This document summarizes a presentation given to the Energize steering committee of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The presentation focused on best practices for using social media, including emphasizing Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and video creation. It also touched on topics like real-time marketing, campaign creation, and tools for managing multiple social media accounts. The speaker was Jeff DeHaven, Digital Marketing Director from Bluethumb Digital.
2. Your
Energize Steering
Committee
• Tom Barnikow – Saginaw Valley State University, Membership Chair
• Kendra Christensen - COPOCO Community Credit Union
• Julie Ellis – Weinlander Fitzhugh, Treasurer
• Eric Finnigan – The Wirt-Rivette Group
• Matt Hechlik – Keller Williams Realty, Sponsorship Chair
• Stacie Hegenauer
• Wayne Hofmann – Spence Brothers
• Cathy Koebke - Midland Daily News, Chair
• Andrew Kornecky – F. P. Horak
• Alayna Partaka – Great Lakes Bay Regional Lifestyle Magazine,
Vice-Chair & Marketing Chair
• Jesse Pero – Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Energize Coordinator
• Ashley Weiss - McMahan Thomson & Associates, Events Chair
A Proud Program of Your Bay Area Chamber.
3. Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Premier Sponsors
• 1st State Bank
• Bay Valley Resort &
Conference Center
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Michigan
• Chemical Bank
• Consumers Energy
• Covenant HealthCare
• Cumulus Media
• Do-All Inc.
• Dow Corning Corporation
• FinancialEdge Community
Credit Union
Energize is a Proud Program of Your Bay Area Chamber.
• FirstMerit Bank
• Independent Bank
• McLaren Bay Region
• Michigan Sugar Company
• Mlive Media Group - The Bay City Times
• MyBayCity.com
• Spence Brothers
• The Dow Chemical Company
• Three Rivers Corporation
• Uptown Bay City
• Wildfire Credit Union
• WNEM TV5
• Wolverine Bank
15. Why Facebook is still #1
• Must used platform for a decade now
• What other platform in region is used as often?
• Think about, who’s not on it?
• Post get more interaction compared to other platforms
• Has the most customization
• Continuously reinventing
• Integrates competitive features, hindering falloffs
30. Your audience is all mobile
According to analysts at eMarketer, the
U.S. has 99.2 million mobile phone
Facebook users in 2013. That’s 40.3
percent of all mobile phone users in the
country and 26.3 percent of the U.S.
population.
39. What is a “campaign”?
• It’s a goal and/or challenge
1. Raise fan base ORGANICALLY!
2. Announce new services/product
3. Community footprint event
4. Milestone celebration
52. Is Twitter right for you?
• Don’t duplicate post from Facebook
• Post schedule should be multiple
times a day
• Bit size info that is only published on
this platform
• Integrate visuals
57. Create videos w/o a crew
• Shareable videos
• Introduction or informative
• No fancy equipment needed
• App only
58. How can I use Snapchat
• Target audience is age 13-25
• 400 million messages every
day
• Mobile only
• Contest, behind the scenes,
quick messages, giveaways
59. How can I do it all?
• Can no longer be secondary
• Designate the right admins
• Have use the proper tools
• Must have a well thought out
strategy
68. Upcoming Events
A Proud Program of Your Bay Area Chamber.
- April 9th – Energize Seminar
“A Crash Course In Personal Finance: Getting You On Track”
COPOCO Community Credit Union - Wilder Rd. location
- May 14th - Energize Luncheon
DoubleTree by Hilton - Bay City Riverfront
!
- July 24th - Region YPN Boat Cruise
Aboard the Princess Wenonah
!
- August 15th - Energize Annual Golf Outing
Bay Valley Resort & Conference Center
!
- September 23rd - Energize Luncheon
DoubleTree by Hilton - Bay City Riverfront
!
- November 12th - Energize Luncheon
DoubleTree by Hilton - Bay City Riverfront