Christopher S. Penn – Marketing AI Keynote Speaker

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  • Improving Influencer Identification, Part 1: Introduction

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    How hot is influencer marketing right now?

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    Influencer marketing is now more searched for, via Google Trends data shown above in blue, than email marketing or social media marketing as a whole. Influencer marketing is the latest, the greatest, the hot thing that every marketer has been mandated to master.

    Yet when we look at the science behind most influencer marketing, we discover that there isn’t much science at all. Work with any marketing, PR, or digital agency on influencer marketing to determine who’s influential, and what we’ll get back 9 times out of 10 is a list of people by follower counts. If we’re lucky, we’ll get engagement numbers.

    Measuring influencers by follower counts and engagement numbers is like measuring automobile value by the size of the gas tank.

    There’s so much more to influencer marketing, so much more rigor we could apply to the discipline.

    Poor Influencer Science Impact

    The impact of this “big numbers don’t lie” mindset in influencer marketing is straightforward: big audiences, big dollar costs. We marketers face influencers asking for outlandish sums of money for a handful of social media posts; the highest ask I’ve heard that was fulfilled by a brand was an influencer charging $140,000 for 4 photos and 3 tweets.

    What was the impact? As far as I could tell, lots of very ephemeral brand exposure, and a giant hole in someone’s budget.

    Without intelligent analysis of influencers, we risk continuing down this same path of madness, in which people with large audience numbers command egregious sums for unknown impact.

    Marketers Held Accountable for Lack of Results

    The impact behind the scenes of such a campaign is equally straightforward: when a marketer is asked for the return on such a sizable investment, we have very little to show for the money. We can showcase reach, engagement, and verbatim conversations, but that’s about it. We don’t tie these measures back to anything tangible – not even website traffic.

    What happens when we waste a bunch of money? Eventually, our companies sanction us: reduced budgets, negative performance reviews, perhaps even termination if we break the budget repeatedly.

    The Different Kinds of Influencers

    Virtually every piece of popular marketing literature around influencers talks about how to manage an influencer program, but almost none question how we identify and determine who is influential. Almost all use the same “big numbers” approach instead of something more scientific.

    In this series, we’ll examine a different model for influence, one which looks at more than just the “big numbers”. We’ll extend influencer identification past a simple number to understand what’s going to move the needle for our marketing efforts. We’ll delve into three models of influence, and show how each model aligns to our budgets and timeframes.

    By the end of the series, we will have a much better handle on who is influential, how to identify them, how to determine if they’re a good fit for the resources we have, and how to succeed as marketers working with influencers.

    Ready to find influencers more intelligently? Stay tuned.

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  • New Free Software: Extracting Bounced Marketing Emails

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    Bounced emails are the bane of every marketer. When an email address goes bad, it causes damage to our marketing efforts in several ways.

    Bad Rep

    A bounced email address is one of the signals that email deliverability services use to indicate we might be spammers. The more bounced email addresses we have on our list, the more likely we’ll raise red flags.

    Broken Ads

    If we use our email list as a custom audience for retargeting/remarketing, then the more bad email addresses we have on our list, the smaller our reach becomes.

    The Cleaning Problem

    The toughest part of fixing bad emails is the way they’re reported. They come in a pile to our inbox which often looks like this:

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    That sure isn’t helpful. To clean our lists, marketers have resorted to forcing interns to read through bounced messages and keep a running spreadsheet of bad addresses. As one might imagine, this means that email list updates and bounce removals don’t happen very often.

    The Cleaning Solution

    I struggled with this problem with my own mailing list. How do I keep my list clean? When we look at the message above, it’s clear that simply extracting all the emails isn’t the way to go; different bounce codes mean different things. A “mailbox full” error message isn’t a reason to unsubscribe someone from my list. The answer must be to remove programmatically, based on context.

    Thankfully, the power of the UNIX utility grep, which is available on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows 10, helps solve this problem. By exporting all my email bounces into one gigantic log file, I can parse the log file to identify error messages which clearly indicate the email address has gone bad. Once done, it’s a simple matter to extract the email addresses and flag them in my marketing automation software as unsubscribe/do not contact.

