How to Promote an Event with Social Media and Inbound Marketing. Presented at #smseminar - join the live webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/333540968

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How to Promote an Event with
Inbound Marketing
Ellie Mirman
Inbound Marketing Manager
HubSpot
Twitter: @ellieeille

2. Outbound Marketing

3. Outbound Marketing is Broken
800-555-1234
Annoying
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Salesperson

4. The Bad News
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5. The Good News

6. Inbound Marketing
Blog
g SEO Social Media

7. Budget vs. Brains
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8. Inbound Marketing Process
Process Tools
• Publish • Content Mgmt
• Optimize Get Found • Blogging
• Promote • Social Media
• SEO
• Target • Offers / CTAs
• Capture Convert • Landing Pages
• Nurture • Emails
• Lead Intel
• Test • Analytics
• Analyze
ay e Measure
• Repeat

9. 7 Steps to
Promoting an
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Event with
Inbound Marketing
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10. 1. Create a Hub for the Event
Central location
for event
information
Optimize for
search

11. Organic Search is Better
Free
Pay Per Click – 25% of Clicks
More traffic
Smarter people Organic Results
75% of Clicks
Longer lasting
Source: Marketing Sherpa and Enquiro Research

12. Pick Your Keyword Battles
1. Search volume
2.
2 Relevance to your business
3. Competition
• “event”
• “community development event”
• “community development event
Bastrop TX”
TX
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13. How Does Google Decide?
On-Page Off-Page
25% 75%

14. On-Page SEO
Page Title
URL
H1, H2, H3 tags
Page Text
• Bold
Meta Tags & Description

15. Off-Page SEO
Recommendations from friends
1. know H bS t”
1 “I k HubSpot”
2. “HubSpot is a marketing expert”
3. You t t th
3 Y trust the person saying this
i thi
Links are online recommendations
1. Link: www.HubSpot.com
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2. Link with anchor text: Internet Marketing
3. Link from a trusted website

16. Microsites a Macro Mistake?
Separate Brand vs. SEO Starting Line
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17. 2. Leverage Your Network
• Email Newsletter
• Facebook Page Update
• Facebook Group Message
• LinkedIn Group Message/Discussion
• Post on Blog / Website

18. 3. Leverage Speakers & Sponsors
Make it easy to promote the event

19. 3. Leverage Speakers & Sponsors
Make it easy - badges

20. 3. Leverage Speakers & Sponsors
Make it easy – email copy & landing
pages
Dear sponsor,
Feel free to copy and paste the below copy for an email campaign or blog post.

21. 3. Leverage Speakers & Sponsors
Make it easy – giveaways & discounts

22. 4. Reach Out to Relevant Communities
Facebook Groups and Pages

23. 4. Reach Out to Relevant Communities
LinkedIn Groups

24. 4. Reach Out to Relevant Communities
Industry-Specific Communities
Local Event Listings

25. 4. Reach Out to Relevant Communities
1. Ask for suggestions about speakers
&t i
topics

26. 4. Reach Out to Relevant Communities
1. Ask for suggestions about speakers
&t i
topics
2. Share content from the event

27. 4. Reach Out to Relevant Communities
1. Ask for suggestions about speakers
&t i
topics
2. Share content from the event
3. Offer special discount

28. 5. Create a Community
Create a Facebook Group and/or
Event
E t

29. 5. Create a Community
Create a Twitter Hashtag

30. 5. Create a Community
Start the Conversation on Blog Posts

31. 6. Publish Content
Blog
Podcast
Videos
Photos
Presentations
P t ti
eBooks
News Releases

32. Content Drives Visitors
Search engines like
fresh content
People like fresh
content
More content means
M t t
more tickets in SEO
lottery

33. Encourage Others to Create Content
Tell them!

34. Encourage Others to Create Content
Make it easy!

35. Encourage Others to Create Content
Display their content!

36. Encourage Others to Create Content
Invite content creators
(media bloggers)
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• Find bloggers:
• Technorati
• Google Blog Search
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• Approach bloggers
• Read comment, develop a relationship
Read, comment

37. Encourage Others to Create Content
Provide a place!
• Designated “Media
Room” for bloggers,
media, interviews
• Wireless Internet for
real-time publishing

38. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
Hashtag

39. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
Monitor what’s published
• Google Alerts
• Twitter Search
• Flickr Search

40. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
RSS simplifies monitoring

41. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
Aggregate

42. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
Promote your content

43. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
Promote your content

44. 7. Optimize & Promote Content
Promote flattering content

45. 8. Bonus!
Test, Analyze, Repeat
lather
rinse
repeat
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46. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
Reach
Content
Keyword Rank
Inbound Links
Reviews

47. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
• By Source – use tracking tokens!
www.mywebsite.com/?source=email_partner1

48. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
• By Source – use tracking tokens!
discount code PartnerCode1
14
12
10
8 Traffic
6 Subscribers
4 Registrants
2
0
Partner 1 Partner 2 Speaker 1 Speaker 2

49. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
Blog Email Twitter
Reach 60
• Blog Subscribers
og Subsc be s 50
• Email Subscribers 40
30
• Twitter Followers
20
• Facebook Fans 10
• etc. 0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

50. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
Reach
Content

51. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
Reach
Content
Keyword Rank

52. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
Reach
Content
Keyword Rank
Inbound Links

53. What to Measure
Registrants / Attendees
Reach Session Rating Speaker Rating
5
Content
4
Keyword Rank 3
Inbound Links 2
Reviews 1
0
A B C D

54. How to Measure
Where to Start: Website.Grader.com

55. Thank You!
Questions?
More Resources:
Blog.HubSpot.com
InboundMarketing.com
HubSpot.com/Free-Trial
Ellie Mirman
Inbound Marketing Manager
HubSpot
Twitter: @ellieeille