Download - New Leaders Council Presentation
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Did You Know?
Sacramento is the #4 city for Twitter? 90% of people know at least 1 social network site? 78% trust peer recommendations, while only 14%
trust ads? (word of mouth) If Facebook were a country, it’d be the world’s 3rd
largest? The average Facebook user spends 55 minutes a
day there? There are 100 million users accessing Facebook
through a mobile device?
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Did You Know?
Visiting a social site is the 4th most popular online activity - ahead of checking personal email?
Fan pages have supplanted websites as the primary way businesses interact with customers?
More than 600 million searches happen on Twitter every day?
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Did You Know?
Bottom line….
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Did You Know?
….Social media is word of mouth on steroids!
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How Social Media is Shaping the Sacramento Community
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How Social Media is Shaping the Sacramento Community
Social Media Club Sacramento Developing and Reinforcing your Brand Bringing Value Developing a LinkedIn/Twitter/Facebook
Profile to which People Are Drawn Tips for Success Questions
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Social Media Club Sacramento
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Social Media Club Sacramento
Founded March 2009 Organizes monthly panel discussions
on how social media is changing the way businesses and individuals communicate.
Join the conversation the 3rd Tuesday of every month at The Urban Hive.
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Social Media Club Sacramento
Social Media Club brings together journalists, publishers, small businesses, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, teachers, students, tool makers, and other interested collaborators.
Essentially the people who create and consume media who have an interest in seeing the ‘media industry’ evolve for everyone’s benefit.
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Social Media Club Sacramento
1. Expand Media Literacy
2. Share Lessons Learned Among Practitioners
3. Encourage Adoption of Industry Standards
4. Promote Ethical Practices through Discussion and Actions
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Developing and Reinforcing Your Brand
Great opportunity! You can be anything you want to be – be THE expert Once you select…Stay there…Consistency is key Brand should carry over to all aspects of your online
presence (exception) Create your “sound bite” (elevator speech) Use with bios, summaries, blurbs on all platforms CONSISTENCY!!!!!
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Bringing Value
Consistent with your brand Stay positive…NEVER any “poor me” posts Quotes – a great “fallback” Search for the
“right” ones NO, NO, NO, NO direct sells Use lay language, content for laypeople
(Facebook and LinkedIn) Jargon expected and respected within your
group
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Bringing Value
Like and Unlike Groups Blog, blog, blog, blog Shake babies and kiss hands! If on a career search, advertise? When connecting, always include a note (exception is
Twitter) When accepting, always include a note – “Please let
me know if can do anything for you.” “How may I be of value to you?”
Exception – Twitter… I hate auto-replies!!
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Bringing Value
Choose good source material Digg Mashable! The Social Media Guide Alltop News sites Industry sites RSS feeds (Yahoo!, Google, etc) Other news feeds (My6Sense, Fluent News)
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Developing Good Profiles
LinkedIn – THE first step for business Twitter – Next step…draw people to
your website and LinkedIn profile Facebook – Show a well-rounded side.
People do business with people they know and like
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General Guidelines
Engage with others Reciprocity Stay away from the Big 3 – Religion (unless
you’re clergy and that’s part of your brand), Politics (unless you’re a politician - even then be careful), and Sex (unless you’re a …well…)
Update often Keep private things private
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General Guidelines
“Love” your followers Give to get If you ask people to look at a website, blog, or
anything else, give a COMPELLING reason Do not directly push your service or product…Set the
stage, then be there for the solution, have others do it on your page (sincerely)
I-N-T-E-R-A-C-T (There must be a back-and-forth) Pictures of YOU on profiles are MY preference (as
opposed to logos, pets, etc)
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Where it all starts for business My profile as an example Sell you Link to your profile on resumes and signature blocks Memorable url Max out your groups (50) Link to blog, website, Twitter Lots or few followers Recommendations – be careful
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Reciprocal follow – IF there’s value Learn and use hashtags # Look for: number of follower/followed; # of tweets, RT’s;
signs of interaction (@) Good, brand-reinforcing bio #FollowFriday Draw people to your “stuff” with targeted marketing and
salesmanship, no spam, or auto “thanks for following me” msgs (Love your followers)
Be witty… Link to LinkedIn/Facebook? Pros and Cons
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The “Final Frontier” Great opportunity to show the real you Pics of family, pets, etc Go easy on the Farmville, etc Stay brand consistent, but remember your audience Post compelling, good-to-know stuff Personal v Business page – I combine If you have a business page, have a personal one
as well
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Other Platforms
YouTube Plaxo Google Profile Naymz Beebo Googe Buzz Yada, yada, yada
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Summary
Social media is here to stay LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook are the
biggies Proper branding and bringing value brings
people to you Show a personal side Stay away from the Big 3 Love your followers Be consistent
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Branding Yourself in Social Media
Questions?
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