Christopher S. Penn – Marketing AI Keynote Speaker

Category: Social media

  • Hat tip is the new rip off and the content shock

    If you doubt whether we’re reaching a content shock, a point where the creation of content is a questionable exercise in value (even when it’s outstanding), look no further than this example of what gets the love in social media.

    The other day, I was surfing through my Facebook News Feed and I saw a story that piqued my interest, on 22 ways to creatively save space and hide ugly items. The story first appeared from a friend who shared it, and it looked like this.

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    Pretty cool. I scrolled to the bottom of the article and noticed there was a very brief link and attribution (“hat tip”) to a story on another site.

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    Someone had taken this story, mixed up the order of the 22 items, and reshared it as “original content”. I started to feel bad for the creator of this list of 22 items, because clearly it had taken them some time to assemble… or had it? At the bottom, another “hat tip” link, which led to…

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    The previous page had taken from this page and remixed the order again, a copy of a copy. As far as I could tell, this was the source list.

    This is the content shock in action. The originating site was now two remixes away from what was actually being shared, and the remixes would fail a grade school test in plagiarism, hat tip or not. Was it worth it for the original content creator to do the work and publish the content when blatant copies are reaping the rewards? At some point, the cost/benefits will have flipped for the original content creator vs. those who have the deep pockets or the traffic to rip off (“hat tip”) great original content.

    This happens to all sectors of content, all verticals, as evidenced by this post by friend Tom Webster. Plagiarism is a symptom of the content shock – the cost/benefits of ripping off someone else’s content are higher than creating your own.

    How do you solve this, if you’re a legitimately valuable content creator who wants to protect your work?

    First, make sure your content is inarguably yours. Find and develop a style of imagery and writing that sounds like you and only you. Use unusual words and phrases like “hat tip is the new rip off” that are easily searchable in Google so that you can identify simple plagiarism. Consider trying out tools like Copyscape to monitor, and Google your own stuff frequently.

    When it comes to images, develop a unique style and watermark, ideally in such a way that’s difficult to eliminate, making it part of a graphic. A hideously bad example of this would be to superimpose a chart over a photo of you, for example. A less obvious way to do that is with digital watermarking tools, some of which are built into applications like Photoshop, or even using steganography tools to embed copyright information into images. You may not necessarily want to do this for every image, but it’s worth the extra steps for big, important stuff.

    Finally, develop and grow your social network. The more eyes and ears you have out there who know what your stuff looks like and can alert you when they see something questionable, the better. I can’t attend every conference in the world, but by having lots of friends and allies, lots of people are listening on my behalf (and I on theirs). I can’t read every piece of content shared on Twitter, but with 75,000 of you out there reading, chances are we cover an awful lot together. (and thank you for being part of it)

    As the content shock weighs ever more heavily on publishers, expect more to behave badly (especially those who actively denigrate journalism and journalist integrity standards), and keep an eye on your content!

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  • Use Twitter to test click through rates

    Ever had ad copy you wanted to test without spending a fortune up front?

    Ever wondered if your email subject lines are performing as well as they could be?

    Here’s an easy way to get the answers to those questions: use Twitter.

    If you’re wondering what sorts of things get YOUR audience to click, throw away all of the useless “perfect email subject line” infographics and other nonsense. None of those are tuned to your specific audience. At best, they’re generalizations of the Internet population as a whole. At worst, they’re completely non-representative of your audience and you may end up doing more harm than good by following a formula that actively offends your audience.

    So how do you fix this problem? Dig into your basic Twitter analytics.

    Start by going to ads.twitter.com. Go to the analytics menu. Select Tweet Activity. Then look for your top tweets in the most recent period in the table that appears:

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    If you’re sharing regularly, some tweets will stick out as being favorited, retweeted, or commented more than others. Make note of them. Make note of the language structure you’re using, of the words, phrases, and syntax that resonates most with your audience. Then use that information to craft your ad copy for short-form ads like Google AdWords, or for subject lines in your email marketing.

    After that, take those learnings and use them to keep creating better and more compelling tweets, so that you’re always testing, always improving your ability to catch someone’s attention.

