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Best Practices for Using Free Social Media Tools to Engage Audiences
1. Technology & Social
Media
Free or Low Cost Tools
Best Practices
Amy Hess, Sommer Poquette and Amy Coulter
2. Today we will talk…
•What, Why and Is it For You?
•Twitter Best Practices, Examples, Tips and Tools.
• Facebook Fan Pages Vs. Causes and Personal Pages.
•Examples of Non-Profits using Social Media.
•Determine your ROI for social media, realistically.
•Free online tools and resources.
4. The Stats…
-1,111,991,000 – number of Tweets to date.
-3,000,000 – number of Tweets/day(March
2008) (from TechCrunch)
-200,000,000 – number of active users
-100,000,000 - number of users who log on
to Facebook at least once each day
-133,000,000 – number of blogs indexed by
Technorati since 2002
-70,000,000 – number of total videos on
YouTube (March 2008
Deepening the Engagement.
Reaching New People in a New Way = Embracing Social
Change.
WHY?
Source: Future Buzz
5. • Follow those
Listen and Learn
• RT
Don’t Just Broadcast
related to you. • Reply
• Search key • #FF
word on
• Link Love
Twitter.
• Evaluate other
Non-Profits
and
Organizations.
Twitter Best Practice
6. YES No
Okay with You do not like candid
transparency. feedback.
Understand or are Does not want to invest
willing to understand in the time. It might be
the value. free but it takes TIME.
Will listen and learn. You only want to
Can give up control. promote your cause.
Will invest in the Don’t believe in social
time. media etiquette.
Is it for you?
7. Link Love
Replying To
Being
Replied To
Conversation
Listen, Share, Reply and Converse
9. Facebook IS
Fans Matter Communicate
Not Twitter
• Optimize • Do not cross • Welcome
your post all of New Fans via
settings. the time. a landing
Allow for • Recognize page.
fans to leave you probably • Social Media
comments, have Policy.
post pictures separate • Ask
and videos. audiences. questions
• Promote your and be
Fan Page on interesting.
other
properties.
Facebook Fan Page
10. Post Content Daily
Use your own Photo and Share Content
for personal pages. Daily (drip
marketing).
Share Inspirational Use your logo for Fan
Thoughts. page and groups.
Utilize Events,
Messages to Fans
and Group Members.
Facebook Tips and Tools
11. BEGIN WITH THOUGHT PROVOKING
WORDS LIKE…
I WAS THINKING, CAN YOU IMAGINE, I AM
HOPEFUL OR DID YOU KNOW?
Helpful Way to Start and End the
CONVERSATION
15. Sommer Poquette
@greatstart
Greatstartforkids.com
greatstartforkids@gmail.com
Amy Hesse
@kidsgreatstart
Kidsgreatstart.org
hessea@coorisd.k12.mi.us
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