    Try It Out

    My script is available for free on Github under the GNU Public License.

    I encourage you to grab a copy and use it for your own email marketing efforts!

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  • Your 2017 Marketing Quick Tuneup Checklist

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    As the new year casts off from the docks and we launch into our marketing, make sure to run down this brief checklist to ensure your marketing is seaworthy. Is this a comprehensive list? Not at all. But this is the bare minimum to ensure you’re not leaving the dock with gaping holes in the hull, taking on water the moment you cast off.

    Email

    Have you:

    • Cleaned your lists of non-deliverable addresses?
    • Checked your DNS settings for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC changes?
    • Checked your email provider for blacklisting?
    • Enrolled in your own nurture/drip campaigns to see if they still make sense?
    • Refreshed your messaging?

    Social

    Have you:

    • Refreshed your influencer lists?
    • Run your posts from the last 90 days through sentiment and tone analysis to ensure you’re speaking with a voice aligned to your brand?
    • Replied and responded to all recent customer/audience messages?

    Organic Search

    Have you:

    Referral

    Have you:

    • Chatted with your PR team/agency about upcoming stories?
    • Used a competitive SEO tool to find out where competitors are earning news?
    • Reached out to your friendly journalists/media contacts and established contact after the holidays?

    Advertising

    Have you:

    • Refreshed your ad creatives?
    • Refreshed your messaging?
    • Checked your bid amounts and caps?
    • Checked your audience quality and targeting?

    Analytics

    Have you:

    • Validated that your analytics tags are on all your pages?
    • Validated that your analytics tags are all firing correctly?
    • Switched to a tag manager?
    • Read any of the reports your systems generate at least once, thoroughly?

    Infrastructure

    Have you:

    • Ensured all forms are posting data correctly to your marketing automation software?
    • Updated all your software to current versions?
    • Checked your domain registrations for expirations?

    Do the Basics Right

    As I said at the beginning, this is not an exhaustive list. This is more like a vehicle maintenance checkup, an inspection you should conduct once per quarter.

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  • How to Tweet from the Command Line/Terminal

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    If you’ve ever wanted a super-slim, super-lightweight way to use Twitter, you’ve probably thought about using the command line (Windows) or Terminal (Mac). I love using command line applications. Part of it may be my retro-technical (techno-hipster?) love of things as they used to be, but part of it is efficiency. Command line applications aren’t bloated applications that take forever to launch.

    Installing Oysttyer

    The Twitter command line application of choice these days is Oysttyer, an open-source fork of the popular but now dead TTYtter. Oysttyer is a Perl application. For Windows users, you’ll need to have Perl installed on your machines; for Mac users, it’s built-in.

    Download a copy of Oysttyer from its Github repository here. Once you’ve downloaded it, follow the instructions and get your Twitter developer API key here. After you’ve obtained your API key, simply embed it in the launch command for your script according to the directions.

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    Oysttyer will walk you through a simple setup process.

    So What Does It Do?

    My preferred use of Oysttyer is for super-lightweight monitoring of my Twitter stream for mentions/replies:

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    I can read and respond very quickly from a command line, without running a browser or a mobile app:

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    Wouldn’t a Mobile App/Web App Be Easier?

    Yes. This is a specific use-case for people who live in and love the command line, or for people who have a machine that doesn’t support a browser well. For example, if you’ve got a Raspberry Pi or other low power computer, this is a super-efficient way to use Twitter that doesn’t require a lot of computing power.

    Oysttyer is not convenient for the average user who loves the point-and-click/tap friendly user interface.

    Enjoy Oysttyer for what it is; if you have a use-case for it, make the most of it. If you don’t, then try it out just to see how it works and then move to the Twitter environment you prefer best.

