The document discusses building communities on social media platforms like Facebook and Google+. It provides tips for brands to engage fans and increase engagement rates on Facebook, such as posting daily, encouraging user conversations and responses, and celebrating fans. It also summarizes Google+'s growth in users and presents the platform as an opportunity for brands to build communities long-term through search impact.
1. BUILDING
A
COMMUNITY
With Social Media And Google+!
Presented by Max Thomas | January 18, 2013
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2. FIRST
OFF
–
Who
am
I?
Max Thomas
President / Founder
@thundermax
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3. Mom
&
Dad
–
Newspaper
Publishers
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8. Modern
Day
Wisdom
“When a politician slept with
someone it used to take a
week or more to blow over.
Now with social media it
takes less than a day…”
Lovan Thomas, Publisher, The Natchitoches Times
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9. BeJer
Make
That
2
Days…
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10. HOW
DO
BRANDS
COMPETE?
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11. What
is
–
Social
Media
Success?
ENGAGEMENT
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12. Are
brands
succeeding
–
With
Facebook?
Director of Marketing for a multi-billion revenue national brand
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13. Facebook
Engagement
–
Where’s
the
beef?
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute Study referenced in AdAge Digital, November 15, 2012
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14. Top
200
Brand
Pages
–
1.4%
Engagement
AdAge Digital, November 15, 2012
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15. What
is
going
on?
a) Email: 1.73% conversion rate
b) Direct Mail: 1.83% - 3.42%
c) Telemarketing: 6.16%
d) Paid Search: 3.81%
DMA’s Response Rate Report Trend Report, 2010
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18. What’s
missing?
“I simply don’t interact with brands through
social media. I interact with people. Not one
of those top 10 passion brands does
anything for me. […] They aren’t my idols or
friends. Their ‘news feeds’ aren’t about
issues that I care about.”
Vincent Ammirato quoted in “Fixing The Engagement Gap.”, Olivier Blanchard
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41. Be
Careful!
Avoid
common
failures
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42. Be
Careful
–
Avoiding
posts
Taco
Bell
responds
to
posi:ve
post
but
not
challenging
post.
Looks
like
Taco
Bell
is
ignoring
fans
&
customers.
This
can
backfire.
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43. Be
Careful
–
Ac:vity
stops
Oliver
Sweeney
shoe
company
has
ac:ve
updates
then
stops
on
September
3rd.
In
some
ways
it
looks
worse
than
having
even
a
limited
presence.
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44. Be
Careful
–
Promo:onal
&
boring
content
Content
is
primarily
about
company
travels
or
events.
Doesn’t
provide
value
to
the
community
at
large.
Not
very
shareable
content.
Also,
no
face
for
the
company.
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54. Bob
Stanke
Explains
–
Dir.
Interac:ve
Services
“Circles Are A Perfect Match For a Membership Model”
• Growing trend in sports business
industry is membership model.
• Annual packages determine the
experience.
• As individuals add us to their
circles, we segment them into the
proper circles, updating their CRM
record.
• We tailor Google+ content based on
membership level.
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55. Google+
At
a
glance
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56. Bob
Stanke
Explains
–
Dir.
Interac:ve
Services
“Bring the Experience Closer to the Fan”
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57. Google+
Hangout
–
Fireside
Chat
/
The
White
House
Whitehouse.gov/blog
Whitehouse
Google+
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58. Google+
At
a
glance
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59. Google+
At
a
glance
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60.
Ford
has
built
an
ac:ve
community
around
photo
sharing
(a
hobby
interest).
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61. Moderators
are
Ford
Motor
Company
(Page),
Robert
Wallis
(Social
Media
for
Ford
/
Europe)
and
ScoT
Monty
(Global
Social
Media
Lead
for
Ford).
It’s
a
Public/Public
community
with
lots
of
posts,
comments
and
+1’s
without
moderator
encouragement.
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62.
Foodies
Online
is
a
very
ac:ve
Community
built
around
the
interest
of
food.
It
is
Public/Public.
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63.
Foodies
Online
was
created
by
Bridget
Davis
(The
Internet
Chef)
which
is
a
Page.
There
are
two
moderators.
Bridget
does
not
ac:vely
moderate
the
Community
but
there
are
lots
of
shares,
posts
and
+1’s
by
members.
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64.
Bridget
Davis
-‐
The
Internet
Chef
Page
has
over
622,000
+1’s!
Bridget
ac:vely
moderates
posts
and
comments
frequently.
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65. Turns
out
she
has
3
Communi:es
–
all
pertain
to
different
aspects
of
food
and
support
sharing
and
engagement
around
food.
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66. Example
of
industry-‐specific
Community
that
is
not
:ed
directly
to
a
brand
but
an
individual
who’s
passionate
about
Google+.
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67.
Used
Google+
Profile
to
setup
Community
THEN
selected
strong
moderators.
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68.
Mark’s
Profile
is
in
over
28,000
Circles
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69. Google+
Engagement
1. Post daily
2. Create content that gets unrequested comments
3. Encourage user posts, lateral comments &
conversations
4. Be responsive to posts from customers
5. Post content from other sources (non promotional)
6. Feature fan / follower specific promotions
7. Celebrate fans, followers & customers
8. Go above & beyond customer expectations
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70. Google+
Specific
9. Build your own Communities owned by your
brand Page (ex., Ford Photo)
10. Post regularly both your own & curated content
to your Communities
11. Build a strong moderator team
12. Participate as your brand in other Communities
13. Invite the outside world to your Community
(e.g., Facebook, Blog, Twitter, etc.)
14. Use Communities for customer service
Thanks to Mark Traphagen Source: socialfresh.com
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71. Google+
Engagement
Grows
–
News
study
Adam Sherk: Adamsherk.com/social-media/google-plus-engagement-for-news-sites/
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75. Google+
Impacts
search
results
+1's
from
friends
and
contacts
can
be
a
useful
signal
to
Google
when
determining
the
relevance
of
your
page
to
a
user’s
query.
This
is
just
one
of
many
signals
Google
may
use
to
determine
a
page’s
relevance
and
ranking…
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76. Google+
Gets
the
traffic
Websites that use Google's +1 button
generated 3.5 times more traffic from Google
+ than websites that don't have the button
installed.
3x
Source: Hubspot study of 5,000 business websites
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77. Long
Term
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78. Google+
A
long
term
play
• Google is about organizing data and making
it easy for us to access that data.
• Google+ applies same “data organization” to
how we discover and digest content from the
people and sites we care about.
• Google+ is to social media what Gmail was
to email.
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79. Google+
A
long
term
play
Now, Google offers the long term prospect
of combining all of these together:
Inspired by Brad Feld. See Feld.com or follow @Bfeld
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80. Q
&
A
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MAX THOMAS
Founder & President Thunder SEO
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