central coast sbdc leverage social media for your business 2014
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Lydia Snider's 2014 Leveraging Social Media for Your Business presentation for the Central Coast SBDC.TRANSCRIPT
Leverage Social Media for Your BusinessWith Lydia Snider
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@SBDCSantaCruz
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My philosophy:
• There is no silver bullet.
• Data driven decisions.
• Quality over Quantity.
• It is about building relationships.
• Every business does NOT need to
be on every social media site.
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Which sites to useHow to use them
Goals for today: OverviewMindset Make informed decisions on:
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Not go home and implement all this!
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YouTube video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
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Image Source: jitze Flickr (modified)
Largest growing social media user segment
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Two Biggest Mistakes:
Twitter is stupid &
Instagram is Twitter for
people who can’t read.
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Jumping into every site willy nilly.
Image Flickr Gilles Gonthier
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Your website only gets one
chance to make a 1st impression.
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Today we’re going to talk about the big 4.
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Universal Rules:
Pictures
80/20 Rule
Purpose /Call to action
Connect the dots
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Thou shalt not have accounts auto post to
one another.
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Which sites do your customers use to do the kind of business
they do with you?
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Who are you talking to?
What do you want to say?
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Image Source: Flickr sara.lauderdale
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8-10 touches to turn a looky lou
into a client.
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Cultural Shift:Print not as trusted
as online recommendations
from “friends”.
A neutral or positive share, comment, like, repost, repin, tweet, retweet is essentially
an endorsement or recommendation.
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Social Networks Influence 74% of buying decisions.
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Image Source: Flickr Joe Shlabotnik
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Facebook:B2CBackyard BBQ
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Current Challenges with Facebook Pages
http://www.lydiasnider.com/facebook-ads/
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What to do:
Focus on Quality over Quantity
Give your fans what they want!
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Let’s look at Facebook data
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Twitter:
All kinds of conversations.
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What increases engagement:
Links
The shorter the better
Hashtags
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What the heck are hashtags?
1) Index
2) Parenthetical statement
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The anatomy of a tweet:
What’s your vision for the next 50 years of IT? We have a few ideas already bit.ly/R1opFD #mainframe50
Congratulations to everyone who has worked on Mainframe hardware & software — Global business is powered by your efforts! #Mainframe50
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The anatomy of a tweet:
Here's the link to purchase tickets for Guy Kawasaki "Enchantment" May 7 in #SantaCruz: buff.ly/1g61Mnt
7 things you should know in case of an emergency with your pet bit.ly/1dWlPo1
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How to engage:
Follow
Reply
Mention
List
Listen
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Let’s look at Twitter data
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LinkedIn:
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Don’t do this.
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The LinkedIn News Feed
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When Posting Articles
• Pull a quote from the article• Add your own insight/analysis• Pose a question
Demonstrate your expertise & thought leadership.
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Use as many features as you can.
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Companies
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Groups
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Pinterest:
Ideal for businesses selling online.
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I want that.
It’s mine.
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Pinterest is women planning imaginary weddings, dressing kids that don’t exist & decorating houses they can’t afford.
And men pretending they are James Bond.
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business.pinterest.com
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Curator:
Example: http://www.pinterest.com/chobani/
80/20 Rule
Mix your content/items on board with other complementary (not
competition) items.
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Tools for Social Media Efficiency.
Bufferapp.comHootSuite
Check your data monthly:
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Google Analytics of website
Social Media Sites Analytics
Which social media sites should I use?
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Which ones do your customers use for the type of business they do with you?
Which sites do other potential business partners use for that type of business?
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