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GEMMA CRAVEN | JULY 25, 2014
How to Prepare Your Social Program for Christmas in July
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! Establish a relationship with fans and advocates
! Use content and listening to define your social voice
! Plan to surround the customer where they are in the Holidays
! Outline your paid strategy ! Set your social goals early
Agenda
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and plan ahead now for year end, AKA "Christmas in July”.
Social marketers should learn from retailers
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Establish a relationship with customers and advocates early
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to engage with consumers or to work on creating brand advocates – find those advocates who are already talking about you and build a relationship with them starting NOW.
Don’t wait until November
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Define your social voice to stand out from the crowd
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Define your social voice and use content to further develop it in social channels, so that come the end of year rush, your fans clearly know who you are and what you stand for.
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Plan early to surround the customer where they are
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your end target’s daily routine will be different during the Holiday period and then design a social program that will reach them. Bring internal partners with you when planning to secure the approvals you need from the outset.
Think about how
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Outline your paid strategy now
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Defining a paid strategy in July will allow you to clearly define the goals of a paid program, your target audience and which social ad products will work best to reach that audience. It will also allow vital time for test and learn.
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Determine your goals for the Holidays
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watertight and business aligned goals and manage internal expectations for year-end social media marketing programs. What are your company’s overall goals for connecting with customers around the holidays? And how do your social programs feed into those goals?
This is a time to establish
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! Establish a relationship with fans and advocates
! Use content and listening to define your social voice
! Plan to surround the customer where they are in the Holidays
! Outline your paid strategy ! Set your social goals early
Conclusion
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Summer is the time to work on holiday planning to ensure impactful social media marketing.
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