viral
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Apartment Ratings, Yelp, Google+ Local. These are the social media sites that we are most actively using. Of these, Facebook and Apartment Ratings are our biggest focus.
People are social by nature, and this behavior of interacting with others is what drives social media. I define social media as any online media that allows or encourages two way conversation. If you can like it, comment on it, rate it, review it, share it, it’s social media! This includes FB, Twitter, blogs, forums, review sites, news sites that allow comments, etc.
http://mashable.com/2014/01/27/social-media-marketing-2014/?utm_cid=mash-prod-email-velocity-alert&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=velocity&utm_emailalert=viral
Source: Pew Research Center’s August Tracking Survey; 1801 adults sampled between 8/7/13 and 9/16/13
Carol
Your brain process images 60,000 times faster than text.
Why?
Cognitively: Graphics expedite and increase our level of communication. They increase comprehension, recollection, and retention. Visual clues help us decode text and attract attention to information or direct attention increasing the likelihood that the audience will remember.
Emotionally: Pictures enhance or affect emotions and attitudes. Graphics engage our imagination and heighten our creative thinking by stimulating other areas of our brain (which in turn leads to a more profound and accurate understanding of the presented material).
Memory: We remember visuals better because they are processed in our long-term memory. Research has shown that unless our words, concepts, ideas are hooked onto an image, they will go in one ear, sail through the brain, and go out the other ear. Words are processed by our short-term memory where we can only retain a small amount of information. Images, on the other hand, go directly into long-term memory where they are permanently etched.
Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index 2013: http://business-technology-roundtable.blogspot.com/2013/02/global-mobile-internet-data-traffic.html
Note that this is actually *WWW* traffic and not total Internet traffic. Factor in apps and the % is probably higher
Source: Statcounter via Mary Meeker’s 2013 State of the Internet Report, as reported by: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-12-most-important-slides-about-mobile-from-mary-meekers-presentation-2012-5?op=1
Source for these stats is the August-September Pew Internet Study
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/pew-73-adults-social-media-pinterest-popular-twitter-instagram/
Carol
Apt Community of the Day: 77 H St – 215 Likes, 24.4k people saw the post, 125 Link Clicks, 585 photo views
Bonobos: Brand Awareness - 459 Likes, 228 shares, 40 Comments, worked by getting more followers
Women are 4X more likely to be on Facebook than me (Pew Study, Fall 2013)
Last year was the first year more online retailers featured ‘pin it’ widgets than featured Facebook “like” widgets
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57617074-93/facebook-like-losing-retailers-love/
Use the last bullet to transition to the point that the Facebook is still the dominant social platform by the #s
The July social media marketing campaign focused on showcasing the Bozzuto brand and growing its network on Pinterest, We asked participants to create a virtual pinboard called “Bozzuto Brings You Home” and fill it with images that represent just what makes them feel at home. Of the 81 entrants, one winner was chosen to receive a $250 home furnishing gift card. The winner, a resident of The Fitzgerald in Baltimore, referred her friends to The Fitzgerald via RentMineOnline shortly after winning the contest.In total, 81 Pinterest users created pinboards titled “Bozzuto Brings You Home” with a link to Bozzuto.com on their personal Pinterest pages. These boards have a total of 5,037 followers. A combination of emails sent to residents and prospects as well as a direct link on Pinterest resulted in a total of 4,923 website visits. We skyrocketed past our goal of doubling the following of Bozzuto’s Pinterest account with a 308% increase in followers. 26 phone calls, 5 active leads, and one lease resulted directly from the Pinterest campaign.
- Data provided by social sharing service ShareThis shows that for the first time, Pinterest outpaced email to become the third most popular sharing channel in the fourth quarter of 2013.
- Q4 of 2013 that shows that Pinterest was the 3rd highest source of traffic for New Village with 1,025 visits to the property website.
Sources:
Pew Internet Study, and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/twitter-stats_n_954121.html