Subscribers are the main source of revenue for HBO, but subscribers have declined by 1.6 million in 2010 as people want to watch shows at their leisure. To address this, HBO plans to implement a social media campaign to promote their streaming service HBO GO and regain the 1.6 million lost subscribers.
2. Subscribers are declining. Lost 1.6 million in
2010
People want to watch shows at their own
leisure
3. Implementing a Social Media campaign to increase awareness of HBOs
new streaming service
4. Regain the 1.6 million subscribers they lost in
2010
Double number of HBO GO users (4 million
currently, only 14% of HBO subscribers)
5. Promote HBO GO after shows premiere
Links, Retweets, and anything else to remind
the customers
6. HBO GO MUST be better optimized for
relevant keywords
7. Streaming TV $1.38 CPC
Streaming Movies $1.54 CPC
Movies Online $1.16 CPC
Streaming services $4.43 CPC
Watch TV shows $0.75 CPC
8. YouTube advertisements
Advertise on popular blogs about
movies, television, and boxing
9. HBO spent over $10 million on just Boardwalk
Empire advertising this year
If 1/4 convert, need to draw 6.4 million to
convert 1.6 million. At average of $2 per click
it will cost....
$12,800,000
. or $1.07 million a month
10. Budget
Dec-Feb
Sep- Nov 15%
25%
March-May
20%
June- Aug
40%