    Here’s why this matters: your audience is specific to your brand and company. They know you, they presumably trust you at least a little, and thus when you share things in social media that might be of use and value to them, you have a true and accurate way to measure their responses to you, day in and day out.

    Of course, this tactic is predicated on the assumption that you routinely share useful information on Twitter with your audience in an attempt to be helpful, in an attempt to build trust with your audience. If you’re not doing that, then this tactic won’t work as well for you. Be sure you’re doing that first!

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  • My 3 Digital Marketing Trends for 2014

    This originally appeared in my newsletter, Almost Timely News.

    Here we are, in the final days of 2013, as we look forward to the year ahead. What is on your radar? What is on mine? Let’s see what hints and clues we can patch together for the year ahead.

    Channel fragmentation. In contrast to banks that are labeled “too big to fail”, there are some social networks that could charitably be called “too big to survive”. Topping this list, of course, is everyone’s favorite 800 pound gorilla, Facebook. Already being challenged by Google and Twitter, Facebook’s true Achilles’ Heel is the mobile experience. They simply have not gotten it right soon enough. As a result, upstart apps like WhatsApp are rapidly encroaching on Facebook’s audience. It’s not Facebook’s world alone.

    In 2014, channel fragmentation is likely to get much worse. As marketers, our audiences will be scattered all over different channels, and one of our major challenges will be to keep up with our audiences where they are, when they want to be in touch with us. (assuming that they want to be at all) More marketers will be purchasing content management solutions and the winner in that particular race will be the solution that can keep track of and manage as many channels as possible.

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    Pay-to-play dominates. We’ve already seen social networks take major steps towards putting up pay walls in 2013; Facebook is probably the most prominent example of this, but it is not alone. Twitter was the last of the four major social networks to go public on the stock exchange in 2013; now that the major social networks are publicly traded, they are all being held to Wall Street’s expectations of profitability and short-term results. The easy win for these companies is pay-to-play; expect more of your results from organic social network activities to decline, and more of your results to rely on a budget.

    Determine what you’ll need to pay in order to reach at least your existing audiences on your social networks. As of today, Facebook is averaging about .38 per 100 fans in sponsored post fees in order to reach all of your audience. If you have 5000 fans, expect to spend about19 per post, and budget accordingly. Got a post for each of the 251 working days in 2014? You’ll need $4,769 just for 1 sponsored post a day with 5,000 fans. No matter what size your corporate brand page, you will be paying if you want to be seen this year.

    The alternative strategy if you simply do not have budget is to get more and more of your employees participating in sharing. So far, individual profiles do not seem to be affected as much by the News Feed algorithm changes. Get your individuals sharing!

    Creative destruction accelerates. Oracle bought Eloqua and Responsys to build Oracle Marketing Cloud. Salesforce bought ExactTarget and Pardot to form Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud. Adobe bought Neolane and rolled it into Adobe Marketing Cloud. Look for other major players like Microsoft, SAP, and IBM to roll out marketing automation and e-mail marketing acquisitions of their own. If they follow the trend, don’t probably be branded as Microsoft Marketing Cloud, SAP Marketing Cloud, and IBM Marketing Cloud. Dark horses in this race include Amazon and Apple – business and marketing acquisitions aren’t out of the question, though they’re longer shots for these two companies.

    While the trend of mergers and acquisitions races on, look for more upstarts to try to shake the status quo, especially as the acquiring companies will need significant time to integrate their acquisitions. We are at the stage in the lifecycle of these companies where mega-mergers and startups are dominating landscape. As marketers, we will probably be asked to choose sides in these massive battles; choose wisely!

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  • Your social media insurance policy

    Facebook is making life increasingly pay-to-play for marketers.
    Google+ rolls out ads.
    Twitter adds promoted accounts to the timeline.
    LinkedIn rolls out sponsored posts.
    Instagram rolls out ads.
    Pinterest rolls out promoted pins.

    Seeing a trend here? You should be. The social networks, having acquired their audiences, are now seeking to monetize their audiences, and if you don’t have wheelbarrows full of money to bring to the table, your seat at the table will be given to someone else who does. That’s life, and that’s entirely within their rights.

    Repeat this maxim frequently: You own nothing in social media.

