An updated version of our most popular introduction to social media presentation

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4. Outline Why Social Media is important Overview of Social Media tools Social Media and Economic Development Social Media and Business Recruitment Self Directed Training: Using LinkedIn for Business Recruitment Building profiles Building your network Working your network Self directed assignment Wrap up

5. What is Social Media?

6. Social Media Definition, provided by social media At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content. It's a fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologues (one to many) into dialogues (many to many) and is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. Social media has become extremely popular because it allows people to connect in the online world to form relationships for personal, political and business use. Businesses also refer to social media as user-generated content (UGC) or consumer-generated media (CGM). Source: Wikipedia

8. We don’t trust the media like we used to. Instead, we trust people who we perceive not to have an agenda.

9. We are all voyeurs at heart

11. Why Social Media is important

12. Growth of Social Media (Pew Internet & American Life)

13. Interactive Advertising Predictions (Forrester)

14. Overview of Social Media Tools

16. Email

17. Websites

18. Blogs

19. Direct mail

20. You Tube

21. Podcasts

22. “Pull”

23. RSS

24. I-Tunes

25. “Connect”

26. Facebook

27. LinkedIn

29. Execs in of the Fortune 500

30. 60% of incomes over $93,000

31. Segments:

32. Executives: 28%

33. Networkers/Consultants: 30%

34. Late Adopters: 22%

35. Exploring options: 20%

37. Your Contacts

38. Your Connections

39. Status updates

40. Groups

41. InMail Feature

42. Applications

43. Advertising

46. More than 300 million active users, 150 million once a day

47. More than two-thirds of Facebook users are outside of college

48. Average user has 120 friends on the site

49. More than 900 million photos uploaded to the site each month

50. More than 1 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) shared each week

52. Your Friends

53. Status Updates

54. Inbox

55. Applications

56. Advertising

59. Who you follow

60. Who follows you

61. Mobile accesshttp://twitter.com

62. Social Media and Economic Development

63. What new media advancements have you seen that you think are valuable to your profession? Though respondents mentioned many advancements, online meetings and LinkedIn topped the list.

64. What social networks or tools, if any, do you use? 71 % use LinkedIn, and just over 50% use facebook.

65. How frequently do you use each? 72 % use some form of Social Media at least weekly.

66. Social Media tactics for recruitment Build each BDR’s LinkedIn network of past deals, site selectors and local brokers, and prospects Build industry-specific networks of prospects and past deals according to each BDR’s industry focus Seed those relationships with the following content regularly Slide share presentations of new data Virtual familiarization tours Other events

67. Social Media tactics for retention and investor relations Same LinkedIn tactics as for recruitment Add a Twitter feed and consider industry-specific Twitter feeds, as well as organizational updates, that can augment monthly or quarterly email Focus on posting current, relevant information along with a link to a story or download Designate a marketing representative to post 2-3 times daily Set an edgy, “insider” tone with your posts.

68. Social Media tactics for workforce recruitment Use Facebook as the primary tool, supported by a blog Remove the organizationalbrand in favor of a community persona Post about: Networking opportunities YP events Job opportunities Hot spots around town New developments Stay away from: Latest economic data Organizational announcements about your org

69. Social Media for Business Recruitment

70. Who is the audience, and what are they looking for? Site selection professionals Corporate real estate execs CEO’s Media Other

71. What Industries are Most Actively Expanding or Relocating Today?

72. What Events are Spurring Expansion or Relocation Today?

73. What are the Top Five Decision Making Criteria for your Clients in Selecting a Location Today?

74. What Was the Most Important Thing an Economic Development Organization Did For You in 2008?

75. What Advice Can You Give EDO’s today? Stick To The Basics ED is about Networking, Get Out Of Your Office Do Something Outrageous Be prepared with all the facts Focus On Retention Be experts in your targeted industries

76. How Important are each of the Following as Sources of Information when Learning about a Community? Scored on a 5 point scale.

77. When in the relationship building cycle should you use Social Media? Stay in front of businesses with slide share, Twitter feeds Being in their network, having a blog Maintaining a blog, website, wikis of business info Coordination with local partners through Twitter Giving others in the company the ability to learn about the community through blogs, groups, etc

78. Self Directed Training: Using LinkedIn for Business Recruitment

79. Building profiles Education and expertise Clients you have worked with Full contact information Link/address to Twitter page Link to organizational website Slideshare “Slidespace” Membership groups (groups joined) Upcoming and past events Upcoming sales trips (as events)

80. Building your contact list and your connections Inventory contacts associated with past deals Inventory industry specific contacts As a team, set territories Import lists into Outlook Import contacts from Outlook into Linked In Write a personalized invitation – keep it simple. Send invitations to those you know well en masse Work your 1st degree connections to gain introductions to others on your list

81. Working your network Status updates Joining Groups Slide share of new content Posting news in Groups Hosting and joining events

82. Self Directed Assignment Set a goal for network size and coverage Inventory and categorize your contacts Import into outlook, then LinkedIn Set a goal for growing your network Send out one mass invitation Work key connections to grow your network. Next: Working the network

83. Wrap up Social media extends the reach and influence of you and your organization. Because social media is evolving, you can use it now and get great results. It will not be this way for long. By cutting through the confusion on focusing on the right tactics, you can save time. Unlike traditional marketing, your agency or marketing staff can’t do this for you.

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