2. Social Networking/Media
Social Networking is not a new concept, but online mediums can be
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far more powerful.
Social Media changes the way new information is created, published
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and propagated.
Reach
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Accessibility
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Usability
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Recency
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Permanence
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3. Blogging
âWeb logâ allows you to report and publish information.
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Discussion held alongside the article.
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Text, pictures, video, audio.
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4. LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site which was
launched in May 2003. Mainly used for professional networking. As
of February 2009, it had more than 35 million registered users,
spanning 170 industries.
Online resumes.
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Contact list.
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Discussion groups.
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Researching possible new hires.
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6. Google Groups
Google Groups is a free service from Google where groups of people
have discussions about common interests. Users can ďŹnd discussion
groups related to their interests and participate in threaded
conversations or they can also start new groups.
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8. Facebook
Keeping track of connections.
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Media sharing.
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Status updates.
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Groups.
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Custom applications.
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10. Twitter
140-character or less âmicro-blogâ entries.
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Mobile text/SMS notiďŹcations.
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Direct, brief communication with huge audiences.
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11. Social Media/Networking Links
YouTube - Post your own MySpace - Social networking.
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videos. Embed them in your
homepage. Plaxo - Social networking.
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Twitter - âMicro-bloggingâ Orkut - Social networking.
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Flickr - Share photos. Groups Bebo - Social networking.
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and comments supported.
Tagged - Social networking.
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SlideShare - Post presentations
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(such as this one) for others to Ning - Create your own social
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download. nework site!
18. 21st Century Marketing
People will look for businesses online.
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Customers expect online interaction.
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Your audience is worldwide.
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Communicate speciďŹc messages to speciďŹc audiences.
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19. Building Cohesive Presence
Keep people in your network.
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Encourage feedback and participation.
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Provide value in marketing.
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26. Getting Found
Get a proper business website.
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This will be the hub of your online business presence. Integrate! Draw trafďŹc to your
site with meaningful links.
Start networking online.
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Donât be afraid to make new connections. (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc.) Provide
value to your audience with meaningful content.
Commit to routinely providing value.
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Provide valuable, fresh content on your website. Get attention, become an authority,
build trust and make make sales. (Google Groups, ListServs.)
Tell people!
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In person, over the phone, business cards.
28. Presenter Information
Preston Lee is a founding member of OpenRain
Software: bringing businesses online with
dynamic internet applications. He has provided
senior engineering leadership for Apollo Group,
Cisco Systems, the U.S. government and many
other Phoenix-area and multinational institutions
OpenRain provides expert web design,
where he has become recognized for a wise
development and marketing services for the
balance of technical, business and customer
desktop and mobile web. Based in Phoenix and
perspectives. He has also earned MBA, BS in
one of Arizonaâs most successful web
Computer Science & Engineering, AA and AGS
development shops, OpenRain services national
degrees.
clients and also offers personalized hosted
deployment and training services.
While not on the job, Preston is active in over a
dozen local tech communities and enjoys
OpenRain, LLC
woodworking, music production and ďŹlling
1 (623) 691-7869
frames on his digital SLR. He can be read regularly
sales@openrain.com
and contacted via his blog at...
http://openrain.com
http://prestonlee.com
http://blog.openrain.com
http://twitter.com/openrain
29. General SEO Strategy
Integrate relevant online activities.
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Publish clear, consistent, meaningful, professional messages.
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Regularly update content.
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Maximize relevant inbound links from relevant external sites.
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Work with a developer to set meta, image tags etc.
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Do not spam. Search engines are a lot smarter than they used to be!
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30. Google PageRank
Googleâs opinion of your websites importance relative to other sites
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on the Internet. 0-10 scale.
Exact calculations kept secret.
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Google Toolbar reveals your PageRank.
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31. PageRank Examples
0 Completely new website. (Lowest possible.)
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1-3 Most small businesses with little/no marketing and PR.
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4 PrestonLee.com (Established but small.)
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5 ChandlerChamber.com
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6-8 azcentral.com, phoenix.edu (Medium/Large scale sites.)
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9 Microsoft.com, NYTimes.com (Extremely important.)
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10 Google.com (Highest possible.)
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Show of hands:
- Those actively marketing online.
- Those using a website to market themselves.
Social Networking is not a new idea, it has existed forever and we have always used our social networks to find things such as jobs, new friends and even new partners. In a normal friend network you might know Paul, John and Sally however most of the connections in your social network are hidden because your network is only as good as the connections that you can see. Online social networking sites solve these problems by allowing you to add friends, as you add friends you are allowed to see their friends which starts to open up hidden opportunities for creating new relationships.
Facebook is a social networking service that lets you connect with friends, co-workers, and others who share similar interests or who have common backgrounds. Many use it as a way to stay in touch after finishing school, or as a way to share their life publicly. What makes Facebook different from other social networks are its extensive privacy controls, its development platform, and its large and quickly growing user base. Facebook has been called the \"thinking person's\" social network.
Israel press conference.
2008 Obama campaign updates.
- YellowPages-style directories will go away. They’re (1) expensive, (2) information is outdated, (3) slow and (4) you can’t keep one in your pocket. Presence in social media allows them to find you when necessary.
- More than location, product/service offerings. They expect to *do business* online.
- Websites, email, social networks do not know geographic or time boundaries.
- Broadcasting (Yellow Pages, direct mail, billboards) => narrowcasting (online advertisements). Lower cost and higher ROI.
Both!
Social feedback used to provide value to new customers.
The marketing is meaningful outside of a sales context. OR...the information
http://search.twitter.com
- If you’re getting serious about building online presence...
- Next month...
- Slides will be posted on SlideShare, OpenRain blog etc.