A look at Social Media Marketing strategy and tactics for businesses who have already dipped their toes into the Web world.
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4. It’s the story,
not the technology
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5. LET’S TALK...
• Your foundation
• Marketing steps for your biz
• A quick Facebook chat
• Twitter voice and tools
• Get your sales team on board
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6.
7. Average social network user age
Facebook = 38 years old
LinkedIn = 48 years old
YouTube = 27 years old
Twitter = 30+ years old
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10. The Big Idea:
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Personal Brands are Profitable for Your Business
11. 4 Brand Types
★ Pure Corporate
★ Corporate w/ a Persona
★ Employee w/ Corp Ties
★ Pure Personal
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/07/30/from-corporate-to-personal-the-four-types-of-social-media-profiles/
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12. FOURSQUARE www.foursquare.com
• Giant market share
• Offers analytics to learn about your customers better
• Gaming element (badges) makes it FUN!
• Great for large conferences and events too
13. GOOGLE PLACES
www.google.com/places
• Claim and optimize
• Use rich media and promotions
• Encourage participation
• Integrate into your website plan
15. The steps for a successful PR campaign
• Research
• Strategic Planning
• Implementation
• Evaluation
Source: http://www.praccreditation.org/becomeAPR/KSAs_Competencies.html
16. 1. Research
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17. Nothing happens until you listen
www.technorati.com
Email updates for your company
name and keywords
www.google.com/alerts
Email updates for your company
name and keywords
http://search.twitter.com
Search Twitter for what’s being
said about you
http://alerts.yahoo.com
Yahoo! alerts you of any occurrences
of defined terms and names
31. HOW DO
BUSINESSES USE
SOCIAL MEDIA?
1. Build relationships
2. Promote products or services
3. Provide customer service
4. Share info, be awesome
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52. FACEBOOK
SUCCESS
• Know your audience
• Be consistent
• Be interesting Then go register:
• Vary your content
• Watch your stats
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• Repeat
53. Fresh pictures with tags! Admins!
Profile image
Know what works
Regular posts
Use of tabs for cool content
56. BUSINESS
TWITTER VOICES
• Customer support voice (@comcastcares)
• CEO voice (@eschipul)
• Product / service voice (@titosvodka)
• Playful trickster (@CorpzFlowrLois)
• What fits your brand best?
57. My Twitter lifesaver
www.hootsuite.com
1. Publisher:
Bulk + approved scheduling
2. Analytics + Reports:
Facebook + Twitter
3. Assignments / team work
4. Easy List management
5. Geo-location friendly
6. MOBILE!!!!!
58. Twitter elements for business
• Solid brand name (no numbers or weird abbreviations, short)
• Hashtags
• Photos (www.twitpic.com // www.yfrog.com)
• Videos (www.twitvid.com)
• Frequency (2 posts / day - know your peak hours)
• Responsiveness (within 24 hours - good or bad)
• Sense of humor
60. GET YOUR SALES TEAM BUY-IN
• Give them the tools they need
(they are mobile, make it easy)
• Train the heck out of them!
• Turn them into rock stars online
• Provide a clear direction, make it a game
64. BUSINESS CARD PARTY
Include your SMM links
www.moo.com
Go wild for a conference!
www.cardmunch.com/
65. Quick review:
1. What do the analytics say?
2. Schedule, plan, Schedule, plan
3. Play with your voice
4. Continue to recruit passion
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WE MADE IT!
66. THANK YOU!
Katie Laird | Head Communications Geek | @happykatie
Schipul - The Web Marketing Company | www.schipul.com