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Learn how NPR utilized geotargeting to drive local engagement on Facebook, increase digital partnership with stations, and measure engagement performance effectively. Discover key insights and outcomes from this innovative approach.
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Geotargeting Content on Facebook NPR's Experiment in Local Engagement Keith Hopper Director of Product Strategy and Development @khopper
Stations • NPR has 271 independent member stations providing national and local news to individual communities • About 93 percent of the U.S. population is within the broadcast listening area of one or more member stations • NPR Programming reaches 26.4 million listeners every week
Geotargeting content on Facebook npr.org kplu.org
Core Objectives • Experiment around what drives local engagement and clicks on Facebook • Encourage digital behavior change at a local level • Explore ways to deepen our digital partnership with stations
Editorial Strategy What makes a good geotargeted NPR Facebook story? NPR’s sweetspot Local flavor geotargeted
Measurement • Measure campaign traffic • Determine method for engagement performance between Global NPR Facebook posts and geotargeted posts • Engagement Rates = • Likes/impressions • Shares/impressions • Comments/impressions
Engagement Measurement – First Pass Per thousand impressions GLOBAL Per thousand impressions GEOTARGETED
Engagement measurement – 2nd Pass Used Facebook Insights data, focused on three metrics: • Engagement: The number of Shares, Likes and Comments on a post • Reach: The number of unique people exposed to a post • Engagement Rate = Engagement total / Reach total
Engagement performance measurement Total Engagement Rate (Oct – Dec 2011) 0.02 Geotargeted Global 0.003
Other highlights • First 50 posts drove 50k+ visits • More than doubled social media traffic in first month • Geotargeted posts responsible for site’s largest traffic day and three highest traffic months • Seattle now largest growth region for overall NPR account “likers” • NPR National desk is now promoting local pieces globally • Engagement success is driving editorial changes in local newsrooms
Some Outstanding Questions • Is this repeatable? • Will it fade over time? • Does it scale? • How much can this drive global NPR follower growth? • How valuable is this to stations and users? • What other ways can this be done? • What’s next?
Takeaways • Experiments! • Start small and stealthy • Know what you need to measure, set up early • Be prepared to learn and pivot • Geotargeting! • Select content that works on Facebook • Encourage content that engages your local market • Use your large potential audience as a carrot • Can you scale?