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HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR
SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS
A Simple Formula That Just Adds Up!

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
IN THIS PRESENTATION
•
•
•
•
•

Soul searching and switching shoes
Why/how should you be doing social media?
Who are you marketing to?
The Formula!
Q&A

SOCIAL MRKETINGBUSINESS SOLUTIONS
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
AN EXERCISE
• Soul searching and switching shoes
– Put yourself in your customers shoes. What
terms, queries, questions, searches would they
make to try to find a business like yours?
– Think like your client. What questions do they
have that you can answer?
– In other words, their questions ARE your
keywords.
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
WHY/HOW SHOULD YOU BE
DOING SOCIAL MEDIA?
•
•
•
•

This is your public persona
Present yourself as an expert in your field
Be genuine, transparent and helpful
Communicate with your audience: 2-WAY!

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
WHO ARE YOU MARKETING
TO?
• Your clients, prospective clients
• The search engines!
– The go between, the translator

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
THE FORMULA
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

40% Blogging - Content
10% Directories
20% Social Networking
10% Newsletter
10% Metrics/Statistics
10% Connecting your efforts
BONUS: Old Fashion Networking
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
40% - Your Blog, Your Story
•
•
•
•

10% Picking a Story or Subject
10% Title and content
10% Optimizing for search engines
10% How can I repurpose

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
Blog Story (10%)
• How RELEVANT is your story to what you do?
• How RELEVANT is your story to what your
customers need?
• Is this story answering the questions your
audience may have?
• How can this story change somebody’s life?
• Educate, inform….pitch a little
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
Title and Content (10%)
• How RELEVANT is the title to the story?
• First paragraph GETS indexed. Use it smartly.
• Quick Content Formula
– Tell them what you are going to tell them
(summary)
– Then tell them
– Then tell them what you told them
– Ask them to take action
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
Optimizing for Search Engines
(10%)
• How RELEVANT is your category?
• How RELEVANT are your keywords (tags)?
• Have you “sprinkled” some of your keywords
on the first paragraph?
• Is your business local? Are you taking
advantage of tagging your city or your zip
code or your telephone number
• ARE YOU DOING THIS IN A NATURAL WAY?
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
REPURPOSING (10%)
• Can you break this story into snippets that you
can repurpose on Facebook, LinkedIn,
Google+, etc.?
• Can you videotape yourself reading this story
and put up on YouTube?
• Can you summarize this story and add it to
your newsletter?
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
10% - Directories
Optimize your “free” listings to the max!
• Google+ Pages a/k/a Google Places
• Bing
• Yahoo
• Yelp

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
SOCIAL NETWORKING

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
20% - Social Networking-Where?
Start small – think like your clients!
• LinkedIn (Public Profile and Business)
• Google+ (Public Profile and Business)
• Facebook (Public Profile and Business)
• Twitter (Public Profile or Business)
• YouTube (Public Profile or Business)
• Pinterest, Instagram, podcasting, etc.
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
20% - Social Networking-How?
Start small – think like your clients!
• Lots of room to put information about what you
do and how you can help your audience who is
looking for RESULTS
• Repurpose your blog content
• Connect and comment!
• Share other people’s/companies’ posts
• ALWAYS optimize your shares and your images!
Images are indexed!
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
10% - E-Newsletter
• Build a client list by giving your potential
clients an opportunity to subscribe on ALL
your social networks/directories
• Recap your monthly content on your
newsletter
• Offer something
• Share success stories, celebrate!
• Inform, educate!!
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
5% - Social Media Metrics
• Blogs and all social media networks have FREE
metrics (stats) available to you
• Add FREE Google Analytics to your website
and you blog.
• Look at HOW people found your blog and
what terms they used as THOSE can be the
subject of your next blog post.
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
15% - CONNECTING THE
DOTS
• Link back (refer to another of your “sites”)
with every opportunity!
• Make sure your blog lists them all and that
you list them all on Facebook, Google+, your
website, your blog…EVERYWHERE

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
100%
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
BONUS :
OLD FASHIONED
NETWORKING

• Face-to-face networking STILL works and
works well!
• Join local chambers of commerce and other
organizations and feel good about sharing
your knowledge…after all, you are the expert
and experts are what businesses will hire.
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
SO, TO RECAP
• Do some soul searching and switch shoes
• Now you know why/how you should be doing
social media
• Now you know who are marketing to
• Put The Formula to work!
• Q&A

SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
THANK YOU!

