Slides from the Social Media seminar at BRAVE, Bristol. Top tips on how to make social media work for your business - from Facebook and Twitter through to Pinterest and Instagram.
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I’VE MADE ALL THE MISTAKES*
Creative D
2.5 years @ Noisy Little Monkey
5 Years working in a creative industry
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TODAY
YOUR
WEBSITE
YOUR
AUDIENCE
FACEBOOK &
TWITTER
GOOGLE PLUS &
TOOLS
PINTEREST &
INSTAGRAM
ROI
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TRAFFIC
•Social media works best when there is some meat on the bone
•WordPress is the best
•Your web designer will love it
•Else, where will people who follow you go?
It needs to be:
On www.<yoursite>/blog
Updated regularly
Give useful information
Contain unique insights / perspective / news
Running the YoastSEO plug in
http://wordpress.org/
http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/
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SOCIAL MEDIA STYLE GUIDE
•What does the business want from social media?
•Who are the audience?
•What do the audience want?
•Who do they trust?
•What do they read online?
•What does that mean for my writing style?
•Who is empowered to do this?
Take ½ a day to do this.
It’ll make you do a better job
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TOP TIER PLATFORMS
Pinterest is particularly wonderful for craft, fashion, cooking, visual stuff. Facebook good for sites with a physical location
Consumer Sales
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TOP TIER PLATFORMS
I’d lean more towards Twitter. Good for outreach to influencers and customers in the B2B sector
Business Sales
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SECONDARY PLATFORMS
If you’re niche, hip, cool. Target Instagram or Vine. LinkedIn isn’t easy to scale