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Copyright 2012-2013, Notice Technologies Inc.

YOUR SOCIAL SUCCESS STORY

Chris Treadaway, Founder & CEO of Polygraph

6 Copyright 2012-2013, Notice Technologies Inc.

THE TRENDS DRIVING BEHAVIOR


Just 7 short years ago


Today in 2013…


Democratized & Connected Phones


Participatory Media


Seismic Shifts in Trust


Generational Gap

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Study


Source: Pew Internet & American Life Study


Source: Buddy Media/Luma Partners


SO WHAT?


How does this affect your business?

• Marketing/Awareness– Clients will find other attorneys– Solution: make it easier for potential clients to find

you

• Advertising Efficiency– Ad spend doesn’t drive business like it used to– Solution: understand that advertising has changed

& adapt

• Competitive Disadvantage– Information will be used against you– Solution: become aware of what information now

exists


Modernization & Digitization

SignageBillboardsNewspaperRadio & TVYellow PagesTraditional PressBrochureCash RegisterScheduling SystemDirect Mail ListWatercooler & WOM

Social MediaContent MarketingNews Feed OptimizationBloggingListings, Reviews, ReputationSearch Engine MarketingWeb SiteE-mail/CRM


SignageBillboardsNewspaperRadio & TVYellow PagesTraditional PressBrochureCash RegisterScheduling SystemDirect Mail List

Today’s Conversion Funnel

Social MediaContent MarketingNews Feed OptimizationBloggingListings, Reviews, ReputationSearch Engine MarketingWeb SiteE-mail/CRMPersonal Referrals


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Just over 60 percent said their firms now maintain one or more blogs.

Almost 85 percent of law firms now make use of social media and networking tools, such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

More than half said that their firms plan to increase their budget for social media initiatives in 2012 and just over 20 percent said their firms already have a full-time social media specialist on staff.

Peer Pressure?

Source: ALM Legal Intelligence Study, January 2012


49 percent of U.S. law firms reported that blogging and social networking initiatives have helped produce new business leads.

41 percent reporting that social media and blogging had helped them to actually land new work.

More than 40 percent said that blogs and social media networks have helped to increase the number of calls their firms receive from journalists in traditional and new media.

Roughly the same number said their presence in the blogosphere and on social media networks had also increased the number of speaking invitations their lawyers receive.

Successful Outcomes?

Source: ALM Legal Intelligence Study, 2012


DECIDING WHERE TO FOCUS


Two Approaches to Social

Go where the people are Do what fits your business


Source: http://www.mindjumpers.com/blog/2012/05/time-spend-online/

http://www.mindjumpers.com/blog/2012/05/time-spend-online/


Worksheet

• Search Engine Visibility• Sharing Articles and Your

Opinions with Customers• Publishing Videos• Listings, Ratings & Online

Reputation Management• Sharing Pictures with Customers• Answering Common Questions• Proactively write about your

business

Audience Size


Google Local Business Listing

www.google.com/placesforbusiness


The Many Opportunities of Google

• Google Adwords – paid advertising• Google Local Business – free listing• Organic search engine optimization – free

or paid, generally requires investment in creating content

• Google+ – social network, “hacked” search engine optimization


Facebook

• Facebook Pages– Edgerank – the algorithm that determines what

people see when they log in– You must encourage comments, likes, shares of

your content

• Facebook Notes• Facebook Advertising


Twitter

• Limited to 140 characters• Scope is international, not local• Tweets come & go very rapidly• Widely adopted by “tech” people, not as

much by mass market• Serious limitations for a local business


Pinterest

• 83% women in the United States

• Create a free account at Pinterest.com

• Integrated with other social media

http://pinterest.com/jasonmiles/pinterest-facts-figures/

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YouTube

• Create your own Channel• Upload videos• Embed videos in web sites, blog posts, etc.• Search Engine Optimization benefit


What percentage of local customers read reviews about local businesses? 67%

69% believe the general public as much as a friend

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Blogging Platforms

• Wordpress – blogging• Typepad – blogging• Tumblr – blogging & pictures


MAKING IT HAPPEN


Tools of the Trade


Working the Plan

• Decide what you think fits your business best

• Pick the right outlets• Publish & curate content consistently• Listen to customers genuinely and respond• Attract new customers through

participation & direct advertising• Identify Influencers and make them really

happy


Curate Content

• If you don’t have content or don’t want to create it, curate it

• Curation is referring to other people’s content on your own social media properties

• E.g. linking to an interesting article, sharing another person’s photo, commenting on someone else’s work


Keyword Optimization

• Google Suggest• Tells you what search terms people use to

find you, competitors, etc.• Words with high search volume = good• Tip use them in your blog content,

Google+ posts, Facebook posts, Twitter


Content Ideas

• “Behind the scenes” videos• “Staff” profiles• What people don’t know about what you

do• How to deal with weather changes• Taking care of their purchase• Related items of interest – landscaping,

being “ecofriendly” • Contests• Evocative imagery


Create an Editorial Calendar

• Set the rules/policy• Mix up topics and outlets• Discipline• Take the thought out of the problem – “autopilot”


Listen & Identify Influencers

• People are saying things about what they want, like, dislike all the time in social media

• Monitor to listen, understand what customers are saying

• Certain people are driving conversations online, in peer groups

• Win them and you win groups of people!


A FINAL WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT


Source: Buddy Media/Luma Partners


Thank you!

Chris [email protected]@ctreada on Twitter

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