2. Understanding the culture of social media Who is using what? How do I learn the lingo and relate? What can I gain from it?
3. Who is using what? Facebook 200 million users; 100 million logging in daily 54% of users are women 46% are ages 18-34; 20% are 13-17 39% make less than $60,000 annually Easy to share multimedia content without a “mask” Integrates with other social media
4. Who is using what? MySpace.com Around 58 million users 57% of users are women 46% are ages 18-34; 26% are 13-17 49% make less than $60,000 annually Retains people on site longer than other social media Is especially popular for music
5. Who is using what? Twitter Around 30 million users 54% of users are women 43% are ages 18-34; 29% are 13-17 49% make less than $60,000 annually Works well with mobile services (smart phone, SMS) 4.6 billion tweets and counting
16. Ratings and comments Promote products Give you good feedback Not scientific, but still has value Free advertising Help others find your content
17. Protect yourself Keep an eye on your brand And head off trouble before it’s a trending topic
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20. How do I find what people are saying? Where to look Search.Twitter.com Google search (be sure to do a separate blog search, too) Twoogle (a combo search of Twitter and Google): www.tinyurl.com/twooglesearch Timesaver tip: Bring the searches to you Set up an RSS feed for a Twitter search of your business. Set a Google Alert to do the search for you.
24. Listen and respond Customers are complaining. What do you do? Same thing you would as if customer was face-to-face Combat bad information with good information Be human, be real, be accessible
32. #youredoingitwrong Don’t do this: Auto-tweet Don’t tell people you’re on the patio, eating a sandwich or watching SportsCenter Don’t tease your customers
35. The nuts and bolts How to manage Twitter Co-Tweet Twhirl Tweetdeck Nambu Cell phone (text messaging) Smart phone
36. The nuts and bolts How to manage Facebook Create a fan page for your business Facebook allows up to 10 administrators Advertising through Facebook available
37. The big thing to remember: The key is how successful you are in communicating with your customers
Notas do Editor
Twingo: Twitter has spawned a language all its own. Words start with TW
Twoosh – 140 character tweet, so named for the whoosh sound a lot of twitter clients use when you hit 140
Hashtags are how you communicate with folks who may not be following you.
Twingo: Twitter loves to play with
Twingo: Twitter loves to play with
Twitter,Facebook do all of this OFF OF YOUR OWN SITE. The word spreads. It’s the new word of mouth.
I recently wrote a page-one story about how some Comcast customers got vague or flat-out-wrong information about whether they'll be affected by the coming transition to digital television (short answer: they won't).Comcast today followed up to say that the customers quoted in my piece got the runaround because customer-service workers weren't properly trained at the time. Now they are, a spokeswoman claims. Gee, I hope so.But there's a slightly creepy aspect to Comcast's follow-up: This means it was able to identify all the folks quoted in my piece, and when they called.It turns out companies are serious when warning you that your calls might be logged or recorded for future reference.
When searching for your brand, a few things to remember: -- People make spelling mistakes. -- Often on Twitter, they combo the word like above: walmartfail
It’s social media, so be social! Have manners. Say Thank you. Respond to requests thoughtfully and quickly. Listen!
Steve Rubel, of public-relations firm Edelman, posted that he throws his free PC Magazine in the trash, which prompted a backlash from clients who pitch to the magazine. PCMag has a circulation of 11 million. Bad move on behalf of the company.