This document discusses integrating social media with WordPress websites. It recommends choosing social media platforms where your target audience engages like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. It suggests sharing 80% valuable content and 20% advertisements on social media. Plugins like Yoast, Inbound, Shareholics and InstaPress can help make WordPress sites more social. Tools like IFTTT and HootSuite can automate and schedule social sharing to extend the life of blog content. The document emphasizes quality over quantity of social sharing.
2. Who Am I @akzmedesigns
• AKZMe Designs
• Specialize in Web Design, Development,
and Web marketing strategies
• WordPress Geek
• JERSEY GIRL!!!
Tweet me @akzmedesigns
3. What we’ll talk about
Find me on Linked in Akilah at AKZMe Designs
Why Social Media is Important to your site
Making your WordPress Social
Some way to choose your social media and
which are best for you
Social Media Placement
Tools to make it all easier
4. SOCIAL MEDIA IS ABOUT
ENGAGEMENT
It is about driving traffic !!
Say Hi on Facebook www.facebook.com/AKZMe
5. What Social Media Can Do?
• The average site get 1%-7% traffic
from Social Media
• My Site
• 40% of my traffic is from Social Media (in
June)
• 60% is Facebook
• 15% is Twitter
• Post Google Update 80%
Use hashtag #WordCampBalt
6. Make Social Media Work for
you
Share links on all Social Media networks
Hint: FB doesn’t like link post this week, remove
the preview link box and you will get more views
Hint: Posting links to Google + index faster
Link to more than just home page when doing
social shares
Any promotions or sales post link to landing
page, don’t discount on SM
Don’t be shy post a pic on Instagram
13. The most important social platform
for marketers is...
*source Social Media
Examiner
14. The most important social platform
for YOU is...
*source Social Media
Examiner
Where your Audience is &
Where they are ready to do
business!
15. Average new blog generate real traffic for 2-3 days
Extend the life of your Content with Social Media
You can extend that 5-7 days with social media
and give it an occasional boost
Blogging is your best friend
Go Ahead Pin Something!!!
17. BUT DON’T GET TOO
SOCIAL
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18. Placement
“the last thing you want to do is lead
someone away from your site”
• Don’t over use social buttons
• Don’t place social buttons on content pages
• Don’t sell Facebook
• Avoid pop-ups to social media
• Avoid Social Media Contest apps
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19. MAKING IT ALL EASIER
Don’t forget to Pin something today
20. •POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA
•POST FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
•POST TO WORDPRESS
IFTTT
Use Hashtag #WordCampBalt
21. • SCHEDULE POST TO WEBSITE
• SCHEDULE SOCIAL MEDIA POST
• ONE OF THE FEW THAT SCHEDULE TO
GOOGLE PLUS
HOOTESUITE
Say hi on Facebook
www.facebook.com/akzmedesigns
23. My post frequency
• Facebook 1-2 a day
• Twitter 5-10 times ? (I’ll explain later)
• LinkedIn and Google + 2-3 times a week
• Pinterest, Instagram, Stumble upon every
once and while
the only payment promotion I do is promote on FB about
2-3 times a month