1. Social Media Tools
• The free … and the not so
free
• (but so incredibly important
you will find a budget)
• For UCLA x425
• PS: Feel free to tweet this
out! @serena
2. Agenda
• Free Tools!
• But first…. Setting goals
• Shhhh! Start listening
• Where are your customers?
• Everyone needs an automated
assistant
• Finding influencers
• Finally, a little help
• Other ridiculously cool links
• And of course a plug for Social Media
Club
– Extend your education after this course!
3. Setting Goals
• Consider the marketing
funnel
• Consider your
consumer(s) purchase
process
• Be realistic
• Adjust as you go
10. Finally… A Little Help
• Hootsuite
• Tweetdeck
• BufferApp
• CoTweet
• Time.ly
11. Act Upon Results!
• Identify new fans
• Listen for issues and
attacks
• Determine company
opportunities
• Assess potential
impact
• Use decision trees
• Enlist DCMA
takedowns
13. Use Decision Trees!
Definition Response level
Activist attack Report to CEO, IR, PR
Stock impacting situation Report to CFO, IR, PR
Angry customer Report to Customer Service
Message misalignment Report to PR, IR
CEO misquote Report to IR, PR
Social media mistake Report to PR, IR, HR
Customer queries Pre-approved
Article shares quotes Pre-approved
Brand fans Pre-approved
Threat Level
High Threat
Medium Threat
Low Threat
14. Editorial Calendars!
• Get organized
• Who is your audience
• Set a frequency
• Determine content type
• Determine content theme
• What assets do you have
15. Editorial Calendars!
• Write for your audience
– Be granular
• Align with annual dates
• Write out tags, metatags and label your
images
• Promote your calendar
• Find likeminded partners
16. Tips!
• Promote your content
– Click to Tweet
• Measure and adjust
17. Other Ridiculously Cool Links
• Bit.ly
• Google Analytics
• Google AdPlanner
• KeywordSpy
• Wordpress
• Compete
Social media drives to the marketing funnel. What do you want your program to accomplish?
People are talking about your organization, your employees, your management, your brand, right now.
Employees
Reporters
Analysts
Competitors
Brand fans
Brand haters
Bad people
Good people
Trolls
Set your baseline so you know when something big is happening
Competitive intelligence, rumors, unfiltered feedback
Everyone has haters
Crisis Communications: Social News Funnel
Include tracking codes to better result tracking
Growth, engagements, actions, website traffic, sales
Tip! Don’t outreach to tier 1 bloggers. Reach out to 3rd/4th tier who have smaller followings but higher influence
Tip! Join in Twitter chats
Tip! Images + text = action – use photo captioning tools
Tip! Ask people for action (shares, likes) – in detail. Be very specific
Tip! Find partnership opportunities to help grow visibility
Tip! Facebook visibility is now pay for play – you must advertise to be seen
Tip! Don’t use 3rd party autoschedulers to FB – 80% decrease in visibility
Attend Social Media Club LA monthly events – only $10 and includes great info, solid networking and, of course, great food.
www.socialmediaclub.la
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SocialMediaClub.org
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@jspepper
@smc_la
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