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  • Marketing Automation on $5/Month with Mautic and GoDaddy

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    I recently published a series on transitioning from an email service provider to the Mautic marketing automation platform. However, Mautic’s “pro” version of its software has jumped in price from a reasonable 12/month to500/month, putting it completely out of my price range for a solo entrepreneur (which is what my book/webinar business is).

    What do we do when faced with a situation like this? The good news is that Mautic’s underlying code is open source software. That means as long as you have the basic skills necessary to operate the infrastructure, you can just install it on your own server. Five years ago, that was a profession unto itself, but today, with cloud servers and application containers, “running your own server” is about as difficult as running a blog.

    Here’s how to transition from Mautic Pro to your own installation of Mautic. First, create a free account over at Bitnami.

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    Next, find Mautic in the Applications listing.

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    Choose Launch in the Cloud, and then click Need help deciding?

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    Choose the service provider you’re most comfortable with. I chose GoDaddy because they’re a client of mine and because so many of my domains are already hosted there, I could just add a cloud server to my account.

    On GoDaddy’s Cloud Servers, choose Create New Server. Fill in the requisite information.

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    Scroll down and choose Bitnami Apps, then choose All Apps:

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    Choose Mautic and click Install.

    When it comes to a server type to install, Mautic will run fine in a GoDaddy Tiny Cloud Server, the $5/month option. If you expect a heavy server load due to being a very popular website, choose a Medium install. You’ll have 2 CPUs and plenty of disk space just to run Mautic.

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    Optionally, you may want to assign a domain name to your Mautic instance for ease of use. I had a few dormant domains on my account, so I picked one.

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    Now we’re up and running. Just log into the Mautic instance and follow the directions in my previous tutorials for configuring Mautic:

    Marketing Automation Migration Series

    If you’ve already done a Mautic install on your own machine, you’ll need to create a SQL dump file of your old Mautic database, then import it into the new database. There’s no simple one-click option for now. If you’re using Mautic’s existing pro service, bad news: you and I will need to recreate our Mautic install from scratch.

    Remember to change your tracking pixels in your tag management software; once you transition over, you’ll be in a different account entirely.

    That’s how we transition from a service that’s about to be 500/month to5/month. It’s not painless or instant, but it’s definitely the way to go for anyone who doesn’t want a massive price increase.

    Disclosure: GoDaddy is a client of mine through my employer, SHIFT Communications. While I was not solicited to write this post, I do receive indirect financial benefit through my compensation.

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  • How to write great, data-driven roundup blog posts

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    My friend Chris Brogan inveighed, appropriately, against the lack of creativity and insight in the average roundup post recently:

    “Dear round up post writers: stop it. It’s lazy. Write your own damned post. I mean those ones where lazy people email me to help them write their post by giving my take on some topic everyone else has blogged about already.”

    This specific kind of roundup post isn’t generally helpful because, as Chris points out, everyone else has already offered commentary on the topic. So how might you construct a better roundup post?

    If everyone’s already blogged about it – why not simply quantify those posts and round that up? Here’s a very straightforward approach:

    1. Examine a hashtag or keyword relating to the topic you want to round up.
    2. Download the social media content related to that hashtag.
    3. Remove obvious junk, then score the remaining content.
    4. Summarize and offer commentary and original insights on the top performing content.

    That’s the formula for a solid roundup. Let’s look at an example roundup. Suppose I wanted to round up the week in marketing technology.

    Step 1: Hashtag or keyword.

    I’d use the hashtag #MarTech, since that’s what the majority of folks blogging about it use. If you’re not sure, 90 seconds of searching on Twitter will give you a sense of the landscape and the most common hashtags and jargon in your topic.

    Step 2: Download.

    Using the Twitter API (or the social API of your choice), extract the #MarTech hashtag and export to an Excel spreadsheet. You can use anything from your own custom hand-crafted API code (at the low price of $0 plus your time) or really expensive social media monitoring tools to do this – there’s software for nearly any price point except “I’m unwilling to pay money or do the work”.

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    Above, I set up a workflow which connects to Twitter, grabs the #MarTech hashtag, and restricts the data to the last week so that the output is the best of the previous 7 days.

