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Communications Update Circuit Trails Coalition Semi-Annual Meeting May 2017 Quick Refresher Objectives Raise awareness of Circuit Trails vision Increase use of existing trails Drive support for trails among influencers,


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Communications Update

Circuit Trails Coalition Semi-Annual Meeting

May 2017

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  • Objectives
  • Raise awareness of Circuit Trails’

vision

  • Increase use of existing trails
  • Drive support for trails among

influencers, officials

  • Recognize accomplishments

Quick Refresher

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  • Opening Day for Trails
  • Trail Openings
  • Media coverage
  • Social media growth

Looking Back

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  • Official opening of trail season
  • Part of a national effort
  • 10+ events across the region
  • Hundreds to thousands of trail lovers across the region

Opening Day for Trails

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Opening Day for Trails

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Opening Day for Trails

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Opening Day for Trails

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Opening Day for Trails

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Trail Openings

  • Chester Creek Trail
  • Bartram’s Mile
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Media Results

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  • Facebook – 4,347 page likes

9.9% increase since November

  • Twitter – 927 followers

25.1% increase since November

  • Instagram – 1,044 followers

43.4% increase since November

Social Media

Facebook is the #2 referral source to the website behind Google

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Website

  • Big traffic increases
  • 81% increase in traffic over the same

period last year

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What’s Ahead?

  • Tools – owned, earned, shared & paid

media

  • Desksides
  • Op-eds
  • Blogs, newsletters
  • Social media
  • Swag
  • Transit signage
  • 6ABC partnership
  • Print advertisements
  • Event promotion
  • Ribbon-cuttings
  • Groundbreakings
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  • 2017 theme – 5 months, 500

miles

  • Encourages trail use & informs

users of long-term goal

  • Personal, family or “walking

warrior”

Circuit Trails Challenge

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  • PATCO & Riverline Posters
  • SEPTA & NJT Bus Ads
  • SEPTA Silverliner Video Ads
  • METRO Skybox Ads
  • Digital
  • 6ABC Partnership

Paid Campaign

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6ABC Partnership

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Trail Openings

  • K&T Trail – Phase 1 – Opens Monday!
  • Marcus Hook (June)
  • Tinicum Route 291 (June)
  • Cooper’s Poynt (Summer)
  • SRT – South to Christian St. (Summer)
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  • Philadelphia
  • Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine,

WHYY, etc.

  • Pennsylvania Counties
  • Bucks County Courier Times, Times

Herald, Delco Times, etc.

  • New Jersey Counties
  • Courier Post, NJ.com, Trentonian,

Burlington County Times, etc.

Desksides

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Partner Engagement

Everyone loves swag!

Order your swag here:

www.tinyurl.com/circuitswag

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Partner Engagement

Imagine your event here! Let us know about upcoming events here: tinyurl.com/circuitevents (Plus, borrow banners, signs and more)

Plus borrow banners, signs and more!

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Partner Activities

  • Event support (materials, resources, etc.)
  • Earned media (event promotion, human interest stories, etc.)
  • Social media participation (takeovers, event coverage, etc.)
  • Blog content (guest posts, feature events, etc.)
  • Custom advertising (region/location specific)
  • Event advertising (cost-sharing for custom placements)
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Sarah Clark Stuart Brandi Horton Brianna Taylor sarah@bicyclecoalition.org brandi@railstotrails.org btaylor@devinepartners.com 215-242-9253, x306 202-974-5155 215-568-2525

Thank you!