Dana Runimas-Plazyk
630-665-9333
www.noexcusesmobilemarketing.com
Dana@NoExcusesMobileMarketing.com
Facebook.com/DanaRunimasPlazyk
Facebook.com/NoExcusesMobileMarketing
Twitter.com/DanaPlazyk
YouTube.com/noexcusesmobile
LinkedIn.com/danaplazyk
SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS

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How To Maximize You Social Media Efforts - A Simple Formula

  • 1. HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS A Simple Formula That Just Adds Up! SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS
  • 3. IN THIS PRESENTATION • • • • • Soul searching and switching shoes Why/how should you be doing social media? Who are you marketing to? The Formula! Q&A SOCIAL MRKETINGBUSINESS SOLUTIONS SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 4. AN EXERCISE • Soul searching and switching shoes – Put yourself in your customers shoes. What terms, queries, questions, searches would they make to try to find a business like yours? – Think like your client. What questions do they have that you can answer? – In other words, their questions ARE your keywords. SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 5. WHY/HOW SHOULD YOU BE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA? • • • • This is your public persona Present yourself as an expert in your field Be genuine, transparent and helpful Communicate with your audience: 2-WAY! SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 6. WHO ARE YOU MARKETING TO? • Your clients, prospective clients • The search engines! – The go between, the translator SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 8. THE FORMULA • • • • • • • 40% Blogging - Content 10% Directories 20% Social Networking 10% Newsletter 10% Metrics/Statistics 10% Connecting your efforts BONUS: Old Fashion Networking SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 9. 40% - Your Blog, Your Story • • • • 10% Picking a Story or Subject 10% Title and content 10% Optimizing for search engines 10% How can I repurpose SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 10. Blog Story (10%) • How RELEVANT is your story to what you do? • How RELEVANT is your story to what your customers need? • Is this story answering the questions your audience may have? • How can this story change somebody’s life? • Educate, inform….pitch a little SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 11. Title and Content (10%) • How RELEVANT is the title to the story? • First paragraph GETS indexed. Use it smartly. • Quick Content Formula – Tell them what you are going to tell them (summary) – Then tell them – Then tell them what you told them – Ask them to take action SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 12. Optimizing for Search Engines (10%) • How RELEVANT is your category? • How RELEVANT are your keywords (tags)? • Have you “sprinkled” some of your keywords on the first paragraph? • Is your business local? Are you taking advantage of tagging your city or your zip code or your telephone number • ARE YOU DOING THIS IN A NATURAL WAY? SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 13. REPURPOSING (10%) • Can you break this story into snippets that you can repurpose on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, etc.? • Can you videotape yourself reading this story and put up on YouTube? • Can you summarize this story and add it to your newsletter? SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 14. 10% - Directories Optimize your “free” listings to the max! • Google+ Pages a/k/a Google Places • Bing • Yahoo • Yelp SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 16. 20% - Social Networking-Where? Start small – think like your clients! • LinkedIn (Public Profile and Business) • Google+ (Public Profile and Business) • Facebook (Public Profile and Business) • Twitter (Public Profile or Business) • YouTube (Public Profile or Business) • Pinterest, Instagram, podcasting, etc. SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 17. 20% - Social Networking-How? Start small – think like your clients! • Lots of room to put information about what you do and how you can help your audience who is looking for RESULTS • Repurpose your blog content • Connect and comment! • Share other people’s/companies’ posts • ALWAYS optimize your shares and your images! Images are indexed! SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 18. 10% - E-Newsletter • Build a client list by giving your potential clients an opportunity to subscribe on ALL your social networks/directories • Recap your monthly content on your newsletter • Offer something • Share success stories, celebrate! • Inform, educate!! SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 19. 5% - Social Media Metrics • Blogs and all social media networks have FREE metrics (stats) available to you • Add FREE Google Analytics to your website and you blog. • Look at HOW people found your blog and what terms they used as THOSE can be the subject of your next blog post. SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 20. 15% - CONNECTING THE DOTS • Link back (refer to another of your “sites”) with every opportunity! • Make sure your blog lists them all and that you list them all on Facebook, Google+, your website, your blog…EVERYWHERE SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 22. BONUS : OLD FASHIONED NETWORKING • Face-to-face networking STILL works and works well! • Join local chambers of commerce and other organizations and feel good about sharing your knowledge…after all, you are the expert and experts are what businesses will hire. SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  • 23. SO, TO RECAP • Do some soul searching and switch shoes • Now you know why/how you should be doing social media • Now you know who are marketing to • Put The Formula to work! • Q&A SOCIAL MARKETING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS