1. 15 Strategies to Make Your Organization More @DaveKerpen, CEO, @LikeableMedia Author of @likeablebook June 2011

3. Like is the New Link

4. It’s Not About You…

5. Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on (& other social networks) 15 ways…

6. 1. listen first and never stop listening

8. 2. think – and act – like your customer

11. 3. compel your customers to be your first fans

14. 4. respond quickly to all bad comments

18. 5. respond to good comments too

20. online influencers… the new celebrities?

21. 6. be authentic

23. 7. should you ask a lot of questions?

24. 1. Pose a question or challenge directly to fans 2. Ask fans to “like” it 3. Announce winners of a Facebook-hosted contest or sweepstakes 4. Include “everything else” – all remaining status updates that didn’t fit any of the above categories in a recent study, Likeable Media looked at status updates that…

25. • In 100% of cases, engagement rates for posts that asked fans to “‘Like’ this” were up to 5.5 times (on average 2.7x) higher than those for “other updates”.* • In 9 out of 10 cases, status updates that posed a question directly to fans were 2-6 times as engaging as “other updates”. Likeable Media found the following…

26. 8. provide value (yes, for free!)

28. 9. share stories (they’re your social currency)

30. 10. inspire your customers to share stories

32. 11. integrate facebook into the entire customer experience

34. 12. use facebook ads for greater impact

39. 13. admit when you screw up then leverage your mistakes

41. 14. consistently deliver excitement, surprise, & delight

44. 15. don’t sell! just make it easy & compelling for customers to buy

46. but how do we get started today?

47. getting started on:

48. If you can add a business as a “FRIEND”, it’s not properly set up on Facebook. Individual profiles are for Individuals. profiles:

49. Groups are organized around common interest. Limited functionality, but able to organize large groups of people. Can be public or private. groups:

50. Established for businesses: Become a LIKER Completely public, don’t need to be a member of Facebook to view HIGHLY functional. fan pages:

51. community pages:

52. the 5 most engaging status updates:

53. getting started on:

54. • Consumer Insight • Customer Service • Real Time Communication best uses

55. Limited to 140 Characters, Twitter is based on the simple premise of reporting “What’s happening?” right now “ what’s happening?”

56. Type “RT @DaveKerpen:” OR Simply click the “Retweet” button retweeting:

57. Click the “Reply” button… @reply:

58. DM (Direct Messaging):

59. tweetdeck:

60. hootsuite:

61. other apps:

62. getting started on:

63. • Demonstrating Corporate Culture • Demonstrating Product Uses best uses:

64. • Content is more important than production quality. A good flipcam will do. • Short and sweet is almost always better. A good rule of thumb is 30-90 seconds per video. • Have fun. Video is a great way to showcase your brand’s personality . • Answer people’s comments. tips:

66. getting started on:

67. • Recruitment • Retention • Industry Collaboration best uses:

68. company profiles:

69. getting started on:

70. Blogs allow you to connect with the consumer in a more casual level, enable you to talk directly with consumer via comments, and allow you to expand and explore topics best uses:

71. There are over 200 million US-based blogs. In addition to providing a platform for expanded, easily updatable content, blogs have another important purpose: B.L.O.G. = BETTER LISTINGS ON GOOGLE (and Bing too!)

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