– Session 703: Micro Media – New Ideas to Improve Book
Discoverability Presented by:
Christopher Robbins (Familius.com)Deltina Hay (DeltinaU.com)
ArticlesUpdatesVideoImagesResourcesMobile AppsYouTubeWordPress.comTumblrInstagramPinterestSlideShareVineQ&AAnd more . . .
Session 703: Micro Media
Review how we optimized Familius pages in last year's session (link to that presentation is on your handout)
Discuss how Familius has applied those tactics, and gone a step further to produce “micro content” on their site and beyond
Explore additional micro-media trends and tactics involving text, images, video, resources, quotes, and more...
– Session 703: Micro Media – Links to slides & resources:
htttp://SlideShare.net/deltina
The Micro Media Experiment
The Micro Media Experiment Part 2
Can a Company Use This Strategy for More Than One Book?
Where to go from here...
You now have optimized pages and posts with keyword phrases:
In meta titles, descriptions, and tags Used naturally throughout the text In image names, titles, and alt text In outgoing links
And have applied the Familius micro-media methods...
Micro Media: Strategy
Break content up into small pieces Distribute widely to different
platforms/audiences Make certain it links back to your books Increases your reach and improves
discoverability
Micro Media?
Content that is easy to post and share:
– Short text excerpts
– Images, video, and audio
– Links
– Quotes
– Answers Check your website first...
Micro Media: Make it Sharable
Many people share without reading the full article or post
Make your content easy for micro-consumers to share!
Micro Media: Gather Conent
Think about the great content you already have:
– Web pages
– Blog content
– Media kits
– Press releases
– Tip sheets
– Reviews
– Book content
Micro Media: Think small...
• Gather the juicy bits:
– Short excerpts
– Images
– Video
– Audio
– Links to resources
– Factoids
– Quotes
Micro Media: Get it out there...
• Distribute to:
– Tumblogs/Microblogs
– Image/video/presentation sharing sites
– Resource and Q&A sites
– Podcast directories
– Mobile Web
Micro Media: Tumblr
• Tumblr
– Tumblog/Microblog
– Blog with frequent, short posts
– Many Tumblr users are creatives
Micro Media: WordPress.com
• WordPress.com
– Can use as a Tumblog/microblog
– More diverse audience
– Not to be mistaken for WordPress.org
Micro Media: Pinterest
– Post images and video to a Pinterest
– But make sure you have a business account
Micro Media: SlideShare
• SlideShare
– An underrated presentation sharing tool that can get a lot of exposure
– Infographics rule...
Micro Media: Infographics
• Infographics
– Can provide a lot of micro media if done right
– Can be repurposed in all kinds of ways...
Micro Media: Q&A
Ask this of your content:
– Does it beg a question or pose a problem?
– Does it answer a question or solve a problem?
If so, explore Q&A sites like Yahoo! Answers or Quora.com
These sites can drive a lot of traffic and improve search results – especially in mobile voice searches
Micro Media: Resources
• Resources
– Are quick and easy to share
– Are nice micro-blog fillers
Micro Media: More Video
There is so much you can do with video Consider creating very short snippets Either in a series or as excerpts of existing
video Very short videos make great micro media
content
Micro Media: Podcasts
• Podcasts
– Great for audio
– But video?
Micro Media: Mobile Apps
Mobile apps are a great way to feature micro-media
Mobile device users are natural micro-consumers
There are many tools to help you build an app
Micro Media: Mobile-First Tools
Though Pinterest, Tumblr, WordPress.com, and all the others have nice mobile apps
There are other “mobile-first” apps that are nice additions to your micro-media strategy
Instagram and Vine, specifically
Micro Media: Instagram #7
Create a 15 second book trailer Make more than one and have followers vote Launch a contest for the best user generated
trailer Run a 15 second video review contest What else?
Micro Media: Real-Time Apps
While Instagram allows videos to be uploaded to its app
Vine frowns on the practice – they want users to take video with their mobile device and upload it accordingly
And Vine videos are only 6 seconds This type of “real-time” posting app is
becoming popular – especially with younger audiences
Micro Media: Real-Time Apps
What would you be willing to put out there... If you knew it would disappear in 10 minutes to
24 hours?
– Session 703: Micro Media – Presented by:
Christopher Robbins (Familius.com)Deltina Hay (DeltinaU.com)
– Session 703: Micro Media – Links to slides:
http://SlideShare.net/deltina