Diploma in Digital Marketing

Introduction to digital marketing strategy:

Module 2: Understanding the online marketplace
Chapters 2, 3 in Internet Marketing, 4e
Module 3: Digital marketing strategy development
Chapter 4-9 in Internet Marketing 4e
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Dr Dave Chaffey
www.smartinsights.com/presentations
Purpose of today’s strategy sessions
§ Give you:
□ A process to follow for developing a
long-term digital marketing strategy
□ Principles can also be applied to
E-campaigns
□ Tools / URLs for analysis / best
practice
§ Help you:
□ Assignments
□ Exams
□ Work – practical tips to apply back in
office
§ Please…
□ Ask questions
□ Challenge me!
□ Share your experiences

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 Today’s Agenda – 10 steps to review and
define organisational digital marketing strategy

Step 1. Set SMART Goals Step 6. Visibility and traffic

Use the REAN framework to set targets for all Customer acquisition strategy through
aspects of customer development prioritised digital media channels

Step 2. Define strategy Step 7. Digital channel integration

Use the SOSTAC process to develop Facilitating multichannel customer journeys.
a digital marketing strategy

Step 3. Review current performance Step 8. Improve your site’s

Create an Internet-specific SWOT efficiency and effectiveness
using market insights sources Conversion and sales optimisation
strategy.Using persuasion, AB and MVT.

Step 4. Define target markets Step 9. Customer E-communications

Prioritise markets and audiences Customer retention strategy using integrated
you seek to influence Email and social marketing campaigns.

Step 5. Engaging OVP Step 10. Channel governance

Create a compelling OVP Finding the best resources
for different visitor types and processes to get the job done

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 About you - Introductory activity
► Please share…

► 1. Your organisation type :

► Transactional e-commerce
► Relationship-building (e.g. B2B, high-value B2C)
► Brand-building
► Publisher
► Agency
► Not for profit

► 2. Your biggest digital strategy challenge

(company or personal)

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 About Dave Chaffey
§ Strategy &
analytics Best practice
www.smartinsights.com/beta

§ Search
& conversion Qualifications

§ Strategy
consulting Books

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Goal-setting and tracking:

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using the REANcustomers

framework
Reach – Reach prospects and
§

via search engines and

brand communications on publisher,
social network and other partner
sites
§Engage – Engage through relevant

quality content mainly on your site,

but also content syndicated to
partner sites
§Activate – Convert engagement

into business value – generate

leads and sales
§Nurture – Build relationships

throughout the customer lifecycle

through online direct messaging
(Email, Blogs, RSS Feeds and SMS
messaging) and community content

Example Toyota Europe Evaluation. Source: Stephane Hamel:

Steve Jackson (2009) Cult of Analytics http://blog.immeria.net/2009/06/tale-of-web-analytics-near-miss.html

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 Case study 1. Euroffice
Encourage
search
dominant
visitors
SEO and brand intro

OVP

Encourage
browse
dominant
“Reasons to
visitors
return”

OVP

Social
proof 77
Euroffice social presence

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Euroffice Email Examples
Case study 2. Arena Flowers

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Arena flowers social presence

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 Case study 3 - Ultralase
1 Generate sale or lead (on &
Prominent
Unique phone
offline)
number for
– Visit conversion rate tracking
– Lead – E-mail address Incentivised
– Call back Lead
2 Engage audience generation
– Reduce bounce rate form
– Increase value events Key brand
– Increase return rate messages
3 Answer the visitors’
questions: Conversion
– Entry or subsequent page goals
– New to company + OVP SEO Relevance headings
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– Customer or prospect
– Targeted segments
Answer customers’
4 Showcase range of
products concerns
(cross-sell)
5 Reinforce key brand
messages
(99% won’t convert in
single
session)
6 Attract visitors = SEO 1212
 Use REAN framework
to define goals you can
track in Web Analytics
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Step 1. Set clear goals

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 Selecting the right digital channels goals
and tracking metrics – “the critical few”
Individual activity
Write down up to 4 measures of digital marketing performance which answer
question:

“How is/should digital marketing activity

contribute value to our business?”

