Success of a Digital Marketing Campaign with Your Team
When presenting a digital marketing campaign to your team, provide a comprehensive plan anchored by data (use your Google Analytics, Search Console, Insights from Facebook, Instagram, Mailchimp, etc.) to strengthen the success of the project and eventually earn everyone’s trust.
Review what has been done and how it can improve. If you have an existing website with no keywords, then it is time to explore SEO. If you have been posting on social with less than a hundred engagement, then consider running FB ads.
Create a timeline so everyone knows what needs to be accomplished every week or month. A delay of one is a delay of all.
Assign owner/s per task to make each member accountable to every deliverable. Everyone has their own to-do’s; it is a must to carry it out right and submit on time.
Don’t leave the meeting with members clueless of their role. It is our responsibility to make sure that they are aware of what’s going to happen and what can they contribute to achieve the goals. We can start by giving an overview of their job or go as far as explaining their upcoming assignment in detail.
Pin the expectations with the right information. If client demands for a daily blog posting but you only have one writer onboard with other projects on hand, then proposed to make adjustments on the current writer’s load and rate or get additional manpower along with the added professional fee.
Get the full support of the team and other stakeholders. Make sure each staff follows the timeline and familiar with the processes with full understanding of “why” we are on this path.
Inspire the team but do not go beyond what cannot be accomplished. Offer realistic wins and real-life drawbacks. Client conversion will go up but first, we have to build on awareness strategy, and this can take a while.
Focus on sales but not just that. We should also keep our eyes on building strong relationships as this will go after a single purchase. Repeat and referrals are very much valued.
Successful implementation is going to be difficult if your team is not one with your endeavor. Work hard. Learn together. Stay focus and remain patient. Watch your business grow with digital marketing properly implemented and supported by each one involved.
Budget Overview for a Do-It-Yourself Digital Marketing Campaign in the Philippines
Drafting a digital marketing strategy can be overwhelming but it is always a must to create it before starting the campaign implementation. There are times that we might feel overloaded by the many information and we get lost in the process so it is necessary to run back to the written strategy. In the chaos of all the online activities (with trolls, fake news, endless platform glitches, and gazillions of information made ready and free), this serves as your anchor.
Know your company voice. Define your audience. Understand your industry. Build a core reason why you are here. And deliver what you promise. This goes on and we invest on more ways to improve. I’ve seen clients spend so much on software that they don’t really need, or they do not know how to use.
For a start, it is advisable to make the most of organic approach and take advantage of freemium services. This does not mean that we will not spend anymore. You must allot a reasonable budget for it.
Website
One of the most practical expenses for digital marketing at the onset is getting your own domain name, hosting, and web designer. For the latter and if you have some extra time, you can opt to do it yourself; Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress or Wix is user friendly. The domain name can go from Php2,500 to Php15,000 annually. For Web designer, around Php15,000 to 50,000 for non-ecommerce site. Once live, take care of it. Start with a human and search friendly website; the contents must be crawlable by Google and useful to human visitors.
Social Media
There are media that you must run an advertisement like Facebook. It used to be generous on free impressions ages ago for fan pages but business is business, and you don’t get that for free anymore unless you boost. Page like conversion can go from Php2 to 40 depending on your targeting and industry. Send message campaign can go from Php20 to Php175.
While Linkedin ad is more expensive but to some (depending on industries like that of B2B), can get more conversions— Cost Per Click (CPC) is Php200 to Php300 (will always vary on targeting and industry).
Influencers
Most relevant influencers will not really feature you for a minute or two on their platform unless you pay them. Some are okay to get x-deal. Important to make sure that your selections represent your audience and they have the number of reach that you cannot achieve for now. Per blog article (+social media mentions) can go from Php5,000 to Php75,000 for non-celebrity bloggers.
Email Marketing
You can also explore free trials then jump into subscription only if you appreciate the value to your business.
