Social media is everywhere, unless you live under a rock. But proving ROI and connecting social media to sales seems ever elusive.
Brad Windecker, President of Orchestra LLC, a B2B software and services company that helps small and midsize companies solve business problems by extending SAP, shares social media successes and lessons learned to help you deliver leads and sales through this fast growing channel.
HubSpot Webinar | Orchestra Directs New Sales with Social Media
1. Today’s webinar will begin shortly Please note there are TWO ways to hear the audio portion of this webcast: 1 2 Via Telephone Use Dial In Information listed in the Go To Webinar Console Streaming Audio through Your Computer’s Speakers
2. HubSpot Case StudyOrchestra Directs New Sales with Social Media Featuring: Brad Windecker, President, Orchestra LLC Moderator: Kirsten Knipp, Director Product Evangelism, HubSpot $
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4. About Our Speakers Brad Windecker President & Co-Founder Brad grew up in a family business and combined his education in entrepreneurship and business to oversee Orchestra’s vision, direction, and partnerships vital to customers’ success @orchestrateam Kirsten KnippDirector, Product Evangelism Professional tech & social media marketer with experience in telco, semiconductors, enterprise & SMB software. Recovering hotelier. @kirstenpetra
5. About HubSpot Inbound Marketing software & advice that helps SMB businesses grow 2006 2,300+ 98% 130+ Founded Customers Retention Employees
6. About Orchestra Business Technology firm that helps small and midsize companies solve problems 2008 30+ 20+ 20,000 Founded Customers Technology Partners YouTube Views
7. Agenda Discovering Inbound Marketing Blogging & Social Media at Orchestra Measuring Results Challenges, Lessons Learned & Tips
38. Macro Results of Blogging & Social Media About Orchestra Strong Traffic & Lead Growth
39. Brand Awareness from Social Media Recognition | Industry Websites Thought Leadership Status Web 2.0 Penetration Recognition | Industry Leaders
40. Social Media Leads Have Real Value Initial Blog Post Tweet Orchestra uses 10 FREE business tools to run our business. Check it out: http://bit.ly/8Wrel Joint effort discussion Email from Website Form ...we have a free tool, can you mention our website and product?... We’ll mention you, you mention us Partner Links Mention in Newsletter Unique Hubspot tokenized URL $ Web Lead via CTA Traffic to Orchestra.com Lead Source: Newsletter with Hubspot Token
41. Agenda Discovering Inbound Marketing Blogging & Social Media at Orchestra Measuring Results Challenges, Lessons Learned & Tips
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43. Get the word out in a simple wayInvest in learning: watch HubSpot & other webinars, read marketing blogs and try new things
44. We welcome your questions & feedback Brad Windecker President & Co-Founder @orchestrateam brad@orchestrateam.com p: 877-683-2648 x701 Kirsten KnippDirector, Product Evangelism @kirstenpetra kknipp@hubspot.com 1-617-401-2840
KIR: Good afternoon and welcome to today’s webinar – TITLE, featuring SPEAKER … a very successful HubSpot customer.My name is Kirsten Knipp, I run Product Evangelism at HubSpot and I’ll be helping moderate today’s session … **********Synopsis for Posts, Email Campaigns & Landing Pages************
I’ll do a quick intro of Brad and then ask Brad to share a few highlights about his backgroundI’ll intro myself briefly
I’ll do a quick introduction of HubSpot … then I’ll tee it up for you to introduce VOVICI & go from there …HUBSPOT is a Cambridge MA based company that was founded in 2006 based on the ideas and efforts of two MIT colleagues who wanted to make modern, inbound marketing accessible and help people ride the wave of change that the web is bringing about – helping customer their businesses online.We’ve been around for three years and serve more than 2300 clients on HubSpot with our team of about 130+ employees (and growing).About 15-20 companies sign up every day for HubSpot because we provide a really cost effective way to master inbound marketing and increase qualified leads.