    Step 3: Clean and Score.

    Using the visualization software of your choice, from simple Google Sheets to powerhouses like Tableau, clean up and score your collection of social media updates. Below, I picked the highest number of actual retweets as well as a retweet rate (retweets/number of followers):

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    Feel free to choose the algorithm or methodology that makes the most sense for your audience.

    Step 4: Summarize and offer commentary.

    Based on the clean list, here are the week’s 3 most shared content pieces on the topic of marketing technology. Scott Brinker offers his insights about MarTech stacks:

    He also examines 5 characteristics of the agile digital marketing department, for those considering agile methodology:

    Jay Famico shares Kerry Cunningham’s predictive analytics piece on the top 3 B2B marketing challenges – too many inquiries, too few inquiries, and terrible quality inquires:

    I could obviously keep going for some time. However, this is how to do a roundup well, on topics and timeframes that are relevant, and not need to pester folks for content they’ve already written.

    The above summary, from beginning to end, took me exactly 11 minutes to generate, and most of that was waiting for the Twitter API.

    Rely on Data to Round Up Well

    Instead of relying on people, rely on data you already have or can easily access. Once you’ve got a system set up, you can crank out relevant, informative roundups easily with stories you know people want to read and share. Your roundups will be better, and your influencers will thank you for not asking them to repeat the same thing over and over again.

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  • Solicited Review: Mohu Curve 50 Indoor HDTV Antenna

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    During Prime Day, I saw a deal I couldn’t pass up: the Samsung 55" 4K curved TV. I love 4K TVs as second monitors for my laptop. The amount of real estate and high DPI means you can have a dozen windows open at the same time and not feel cramped.

    I don’t watch much TV other than CW’s The Flash, but it’s nice to have a live feed for things like the Super Bowl, major news events, etc., especially since cable and telecom providers make us jump through absurd hoops to watch anything online. So when the Mohu team offered me a chance to demo the Mohu Curve, I dived in.

    Features: What’s in the Box?

    At its core, the Mohu Curve is nothing more than a digital TV antenna. However, unlike most of its competitors, Mohu attempted to make it look reasonably nice. The Curve is about a foot long and 8 inches high, and looks like… well, a curved piece of plastic. This is an improvement over most HDTV antennae that look like plastic sheeting stapled to a cable.

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    The Curve plugs into the nearly ubiquitous USB power supply found on most modern TVs; it’ll also work plugged into any other powered USB source.

    Once you unpack it and place the antenna where you want it, you plug the Curve into your TV through its coaxial jack and tell your TV to tune to it. After 5-10 minutes of scanning through all the channels available, your TV will be ready to use it.

    Positives

    The Curve is dead simple to use. Plug it in, follow your TV’s instructions, and you’re up and running with live feeds. There’s no additional software to configure besides whatever your TV is built with.

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    The Curve also has better reception than many of its competitors; you don’t need to monkey around with positioning. Just place it near any window or wall that isn’t a Faraday cage.

    If you’re unfamiliar, a Faraday cage is any metal enclosure which blocks electromagnetic frequencies. Some houses have substantial amounts of metal in the walls; putting any antenna next to a metal wall will give you poor reception. Rule of thumb: if a room or place in your house has terrible Wi-Fi and mobile phone reception, it’s probably not going to have great over-the-air TV reception either.

    Drawbacks & Limitations

    The Curve has a few limitations; first, I don’t understand why it only comes with a coaxial output. If it had an HDMI output, I could plug it directly into my laptop as well as a TV. That’d be nice. Perhaps in a future version!

    The Curve’s maximum resolution output is 1080p. This is a limitation of over-the-air TV. No TV station that I know of broadcasts over-the-air at a 4K resolution, so if your TV’s up sampling engine is poor, you’ll have a grainy picture.

    For TV stations that broadcast in regular SD (aka 480p), you’ll have a picture that is unwatchable close up on a very large screen.