For email marketing, Mailchimp is a something to consider. It offers free subscription for 2,000 database. I would normally recommend the paid version because of the extended features and better design dashboard. Pricing for Essentials Plan (1,500 contacts) is around Php1,350/month
Design
For those who are not very much into photoshop, get Canva without a blink. It has wide design templates and very easy to use. Premium rate is Php2,500 annually for all the unlimited designs.
Post Scheduler/Listening
Hootsuite gives another freemium service with 2 social accounts. This comes handy for scheduling, tidying your profiles in one quick view, and listening. An upgraded Hootsuite to manage 10 social accounts is about Php2,500/month.
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There are many other tools to purchase with the promise of easing your online marketing life. Getting subscriptions may cost some money but it saves so much time and effort. But remember, not everything is worth buying. Try a free version and analyze how it can assist you before you subscribe.
The rates are overview and approximates only; it may change at a random but this gives you an idea on the cost estimate. From here, you can allot a more realistic budget to your campaigns.
Why Business Owners Must Be a Part of Online Marketing Campaigns
Even if your company gets a digital marketing team to run your campaigns, you just don’t drop the tasks to your consultants completely without understanding what’s going on. This does not mean that you have to write the social media content plan, interpret the insights, review the keywords for SEO, or run the boost—it is for them to work on. Rather, be a part of the online journey of your Team and contribute to improve the strategy. I have some clients who are suddenly in awe when they see their ranking move higher on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) or notice an increase in booking via Messenger. Wins cannot be achieved overnight and there will always be hiccups; some learning curves, trials and errors, series of adjustments but it is always an amazing process to take part.
Consider to have a key participation in identifying who your customers are. Where to find them, what they like, how to converse. There might be jargons that you need to explain; resources to share to the team so they can get a better grasp of the industry and the audience.
You are probably the best endorser of your company. On occasion, why not share and comment on your fan page posts; create a video narrating your story and services or maybe write an article to share your expertise. You are not going to do this alone; you have an online marketing team to back you up. They will definitely give their 100% support as you are providing one of the best contents ever! You do it naturally when writing for a blog page, for example, answer the common questions you have heard from your buyers and let ideas flow. It is then the role of your Team to edit the material for grammars and tweak it for SEO purpose. Engage. Put a face to your brand.
Monitor what’s going on. I would recommend to meet the Team weekly especially during the first three months to polish the direction and then once a month after that. No need to dive so much into the technical side; what matters is to know if the key performance indicators are achieved. Are we getting conversions on the website after running the Google Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaign? How much are we paying for every inquiry sent on messenger? Did we increase our database on Mailchimp after promoting opt-in promos?
"Listen. Ask questions. Learn. Participate. And witness the growth of your business.”
Thank You 2021!
Another year has gone by and it comes with many blessings and challenges. Learning several lessons in online marketing and gaining new friends from the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand; conversations mostly happen through virtual setup due to the persistent COVID-19 but fruitful talks happen either way.
I am very thankful to have been granted amazing clients for the entire 2021 despite the economic turmoil brought by the pandemic. It always brings some level of excitement when diving into a new industry and slowly understanding specific jargons; I love creating digital marketing strategy and watch it come to life with real results.
To all my clients, colleagues, partners, and readers… Thank you for the trust and for giving me an opportunity to help, teach, and learn at the same time.
To my family who is always very supportive as they see me daily in my office corner in high and low spirit, excited, puzzled, serious, grumpy (with no coffee yet), lost because of platform glitches and random algorithm updates, and beaming when I get to rank a client #1 on SERP. It is certainly an everyday dose of ups and downs at work but always worth exploring.
Here are some thoughts to contemplate for the new year:
What do you aim to achieve for your business this 2022? To get more valid inquiry from the website and messenger and convert them to buying customers.
How are you going to implement it? Run an SEO and Facebook advertising campaigns. Tweak content strategy based on insights.
How much is your budget?
Do you need to hire a consultant to make sure that the campaign is on the right track?
So many considerations at this point but always good to begin drafting what and where to focus for the new year so we don’t lose path midway.
Wishing everyone the best year and ultimate business growth for 2022. Excited to be part of your online marketing journey.