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Kirsten covers overview of Agenda & then hands over to Brad – I will give you mouse control as well …
Orchestra before Inbound MarketingWe had a website with little contentWe purchased leads from a service for a big feeWe handled each lead uniquely - taking a lot of time and effort to manageWe considered "doing what was normal" and hiring telemarketers
POLL #1 this will be about their company size … so we can comment on relative resource pool at any given company.How we discovered Inbound MarketingWe knew the old model of selling was not sustainable (buying leads)We're a small fish in a big pond, how do we make a splashWe have limited resources for marketingWe needed a competitive advantage, and found it in being a first mover in social media for our industryWatched a Hubspot webinar and was sold on the tool as a central hub for all Inbound marketing
Orchestra before Inbound MarketingWe had a website with little contentWe purchased leads from a service for a big feeWe handled each lead uniquely - taking a lot of time and effort to manageWe considered "doing what was normal" and hiring telemarketersHow we discovered Inbound MarketingWe're a small fish in a big pond, how do we make a splashProcess for Blogging & Social Media … Leverage tools of the trade, most are freeChallenges, Learnings, and TipsResults Speak Louder than Words
Our Thought Process for Blogging & Social MediaStrategy drives everything we doBlogging is the hub and drives everything elseWe measure everything and share the resultsNEXT STEPS maybe this should be in the lessons learned / next steps part? Conversion is the goal, so landing pages & calls to action are our focus in future
Process of BloggingStart with a strategy for the keywords and topic (i.e. new version of our software)Write a blog that is 3-5 paragraphs, with clear headers that are keyword heavyAlways have a visual, ideally a videoPicture of the person who wrote itLink to other parts of our websiteGet others involved in blogging to create multiple voices
Poll #2: Which of the following social media tools does your company use today. We’ll see who is doing what … and share some perspectives.Spread the blog virallySetup unique URL in Hubspot for easy metricsTweet it with the Hubspot linkHave staff retweet it from their accountsPost it on LinkedIn GroupsSyndicate it to news/article sites (Ulitzer etc.)Leverage tools of the trade, most are freeCompany Blog & websiteHubspotTwitter & TweetDeck for trendsLinkedInYouTubeSlideshareFacebookIndustry social networks (SAP Community, Apple Developer Community)Press Release websites
Measure and refineLook to Hubspot to see what works and what doesn'tWhat's the traffic to conversion ratio?What keywords drive the traffic?
Orchestra before Inbound MarketingWe had a website with little contentWe purchased leads from a service for a big feeWe handled each lead uniquely - taking a lot of time and effort to manageWe considered "doing what was normal" and hiring telemarketersHow we discovered Inbound MarketingWe're a small fish in a big pond, how do we make a splashProcess for Blogging & Social Media … Leverage tools of the trade, most are freeChallenges, Learnings, and TipsResults Speak Louder than Words
Results Speak Louder than WordsMeasuring success with HubspotOrganic traffic growth visual (attached to email)Tracking our competitors in HubspotDiscovering keywords with Hubspot and targeting them in blogsThought Leadership status within a huge industryGot attention of SAP, a Fortune 500 giantInbound Marketing > Twitter > Lead > $$$
Needs more images … Do you have an image of where you are presenting next …Or tweets / emails of folks who follow you?
Orchestra before Inbound MarketingWe had a website with little contentWe purchased leads from a service for a big feeWe handled each lead uniquely - taking a lot of time and effort to manageWe considered "doing what was normal" and hiring telemarketersHow we discovered Inbound MarketingWe're a small fish in a big pond, how do we make a splashProcess for Blogging & Social Media … Leverage tools of the trade, most are freeChallenges, Learnings, and TipsResults Speak Louder than Words
Challenges, Learnings, and TipsStart with a strategy and a way to measure successRequires commitment to do it regularlyEngage key staff and share the results & successFavorite adage: "don't get it right, get it written"Resist urge to be perfectStart by getting the word out in a simple wayExample: start using twitter be retweeting others, and learn from other peopleInvest in learning, this is new for everyone, so watch webinars, read marketing blogs, and attend Hubspot webinars