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Social Strategy & Services

GREAT MINDS THINK BEYOND LIKES

BEHOLD, THE MOUTHY POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA

More than a trendy new channel to add to your marketing mix, Social Media is the evolution of something truly remarkable. It takes the oldest communication channel in the world – word of mouth – and supercharges it with unprecedented speed, mass individualized reach, and a wealth of third-party endorsement credibility.

CAPTURE CUSTOMERS THROUGH CONTENT

People are bombarded by as many as TEN THOUSAND messages each day. Which means EVERYONE and EVERYTHING that is competing for your customers’ time and attention is your brand’s competition. Here’s the cold truth from your friends at Plan B: Your customers are busy and care a whole lot more about themselves than your brand, products or services. To get them to actually pay attention, you need to give them a reason via compelling, original content that piques their curiosity, tickles their funny bone or blows their mind.

LEVERAGE EMOTION FOR TWO-WAY RELATIONSHIPS

To successfully cut through all the noise on social media and build a two-way relationship with consumers to grow your audience, your content has to be specific, relevant, and emotional. So, how do we help brands build strong, two-way connections on social media? We tap into the psychology of your customers and utilize social media to fulfill their needs through a mix of what we’ve identified as 5 influential types of emotional content.

5 INFLUENTIAL TYPES OF EMOTIONAL CONTENT

ENTERTAINMENT

UTILITY

BETTERMENT

RECIPROCITY

VALUE

Our process

Plan B has developed a simple framework to leverage your unique brand essence for content creation and then supercharge it by harnessing the world’s oldest communication channel – word of mouth – via social media.

Assess & Analyze

Step 1

Establish Your Foundations

  • Social Media Governance Model
  • Social Media Control Room
  • Identify Brand Essence, Brand Personality &
 Customer Needs

Step 2

Identify Your Target and Goals

  • Define Ideal Customer(s)
  • Rank Overall Business Goals
  • Define Content Marketing Mission
 Statement

Conduct & Configure

Step 3

Conduct A Social Audit

  • Audit Existing Content Assets
  • Identify Best Social Channels for Brand
  • Use Social Listening to Analyze Competitors
  • Establish Benchmarks

Step 4

Develop Content Strategy & Calendar

  • Conduct SWOT Analysis
  • Establish S.M.A.R.T. Social Objectives
  • Establish Content & Channel Strategy
  • Develop Content Calendar
  • Develop Customer Service Plan of Action

Utilize & Optimize

Step 5

Build Community

  • Publish Channel-Optimized Content
  • Actively Interact with Followers
  • Build Engaged Social Community

Step 6

Measure, Analyze & Adjust

  • Measure Content Performance
  • Analyze Channel Activity
  • Deliver Data Reports
  • Recommend Optimizations to Ensure That
 Business Objectives are Met

IDENTIFY YOUR IDEAL GOVERNANCE MODEL

Whether you have a small, large, or non-existent marketing team, Plan B can help you identify your ideal governance model to help set and maintain your marketing goals.

CENTRALIZED

One team is responsible for social media marketing and drives daily management of brand content on various social platforms.

DECENTRALIZED

There is a very small or nonexistent centralized social media marketing team.

HUB-AND-SPOKE

There are both global and local social media marketing teams, and each is responsible for a core set of activities.

Our social media clients

Plan B named among Chicago's Top Ad Agencies