search for integration: how leading uk brands have delivered success
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Nick Jones of I Spy discusses the importance of optimising the entire customer journey, giving examples from leading UK brands, expressing the importance of planning and measuring these journeys concluding in addressing how the face of search is changing.TRANSCRIPT
Search for Integration: How leading UK brands have delivered success
Today’s presentation
■ Introduction to I Spy■ Optimising the entire customer journey – Jobsite
success story■ Multi Channel Marketing – Links of London success
story■ Conclusion
Clients
Optimising the entire customer journey
Jobsite Integrated Marketing
Search seen as core activity, embedded into 360° media planning
Look, feel, call to action and tone reflected across all media on and offline
Digital budgets aligned with offline campaign timings “lateral keywords” bought in support of TV campaign Massive push to achieve #1 position in natural search
for “Jobs” Sophisticated retargeting used to support search Conversion testing undertaken to improve website
Jobsite Integrated Marketing
TVPress and Outdoor
Jobsite Integrated Marketing
Search
Facebook Advertising
Display & Retargeting
Mobile
Social
Integrated Success
Cost per CV and cost per job application both 78% lower than Paid Search through Dynamically Display Retargeting
Jobsite can increase their search engine visibility by 138% during TV activity
Jobsite can expect searchable CV volume to increase 135% during TV activity
Links key objectives
Take offline messages online Ensure seamless communication across all channels Drive online sales... but also... Drive online customers in store Encourage consumers to order online if out of stock Collect email addresses in-store Make the brand more accessible (iPhone apps) Utilise social media as a customer service channel Support events and exclusives through search and social
Converged approach
Friendship Blitz objectives
‘friendship’ theme to encourage a buzz
Make the friendship bracelet an icon
Increase sales of friendship bracelets
What Links of London did
Eight gnome hunts in the UK over 4 months
Gave away 100’s of bracelets to people who followed clues to find gnomes
Three stages of clues leading to a public place
Email database to recruit ‘gnome hunters’
Facebook & Twitter to give clues
Comical content of gnomes at work on Youtube
The blog to increase content available about the hunt
Paid search
Marketing Channels Links of London used
Links of London Mail Shots
What happened in the online hunts?
Blog Twitter
The bigger picture
Learning from the Gnome Hunt
Online absolutely drives footfall in-store and vice versa
Social channels are invaluable Sale of Friendships have continued to grow and
exceed sales expectations Facebook fans have continued to grow and are
now 37,000+
Giving search the X Factor
Giving search the X Factor
CampaignLaunch
EMEA Retail Jewellery Sales By Week
Conclusion
Use consistent, unified messages across all channels
Schedule search activity to amplify the effect of all other activity and “close the loop”
Think laterally for opportunities in paid search
Optimise social media to amplify the effectiveness of natural search and offline channels
Understand how different devices work together
Ensure you have the analytics and tracking in place to understand how the channels fit together