Reach:
a.

Engage:
a.

c. Activate:

d. Nurture:

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 REAN Questions
► What would go on the REAN dashboard for
different organisation types?

► Reach: ► Activate
►
►
► ►
► ►
► ►
► Engage ► Nurture
► ►
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Example measurement framework

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Example: s73

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 Practical Tip – Configure Google Analytics correctly
Review this 12 step guide

Google “Configure Google Analytics”

http://www.davechaffey.com/blog/web-analytics/configuring-google-analytics-guide

Step 1. Site structure Step 7. Campaign tracking

Separate sites vs subdomains vs subfolders Use a campaign URL www.dell.tv
Filters and Profiles then 301 redirect

Step 2. Exclude employees Step 8. Track external links and downloads

Standard filter on IP range Originally filter with virtual PVs was best option
or use custom variable Now event tracking

Step 3. Conversion goals Step 9. Site search

Landing pages. Set $Index if non-transactional? Based on query string parameter q=<keyphrase>

Step 4. Funnels Step 10. Ecommerce tracking

Obvious for transactional Care with categories
Consider for top-levels of funnel

Step 5. Campaign tracking goals Step 11. Social media

Automatic for AdWords Can group site referrals (not apps) via
Use for email, ads, affiliates filters or advanced segmentation

Step 6. Tracking internal links 1818

Step 12. Search
Add to Query String ?=link_1 Care with SEO. Can track position with relevant filter
 Setting up conversion goals in GA

► Remember to
►Setup multiple conversion goals
►Attach notional value to each
►Can then assess $Index value and
Goal Value per visit by referrer and content

► Ecommerce sites have specific product value attached so

generally best not to add value to
non-sales goal
Consider additional goals – social bookmarking, commenting, catalogue requests, etc
See Ran Nir: http://www.webanalyticsworld.net/2009/03/10-must-track-google-analytics-goals.html
See also http://www.viget.com/engage/how-to-track-internal-links-in-google-analytics/
New – 20 goals in GA so group them!

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How do we compare? Benchmark!

Source: http://www.marketing-online.co.uk/wiki/Ecommerce_Conversion_Rates_Statistics

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“Bad web site. Difficult

Customer feedback tools
to find item as no
iPerceptions http://www.4qsurvey.com/
search box
provided for short cut”

“I can't find any prices

on your website”

“Would like to see

where I can buy
products from” .
http://www.marketing-online.co.uk/wiki/Website_Feedback_Tools

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Do you have BHAG for the Internet
?
§ BHAG explain your
long-term vision and
should be
□ Aspirational
□ Transformational
□ Based on market
insight, i.e.
□ Realistic

http://www.smartinsights.com/blog/digital-marketing-strategy/goal-setting-for-digital-marketing-2195/

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Step 2. Define your

digital marketing strategy
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 What is Digital marketing strategy? Ke
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§ Digital marketing strategy is a channel strategy
□ Informed by customer channel behaviour and
marketplace activity = intermediaries, competitors
□ Objectives for future online and offline contribution %
should drive our strategy
□ Channel strategy thrives on differentials
□ BUT, need to manage channel integration
§ Digital marketing strategy defines how we should:
• Hit our channel leads & sales targets
– Budgets for Acquisition, Conversion, Retention & Growth, Service
• Communicate benefits of using this channel – enhance brand
• Prioritise audiences targeted through channel
• Prioritise products available through channel

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 The scope of digital strategy!

Source: Chaffey (2009) Internet Marketing: Strategy Implementation and Practice (4th edition)

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 Example of clarity in
digital strategy

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 Prioritising strategic initiatives
Importance of factor for future of our organisation

P1
=
Very Important

P2
=
Important

P3
=
Lower
importance

C3=Below Average capability C2=Average capability C1=Leading capability

Evaluation of our capability relative to competitors

Partnering Email Contact SEO Social

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Strategy presence
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Step 3. Summarise your

current performance
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Example digital
q strategies
When reviewing SWOT,
group by
q Acquisition
communications
(e.g. role of Google and
other intermediaries, mix)
q Conversion (experience)
Proposition
q Retention and customer
development
(contact strategies,
targeting)
q Brand management
q Governance issues

See p223
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 Situation analysis:
How effectively are we competing?

