3. SOCIAL MEDIA USES
News content, blog links,
stories, promotions,
competitions and videos
(FB)
Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
Instagram
Visual content and telling
stories with pictures
4. NETWORKING AND VIDEO
Great for connecting with
network, relationship and
reputation building
Great places to host video
content accessible to a
massive audience
Google +
LinkedIn
YouTube
Vimeo
5. BUSINESS GOALS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
⢠Drive traffic to website
⢠Increase brand awareness
⢠Increase SEO and global visibility
⢠Improve industry reputation
6. CONTENT TARGETING IS KEY
⢠Facebook and Twitter are ideal for sharing news and
feature stories, blog posts to your followers
⢠Twitter is less visual and an established news source, so
can lean towards having âharderâ content
⢠Facebook is more visual than Twitter and you can post
videos, making it open to more fun content
⢠Pinterest and Instagram are even softer
7. USE THE APPROPRIATE TONE
⢠LinkedIn and Google Plus are more likely to be peer-to-
peer, which will affect how you post content
⢠The platform you are on dictates tone, whether formal,
informal, friendly etc.
⢠REWâs formal-to-informal scale:
Professional/colleagues Newsy Fun newsy Fun casual
8. ENGAGEMENT
⢠Quality of followers/likes, not quantity, is key
⢠Frequency and timing of posting is important
⢠Clickability is essential â would you click on it?
⢠Donât just post same old sales promotions
⢠Donât be afraid of sharing other peopleâs content
⢠Make yourself a go-to expert in your field
9. ORGANIC PROMOTION
⢠Use hashtags to join conversations
⢠Use Twitter handles and tag people
⢠Think about who would want to read/share this
and target them
⢠Target social media influencers to do your work
for you!
10. ⢠Promoting tweets and boosting posts is cheap
and can be effective
⢠Access targeted demographics that you wouldnât
otherwise reach
⢠Set parameters such as age 25-55, lives in
Vancouver, likes real estate
PAID PROMOTION