social media 101: a presentation for united way oakville
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Content from a presentation for United Way Oakville by Donna Papacosta of Trafalgar Comunications, March 26, 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Social Media 101
United Way Oakville March 26, 2014
Donna Papacosta
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Discussion points today
• Why social media? • Examples • Quick review of major tools • Integration of social media into
communications strategy
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Traditional vs. social media
• Broadcast vs. conversation
• Control vs. lack of control
• Static vs. frequently updated
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Benefits of social media
• Publish information easily and quickly
• Take the pulse of people
• Increase awareness
• Show human face of your organization
• Build relationships
• Be better positioned in case of crisis
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A few examples
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Social media is not a silver bullet!
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Importance of integration into your strategy • Social media is not a strategy
• Facebook is not a strategy
• Twitter is not a strategy
• G+ is not a strategy
• Pinterest is not a strategy
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Setting goals
• Who is your audience?
• What are you trying to accomplish?
• What types of content will you publish?
• Which channels will you use?
• What are the outcomes and measurements?
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Using social vs. being social
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How to listen • Google Alerts, Feedly
• Hootsuite/TweetDeck for Twitter searches
• Socialmention, mention for searches
• Radian6 and Sysomos (paid) monitoring services
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Let’s look at tools
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Blogging
• Linchpin of social media efforts
• Easy way to share content, including multimedia
• Increases SEO
• Positions your organization as a leader in your niche
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Blog as hub
Blog Twi)er
Google+
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What to blog about?
• News in your areas of interest or from the headlines
• Insights, opinions
• Tips and how-to
• Share multimedia
• Curate content by others
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About Twitter
• Micro-blogging platform
• 140-character tweets
• Can reply and send direct messages (DM)
• Following is asynchronous (OK to NOT follow back)
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Twitter benefits
• More than 100 million users around the world
• Follow news, leaders, smart people
• Build relationships
• Answer questions
• Send traffic to your site/blog
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LinkedIn company pages
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LinkedIn tips for nonprofit company pages
• Highlight mission, events, opportunities, employees
• Post updates and engage with followers
• Showcase your events, fundraisers, speakers
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About Facebook
• The social network for university students that became a 21st century phenomenon
• Many still use it for social only, not business
• Others have “business friends”
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Personal Facebook profile
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Facebook brand page
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G+ benefits
• Integrated with Google Search, etc.
• Google Hangouts useful for video conferences, meetings; Hangouts on Air – live broadcast
• You can create and nourish Communities
• Network and learn
• Build yourself up as trusted authority
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G+ Communities
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Social media measurement
• What are you trying to accomplish?
• Is it happening?
• Google Analytics
• Facebook Insights
• Various Twitter statistics
• Free and paid tools
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“It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure.” – Clay Shirky
CONTENT CURATION
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Why should YOU care about curation? • Helps you keep up with rapid flow of
information.
• Positions you as a learner and thought leader.
• Helps differentiate you.
• Can boost your content marketing efforts.
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Original vs. curated content
Follow the 70/30 rule (With thanks to Todd Defren of SHIFT)
Branded
Curated
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Social media + content marketing
CONTENT MARKETING
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Content marketing defined
• Creating and publishing relevant, valuable content that attracts and engages a clearly defined audience.
• Must have an objective.
• Not sales-y material.
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Benefits of content marketing
• Get better SEO • Build word-of-mouth buzz • Be known as thought leader • Generate more interest in your
organization
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Become a social media power user
• Use social media every day to learn and share
• You do not need to be on all platforms; pick a couple
• Always engage; be generous
• “Think” social media; make time for it!
• Keep learning
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Engagement tips
• Ask and answer questions
• Share links, photos videos
• Run contests (check rules first)
• “Give before you get”
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Design your social media roadmap
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Suggestions for your roadmap
• Goals, strategies, THEN tactics
• Choose social networks (where is audience?) and automation tools
• Make sure your profiles rock
• Always share great content
• Engage with people; don’t just broadcast