Organisation
E-marketing
Efficiency

Organisation E-marketing
Marketplace Effectiveness

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 DEEPLIST for macro-environment
Which are most important for digital?
§ Demographic: percentage of each population online can be analysed
in terms of age, household size and type, income, gender, ethnicity,
employment status, work patterns mobility etc.
§ Economics: taxation controls, monetary and competition policies,
fiscal policies.
§ Environment: country specific attitudes towards physical
environmental issues, for example energy consumption, spatial
distribution of populations.
§ Political: power and influence of Government agencies and
regulatory bodies, public opinion, pressure groups, Internet
governance.
§ Legal: trading laws and restrictions, advertising standards and
controls, taxation laws.
§ Information: Availability of consumer / company data and information,
access to this type of data and how it is used, information control.
§ Social: needs and wants of target communities, extent of social
exclusion, individual levels of trust and perceptions of security, social
discrimination.
§ Technology: Access to technology, innovation, adoption rates,
applications of technology.
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 Tip. Create an online marketplace map to
understand your customer influencers

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 People Process

How well do you know

your customers? Tools
&
metrics

Audit how well you exploit

customer insight?

Resources: www.marketing-online.co.uk/wiki/Special:PopularPages
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Step 4. Define the markets

and audiences you’re targeting
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Common online channel targeting
options
□ By media usage:
• Difficult to reach using other media E.G. Spinebreakers
• Heavy / Savvy users of online media E.G. Spinebreakers
□ By Loyalty:
• Brand loyalists – provide a home E.G. VIP Exclusives
• Not brand loyal – encourage trial E.G. Peperami
□ By profitability:
• Most profitable – deepen relationships E.G. Grattan
• Least profitable – serve at a lower cost E.G Salesforce
□ By company type and individual
• Larger companies (B2B) E.G. Dell
• Smaller companies(B2B) E.G. Dell
• Key members of the buying unit (B2B) E.G. Alterian

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B2B and B2C targeting examples

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 How well do you segment your online audiences? Ke
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Forrester Research on “site design personas” nt

§ Ethnographic researchers averaged

□ 21 i/views per project for 4 personas,
$47K
□ $10K to 100 i/views for 8 personas,
$500K
§ Examples:
□ Ford uses 3 buyer personas at Ford.com
• Primary persona ‘Marie’ – just beginning car
shopping process, hasn’t settled on brand,
doesn’t know about cars, needs Help!
□ Staples.com has 7 for shoppers
□ Microsoft had 7 for Windows XP
§ Segment on key
characteristics/behaviours
□ “Seeks high quality”, “Seeks low cost”
□ “Starting evaluation”, “Final decision”
□ Occasional visitor, frequent visitor

http://carsonified.com/blog/design/how-to-understand-your-users-with-personas/

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For each persona define preferences for:
ü Platforms
(web, email, mobile)
ü Platform usage (hours)
ü Content consumption:
General site types &
category-specific
ü Social media - content
creation & participation
ü Search behaviour
ü Trusted brands

www.dulux.co.uk
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 Email customer targeting
Targeting approaches
options
Method
1. Classic profile-based Target customer groupings according to
demographic segmentation their characteristics & motivations
2. Customer value Assess customers by current and future
value potential
3. Web design personas Target 2-10 typical customer journeys
4. Customer lifecycle Target messages according to length of
time using online services
5. Purchase and response Use “sense and respond” behavioual
behaviour targeting based on RFM
6. Channel preference Communicate with customer in their
preferred media (and according to value)
7. Tone and style preference Communicate with customers according to
their tastes inferred from demographics or
behaviour.

