21. Trends: Mobile Networks are available anywhere any time Makes everything more instantaneous Makes sharing information faster & easier We are always connected Thoughts, images and videos can be shared in REAL TIME
22. Trends: Social Shopping Combines social networking with shopping! Offers group deals, group coupons, product reviews and discussions, recommendations
23. Trends: The “Check In” Social sites that allow a person to “check in” & often coupled with special deals. Location Based Services TV, Movies, Books and more!
28. Manage Resources Have a champion, empower that person Choose your channels wisely Do what you can, then build on it Look for efficiencies Set a policy Experiment and evaluate
29. Measurement There are hundreds of ways to measure. Here are ten: Impressions Volume of Re-Tweets (Twitter) Volume of shares (Facebook) Volume of social mentions Growth in followers/friends Growth in interactions Number of conversations sparked Depth of conversations sparked Growth in website traffic Impact on real-world events For a list of 100 ways to measure social media, visit: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117581
34. Go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ and choose the page in the dropdown menu.
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37. Facebook Tips: Provide Interesting Content Create a poll Post pictures of events Import content from your blog Import content from YouTube Ask questions Promote others (businesses in your area, events, people in your community)
40. Twitter Tips Determine who your audience is and follow them Listorious.com Search for relevant keywords to find conversations & people to follow Keep your followers organized with lists Don’t read every tweet; don’t expect everyone to read all of your tweets Don’t tweet selfishly—post things that are interesting to your audience Ask & answer questions
49. Social Media Clients & Resources Hootsuite (http://hootsuite.com) Co-Tweet (http://cotweet.com) Seesmic (http://seesmic.com) Tweetdeck (http://tweetdeck.com) Other resources http://mashable.com http://socialmediaexplorer.com http://socialmediaexaminer.com http://socialmediatoday.com http://allfacebook.com http://danzarella.com http://viralblog.com
50. Closing thoughts Great planning gets great results Become the expert or hire one Constantly evaluate and retool strategy Stay up on trends / build your network Invest in what works Don’t overestimate the reach of your communications Take time to think BIG but pay attention to the SMALL things