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Powerpoint deck for 90 minute Social Media 101 Seminar, given on June 15, 2011 in Providence, RI.

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Social Media Marketing

Step by step to your success!

Agenda•Why Social Media/overview?•Social Media Necessities•Facebook•Twitter•LinkedIn•Blogs•YouTube•Photosharing sites•Putting it all together

WelcomeWhy are we here?

Why Social Media?

•Fish where the fish are.•Be a part of the community of experts.•Inexpensive compared to traditional forms of media.•Fundamental shift in how we communicate.•Watch the reaction of your brand in real time: Groupon.

Why Social Media?

It’s not just kids.

People make recommendations based on their social Network “friends.”

When someone becomes a fan of your business, they are giving you permission to market to them- in fact, they WANT information from you – Demand marketing!

Social Media NecessitiesBuild Trust.

Earned by creating a “Highly satisfied” customer experience.

Starts with a foundation of authenticity and open communication.

Add value from the customers perspective.

It’s all about the content.

Your ability to create compelling text, audio, video and images is directly related to building interest in your site and business.

Content should be targeted to your audience

Use key words in content.

ALWAYS respond in an open, honest manner – be transparent.

How you respond to negative comments says a lot about you.

Social Media Etiquette

Think before you speak.

Don’t sell incessantly. Add value. Give as much as you get.

Speak like a real person, not a marketing piece.

Listen. Social Media is a two way street.

Share other people’s work – and attribute it a such.

If someone comments on your page, acknowledge their comment.

Be genuine. Reflect the personality of your company (or self)

Social Media Overview

• MySpace• Music Industry

• Flickr/Photobucket• Photo Sharing

• YouTube• What do you want to see?

• Foursquare• Location based applications

• Yelp• Restaurant reviews

Blogs

Having content that is updated on a regular basis will help your search drastically.

An extension of the rest of your social media efforts.

Caveat: You must have something to say.

LinkedIn

70 Million Members and Growing

560,000 Professionals visit their homepage every day.

80% of companies use it for recruiting

Over 70% of members are college grad and above.

Businesses on LinkedIn

Twitter

150 Million Accounts

67% of brand followers will buy that brand

45% login via mobile device

140 characters – or is it?

Twitter• 140 character “micro-blog”

Twitter: Grow your following

Twellow.com

Search.twitter.com

Follow your potential customers

To follow back, or not to follow back?

Facebook

• Nearly 600 million active users

• Average User has 130 “friends”

• Over 900 million objects that people interact with

• Pages, groups, events

• More than 30 billion pieces of content are shared each month

• Web links, news stories, blog posts, photos…

• More than 200 million active users access FB through their smart phone.

Facebook

Set up your page – as a business – not a person.

Use available tools & apps

welcome tabs

constant contact tabs

Sell products on your Facebook page

Include call to action

Facebook ads

Hyper-targeted

Set your own budget

Push to your page/your webste

Facebook Strategies

Create a strategy

Define your target audience

What are you trying to achieve?

Increased traffic to your website?

Better customer service?

Deepen the relationship with your customers?

Increase sales?

More FB Strategies…

What does success look like?

Sales will increase by x%

Marketing costs will be reduced by $xx

Facebook fans/Twitter followers will increase by xx/month

Create SMART goals.

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely

Tactics – 2 things…

Monitor

What’s your plan?

Content

How you gonna do it?

Content

Content generation plan

Who updates when?

How frequently?

What will the content be?

Where will it come from?

Content

Create an editorial calendar

What are the specials?

What product are we featuring?

Industry specific tips

Follow 80/20 rule

Ask questions – ask for responses

Content

Reflect the personality of your business

Speak to the target

Post regularly

How much is too much/how much is not enough

Time of day?

Monitor

Pay attention to Facebook/Twitter notifications

Respond to all comments/questions

Tools

Hootsuite

Tweetdeck

Radian6/TwoBolt

Facebook Insights

How do you get it done?

DON’T put it in the hands of an intern

DO

Assign a key member of your team

Align with a partner

Tools and Resources

Hootsuite

Tweet Deck

Radian6

Mashable.com

Socialmediatoday.com

http://www.slideshare.net/stevepeck/social-media-marketing-101

Inside facebook

Social Media Examiner

Seth Godin

Brian Solis

Groundswell

6 Pixels of Separation

Socialnomics

PIAT/Next StepsGet your pages set up – completely.

Facebook? Twitter? Blog? YouTube?

Create a content strategy.

Who, When, What?

Promote your pages

Web: Like Buttons, Facebook box, facebook ads?

In store: signs – contest?

External: Ads, business cards

Stay on track! Don’t start then stop.

Remember that Social Media is one piece of your marketing puzzle.

Thanks for coming!

Questions?

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