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 Disclosed
Demographics

Clinique
use different
styles and tones
for girls and
boys segments

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 Targeting customers based on value

Customer Good customers Very good customers

quality
15 % 15 %
high

One time shoppers Average customers

with low potential
low
60 % 10 %

Customer
low high potential

Indicators for customer quality Indicators for customer potential

♦ Order value per received catalogue ♦ Lastdate of purchase
♦ Order value per season ♦ Number of active seasons
♦ Gross margin in % of net sales ♦ Channel usage score
♦ Returns in % of order value ♦ Number of different product categories

Source: Chris Poad, Otto, E-consultancy masterclass 2006

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Targeting by Lifecycle personalisation
– typically using event-triggered email
Purchased
Active

Purchased
Inactive

Purchased once Tesco.com

•“Logged-on”

•“Cautionary”
Registered visitor
•“Developing”

•“Established”
Newly
registered visitor •“Dedicated”

•“Logged-off”
Return visitor

First-time visitor

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 RF scoring example Scoring:

Recency
Low
1 = > 24months
2 = 19-24 months
3 = 13-18 months
4 = 7-12 months
5 = 0-6 months
High

Frequency
Low
1 = One purchases
2 = Two purchases
3 = Three
4 = Four
5 = Five
High

Note here boundaries are defined

to illustrate behaviour. There
Source: Interactive Marketing journal – January to March 04 – SilverMinds music catalogue
are a different number in each group

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 A RF(M) segmentation example for a theatre
Oncers Definition
Recent oncers attended <12 months
Rusty oncers attended >12<36 months
Very rusty oncers attended 36+ months

Twicers
Recent twicer attended < 12 months
Rusty twicer attended >12, < 36 months For each, record:
• Average value

Very rusty twicer attended in 36+ months • % E-mail coverage

• % E-mail response

6+ subscribers
Current subscribers Booked 6+ events in current season
Recent Booked 6+ last season
Very rusty Booked 6+ more than a season ago

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Step 5. Create an engaging OVP (Online

value proposition) for your brand
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§ Core brand proposition = Marketing Mix:

□ Who you are?
□ What you do?
□ Where you do it?
□ What makes you different?

§ OVP - Online Value Proposition

□ What can your provide to help/inform/entertain me online?
□ Reinforces core brand proposition and credibility, but
messaging shows…
□ Different OVPs for different markets and audiences
□ Value that a site visitor get from your online brand or campaign
that…
• They can’t get from you offline?
• They can’t get from competitors?
□ Develop content strategy to develop OVPs
□ Communicate message forcefully: online and offline

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 How effective is your scent?

Example SCENT TRAILS

NEW CUSTOMER?

<CUSTOMER-CENTRIC SERVICE NAMES>

WHERE / HOW TO BUY?

WHY CHOOSE US?

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 E-newsletter OVP: success is all about relevant content
§ B2B ► B2C
► Make my life easier
□ Make my work ► Help me learn / have fun
easier ►
►
Make me look good
Give me a great deal
□ Help me develop
□ Make me look
good
□ Give me a great
deal

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Q. How much do we invest in
content…
and is it effective?
 Content strategy example
68% CTR
229
downloads

See http://www.smartinsights.com/blog/conversion-optimisation/online-content-marketing-strategy-210
 Social OVP
Are you a publisher or a media owner?

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 Tip: Recruit to
Twitter
or FB via Email

§ Recruiting to Twitter
§ via a prize draw
§ promoted in Twitter
…And exclusive Facebook Benefits
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Step 6.Improve your site’s visibility

/ brand’s reach
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 How much should we invest
in digital media?
Marketing budget in digital
2010 Proportion of

Source: Marketing Budgets 2010: Effectiveness,

Measurement and Allocation Report
What should we determine investment
in digital channels?
§ Response rates = CTR  Conversion to lead  Conversion to sale

§ Value = CPC  CPA  LTV

§ Branding effects = Awareness, Interest, Desire, Action (on or offline)