    That Facebook Page? That Twitter profile? That Google+ account? You own none of it. Zero. Nada. These services are not public utilities. They are not endowed rights. They are private companies that provide fallible, owned services to us and in most cases, they do so at little cost to us. As such they can vanish at any time, temporarily or permanently, and we have little to no recourse. All of the hours and money you’ve invested in that Page, profile, or account can evaporate instantly. Ask anyone who dumped $50,000 into their MySpace profile how they feel about it now.

    If all of the recent changes are making you feel uncomfortable about your social media future, I will suggest this very basic advice: you need a social media insurance policy. You need something that will future-proof you, that will provide you connectivity to your audience in case of failure, or worse, in case your favorite social network becomes too successful for you. That social media insurance policy is your email list. Start building an email list now from your social media audience. Encourage your followers / friends / fans / connections to sign up for your mailing list and then send them reminders via email of why you’re connected with them.

    When the day comes that your favorite social media service sunsets, kicks you off, prices you out of the game, or just flat out fails at a mission critical time, you can take comfort in being able to hit the send button and circumvent the social system failure.

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    Put a reminder on your calendar to ask every week, once a week, for your various audiences to subscribe to your mailing list. Give them good reason to by publishing an interesting email to them, but start building your email list as a social media insurance policy today. It’s the only thing you truly own, it’s the only thing that will help you stay in touch as you join new networks, and it’s the only thing that will let you get back in touch with your fans once your favorite social network decides you’re not wealthy enough for it any more.

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  • The First Amendment Does Not Protect Stupid Speech

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    I’ve noticed a fair amount of commentary about the firing of Business Insider’s CTO after his archive of racist, misogynist, and generally stupid tweets were discovered and brought to light. More than a few people have said that his firing is a “worrying potential infringement” of his right to free speech. It is not an infringement.

    I’d like to clarify that the First Amendment applies strictly to what the government may or may not do.

    “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

    The law in no way addresses what private employers, private businesses, and private individuals may do on private property. In fact, the only major laws that govern freedom of speech in the private (non-government) workplace are laws related to anti-discrimination and harassment.

    The First Amendment gives you the right to say what you want without the government inhibiting you (with a few notable exceptions). The First Amendment does not in any way shield you from the consequences of what you say in private life, which means that if you publicly say racist, misogynist, discriminatory, and generally stupid things, you will face the consequences, from the disapprobation of your peers to the termination of your employment and potential non-employment by future employers. Employers are generally free to terminate your employment for any reason except those involving protected rights of non-discrimination. You can absolutely be fired if your public remarks create a hostile work environment for your coworkers and/or fall afoul of the core values of your company.

    You are free to say what you like.

    Others are just as free to refuse to employ you or not based on what you say.

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  • ICYMI: LinkedIn for Businesses and Brands Webinar

    If you missed it yesterday, I had a chance thanks to SHIFT and Vocus to do a webinar on LinkedIn for Businesses and Brands. It was a lot of fun and I thank the nearly 2,000 people who signed up for it – talk about a packed house. If you missed it, were unable to stay for all of it, or the audio sounded like I was on a Starfleet Deep Space star base near the entrance of a wormhole, then I’m pleased to let you know that the recording is available in glorious high-fidelity video with an associated MP3.

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    Enjoy it, and for those who left such positive feedback, thank you for your kind words.

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  • Awaken Your Superhero at INBOUND13: The Slides!

    For those who attended or wanted to attend my talk at INBOUND13, here are the slides from Awaken Your Superhero: How Social Media Saves Lives.

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  • In case you missed it, the Facebook algorithm

    Facebook recently detailed an algorithm change to its News Feed, aiming at resurfacing older updates that it thinks are relevant, even if they’re not as fresh. It’s based on something simple: if Facebook registered that you never saw the item and it’d be an item that you’re statistically likely to engage with, it’ll bubble the item back into your “current” news.

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    They specified 4 signals that indicate a News Feed item is important to you:

    • How often you interact with the friend, Page, or public figure (like an actor or journalist) who posted
    • The number of likes, shares and comments a post receives from the world at large and from your friends in particular
    • How much you have interacted with this type of post in the past
    • Whether or not you and other people across Facebook are hiding or reporting a given post

    Take note of the fact that the behavior of hiding a post is specifically called out, and it’s one of the metrics that’s now included in Facebook Insights for Pages. This is critical to the success of your Facebook Page! Go into your Page Insights, switch to Post view, and choose Post Hides, Hides of All Posts, Reports of Spam, Unlikes of Page by post.

