Social media is changing how public affairs is conducted. It increasingly influences search results, drives traffic to news sites, and makes mobilizing support easier. Content must be optimized for search engines, social networks, and sharing in order to be effective. This requires a new set of skills around search optimization, social networking, community building, and online reputation management rather than traditional public affairs approaches. Politicians and journalists are embracing social media and Twitter in particular, though its influence is still evolving.
2. The 13 word version:
Social media is very public …
… but much of its influence is hidden away
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3. Another 13 word version:
Social media…
1. Increasingly influences search results
2. Drives traffic to news
3. Makes mobilisation easier
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4. Social media... shapes search results
Search matters because:
1. 90% online sessions start with it
2. Used widely for research
3. Frames the debate before it starts
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6. Social media... shapes search results
Social signals increasingly used
by search engines
PLUS
Social networks have their own
search engines
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7. Another 13 word version:
Social media…
1. Increasingly influences search results
2. Drives traffic to news
3. Makes mobilisation easier
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8. 43% of news sharing is
via social media
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Photo credit: chiefmoamba on Flickr
9. Social media... drives traffic
Encouraging sharing is NOT just
a matter of adding buttons
Encouraging sharing IS a matter
of the right content and the
right community
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10. Social media... shapes search results
So content has to be:
1. Search engine friendly
2. Social network friendly
3. Sharing friendly
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11. Another 13 word version:
Social media…
1. Increasingly influences search results
2. Drives traffic to news
3. Makes mobilisation easier
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14. Social media... makes mobilisation
easier
1. Speedy
2. Unpredictable
3. Often superficial
4. Can be caught in online ghetto
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15. Another 13 word version:
Social media…
1. Increasingly influences search results
2. Drives traffic to news
3. Makes mobilisation easier
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16. A different set of skills
This isn’t traditional Public Affairs:
1. Search optimisation
2. Social networking
3. Community building
4. Online reputation
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18. SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS 2012
Tweetminster
By Ian Kirby
Director, MHP
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19. WHO AM I?
Ian Kirby
Director – Media
ian.kirby@mhpc.com
@ianakirby
I worked in the Westminster Lobby for
over 15 years, and spent 13 of those years
as Political Editor of the News of the
World.
I now work at MHP at a senior level,
advising clients and the company about
media strategy, messaging, campaigning
and crisis communications.
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25. WHY ARE THEY TWEETING?
Questions
Breaking news Profile
commentary banter with mates
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26. HOW CAN YOU INFLUENCE THEM?
Do NOT use corporate Charities and pressure Deliver breaking news,
messaging groups will be retweeted quotes, rebuttal, links
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29. NEXT SOCIAL SUMMER
6 December 2012
2013 Social Media Trends –
Neville Hobson
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Should my boss meet X?Would Y be a good person to get on the News Channel?What are the arguments for and against Z?Who are the stakeholders in this area?How BBC journos use searchMy xp with Twitter and TV interviews
YouTube search box
Daily Telegraph and DiggClassic public affairs e.g. of trade bodies with members around the country
It’s not about coding or geeks.
London riotsHillsborough e-petitionConsumer protests
38 Degrees. Mobilising people to meet up together and to meet MPs500,000 signed petition220,000 shared campaign on Facebook100,000 emailed or called MP30 local groups created