§ Reach = Availability of impressions in different channels

e.g. Maxing out on searches, targeted inventory, Increasing frequency

§ Media multiplier / halo effect

§ Risk diversification
□ All eggs in one basket?
§ Opportunities to test and learn
See http://snipurl.com/24v5k [www_iab_net]

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Using the right measures for
online acquisition

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Using the right measures – ad
example

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Creating funnel budget models for online marketing

See
http://www.davechaffey.com/Spreadsheets/
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 Focus on what matters

Source: Forrester Blog May 4th 2009: http://blogs.forrester.com/marketing/2009/05/interactive-budgets-are-growing-at-the-expense-of-offline.html

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 Ke
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How much should we

invest in digital media?

Which digital media

Should we invest in?

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers / Internet Advertising Bureau / Advertising Association / Radio Advertising Bureau / WARC, Oct 2009

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2010 budget allocation to digital
channels

Source:
Marketing Budgets 2010: Effectiveness, Measurement and Allocation Report
Search engine marketing strategy
Paid listings -
Pay Per Click (PPC)

<title> </title> tags

Natural or organic listings -

Search engine optimisation (SEO)
<meta name=“description = > tags
Or Snippets from page

Practical Tip. Re-engineer your SERPs brand messages. Test with “site: <keyphrase> syntax

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SEM Don’ts = problems to avoid
§ § Pay
SEO Per Click
Importance
1. of QS
Insufficient not
keyphrase
researchi.e.
recognised, and analysis
1. 2. Index inclusion
Clickthrough and
rate
2.
coverage poor
Ad text relevance (copy)
3.
3. Content owners
Triggering / editors
text relevance
don’t know rules of SEO
4. Landing page relevance and speed
4. Insufficient unique content
So, depends on brand, copywriting, account structure,
5. Internal linkingtesting.
match types, strategies
not used
6. External link-building
tactics weak

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 How good is your
§ keyphrase-level
Should show: reporting?
•Potential demand from keyphrase estimators
•Your actual performance
(position, clicks, conversion, sales, value):
–Paid – absolute and relative
–Natural – absolute and relative

Use “Google Keyword tool” to identify categories/volume of searches

http://www.marketing-online.co.uk/wiki/Keyphrase_Market_Potential_Tools

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 Analyse keyword type mix &
contribution
§

Source: Google
 Which SEO ranking factors
should we focus on?
§ On page optimisation:
• <title> tag = 4.9/5
• Keyword frequency and density = 3.7/5
• Keyword in headings = <h1> = 3.1, <h2> = 2.8

• Keyword in document name = 2.8

• Meta name description = 2/5
• Meta name keywords = 1/5

§ Off-page optimisation:
• More backlinks (higher PageRank)= 4/5
• Link anchor text contains keyword = 4.4/5

• Page assessed as a hub = 3.5/5

• Page assessed as an authority = 3.5/5
• Link velocity (rate at which changes) = 3.5/5
See http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors
http://www.davechaffey.com/blog/seo/update-to-seomoz-seo-ranking-factors

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 Monitoring
online
influencers
& partners:
- Your own
• - by:
Monitor
Competitors
Yahoo! Site Explorer http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
•

• Not Google link: - it’s not comprehensive

• Majestic SEO (www.majesticseo.com) or SEOMoz Linkscape (www.seomoz.org)
• Google alerts service: www.google.com/alerts or www.gigaalert.com
• Reputation management tools:
• www.davechaffey.com/online-reputation-management-tools

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 Adwords: Understanding influence of
Quality Score is ESSENTIAL

Glossary:

