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Program Overview
EyeObserve (APP) is designed to help construct more efficient and effective instructional coaching
process by Dr. Gary Bitter, Professor of Educational Technology in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
at Arizona State University (ASU). With this applied project, the goal is to promote locally and globally
APP through social media. APP has been introduced as a new iOS app into the Apple Store since March
23, 2016.
As the primary marketing strategy, EyeObserve Social Networking Marketing Plan (APP Marketing Plan)
was designed. Kimberly Purcell and Takako Kobayashi, two Instructional Designers (IDs) of this applied
project, have been used various social media platforms to promote the APP sale.
A formative assessment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of APP Marketing Plan from
Mach 24 to April 10, 2016.
EyeObserveApp@gmail.com
https://www.pinterest.com/eyeobserveapp/
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/Ucy7WnyAHP3hU6_T0dpPdng
eyeobserveapp
Wordpress Website
https://eyeobserveapp.wordpress.com/
www.facebook.com/eyeobserveapp
Twitter
@EyeObserveApp
APP Marketing Plan consists of two stages. First, IDs introduce and promote the sale of APP to
prospective users and social media experts via the registered social media sites listed above. Afterwards,
those intended audience install APP and share their reviews or comments about APP through their
social media sites, which will function as another primary source to promote the APP sale.
Evaluation Method
Participants
The formative assessment was done as a group evaluation with two possible client groups. The first type
refers to the main beneficiaries of APP such as instructional coaches (ICs) to provide their collaborating
teachers with feedback on their instructional performances. The second group is social media experts
for the educational technology field who can promote the sale of APP via social media. The sample
population that IDs have been in contact with includes:
Team leading teachers (instructional coaching position) in Global Launch and staffs at ASU
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EyeObserve Social Networking Marketing Plan
Tryout Report
ICs, classroom teachers, educational associations who have registered their social media
accounts
Those individuals and organizations engaging in social networking are the primary customers for APP
Marketing Plan.
Process
Implementation activities of the registered social media sites are listed below (Table 1).
Table 1: Implementation Activities
Activity
Person Responsible
Completion Date
Kimberly Purcell
2/24/16 present
Kimberly Purcell
Takako Kobayashi
2/24/16 present
Takako Kobayashi
Implement a formative assessment of the
effectiveness of APP Marketing Plan
Kimberly Purcells
3/24/16 4/10/16
Takako Kobayashi
Data Sources and Collection
The two IDs were able to implement APP Marketing Plan and observe the tryout group from February to
April. At the end of February, the IDs registered social media accounts and responsible for updating
contents such as images, videos, and information related to educational technology to promote the APP
sale. EyeObserve Social Media Sites Survey (APP Survey) is designed to collect data from the group to
help evaluate APP Marketing Plan and identify appropriate revisions in the plan. Weekly reports and
observation are also reviewed as part of the formative assessment
Results
Critical Numbers
Weekly summaries from Apple Store are listed in Table 2.
Table 2: App Analytics Weekly Summary
Store views
App Units
25
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Tryout Report
Analytic data from each social media platform is shown in the following tables (Table 3 Table 9).
Table 3: Twitter (last 28 days)
Tweets
Profile visits
Mentions
Follower
261
524
19
179
Table 4: Wordpress (last two months)
Post
Views
Visitors
116
37
Table 5: YouTube (last 28 days: March 12 April 8, 2016)
Views
29
15
Table 6: Pinterest
Boards
Pins
Likes
Followers
15
452
Table 7: Facebook
Likes
6
Table 8: Instagram (last 20 days since registration)
Posts
Followers
13
Table 9: LinkedIn Group page
Visit Profile
1
As identified above, Twitter has the largest numbers of followers and visitors. Despite the short period
of its implementation, Instagram has also attracted many users attention. These two social media sites
share the similar features that allow IDs to engage in intended audience and receive reactions from
them easily.
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EyeObserve Social Networking Marketing Plan
Tryout Report
Customer Attitudes
Customer responses on APP Survey are summarized in Tables 10 13 (The actual data is available here).
Indeed, only one person completed APP Survey. Overall, the individual had positive responses to the
quality of the social media sites. For example, the person responded to extremely well that the
advertisements on our social media platforms matched the personality of own APP experience (see
Table 11).
Table 10: APP Survey Part 1
Survey question
(1) 100%
(1) 100%
Wordpress
YouTube
Blog review
Word of mouth
Table 11: APP Survey Part 2
Survey question
Facebook
(1) 100%
(1) 100%
(1) 100%
Wordpress
(1) 100%
(1) 100%
(1) 100%
YouTube
(1) 100%
Definitely
not
Mostly
not
Might or
might not
(1) 100%
Table 12: APP Survey Part 3
Survey question
How likely are you to suggest purchasing
Eye Observe to educators or coaches?
Probably
will
Definitely
will
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EyeObserve Social Networking Marketing Plan
Tryout Report
When asked the reason to install APP, the person responded free app. When asked what they would
use APP, the individual responded assessment of student performance. When asked what professions
in addition to ICs can use APP, the respondent commented realtor in the open-ended questions (see
Table 13).
Table 13: APP Survey Part 4
When you found out Eye Observe is available, why did you decide to download it?
mainly because it was a free app. I've never used or looked for video-evaluation tools before.
If you would not suggest purchasing Eye Observe to educators or coaches, why not?
As long as it is free, I think I will suggest it to some others, but I haven't used it enough to know how much I
think I would suggest it sell for.
Please describe how you would use this app.
For smaller demonstrations from students. I would want to show them what I video-taped and why I made
the notes that I did.
Can you think of other professions or opportunities for this app to be useful?
I'm going to show it to my friend who is a realtor. I think it might be useful for her to have homes she is
selling on video with notes. She does everything with a digital camera and makes separate notes, this would
put everything together for her.
Observations
Two IDs were able to observe the tryout group when APP Marketing Plan was implemented. Table 14
below outlines what IDs saw during activities and what I thought for revisions:
Table 14: Observation Report
Social media sites
Twitter
Wordpress
YouTube
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sites from Pinterest and vice versa
LinkedIn Group
Revisions
For the Future
The possible areas of revisions are listed below.
It is apparent from the observation (see Table 14), several social media sites encountered some troubles
(e.g., Facebook) due to using fictitious accounts. Overall, the period of implementation activities seems
too short to evaluate the effectiveness and the quality of APP Marketing Plan. Due to the short period of
implementing APP Marketing Plan, the connectivity among the registered social media platforms was
low. Thus, increasing the connectivity may lead to the growth of followers and visitors in each site. In
APP Marketing Plan, two IDs used free accounts except Facebook to promote the APP sale. However,
most of the registered social media sites will be equipped with more functions that help promote the
sale of APP by upgrading accounts. Although two IDs use Hootsuite to manage their various social media
accounts, its free account allows them to manage only three social media platforms. Thus, request for
budget will be necessary to fully employ social networking as the promotion strategy.