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Show Me the Money: Social + Retail = $$$

Description

A common problem among marketers today is the lack of ROI they see from social media and blogger content. The successful collaboration of a forward-thinking retailer, a content marketing company and a social media analytics platform has proven that social loyalty can lead to trackable sales and produce quantifiable positive ROI.

With a fully integrated social content strategy, Cookie’s Kids (CK), a NY-based kid’s retailer, became a national brand that now ranks on Mom’s list of top kid’s department stores. Social engagement and blogger-produced content helped CK increase its online share of voice and sales on its e-commerce site.

With ground-breaking analytics linked directly to social content, CK saw a true lift in sales. Analytics revealed that website traffic coming from blogs spent more time on the site and as a result bought more. The analytics also tracked just how much ROI CK gained per advocate and quantified the value of the advocates’ true influence online.

Questions Answered

  1. How can brands track and increase social media ROI?
  2. What’s the value of online content creators to retailers?
  3. How do you successfully integrate a social strategy with traditional media?
  4. How has social media affected the shopper’s path to purchase?
  5. Why in the world should you not pay bloggers?

Tags

social commerce, content marketing, retail

Meta

Event
Interactive
Category
Panel
Theme
Social and Relationships
Level
Intermediate

Speakers

Organizer

Mailena Urso Collective Bias

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