CTR = Clickthrough rate

Ad text relevance = Match of

headline and description to
search term

Keyword relevance = Match of

triggering keyword to search
term

c. 2006 – formula no longer published. For latest Landing

see: page relevance =
https://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?answer=10215
Match
<title>, <h1..n> headings, copy
Tip: Check a selection of your Quality scores and relevance for keywords within AdWords Ad
Groups
 Some ideas for linkbait.
NB These work best for blogs…
1. Web Tools: handy applications that help consumers, businesses.
2. Widgets: embeddable code or images people can put on their
page to calculate or present data
3. Embedded Content: videos, podcasts, images…
4. Beginner’s Guide to / How to’s: Can be serious or tongue-in-
cheek
5. Top 10 Ways to: Lists of any length are easy to build and
universally popular.
6. Surveys and polls: For example Polldaddy.com
7. Contests: Give away something (anything) and feature lucky
winners
8. Multiple Expert Opinions: A panel of experts
9. Interviews: As text, videos or podcast.
10. Encyclopedia-style Articles: Use your expertise
11. Awards or Recognition: Create a series of awards for your field.
12. Newsletter content. Other features or all the above!

Source: SEOmoz
 How is an Ad Group Structured?

Q. What are my controls?

Daily budget
Where, when ads displayed
Google Network

Triggering keywords
Keyword match type
Max CPC bids
Copy

https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6106
 How do you vary creative?
Generic

Specific

Brand

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New Google Ad Extensions > Ad Site
Links
§ Navigational/ Brand
Navigational / Brand search
search ad ad examples
examples

Examples: Pure brand, Brand plus,

Misspellings, URLs
Match type targeting
Tip: Check for negative keywords to
use

Source: Google
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Source: http://www.slideshare.net/gamages/advertising-fireworks-social-bonfires
 The 4 key areas of online PR
AKA Social media strategy?
E-PR activities E-PR activities
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o Influencing media
owners Different forms of social presence:
Source: Dave Chaffey, presented to AdTech London, 2006
Facebook, Twitter, other?

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 Integrated (E)PR example

http://www.offshore.hsbc.com/1/2/expatexplorer

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But it’s the power of the story to generate links

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How good is your online campaign
§ tracking?
Q1. Unified de-duped cross-media reporting?
§ Q2. Granularity – referrer, product, customer?
§ Q3. Multi-touch customer behaviour?
□ How well do you understand sales cycle
□ Which referrer do you attribute sale to?
• Last click or weighted attribution.

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 Understanding channel contribution – Travel
example

LEGEND:

D = Display
S = Search
X = Shopping

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Source: AdTech London 2006
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Step 7. Integrate your online and offline

comunications
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Supporting channel-switching behaviour

How well do you support channel switching? Tracked call? Live Chat?
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 Offline media will remain
significant drivers of online visitors
Television

Press -
Display

Press -
Classified

Direct Mail

Internet

Outdoor

Radio

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers / Internet Advertising Bureau / Advertising Association / Radio Advertising Bureau / WARC

Implications?

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 Granular call tracking example

Source: http://www.clickthrough-marketing.com/phone-call-tracking.php
Alternatives: http://www.freshegg.com/call-track-id.htm, http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/call-metrics/

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Step 8. Improve your

site’s efficiency and effectiveness
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What do these companies have in common?
What is effective about their brand/user experience?

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 Common features of companies which
use digital channels effectively
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Planned conversion optimisation

Source:

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What will give us the biggest uplift? nt

Home page Landing pages

Category pages Branding & utility

pages

Product pages Search pages

Conversion goal pages Check out pages

Practical Tip – Identifying most important page types by Landing

page volume, Content Drilldown volume, $Index (low or high),
bounce and exit rates multiplied by page views

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 “Points of Resolution”
Home page About Us

Search page Practical Tip

Review % age of visits by
different landing page types
(for first time and repeat visitors)
Category page

Product page Detailed product info

Sub-product page Pricing

Checkout / forms Security & Privacy

Tailored landing page

 B2B example:
The evolution of Salesforce landing pages

tinyurl.com/salesforce-example
 Not landing pages but conversion
pathways! Segmented landing pages

Practical Tip – Scent Trails and Conversion Pathways

Consider options for providing alternative “conversion pathways” for
different audiences

Source: http://tinyurl.com/two-step-landing-pages and http://tinyurl.com/landing-page-myths

