Social Media for Business

10 Tips to Help ‘Go & Grow’ Your

Social Media &

Online Marketing Strategy

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Why Businesses Use Social Media

What Social Media “Is” and “Is not”

10 Tips to “Go & Grow” Your Social Media

Free & Cool Tools

Ways to Grow Your Social Community

Tips to Craft Up Content  

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FREE Resources

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Why We MARKET

Customers Clients Volunteers Donors / Members Brand Awareness Sales Website Traffic Time in the day

We Want More!

We Want to Rev Up Relationships, Referrals & Revenues!

MySpace

Local / Daily deals

Location-Based Services

Review Sites

Photo Sharing

Video Sharing

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

76%

62%

53%

38%

35%

25%

24%

19%

Social Media Tools Are Changing the Way We Market

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Find Social Media Tools Effective*

86% Facebook71% Video Sharing60% Twitter55% LinkedIn45% Local / Daily Deals

Social Media Used to Market Business

96%

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Social Media is Word of Mouth on Steroids

Social Media Helps Businesses

1. Keep Current Customers2. Find New Customers3. Helps You Be Found

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Doing It Well Best Practices for Business using Social Media Marketing

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1. Set Goals

■ Keep Your Customers

■ Improve Customer Service

■ Encourage Repeat Business

■ Increase Relationships

■ Increase Referrals

■ Get More Prospects

■ Increase Brand Awareness

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2. Know Your Audience

Ask Your Audience

■ How do they like to be communicated with?

■ What tools are they using?

■ When do they check their email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Texts?

■ What do they want from your communications?

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Where are your customers?

Social Tools are Not Just for Kids

Facebook Timeline Examples

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About

TabsProfile Picture

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Shatto Milk Info

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Shatto Milk Like & FanReach

Shatto Milk Photos Tab

Shatto Milk Events Tab

Shatto Milk Video Tab

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FB Admin Panel

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FB Admin Panel Promoted Post

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Google Yourself

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4. Monitor Your Online Brand

Your Online Brand is Being Created With or Without You

Can You Be Found Online?

What is Being Said About…• You• Your Customers• Your Company• Your Competitor

Google Yourself

Google Yourself, Your Company & Competitors

www.google.com

Google Your Business Can People Find You or Your Company?

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Monitor Your Online Presence

Google Alerts

Monitor your• Name• Company name• Competitor• Trends• Keywords• Industry

www.google.com/alerts

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Google Yourself

Listen, Learn & EarnGet to Know the Neighborhood

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5. Brand Up

Professionally Brand your Business

Be consistentLogoPhoneAddressWebsiteSocial Icons on Website

Add starter content & Give your Page personality

First Impressions Matter

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6. Online Manners Matter

Sell, Sell, Sell & You Will Fail

Me, Me, Me Will Part the Seas

Empower, Engage & Educate - Be the Expert

Give & You Shall Receive

Share, Care, & Be There

Reply, Thank & Take Care of Negative Comments

What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas

First Impressions Make Lasting Impressions

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7. Plan Ahead

Create a Marketing Calendar■ Buy 12 Month Calendar or Google Calendar■ Highlighter - 2 colors■ Highlight Holidays■ Highlight Your Slow or Challenging Times

Add to the calendar marketing activities you always do eg. 4th of July Sale, Christmas Open House, Back to School Specials, Mother Day Specials, Sizzling Sales Tips, New Year News or Events

Use Post-It NotesWrite your marketing ideas on the post-it notes. If you need to move a marketing activity you can.

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Repurpose your current contentEmailBlogs (yours and others)FAQ’s & SAQ’swww.Technorati.comwww.google.com/alerts Relevant videos, photos, podcastsAsk questionsTestimonials/ Polls/ Surveys

8. CRAFT Content

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9. Manage Your Social

Track your Page Insights

Reply from your Inbox

Manage Activity On Social Media Sites with One Email

Save Time

www.NutshellMail.com

Social Media DVR

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Monitor, Manage & ScheduleWatch multiple accounts

HootSuite.com

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Monitor, Manage & ScheduleWatch multiple accounts

HootSuite.com

Create a Social Email Signature10. Grow Your Social

Grow Your Social

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■ Newsletter Templates

■ Business Card

■ Printed Materials

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