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    If you see anything other than zeroes, you need to retune your Facebook content strategy immediately because what any one Facebook fan does impacts what their friends see. Facebook clearly stated that what one person likes impacts what their friends in particular see bubbled up in their News Feeds. A hide is likely to not only impact the user that hides but also reduce the impact of that post among all of their friends.

    This, by the way, is the answer to whether you’re posting too much on Facebook or posting the wrong kind of content. Anything that triggers a hide – cadence, content, etc. – is bad news and calls for an immediate reassessment of what you’re doing.

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  • LinkedIn Sponsored Posts: 1,819% Better CTR Performance than PPC, 73% Lower Cost

    I had a chance recently to roll out my first set of LinkedIn Sponsored Posts. The setup process was incredibly easy but more detailed than what you typically do with a Facebook Sponsored Post – you select the update you want to sponsor (you can do them in bulk), set your budget, and then set your targeting.

    What impresses about the Sponsored Posts interface? For one thing, they tell you how closely the ad audience matches your targeting, which is very useful (and makes it easy to refine your targeting for future ads):

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    All of that is well and good, but here’s the real meat and potatoes. Look at the Clickthrough Rates:

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    For the same time period, the click through rates (CTR) on standard pay per click ads on LinkedIn achieved a 3% CTR. The sponsored posts landed a 53% rate for the same offer, just in a sponsored post format.

    And then look at the Cost Per Click:

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    For the same time period, the cost per click (CPC) on standard pay per click ads on LinkedIn was 18.69 per click, while the sponsored post was a mere5.01 per click, a savings of 73% for every dollar spent on advertising.

    The evidence from this trial suggests very strongly that you should give LinkedIn Sponsored Posts a try for your social media promotions and see if it performs as well for you!

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  • Why influencers matter: Big Data, recommendations, predictions

    You know what the most fundamental problem with predictive algorithms is currently? I’m talking about predictive things like Google’s Prediction API or Amazon’s Recommended or any of the other shopping-related predictive logic/Big Data packages available to us. The problem is that they are firmly rooted in past history, which means that innovative recommendations are an impossibility. Discovery is an impossibility right now.

    For example, in Facebook’s Graph Search, you can ask it for recommendations:

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    When you do, it gives you what people who are your friends like:

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    There’s a lot of truth to “like attracts like”: I’ve heard and in some cases liked every musician displayed by these results. Nothing here is a discovery. Nothing here is something new, something that I wouldn’t have thought to have tried out. Now bear in mind, the algorithm behind this is working perfectly: it’s finding common grounds and similarities among my friends and presenting them. But there’s nothing new here. In the case of Facebook’s Graph Search, in order to see truly new stuff here, I’d need to make more than a few new friends who aren’t like my existing friends in order to discover some very different music to try out.

    This presents a problem to marketers as well. If you’ve got a brand new product that no one has heard of and that no one likes, the algorithms will tend to reinforce the status quo. Breaking into a new market will be more difficult because all of the existing recommendations don’t include you.

    This is why it’s becoming increasingly important (for good or ill) to get the buy-in of “influencers”. The people with the largest social graphs, the people with the largest numbers of connections, actually do matter for more than just a high school popularity contest. If you’re a company with a brand new product and you don’t have a strong base already, you will need those influential, large audiences to populate the recommendation engines and get into the “Your friends liked” listings.

    It’s a strange parallel: in the old days, as far back as ancient Rome, you needed a powerful patron to support and finance your art, your business, your organization. For a short while in the online world, it was an open, level playing field, but with these new predictive algorithms, we’re back to the patron model with a twist: now it’s marketing patrons endorsing you and giving you their blessing (and access to their audiences) in order to move your business forward. The person is the platform.

    Are you prepared for this future? Are you building your platform now so that wherever you work, your value is amplified by your platform? Is your business building its own platform of trusted influencers so that you’re showing up in recommendation engines? If not, you’re going to miss out on many more opportunities.

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