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A presentation to the European network of Safer Internet Centers on how to use social media to promote their work. September 2013. The presentation focused on knowing your user, building a hub, an image and a brand that will last and grow with the evolution of the social web.

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Malta 2013 - Louise Jones

Seminar Outcomes

1. Facilitate experience and good practice sharing across the network and enhance the learning community that has developed within Insafe

4. Pinpoint the most effective resources produced within the network and investigate the most effective ways of promoting these.

5. Identify practical ways to leverage social media to promote the work of the Safer Internet Centres

Scotland!

Image is everything!

Many Hats!

Guidance

Cyberbullying Service

Training

Educational Events

Policy

Website

Highlandesafety.wordpress.com

@olliebray

Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Information, Communication Technology in Education

Culture, Confidence and Competence

Future Digital Markets / Economies

Personal Safety (Online)

Digitally Confident(Competent)

Evolution?

The Social Web

Where are you now?

Where do you want to be?

What are you trying to do?(Do you know?)

Why use social media?

Responsible Use

The Good, the Bad, not the Ugly

Moderation

Model Practice And…

Beyond Marketing

Social Media only works if you say something…

Would you buy a

blank newspaper?

Amplification…

Social mediamyths…

(some things just aren’t true!)

“Followers & Likes means your popular ”

Source: www.pagedatapro.com

Fans / Followers / Subscribers…

Does it matter?

“Social Mediaimproves engagement?”

“Using social media is free”

VS

blogs

#1 – Your Audience

Points to consider

What is your local market like?

Who visits your website?Where?

How long?

Unique visits?

Hits?

Patterns?

How?

Google Analytics

Search Engine Science

searchengineland.com

#2 - Content

Points to consider

Quality of your Content

Some important questions?

Do you provide a reason for people to spend more than a few seconds reading your pages?

Key Question (#1)

Do you offer real value, something of substance to visitors, anything unique, different, useful and that they won’t find elsewhere?

Key Question (#2)

Content (keyword) Research

Content (keyword) Research

“You must use the language that the people who are looking for your information are using”.

Content Words / Use Of Keywords

google.com/insights/search

“Bottom line, if you want your pages to be found for particular words, it’s a good idea to actually use those words in your website.”

google.com/submityourcontent

Engagement through Content

Listening Posts….

#tags

Content Freshness

Keep it current!

New!

#3 - Architecture

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Points to consider

Any device, any where

Mobile Optimisation

Site Crawlability

Site Speed

#4 - Links

Imag

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Points to consider

Link Quality(not just quantity)

Number of Links

your site

www

www www

www

Are your URLs descriptive?

www.whoknowswhatthiswebsiteisabout.com

www.saferinternet.??

www.saferinternet.??

www.other.gov.ac.??

www.saferinternet.??

www.other.gov.ac.??

www.saferinternet.??

www.other.gov.ac.??

www.saferinternet.??

www.other.gov.ac.??

#5 – Social Reputation

Points to consider

IcelandCyprus Poland

Sweden UK Belgium

Brand and the future..

www.adiconsum.itItaly

@adiconsumItaly

The SmallDetail

Matters!

#1: It’s all about the user

Summary

#2: Content: Focus on quality over quantity

Summary

#3: Links: Focus on quality over quantity

Summary

#4: Make the most of social media, social sharing and social search

Summary

#5: Let the search engines knowyou’re there

Summary

Finally

#6 Build your social web hub, build it to last…

NREN Social Media Jumpstart Pack

Domen Božeglav

Thank you!

Louise Jones

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