This document summarizes a panel discussion on smart social media campaigns. It introduces the panelists Roshni Cox from ESPN and Aubrey Flynn from Combs Enterprises. Cox discusses how ESPN uses live content and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat to drive engagement. Flynn outlines Combs Enterprises' "Blue Flame" digital strategy and gives examples of social media campaigns that generated billions of impressions. The discussion covers how to engage audiences, publish trusted content, and amplify messaging through targeting on social platforms.
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Meet the Panelists
Roshni Cox
Dir. of Digital Marketing
ESPN
@roshnicox
Aubrey Flynn
VP of Digital
Combs Enterprises
@aubreyflynn
Jim Rudden
CMO
Spredfast
@jimrudden
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Connecting Brands with Fans Through Conversation
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ESPN PREMIUM LIVE CONTENT DRIVES
THE CONVERSATION OF THE MOMENT
• 95% Live Viewing
• #1 Network in Generating Social TV Comments
• Nearly 1 Out of Every 5 Social TV Comments
• 92MM Referrals Back to ESPN.com from Social
Media Sites (3X Growth vs. YAG)
SOURCE: NIELSEN SOCIAL GUIDE 2014, ADOBE JUNE 2015
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Snapchat
• Exclusive unique
partnership with Live
Stories around tentpole
events and exclusive daily
editions in Discover
• Exclusive sports brand
in Discover
• Content includes UGC,
short-form and long-form
Instagram
• 15+ Instagram accounts
• 175MM engagements YTD
• ESPN accounts generated
7x more comments/likes
than sports media
competitors combined
Twitter
• 53MM unique followers
• Generates ~2K engagements
per tweet across top 5
handles
• ~15MM monthly referrals
to ESPN.com (20% of social
traffic) driving 2x as many
video starts (~31MM)
A Scalable Audience Across the Biggest Platforms
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Facebook
• 41MM unique fans
• Generates ~12K
engagements per post
across top 5 accounts
• Unique fans of ESPN
Facebook pages are
up +19% y-o-y
SOURCE: FACEBOOK; TWITTER JUNE 2015; FACCEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM
ENGAGEMENT FROM JANUARY 1- JUNE 30, 2015; SHAREABLEEE, 1/15-6/15, “SPORTS MEDIA
COMPETITORS” INCLUDE FOX SPORTS, NBC SPORTS, FS1, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, CBS SPORTS,
Y! SPORTS, B/R, SB NATION
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Sponsored
Multimedia
Franchises
Integration of high
profile content
across all screens
Branded Content
Distribution
Custom-built branded
social campaigns
Platform Specific
Unique executions
tailored to platform(s)
Live Events
Exclusive access
into ESPN live event
content as it happens
and distributed in real-
time
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2015 Digital Strategy
Blue Flame
Listener™
• Supplement
research with private
communities and
brand monitoring.
• Inform strategy and
tactics for marketing
efforts.
Blue Flame
Publisher™
• Influence word-of-
mouth conversations.
• Draw prospects down
the marketing funnel.
• Facilitate consumer
interaction.
Blue Flame
Engage™
• Identify and
energize most
enthusiastic
consumers.
• Wrangle influential
ambassadors to
spread messages
organically.
• Co create content
with trustworthy
industry experts.
Blue Flame
Embrace™
• Integrate
customers into the
innovation process.
• Increase the
likelihood of
developing high
demand products
and services.
Blue Flame
Amplify™
• Message the right
audience at the right
time with targeted
media.
• Accomplish
objectives more
effectively through
targeting and re-
messaging.
• Personalize
consumer ad
experiences that
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Case Studies
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In 2013, Aquahydrate had
the biggest water launch in
history with over 2 billion
impressions in 48 hours.
In 2015, over 500 million
social media impressions
were generated for
REVOLT TV live concert
featuring Puff Daddy, Snoop
Dogg and friends in
Madison Square Garden.
Over 1 billion social media
impressions around
the new Sean John 3AM
viral video, Diddy and
Cassie from April 27,
2015 to May 5 2015. Sean
John in particular
experienced a 37% lift
in social media reach on
Twitter, including but
not limited to Hypebeast,
Complex, High Snobiety
and MANY more.
Over 4.8+ billion
potential social media
impressions around Puff
Daddy’s 20th Anniversary
performance and new
single #FinnaGetLoose
featuring Pharrell.
#puffsnoopmsg
#finnagetloose
#3am
#aquahydrate
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Rocket Fuel Engage
90% of consumers consider
social media posts from
people they know to be
completely trustworthy.
[SOURCE, FORRESTER
RESEARCH]
Relevance
TrustInfluence
Expert content is 80% more
effective online than branded
content and user reviews.
[SOURCE, NIELSEN]
Over 65% of white and hispanic
Americans believe AA influence
mainstream culture.
[SOURCE, NIELSEN]
Engage
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Ellen DeGeneres
79M
Akon
65M
Khloe Kardashian
50.4M
Kourtney Kardashian
43M
Ashton Kutcher
33M
Paris Hilton
24M
Jimmy Fallon
35M
Romeo Santos
35M
Wiz Khalifa
61M
Kylie Jenner
40M
Mariah Carey
37M
Tyrese Gibson
33M
Kris Jenner
14M
Usher
61M
Will I Am
28M
Mark Wahlberg
20M
Kim Kardashian
95M
Kendal Jenner
44M
A Network of Over 600 Million Followers
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Rocket Fuel Amplify
GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING
Push the call-to-action in front of
targeted audience in cities that have
the most fans and followers.
Rocket Fuel
Amplify
KEYWORD TARGETING
Push the call-to-action in front of
targeted audience as they mention
relevant keywords including brand
terms, talent and competitors.
FOLLOWER TARGETING
Push the call-to-action messaging
in front of targeted audience based
on the brands, talent and media
channels they follow.
1865 - the Dirigible airship, which was similar to a hot air balloon
Invented by Solomon Andrews
Flew over New York City - but was very difficult to navigate and direct effectively
Used a system of lines and pulleys that compressed or allowed the gas to expand into the balloon
Fun anecdote - Andrews wrote to Abe Lincoln offering the plane for use during the American Civil War; he was turned down
1889 - Pichancourt develops a mechanical bird aimed to imitate the motion of a bird’s wings in flight.
Made flights of 70ft at 25ft in altitude
Device was rubber band powered
1890 - first take-off of an airplane solely under its own power
Flew uncontrolled for 160 feet before crashing
Worked, but undirected
Wright brothers - built the world’s first successful airplane in 1903.
Concentrated on the controllability of the aircraft
Experimented with kites and gliders until they came up with a new iteration of a glider that corrected earlier problems with drag and lift
Rigorous experimentation to find the winning design that allowed for scalable, repeatable success.
Their breakthrough approach altered the way that future engineers designed aircraft - eventually allowing for the planes that we use today.
Circle around to Smart Social - seeing two presenters that are doing Smart Social today. They will give you a framework of how they’re working through challenges, taking data-driven steps and making adaptable decisions. Two different examples today - ESPN and Combs Enterprises.