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# W I N N I N G AT I N S TA G R A M , O R H O W T O L E A R N T O S T O P W O R R Y I N G A N D L O V E T H E A L G O R I T H M
D I G I TA L M A R K E T I N G F O R FA S H I O N B R A N D S : M E A S U R A B L E I M PA C T O N I N S TA G R A M A N D B E Y O N D / C O N T E N T A N D U S E R E X P E R I E N C E P R E S E N T E D B Y: K A T E O ’ N E I L L I N PA R T N E R S H I P W I T H T H E N A S H V I L L E FA S H I O N A L L I A N C E M A Y 9 , 2 0 1 6
W H Y N O T J U S T H AT E T H E A L G O R I T H M ?
• Algorithmically-driven platforms want the user to have as relevant and sticky an experience as possible, because advertising
• In the end, isn’t that a good thing for users?
B U T N O W M O R E T H A N E V E R , I F Y O U W A N T A W I N N I N G A C C O U N T, D O N ’ T U S E I N S TA G R A M J U S T T O P O S T W H AT E V E R P I C T U R E S Y O U F E E L L I K E TA K I N G . I T ’ S T I M E T O D E V E L O P A S T R AT E G Y .
S O W H AT I S T H E B E S T W AY T O T H R I V E I N T H I S E N V I R O N M E N T ?
F O C U S O N U S E R E X P E R I E N C E .
W H AT D O E S “ U S E R E X P E R I E N C E ” R E A L LY M E A N ?
• empathy, alignment in language, interactions, and design with their motivations, needs, and context
• in other words, make it about them, not you
• remove roadblocks
S O W H AT D O E S T H E U S E R P R O B A B LY W A N T F R O M T H E I R I N S TA G R A M E X P E R I E N C E ?
D O N ’ T
• Expect users to follow your every post through push notifications.
• Turn your whole feed into a campaign.
– P E T E R D R U C K E R , S U P E R H E R O
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“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well
the product or service fits him and sells itself.”
M E A N I N G F U L M A R K E T I N G I S A B O U T L E A R N I N G . I T ’ S A B O U T M A K I N G E F F O RT S T O K N O W T H E C U S T O M E R / A U D I E N C E / C O M M U N I T Y A N D TA K I N G M E A N I N G F U L A C T I O N B A S E D O N T H AT K N O W L E D G E .
H O W W O U L D Y O U D E S C R I B E T H E S E S U C C E S S F U L FA S H I O N A N D A P PA R E L B R A N D S ?
E X E R C I S E : B R A N D P E R S O N A L I T Y / C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S L I S T
• Make a list of 3-5 adjectives that describe your brand as if you’re describing a person
• Share your list with the person next to you
W H Y I N S TA G R A M A N D V I S U A L M A R K E T I N G ?• Past images become a visual lexicon of relevant brand ideas
and orientation for new customers
• Blend online and offline experiences through shared photo capture of common places, items, and events
• Hugely reshareable
• Hugely repurposeable
• Huge for fan images and content
• Lends itself to visible goods
E M B E D T E X T I N I M A G E , E I T H E R A C A L L T O A C T I O N , C A M PA I G N H A S H TA G , O R B R A N D U S E R N A M E
Easy:
U R L PA R A M E T E R S F O R L I N K T R A C K I N G
HTTP://WWW.WARBYPARKER.COM/MEN/OPTICAL/LINWOOD-
REVOLVER-BLACK-M?UTM_SOURCE=TELLAPART&UTM_
MEDIUM=RETARGETING&UTM_CAMPAIGN=PRODUCT_FEED_RETARGET
TING
R U N A N A D T O T E S T A N I D E A , E V E N I F I T ’ S J U S T A S M A L L C A M PA I G N , PA R T LY J U S T T O S E E H O W I T W O R K S .
More committed:
U S I N G I N S TA G R A M F O R M E A N I N G F U L M A R K E T I N G• Make your content both on-brand and share-worthy (or at a minimum
like-worthy)
• Captions can add a lot to the brand voice of an image
• Experiment with relevant opportunities to use video: making-of, behind-the-scenes, close-up, etc.
• Don’t spam hashtags; it can get your content throttled
• Do like others’ content; they’ll tend to like yours
• Do look over your image grid for consistency and weed out past images that don’t stack up
R O U N D U P T H E U S U A L Q U E S T I O N S
• WHY are you communicating?
• WHO is your intended audience?
• WHAT might you say?
• WHERE might you reach them?
• HOW do they want to interact with you?
• HOW WELL are your efforts paying off?
E X E R C I S E : A U D I E N C E / C U S T O M E R S E G M E N TAT I O N L I S T
• Make a list of 3-5 distinct kinds of customers that either interact with you now or ideally will in the future
• For each kind of customer, identify what you think motivates them
• Share your list with the person next to you
H T T P : / / K I N S T S . C O M / A U D S H E E T S
D O W N L O A D T H E S E W O R K S H E E T S
W H E N E V E R P O S S I B L E , Y O U W A N T I D E N T I F I A B L E C U S T O M E R S E G M E N T S .
“ H O W W E L L ” = E F F E C T I V E N E S S
Leading Indicators
Lagging Indicators
Success Event
Clicks through to website from social profile
Purchases / event registrations / sales inquiries
Social as “where did you hear about us” on surveys
T H AT M O M E N T W H E N Y O U H AV E N ’ T B E E N PAY I N G AT T E N T I O N T O S T U F F T H AT M AT T E R S .
photo by flickr user a4gpa
A N A LY T I C S P R O C E S S
• Determine KPIs • What factors will determine success? • What’s actionable?
• Establish a baseline • Where are the pain points? • What’s the range?
• Prioritize • What’s most critical? • What’s easiest?
• Validate • Form a hypothesis • Test
• Analyze • Compare with baseline • Extrapolate to ROI
source: Omniture SiteCatalyst Basic User Training Workbook
W H AT ’ S M E A S U R A B L E ?
• Traffic
• Sources (finding methods)
• Composition (visitor profile)
• Engagement
• Navigation
• Content
• Conversion "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts
can be counted." - Albert Einstein
W H AT ’ S M E A N I N G F U L ?
• “Where in the site are visitors most often deciding to leave?”
• “Where do visitors most often go after using the internal search?”
• “Do visitors who come in on blog posts actually visit the rest of the site?”
• “What search terms are used by the people who are most likely to purchase?”
In other words:
start with a good question.
P L A N N I N G I S K E Y T O M E A N I N G F U L A N A LY S I S
Anticipate
Implement
Modify
Data collection begins!
Incremental data only
C O N V E R S I O N M E T R I C S
• Conversion Rate (Orders or Leads per Visit)
• Orders
• Revenue
• Leads Completed
T H A N K Y O U !
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Image credit: Robbie Quinn (http://robbiequinnphotography.com/)