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 Sound advice…

See also Logan Tod

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 Conversion Tip 1: Show your
credibility
§ 1. Presumed
General assumptions in the
mind of the perceiver

§ 2. Surface
Simple inspection or initial
first-hand experience

§ 3. Reputed
Third party endorsements,
reports or referrals

§ 4. Earned
First hand experience that
extends over time
www.euroffice.co.uk

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 Conversion Tip 2. Highlight
customer journeys. Incorporate
relevant merchandising

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 Conversion Tip 3.
Use point-of-action assurances

http://www.bryaneisenberg.com/2010/05/want-more-actions-leverage-the-point-of-action
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Conversion Tip 4. Ensure you have the

right product info

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Autoglass MVT case study - control
 TV Comparison

TV - Off TV - On

+2.4% +6.4%

-1.3% +14.8%
Service message testing

+5.3%
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Step 9. Refine your customer

E-communication strategy
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Key E-campaign ingredient 1?

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 Buzz =
Engaging + Participative
§ Example engagement devices:
□ Search boxes
□ Questions
□ Quizzes
□ Polls
□ Calculators
□ Interactive Q&A
□ Call-backs
□ Viral games
Key E-campaign ingredient 2?

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www.tourismirelandtaxichallenge.com

Tip. Give your campaign momentum, inertia!

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Key E-campaign
ingredient 3?

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 Remailing to opening-non
converters

Response
increases by 25%
for campaign

First Campaign, Second Campaign,

Open rate, 8 to Open rate, 50 to
10% 75%
CCR = 0.2% CCR = 0.2%

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Tip. Source:
Repeat E-mailings
E-consultancy where
Masterclass possible
2005 - BCA

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 Multi-message example Email campaign 2
Remailing with urgency

Response
increases by 40%
for campaign

First Campaign, Second

CCR = 0.2% Campaign,
CCR = 0.2%
Source: E-consultancy Masterclass 2005 - BCA

Tip. Use time-limited offers

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 Multi-message example - Email campaign 3

Response
increases, 100% for
direct mail piece.

Teaser e-mail. No
online response
Direct Mail

Combined response
from e-mail and
direct mail is 125%
better than no e-
mail.

Pre-mail, with online

response Direct Mail
Source: E-consultancy Masterclass 2005 - BCA

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Key E-campaign ingredient 4?

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Reach prospects and customers through
your web or network

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 Your email marketing capability?

Presented by Grant Baillie of Argos at 2008 Email marketing conference, with permission

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 Example of dynamic content insertion

Tip. Change order of offers

or features
according to segment
to increase relevance

120120 Presented by Grant Baillie of Argos at 2008 Email marketing conference,, with permisssion
 Types of event-triggered emails
used

Source:

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 Basic registration triggered e-mails
“Learn more through time”

“Watch, don’t ask”

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 BT - It’s all about past actions… “Recognition of
activity”

Recognition of Purchase
previous purchase Dispatched +7d

+14d +21d

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 Summary – options for farming
§ Purchase behaviour: segments
RFM §

□ Buyer vs non-buyer □ Proportional

□ One-time vs multiple □ Hard-coded
§ Email activity § Category purchased
□ Active vs inactive clicker § Appending lifestyle data
□ Number of clicks on email § Value
§ Web activity
□ Visited, never visited
□ Browsed, not bought
§ Channel activity
□ Web vs Store vs Catalogue

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 Struct
ure

Strate Syste
gy ms

Super
ordinate
goals

Skills Style

Staff
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Step 10. Resource the digital

channel effectively
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 A final question…
How agile are you?
§ “It is not the M odelling
strongest of the Effectiveness
‘Doing the Right Thing’
species that Research and Analysis
survives, nor the O ptimisation
Efficiency
most intelligent that ‘Doing the Thing Right’
Continuous improvement
survives. A utomation
Efficiency
‘Doing the Thing Right’
§ It is the one that is Automated tools

the most adaptable

to change.”
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