However, he’s most well-known for his
quote. "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted,” he grumbled. “The
trouble is I don't know which half." Now he was talking about print
advertising, of which he was a pioneer, but as it turns out, nothing’s changed.
Even in the land of social media.
Half of companies have no ROI figure for the money they
spend on social media
You’re on the sites. But how exactly do you measure the efficacy
of your presence? Here we offer up three viable options. None of them are perfect
but they will get you a lot closer to how much buck you’re getting for your
social media bang!
Metric Tools
Using a Facebook tool, or even better a combination of tools such
as Conversion Measurement and OptimizedCPM, allows you to record the behaviour
of those who click on your ads. You are then able to see click-through rate,
purchase rate, and by targeting the right people, cutting your cost of new
customer acquisition by up to 39%.
Interactions
“Likes” used to be the only way you could tell whether your
audience could hear you at all. Nowadays, however, we can extrapolate this data
further. Every photo, post, video or comment takes seven seconds for the
average user to digest and appreciate while his or her close friends take five seconds
to digest that ‘like.’”By analysing how many likes were received, multiplying by how many friends of those likes witnessed the action gives you and your business a clearer idea of how far your message has reached.
Analysing Traffic
It’s not optimal to analyse your website in terms of how often
people find your page through Facebook or Twitter, because it’s not always easy
to tell what actions drove that traffic or how much that traffic cost. By analysing
your website analytics against pay per click (PPC) campaigns however, things
become much clearer.
Compare the average cost of PPC per person to how many visitors
you get from free social media placements – and, abracadabra, you can put a
rand and cent tag on each and every ‘Like’!
But let’s leave the final word on the subject to John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker really did make it in the American dream – and my
guess is he went with his gut, challenging convention and never relying solely
on any particular tool. Let’s sum it up in his words. “One of you is right. The question is which one.”
Hilton Alexander Rose
Your Brand Agency | Director
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