accountable social marketing and cpl benchmarks
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As reported in eMarketer, ClickZ, and Econsultancy, Fortune 500 companies are using CPL advertising to build social brand groups and community sites in an accountable way.Check out the presentation and learn:• Marketers like Kimberly-Clark, Hewlett-Packard/Snapfish, eFax, Tommy Hilfiger, and more are connecting with interested consumers through social/community sites, newsletters, loyalty programs and other engagement vehicles.• The average cost of a marketing lead varies across different industry sectors, including retail, travel, consumer electronics, nonprofit and more.• Exclusive snapshots from the ASPCA social campaign that was highlighted in ClickZ.TRANSCRIPT
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Accountable Social Marketing and CPL Benchmarks
2/25/10
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• The Growth of Social Marketing• Best Practices for Building Accountable
Social/Community Sites• CPL Benchmarks by Industry• Campaign snapshot: The ASPCA
Agenda
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Social media is growing• Global time spent on
social networks increased 82% YOY.1
• In the U.S., average time spent increased 143% YOY.2
• Facebook is now the 2nd most popular site on the web.3
• Nearly 75 million people visited Twitter in January 2010.4
1 Nielsen, Dec 20092 Nielsen, Dec 20093 Compete.com, Feb 20104 ComScore, Feb 2010
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Marketers are also building community sites
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Pressure to show ROI from social community marketing is growing, tooOver 1/3 of marketers are committed to measuring social marketing returns1
1 The Altimeter Group, January 2010
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What makes social marketing measureable? 1. Acquire engaged users 2. Pay only for engaged users
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Best Practices for Acquiring Engaged Users
1 The Altimeter Group, January 2010
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Three ways to acquire users
Pay For Impressions
Pay For Clicks
Pay For Leads/Community members
CPM, CPC, CPLAvailable Online Pricing Models
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CPC and CPL [Performance]: Growing at the expense of CPM
“It’s no secret that CPM advertising delivers poor returns”
“The Internet is more and more a Performance-driven model”
- Sam Parry Director of Online Membership & Activism,
EDF
- Imran KhanManaging Director, J.P. Morgan
Internet Advertising Revenues By Pricing Model
Source: IAB/PWC
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What is CPC?Search ads: Advertisers pay only for clicks, not for impressions.
User clicks Redirected to landing
page
Fills out form Leads
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What is CPL?Sign up ads: Advertisers pay only when users sign up for communities or special offers, not for impressions or clicks.
User signs up inside ad Leads
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CPC and CPL: Both deliver users with high intent
CPC CPL
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But only CPL is the native pricing model for social marketing
Only pay for
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It’s not surprising that nearly 50% of people acquired through CPL were engaged through social/community sites….
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Click costs are already well established…
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Average Cost-per-Lead Across Industry Verticals
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Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.50
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
$2.50
$3.00
$3.50
$4.00
Q3 Q4
$0.81
$3.36
$2.72
The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Overall Q3-Q4 2009
$0.62
Source: Pontiflex Internal Research, Dec. 2009
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The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Consumer Packaged Goods Q3-Q4 2009
Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
Q3 Q4
$0.78 $0.78$0.82
$1.01
Source: Pontiflex Internal Research, Dec. 2009
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The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Travel Q3-Q4 2009
Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
$1.60
Q3 Q4
$0.54
$1.27
$0.51
$1.39
Source: Pontiflex Internal Research, Dec. 2009
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The Pontiflex CPL Report Average CPL: Technology Q3-Q4 2009
Source: Pontiflex Internal Data, 2009
Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
Q3 Q4
$0.45
$0.98
$0.55
$1.22
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The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Entertainment Q3-Q4 2009
Source: Pontiflex Internal Research, Dec. 2009
Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.50
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
$2.50
$3.00
$3.50
Q3 Q4
$0.75$0.99
$3.00 $3.00
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The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Retail Q3-Q4 2009
Source: Pontiflex Internal Research, Dec. 2009
Basic Fields $0.59
$0.60
$0.61
$0.62
$0.63
$0.64
Q3 Q4
$0.63
$0.61
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The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Consumer Electronics Q3-Q4 2009
Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
$1.60
Q3 Q4
$0.67$0.72
$0.65
$1.40
Source: Pontiflex Internal Data, 2009
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The Pontiflex CPL ReportAverage CPL: Non-profit/Advocacy Q3-Q4 2009
Basic Fields Premium Fields $-
$0.20
$0.40
$0.60
$0.80
$1.00
$1.20
$1.40
$1.60
$1.80
Q3 Q4
$1.33 $1.44
$1.56
Source: Pontiflex Internal Research, Dec. 2009
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Case StudyHow the ASPCA increased its donor base using CPL ads to build email, Facebook, and Twitter marketing programs.
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Campaign Snapshot: The ASPCAStep 1: Ran CPL sign up ads on relevant sites
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Campaign Snapshot: The ASPCAStep 2: Sent Relevant and Timely Emails
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Email is the Gateway to Social Marketing
• 96% of consumers are willing to share email addresses to receive advertising offers/information
• Only 12% are willing to share social networking information1
1 Harris Interactive Survey, September 2009
Email Home/Work Address
Home/Cell/Work Telephone
Social Networking Information (Twitter
handle, etc)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
All RespondentsRespondents Who Have Provided Information Online
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Campaign Snapshot: The ASPCAStep 3: Engaged Through Social Media
E-mail is only one way to engage your member, donor, and advocate… When we combine all three (Facebook, Twitter and e-mail), we capture a bigger audience.
Debbie SwiderSenior E-Marketing Manager
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Appendix
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Research Methodology: CPL BenchmarksData compiled for time period July 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009
Sample of 807 publisher websites
Leads included were non-incentivized, opt-in, and purchased on a Cost-per-Lead pricing model.
Consumer sample included adults 18+ in North America
Report does not include CPL figures for emerging media
Please note that the CPL for these media may be higher or lower than the data reported based on intent, content, and media type.