6. vs.
2010 – ABC/NBC/CBS vs MySpace/Facebook/YouTube
Been around for ~60 years
10 million views monthly, collectively
Been around for ~6 years
250m unique visitors monthly
7. Kevin Smith & SouthwestAir
Kevin Smith - 03:52am Feb 14th, 2010 - https://twitter.com/thatkevinsmith/status/9079110598
72. Provide Value
• Who are you talking to?
• Where are they in social/other spaces/places?
• What are they doing?
• What do they find interesting/relevant?
91. Social Media Strategy
• Targeting the Right Consumer
• With the Right Content
• Through the Right Channel
• At the Right Time
Before / During / After using your product/service
101. Posting Strategy
https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page-posting-tips
Post consistently
• Being consistent in the quality and types of posts you create can
help people know what kinds of messages to expect from you
and how they tie into your business.
• A content calendar can help you plan ahead and make sure
posts use a similar message each time. You can:
• Schedule posts for when most of your audience is online
• Highlight days for major business events or product news
• Create targeted messages that tell your story
102. Posting Strategy
https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page-posting-tips
Target your posts
• Depending on your goals, you may want to post something
that will interest people in specific ages, genders or more.
• Here's the easiest way to control who sees a post:
• At the top of your Page click Settings, then click Post Targeting and
Privacy and check the box
• Create a new post on your Page
• When done, select the target icon in the bottom left corner and click Add
Targeting
• Target based on gender, interests, age, location and more. As you refine
your targeting, you'll see how many people your post could potentially
reach.
103. Posting Strategy
https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page-posting-tips
Keep post images and text fresh
• The more recent your posts, the more interesting people will
find them. To keep your posts interesting:
• Post timely content. For example, if an important holiday has just passed,
it’s time to post about the next holiday or event.
• Test which posts work best and review their performance. Create different
posts with the same objective, but switch the photos and copy.
• Respond quickly to comments on your posts to let fans know you're
listening to feedback.
104. Posting Strategy
https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page-posting-tips
Boost important posts (ONLY)
• The best way to reach people who matter to you when
promoting your products or services in your posts is with
Boosted Posts.
• Simply click Boost at the bottom of an existing or new post
that's promotional to:
• Increase purchases by taking people to your site with link posts
• Reach more people through important posts like new product or service
announcements
• Find new customers by targeting new audiences
106. Roles
• Admin
Can manage all aspects of the Page including sending messages and posting as
the Page, creating ads, seeing which admin created a post or comment,
viewing insights and assigning Page roles.
• Editor
Can edit the Page, send messages and post as the Page, create ads, see which
admin created a post or comment, and view insights.
• Moderator
Can respond to and delete comments on the Page, send messages as the
Page, see which admin created a post or comment, create ads, and view
insights.
• Advertiser
Can see which admin created a post or comment, create ads and view insights.
• Analyst
Can see which admin created a post or comment and view insights.
109. Page Dimensions
http://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-image-sizes-guide/
Profile Picture
• Must be at least 180 x 180 pixels.
• Photo will appear on page as 160 x 160
pixels on desktop, 140 x 140 on
smartphones, and 50 x 50 on most
feature phones.
• Profile pictures are located 16 pixels from
the left and 176 pixels from the top of
your cover photo on desktop.
• Profile pictures are located 24 pixels from
the left, 24 pixels from the bottom and
196 pixels from the top of your cover
photo on smartphones.
• Photo thumbnail will appear throughout
Facebook at 32 x 32 pixels.
110. Page Dimensions
http://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-image-sizes-guide/
Cover Photo
• Appear on page at 851 x 315 pixels.
Anything less will be stretched.
• Minimum size of 399 x 150 pixels.
Displays at 851 x 315 pixels on desktop
and 640 x 360 pixels on smartphones.
• Doesn’t display on feature phones.
• For best results, upload an sRGB JPG file
less than 100 KB.
• Images with a logo or text may be best
as a PNG file.
111. Tagged you in a post
Mentioned you in a post / Shared your post / Like page
Liked your video / photo / post / link
Commented on your photo / post / status
123. The Basics
For mentions and replies
@username + your message
@
# The Hashtag - helps you group and filter all discussions relevant to a specific event
RT
Repeating someone else’s tweet to amplify its effect, to give them credit use:
RT @username = “I respect you and your message”
D
Sends someone a private message
D username + your message
via Retweet via @OriginalPosterName
RT @first via @last
124. The DOs and DONTs
https://media.twitter.com/best-practices
• Send your tweets at the right time of day. If it isn’t seen within 5min its probably lost.
• Repost important messages at different times, but be creative in doing slight changes.
• Tweet between min 1 and max 6 times per day.
Do
125. The DOs and DONTs
https://media.twitter.com/best-practices
• START your message with the @ symbol unless you ONLY want people following both
you and the person after the @ symbol.
• Use Twitter to push ads or brand messaging.
• Just Tweet but also follow others to join in or start a conversation.
• Bulk-Post, It drives people crazy when you don't post for a few hours, then post 9 times
in a row. If they do that a lot, they will unfollow.
• Just retweet, post links and post quotes!!
Don’t
126. Tips
• Click on the Timestamp to get the link to the permanent URL for an individual tweet.
• The best tweet times are on weekdays (Except Thursday) between 9am and 3pm
• If you put hashtags in your bio, people will be able to find you better when they
perform searches.
• You can request a life archive, Twitter has a hack for that. Click the gear icon, then
“Settings.” Go to the bottom and click “Request your archive.” You’ll get an email when
it’s ready.
• You can use up to 4 photos (they automatically turn into a collage)
• Tag people in your tweet (it does not count against your 140 characters)
134. Strategy
• Create mini-blog posts
• Take tons of photos
• Use natural light
• Golden Ratio / Rule of thirds
• On the road / Behind the scenes / Sneak peaks
• Repost
• Post 1 to 2 times per day
135. The Limits
• Max 30 hashtags
• 150 characters for Bio
• ~240 characters per comment
136. Page Dimensions
http://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-image-sizes-guide/
Photo Size
• The size of Instagram images has been
increased to 1080 x 1080 pixels.
• Instagram still scales these photos down
to 612 x 612 pixels.
• Appear in feed at 510 x 510 pixels.
• Smaller featured header images appear
as 204 x 204 pixels, and larger featured
header images appear as 409 x 409
pixels.
155. Fake Followers
• The account has a following : followers ratio of 50:1 or more.
This means the profile is following 50 accounts while only
being followed by one
• More than 30% of all tweets use spam phrases, such as “diet,”
“make money,” and “work from home”
• The same tweets are repeated more than three times, even
when posted to different accounts
• More than 90% of the account’s tweets are retweets
• More than 90% of the account’s tweets are links
• The account has never tweeted
• The account is more than two months old and still has a
default profile image
• The user didn’t fill in neither bio nor location and, at the same
time, is following more than 100 accounts
• The account has posted less than 3 tweets
• The last tweet is more than 90 days old
http://www.socialbakers.com/twitter/fakefollowercheck/
162. Situation Analysis
• Where are we now?
• Customer Insights
• Audience?
• Why am I targeting them?
• Market industry?
• Services?
• Competition?
• Audience?
• Do they have SM?
• Numbers?
• Performance?
• Frequency?