    The Curve is also only as good as the local TV stations and what they broadcast. The Curve’s edition numbers indicate the maximum practical range of that antenna; the Curve 30 is designed for a maximum 30 mile radius from the transmitter. I would strongly recommend that you cut range estimates by 25%. I wouldn’t buy the Curve 30 if I lived 25 miles away from the station; buy the Curve 50 instead.

    Use Cases

    Mohu talks about cutting the cord, which is certainly one use-case for the Curve and their other products. However, the use-case I find more valuable is for second/alternate TVs. I have regular TV coming into my house from a Verizon FIOS line. I’m unwilling to buy a second converter box and a bunch of wiring just to make my second monitor a TV set. That’s a lot of hassle and extra monthly expense I’m not interested in, especially since I don’t watch much TV.

    The Mohu Curve brings live feeds into my second monitor affordably and conveniently. I didn’t need to run any extra cable or pay Verizon a dime more. Combined with the smart functionality of my TV (built in Netflix, etc.), the Mohu Curve can either help you cut the cord or never need more cord.

    Conclusion

    If you want to cut the cord, or you want more TV without more recurring expenses, and you live in an area with good over-the-air TV reception, consider the Mohu Curve. It’s available on Amazon and a bunch of other places.

    Disclosure: Mohu is a client of my employer. The Mohu PR team gifted a Mohu Curve to me as part of a blogger/influencer outreach program. I was given no other compensation, but indirectly benefit financially from their patronage as a client. All product links in this article are Amazon affiliate links.

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  • Friday fun: clean up with the document mover

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    For a bit of fun, this shell script I keep on my Mac helps me to keep an otherwise cluttered documents folder on my Mac relatively organized. You’ll obviously need to change the paths at the top of the script to reflect where you keep all your documents, but this script provides a lot of automated order to chaos.

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  • Marketing Automation Migration, Part 4: Lists and Forms

    In Episode 4 of the Marketing Automation Migration, we will tackle list importing into the Mautic marketing automation software, setting up the first web form, and why I do my integration very much against best practices:

    Watch this video on YouTube.

    If you’re not a technical person, or don’t understand technical people well, today’s video may not be helpful. If you’re watching this video series because this is a technology – marketing automation – that your organization needs, I’m available for hire through my employer, SHIFT Communications.

    In the migration map, we’re now in the lighter blue section:

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    In the next post in the series, we’ll tackle tags and tracking codes. Stay tuned!

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  • #SMMW16 Analytics and MarTech Roundup

    #SMMW16 Analytics and MarTech Roundup

    Social Media Marketing World 2016 offered plenty of networking, discovery, and fun, as promised. As part of the networking, I had the opportunity to lead the #Analytics Slack channel for the conference in the lead up to the conference and at the conference. The Analytics channel boasted 125+ members; one of the most popular discussion topics was the Analytics and MarTech landscape in social media marketing.

    We referenced Scott Brinker’s Marketing Technology super-graphic many times:

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    Out of this massive landscape, what did #SMMW16 analytics-minded attendees focus on? Here’s my roundup.

    Data Visualization

    Visualization tools were the hottest topic, including:

    Data Quality

    Improving our data quality was a hot topic, from cleaning tools to technologies:

    Dashboarding and Reporting

    We discussed today’s dashboarding tools for consolidating and cleaning up reporting:

    Slack Bots

    Unsurprising that the topic came up with Facebook’s F8 announcements and attendees just becoming comfortable with bots. Slack bots offer us the ability to experience chat bots and other interactive services today. For analytics and MarTech minded folks, we suggested:

    Artificial Intelligence Platforms

    AI was a hot topic for our #Analytics channel, looking forward at the future of marketing. We explored:

    Social Media Advertising Systems

    No surprise that the topic of modern ad systems came up since social media has largely become pay-to-play.

    Analytics Training

    Finally, we reviewed the many training options for Google Analytics.

    It was my pleasure and privilege to lead the Analytics group, and for those who were members, stay in touch. You’ll find my contact information here on my site; please feel free to subscribe to my weekly marketing newsletter and Marketing Over Coffee podcast.

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