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Agenda
⢠The changing marketing world;
⢠Social Media for Business; Which
Platform? Social Media Strategy;
Listening, Sharing and Content
⢠Using Social Media to learn;
⢠How successful are you on Social Media?
⢠Top Social Media tips for business.
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What else has changed?
CustomersâŚ
⢠Have higher expectations;
⢠Mobilisation in real time
commentary;
⢠They talk to each other on
social media;
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The world has changed
⢠Instantaneous response
⢠Accessibility
⢠Transparency
⢠Accountability
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Average age of Facebook user in UK?
Average age of Twitter user in UK?
% of pensionable age UK residents on
Facebook
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Did you know?
⢠Twitterâs fastest-growing age group?
⢠79% increase since 2012
⢠Facebookâs fastest-growing age
group?
⢠51% increase since 2012
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Social Media for your business
1. Listen
2. Share
3. Content creation
4. Broadcast with style
5. Using social media to learn
6. Measure success
17. Listen
Google Alerts
Twitter
Google Reader
Share &
converse
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Newsletter
Content
creation &
Broadcast
You Tube
Blog
Flickr
iTunes/podcasts
Community
building
Forum
Facebook Groups
LinkedIn Groups
Virtual worlds
Social media engagement ladder
Less time More time
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Use social media for sales
⢠Listening for social cues
â Listening for your brand and reputation
⢠Listen to hashtags for mention of needs #
⢠Check social media search terms
â Check out your reputation
⢠Check SERPs of your phrases
⢠Check review sites
⢠Ready crisis management plan
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Hashtag Ideas
⢠Sector specific
⢠#windpower
⢠#climatechange
⢠Geographic specific
⢠#gloucestershire
⢠#bristol
⢠Campaign specific
⢠#greenenergy
⢠Media specific
⢠#journorequest
⢠#prrequest
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Be part of the community
Sharing content helps you to âbe part of a communityâ
Amplifying content
Fuel and support the eco-system
1. Helping person who created the content â they will
reciprocate
2. Can maintain an independent point of view â you can be
seen as a content âcuratorâ itâs not all about you
3. âHereâs something someone else says â what do you
think?â Helping stimulate conversation
30. Adapted from âMedia Cloverleafâ by Richard Edelman
âContent firstâ
strategy
âTradigitalâ
E-news
Forums
Digital magazines
Traditional
Media
Press
Social
networks
Facebook
Twitter YouTube
LinkedIn
Website
Responsive design
Mobile enabled
Owned Content
Video, blogs,
photos
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Content?
⢠Facts & figures = Infographics
⢠Showcase your staff
⢠Showcase businesses you work with
⢠Photos and video
⢠Blog posts
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⢠What content?
⢠Video â for sales & marketing
⢠Product descriptions, visualisations
⢠Expert analysis, talks
⢠Case studies, testimonials
Becoming significant in Search
Results
Pre sales â research
Post sales - support
Look to use more video
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Customer support
Creating video content for
customer retention:
Sony Xperia have created a
YouTube channel of all their
support and advice guides.
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Pinterest
⢠75million users;
⢠2/3rds of holiday destination choices
from the female of the house
And
⢠70% of Pinterest users are female!
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⢠Destination specific boards
â Things to do inâŚ
â Kids days out inâŚ.
â Luxury days out inâŚ.
â Girls breaks in âŚ..
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⢠Take advantage of your existing audience. By
cross-promoting your profile over Facebook,
Twitter and email.
⢠Drive traffic with specific keywords. Make sure
you have a memorable user name and keyword
phrases in boards and pin descriptions
⢠Create sharable content. To drive traffic to your
site, make sure the content from your domain is
pinnable. By simply using high-quality images with
the pin it button, you make it easy for users to
spread the word about your area.
⢠Create destination boards and dream boards
and ideas boards
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⢠Mini video
â Vine -6 second video
â Instagram â short video
â Companies using vine
as evangelists for their
products
â Virgin mobile, Lowes,
Trident all use it
â SnapchatâŚ.
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⢠Schedule posts for most popular times of
the day
⢠If you schedule â donât forget to be
available for responses
⢠Work with your planned business activities
⢠Think about seasonal opportunities
⢠Create your own opportunities!
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Learn using Blogs
⢠âBlogs are great for learning from others,
reflection, story sharing, facilitating
connections among people, philosophising,
and much moreâ
⢠âWriting a blog is a learning activity, of
course, but reading the best blogs that are
available is one of my most productive
learning experiences.â
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8 KPIs for social media
1.Number of Fans and Followers Basic but important â how
many followers, new followers and equally important
unfollows
2. Demographics and Location â Whatâs the % males, females,
where are they based what time do they use SM, what are
their interests?
3. Number of active followers â Active users is a really
important indicator as you want relevant and influential
people who actively interact and engage with your
company.
4. Likes, Shares and re-tweetsâ Are your posts relevant and
interesting to your followers? What % of posts have
interactions. If not change engagement strategy
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5. Number of comments - Are you engaging in two
way conversation and whatâs the speed of response
6. Number of mentions â How often are people
interacting with you?
7. Traffic back to website - % of traffic from social
media;
8. Your Klout Score - Your overall influence in social
media.
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Other tools to help
⢠www.klout.com â Measures your influence
online
⢠www.twittercounter.com/twitology - Gives
you statistics on twitter accounts
⢠www.flitter.com â allows you to manage
multiple twitter accounts, grow your business
through twitter, use twitter analytics and has a
wide range of scheduling tools for posts.
⢠www.facebook.com/insights - lets you
measure the activity of your facebook
accounts
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Top social media tips for business
1. Listen to peers, staff, competitors;
2. Learn â use blogs, YouTube and LinkedIn to learn;
3. Create content, visual, compelling stories
4. Choose your expert areas and dominate using Blogging
5. Hootsuite â manage content, filter
6. Create a crisis plan ready for the crisis, respond quickly
7. Benchmark yourself against your peers