1. Engagement Marketing: Building relationships that drive business success Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.

2. Engagement Marketing: 3 steps to making “it” happen Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.2 Customers Prospects Friends Followers Friends Followers Step 1: Great customer experience Step 2: Connections that enable ongoing dialog Step 3: Content that engages and spreads You

3. Great Customer Experience: Understanding Feedback Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.3 ■ There are lots of ways to understand & measure experience ■ Direct Feedback ■ What you / others witness ■ What customers tell you ■ How they behave (return visit) ■ Indirect Feedback ■ What they tell others privately ■ What they tell others publically Ask Monitor Observe

4. Great Customer Experience: Getting Direct feedback Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.4 ■ What you / others witness ■ Observe & listen ■ Blind shopping ■ Evaluate all customer touch points ■ In person ■ On phone ■ Online ■ What customers tell you about their experience ■ Good: Satisfaction surveys ■ Better: Ask for feedback within 24 hours ■ Best: At time of interaction ■ How they behave ■ What percentage of your first time customers return within a specific amount of time? ■ How often they return (frequency)

5. Great Customer Experience: Understanding Indirect feedback Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.5 ■ What is said privately ■ “John Smith told me to give you a call” ■ Gossip / being in the know ■ Private is rapidly becoming “public” ■ Your photos -> Flickr / Picasaweb (5 billion photos) ■ Your videos -> Youtube ■ Yourself -> Myspace & Facebook (500MM users) ■ Your thoughts -> Twitter ( 100MM users) ■ Your location -> Foursquare (3MM users) ■ Your reputation -> Yelp, Directories, Reviews ■ Your network -> LinkedIn ■ Becoming aware of new streams is important

6. Great Customer Experience: Understanding Indirect feedback Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.6 ■ What they tell others publically ■ Ratings & Reviews ■ Review sites: require periodic monitoring (Yelp, Where, Directories) ■ Communities: require active monitoring (Facebook, Twitter, Industry) ■ What to expect ■ Keeping track of it all can be challenging ■ The good, the bad, & the ugly will happen ■ Encourage Participation ■ At experience ■ In your ongoing communications ■ Responding to Negative Comments ■ If you can identify - engage in private ■ Let your passionate customers respond (active communities)

7. Great Customer Experience: Monitoring Indirect Feedback Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.7 Get regular real-time feedback delivered to you when you want it. Nutshellmail.com (It’s Free) Makes understanding the chaos of social media marketing simple

8. Customer & Prospect Database 1 3 4 Incoming or Outgoing Calls Events and Meetings Email Signature Place of Business Guest Book Guests 5 Online Presence Engaging Customers: Building Connections ■ Engaging starts with the ability to connect… a contact list ■ Collect everywhere you connect ■ Quality over Quantity ■ Do I know you?

9. Engaging Customers: Make a good first impression Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.9 ■ Initial impressions last forever ■ Welcome new connections to your community ■ Connections: solidify the connection ■ Friends / Followers: return the favor ■ First communications = the blind date ■ Welcome them ■ Share some insight ■ Make them glad they’re connected

10. Engaging Customers: Look Professional Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.10 ■ Professional templates ■ Branding consistency ■ Content / image mix ■ Appropriate mix ■ Location matters ■ White space ■ Double check your content & links

11. Engaging Customers: Send Valuable Content Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.11 ■ Be brief, be bright, be gone ■ Do I care? ■ Share your expertise ■ Conversation starters ■ Let your personality shine through

12. Re-Sharing Enabled & Encouraged: Making Content Sharable Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.12 ■ Content that starts a discussion ■ Distribute it broadly... ■ Newsletter ■ Blog ■ Facebook ■ Twitter ■ Enable sharing at each distribution point ■ Provide a specific destination for the discussion Engaging Content Conversation Destination Conversation Destination

13. CONFIDENTIAL Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc. 13 Making Email “Broadcastable”

14. 14 Tell Followers when you are Broadcasting

15. 15 Turn Your Broadcasts into a Destination

16. 16 Monitor the Impact

17. The Swinery is a butcher shop in Seattle They sent an email newsletter to 3,765 subscribers Received 816 opens (22%) But it was Viewed an additional 485 times & Liked by 181 readers Represents a 60% increase in reach Case Study: The Swinery

18. Re-Sharing Enabled & Encouraged: Social Means You Too! Tapping into the 6 th Degree of Separation Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.18 ■ Listen ■ To influencers in your industry ■ To people you admire ■ To people with a differing point of view ■ Follow ■ Contribute to the discussion ■ Offer alternative views ■ Have fun

19. How to Start Engaging! Copyright © 2010 Constant Contact, Inc.19 1.Understand and maximize your customer experience 2.Build direct connections with your customers / clients 3. Share valuable content nuggets and encourage their sharing 4. Join relevant dialogs (follow to be followed) 5. Monitor what’s being said (make sense out of the chaos)

20. Steve Robinson Senior Regional Development Director - IL Constant Contact @ctctillinois Search for Constant Contact Illinois Thank You