By Luke Cameron Marketing: digital, social, or otherwise. Are current metrics enough to prove its value? When we spend money on something, we want to know it works. This remains true for marketing. After all, organisations allot large sums towards it. Therefore, we need to show that it's a practice that more than pays for itself. Marketers have employed many metrics to show just that. Likes, comments, downloads, reviews, and polls to name a few. But these old favourites may soon fall by … [Read more...]
Social Media Tips and Tricks
After working in social media for over 10 years now I have collected and published a range of information to assist business owners and those that work in the space. Here is a collection below: Tips for Context Marketing Social Media Top Ten Tips Social Media and Conferences Dark Social Healthcare Social Media Tips Please get in touch if you would like our social media mentoring services we are happy to tailor a program that is right for you. We can deliver social media … [Read more...]
Digital Marketing: Dept Family and Comm Services NSW
Digital Marketing and Recruitment: In September 2017 we embarked on a critical Passive Recruitment drive for FACSs. This involved the development of a digital marketing strategy including tactical elements such as Facebook and LinkedIn advertising as well as organic content. In 2018 we embarked on Phase 2 of the recruitment phase and developing additional touchpoints to deepen the candidate experience such as collaborating on a Career Expo as well as developing additional organic content for … [Read more...]
Social Media Consulting to PR Agencies
Did you know that Digital Democracy has trained and consulted with many PR and Marketing agencies in digital communications? Consulting has included comprehensive social media training through to one off strategic campaign advice. Some of the agencies we have consulted to include: … [Read more...]
Social Media Management
Social Media Management is a hot topic. Last month I was invited to give a presentation on Best Practice Social Media Management to a women's business organisation. We had a blast! (as you can see from the photo) Some of the key issues we discussed were: -how much time do I need to put into social media? -how can I create good content? and what does the term content marketing mean? -how can I measure success? -what is a social media strategy and how can it be … [Read more...]
Social Media Top Ten Tips
1. Strategy Development - Social Media Some business owners start to dabble in social media without a social media strategy. This means they are simply starting up platforms without clear objectives or a roadmap to get there. Often clients choose the wrong platforms or set up too many social media channels and do not have the time to service them. Having a strategy document is critical if you want to hit your targets and save time. 2. Tools While strategy is a key element of success, … [Read more...]
Branding 101’s
How important is Branding? “A great brand comes from a place of truth about what a business authentically represents, and about what its products means to its customers. It’s not magic, it’s insight.” What is a Brand? Ever wondered what it is that drives people to queue up outside Apple stores from the night before the launch of a new iPhone? Or why is the urge to own a pair of Nike's or sport a Rolex so strong that you would happily forgo dine outs and your regular coffee to save up … [Read more...]
Healthcare Digital Marketing: What are People Searching for Online?
Healthcare digital marketing is now clearly under the spotlight! A large number of people share and search for health-related information on Web-based social media. This activity has been increasing over the past 10 years and yet to date we have known little about who is posting and what information they are sharing. Recently a study based in the United States was published in J Med Internet Res 2015;17(4):e106 and these were their findings: Objective: The aims of this study were to … [Read more...]
Dark Social: What it is and how to harness it
I was training a pr company in digital marketing last week and one of the team asked 'What is Dark Social? We had just discussed Black Hat SEO so the dark! theme for the morning was really hitting its straps. Dark Social is simply the sharing that happens off social networks. This could be sharing a link via email or messenger or receiving a gift suggestion from a friend etc. Think about how many times you have emailed colleagues or friends with a Read This! subject link of the latest news … [Read more...]
Non Profit Digital Marketing Trends 2016
Recently the 2016 Digital Outlook Report: Nonprofit Trends and Strategy was released and while the study was based in the US it does have some marketing insights for local non profits: 49% of respondents will be investing more budget in Social Media Promotion / Communication in 2016. This is because many future followers/ supporters can be found across a variety of social channels, and orgs are putting most of their plans and strategy into Facebook this year. The report has found that … [Read more...]