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let’stalkbigpicturethenthebig3ahandfulofsmallerplayersstaffingforsocialmediawhatthefutureholdsQ&A!
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sowhybother?
Ifyoursocialmediafanswill
• Recommendyoutotheirfriends• Likeyourbrandmore• Bemoreinfluencedby(cheap!)socialmediathantradiIonalmedia
• Spendmore• Staywithyoulonger• CostlesstoacquirenewIcketbuyers
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andoutsidethemarkeIngoffice
• CustomerService• Fundraising• MakingArt
• CrowdsourcingSoluIons• ProfessionalNetworking• ThoughtLeadership
bigpicture
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1. Addressarealproblem
2. Haveameaningfulgoal3. TestseveralopIons4. Trackwhatyoudo,andwhattheresultsare5. Beyourself,notyourbrand6. Adaptyourcontentfordifferentpla`orms7. It’sokaytorepeat8. Simplifyyourmetricstoasingledashboard
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buildrelaIonships,notonenightstands
• Ticketbuyers• Localbusinesses• Othertheatres• CurrentandpotenIalemployees• ArIsts• Alumni• Vendors• Funders• Localresidents• Curiousonlookers
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whatyoumeasurema5ers
sadly,there’snosecretformula
h5p://bit.ly/100ways
thinkaboutmicroconversions
li5lestepsalongapathtoabiggoal
problem.goal.tacBc.metric.
150millionUSusersonFacebook
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older,andengagedonlinethanyoumightthink.
Averageuser• Logsindaily• Spends55minutes• Has130friends• Creates70piecesofcontenteachmonth• Like7pagespermonth
areyouoneofthe42TCGtheatresnotusingFacebook?
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Group6%
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MulIpleDaily10%
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PS:ReVision,TeatrodelPueblo,GableStage,ActIIPlayhouse,PURETheatre,ChanceTheater,NextTheatreCo,LostNaIon,SummerPlayFesIval,WaterfrontPlayhouse—yourlinksarewrong!
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measureit
Youhavethetools(ifnottheIme)toknowifyourFacebookfansspendmoremoneyatyourtheatre.Export!
Compare!
Analyze!
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60millionUSusers
Averageuser• 5followers• Hastweeted<10Imes• Isintheir30s• Hasacollegedegree• LivesoutsidetheUS
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• SearchformenIonsofyourbrandname,showyou’reproducing,localcompeItors,‘theatre’inyourarea,etc
• MakefriendswithothersinyourareatweeIng(theatres,criIcs,localartsagency,localpoliIcians,etc).
• Consider:Twiyercontests,tweetseats,twiyerficIon,seekingoutnewfolowers,respondingtoeveryone,linkingtoyourothercontent,custombackgrounds.
• TwiyerasCRM:make(private)listsofusers.Segmentfollowersbytype.
• TrackyourdatainrealIme.
so?
measureit!
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• Reach:followers(notjusthowmany,butwho)• Engagement:@menIon
• Influence:#ffandlisted• SenIment:contentofthetweetsabout/toyou
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2billionviews/day
24hoursofvideouploadedperminute
Averageuserwatches15minutesperday
EvenlysplitM/F
Mostpopularvideoplayed200millionx
LORTtop20casestudy
Viewersengageona“pervideo”basis
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Relatedvideosaretopreferralsource
80%ofviewsoccurmorethan2monthsaherposIngdate
Playsgethigherviewsonaveragethanmusicals
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so?
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• Embedvideosonyourwebsite• Understandviewerdemographics• Usekeywordtags• Addvideostoplaylists• Monitor&moderatecomments
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foursquare
1millionusersand1millioncheckinsperday
LORTStudyJanuary–April2010• checkinshavemorethantripled• uniqueuserscheckinginhavealmosttripled• thenumberoftheatreswithanycheckinshasgrown30%• averagecheckinsperpersonhasgrown41%
MySpace
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Anexitstrategy• Checktoseeifyourfanbaseoverlapswithanotherpla`orm• Pollyouraudiencetoseeiftheywantyouonthepla`orm• GivefansImetotransiIon• Leaveafinalpostthatyou’renolongercheckingtheaccount• ConsiderdeleIngtheaccount
8%oftheatresloggedinFebruary.4%hadfancomments.TheyhadfewercommentsoverthelifeofMySpacethantheirFacebookpagegetsinaweek.
flickr
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4billionphotosuploaded.Facebookuploads2.5billioneverymonth.
LORTstudy:• 23%havemorethan10contacts• 1/3don’ttagphotos
TheatreshaveusedFlickrto:• Askfanstocontributephotosofthemselves• Sendfansonaphotoscavengerhunt• Sellorrentcostume/setpieces• PromotegalaaucIonitemstodonors• Askfanstoprovideinsightondesignimages• Stafftosharelivesoutsidethetheatre• Givefanstourofthetheatre&offices
blogs
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25%ofTCGtheatrewebsiteslinktoablog2009renewedinterest(LORT)Onaveragepost3ImeseachmonthMostpopular:differentauthorforeverypost
GoodNews:• Archiveofyourhistory• PermanentlinktosendinformaIon• Thoughtleadershipinthefield• Schools/universiIes—student/internlife• ValueofSEO/recencytoyourwebsite
Badnews:• Veryliyleengagement• Lotsofeffort• Unclearreadership
howmuchImedoyouhave?
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4.8Facebook
4.4Twiyer
2.9Blog
2.9YouTube
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Thinkabout• Fitbetweenwho’sspeaking&thepla`orm• Howtoeducatethestaffabouthowtouseit• Staffengagementasameasureofsuccess• Socialmediapolicyforpersonaluse
sowhatareyourchoices?
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MarkeBng/CommunicaBons• MarkeIngAssociate(3)• CommunicaIonsManager(2)• MarkeIngManager(2)• MarkeIngDirector(2)• MarkeIngCoordinator(2)• AssociateMarkeIngDirector• CommunicaIonsAssociate• DirectorofCommunicaIonsandMarkeIng• MarkeIngdude• MarkeIngmavens• DirectorofCommunityEngagement• MarkeIngIntern• NewMediaManager• MarkeIngAssistant• AudienceDevelopmentAssociate• PublicRelaIonsManager• MarkeIngandDevelopmentAssociate• InteracIveMediaManagerandMarkeIngAssistant• DirectorofMarkeIngandInternetServicesManagerandAssistantDirectorofDevelopment• MarkeIngdepartment
ArBsBc• MostlybyLiteraryManager
• SomeImesbyExecuIveDirector• Co‐ArIsIcDirector
• AssociateArIsIcDirectorandProducer• ArIsIcFellow
• ArIsIcAssociatetypicallytweets• ArIsIcDirector
• ProducingArIsIcDirector• AssociateDirector
Other• ManagingDirector(2)
• EducaIonAdministrator• ResidentProducIonStageManager
butwhatif?
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IttakestoomuchIme
Onceyougetthehangofit,itdoesn’t.CheaperthanmostothermarkeIngefforts.
Itwon’tsellIckets
BuildarelaIonshipwithyourfans
SocialMediaisjustafadPla`ormsmaycomeandgo.Thebestwaytobepreparedisto(though`ully)
experimentonthecurrentone.
Peoplesaybadthingsaboutus
Theyalreadyare.BemoreincontroloftheconversaIonaroundyourbrand