The document discusses the opportunities that social media presents for businesses. It outlines common mistakes businesses make with social media, such as not having clear goals or using it only for advertising. The presentation recommends developing a social media strategy that aligns with business goals and assessing which social media tools best suit your needs. It provides examples of how social media can improve business practices like customer service, sales, and market insights.
19. • Home for all information and place to send people
• Silos of content/ information
• Search optimized , site map submitted
What? • Makes it easy to do business
• Decide business goals
• Ease of use for audience first
• Design second
How? • Submit site map to Google/Yahoo
• Html, Open Source – PHP, content management
• Flash - NO
Where? • Integrated - Cloudprofile.com, Hubspot.com
20. • Web logs (sites) where entries or posts are listed in chronological order.
• Blogs allow for readers to engage with comments.
• Free and hosted sites
What? • Easy WISIWIG editors for adding text, photo, video
• Fast and inexpensive (can serve as website and blog)
• Search engine friendly.
• Interactive.
How? • USG
• Blogger.com (Google) (7) – networkmindshare.blogspot.com
• Wordpress.org (17) – wendysoucie.com, endresultmarketing.com
• Typepad – techpr.typepad.com
Where? • Posterous.com – madfiber.posterous.com
• Cloudprofile.com wisocialmedia.cloudprofile.com
21. Search Engines
• Web pages that list websites, images, video and other information
• Search based on user input - key words.
What? • The results are based on an algorithm – certain sites feed others.
• Search Optimize pages for key engines /target audience
• Local search campaign important
• Key data terms on every page
How? • Focus key content on different pages
• Google.com (1)
• Bing.com (9*)
• Yahoo.com (3)
Where? • MSN (live.com)