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Why You Need Social Media To Improve Your Accounting Business:
An Introduction
GSCPA 2010Contact Information:
(617)[email protected]: @617patrick
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Introduction (Part 1)
• Thanks• Handouts, “college style”
– http://www.617-PATRICK.com/gscpa.html
• Joke – substitute teacher in Russia
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Goals/Objectives
• You will learn more about – LinkedIn (40%)– YouTube (15%)– Facebook (10%)– Twitter (25%)
• Amber Alert – great Twitter story
– Others (10%)• Blogging• Google Advertising
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Problems 20 Years Ago…
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Business Problems 20 Years Ago
• Want something?– Who do I know that …
• Business cards– People move…– Can’t be searched
• Advertising – expensive– TV commercials
• Word of mouth
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• Scale of 1-10– 10 is expert– 1 never used it
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What Is LinkedIn?
• Web site– Profiles– Database of connections
• Rolodex• You invite others or they invite you
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• Profile
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• Friends are ”connections”
• Rolodex that updates when people move
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Strategies For Using LinkedIn?
1. Rolodex that gets updated when people move
2. Powerful research tool3. “Friends of friends” network4. More …
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LinkedIn Strategy #1
1. Rolodex that gets updated when people move
• Maintain relationships 2. Powerful research tool3. “Friends of friends” network4. More …
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LinkedIn Strategy #1
• Deb Lavoie
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LinkedIn Strategy #2
1. Rolodex that gets updated when people move
2. Powerful research tool3. “Friends of friends” network4. More …
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LinkedIn Strategy #2
• Research tool for– Finding business
• CFOs • VP of Sales• your target market
– Passively having business find you• Having a good profile
– Ironically, search is hidden
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Details In Part 2
• If you care…• Example
– Chief Financial Officer
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LinkedIn Advanced Search
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Homework - Search People
• You can search LinkedIn profiles• “People” in upper right should say “Search
Profiles”– By name – By company, position, skill
• http://www.the-linkedin-speaker.com/blog/2009/05/04/linkedin-training-tip-search-people-search-profiles/
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LinkedIn Strategy #3
1. Rolodex that gets updated when people move
2. Powerful research tool3. “Friends of friends” network4. More …
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Friends = LinkedIn “Connections”
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Patrick O’MalleySocial Media Speaker
Northern LightZiff
Univ Of MassCornell
Selfish view of LinkedIn
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Friends = LinkedIn “Connections”
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1st Level Connections
“Rolodex” view of LinkedIn
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Friends = LinkedIn “Connections”
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1st Level Connections
2nd Level Connections
CEO, Death Star
Pilot
Attorney
Hitman
Soup Nazi, New York
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Friends = LinkedIn “Connections”
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1st Level Connections
2nd Level Connections
CEO, Death Star
Pilot
Attorney
Hitman
Soup Nazi, New York
200 40,000
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Friends = LinkedIn “Connections”
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1st Level Connections
2nd Level Connections
VP of Sales at EMC
CFO at CNN
200 40,000
Accountant, Oracle
Accountant, 401K Rollover expert
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Advanced LinkedIn
• You can only see 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
level connections– Avoid paying LinkedIn $25
• http://www.the-linkedin-speaker.com/blog/2010/02/02/linkedin-expert-tip-find-out-of-network-without-paying-25-dollars/
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Who Would You Connect To?
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Who Would You Connect To?
• Who would you connect to?– Former workers– College roommates, friends, social club members,
teammates– High school friends– Neighborhood groups– Parent groups– Military friends– Childhood friends, i.e. Cub Scout, Girl Scout, Baseball,
Gymnastics, …– People you met at conventions– Relatives– Others
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Miscellaneous LinkedIn Features
• Questions & Answers– Show potential clients your expertise
• Recommendations • Groups
– Yours– Your customers
• Lots more…
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Advanced “Pat Tricks”
• Profile Tips– How many know how to spell your last name?
• http://www.the-linkedin-speaker.com/blog/2009/01/27/missing-linkedin-tip-%e2%80%93-misspell-your-last-name-in-your-linkedin-profile/
– Search for CFO and Chief Financial Officer isn’t the same
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Advanced “Pat Tricks”
• Professional Headline – not title– 10-15 word marketing slogan– Things to include?
• Job – What you do, flavored
• Company • City
– Choice • “Accountant, Patrick O’Malley and Associates”• “Tax accountant at the best CPA firm in Smyrna, GA”
– http://www.the-linkedin-speaker.com/blog/2009/05/07/linkedin-training-tip-professional-headline-should-be-a-marketing-phrase-not-your-job-title/
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LinkedIn Q & A – Details
• Top navigation• More…
• Answers• Can do search for hotel questions, Boston
questions
• “Advertise” your expertise• Get business
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LinkedIn Q & A
• You can become a recognized expert
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LinkedIn - A Bad Name
• What do you need?• You are
– looking for knowledge– relevant information– fast
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LinkedIn To Get More Clients
• Historical methodology– Referrals – Word of mouth
• LinkedIn– Make sure your profile can be found– Maybe search for the connections of your
best clients
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Conclusion - LinkedIn
• Linkedin– Powerful research tool
• find someone to help you
– “Friends of friends” network• Who do I know …
– Rolodex• Bye, bye business cards
– Build your network– More…
• Answer questions in Q&A
• Looking for clients? Looking to hire?
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Whoah…
• Too fast?• Too slow?• Too loud?• Too soft?• Missing anything?
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Introduction (Part 2)
• Seen a sample• Pace of presentation• Handful of questions• Email addresses or business cards• Behind curve?• Show what you can do with social media
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My Bio
• I do speeches and consulting on – Social Media
• LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, …
– Google ranking (SEO & PPC)
• VP of Operations for search engine that was tied with Google in 2000
• I do NOT work for LinkedIn, Twitter, etc
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You
• Accountants– CPAs– Independent?– For companies?– CFOs?
• Any specific things??
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YouTube
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YouTube
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• Scale of 1-10– 10 is expert– 1 never used it
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YouTube
• A picture says a thousand words…• Make a “TV commercial”• Free
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YouTube Technical
• Can be “embedded” on your web page– Code is to the right of the video at YouTube
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Embedded Video
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Who is…
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YouTube – Conclusions
• Videos– 30 second to 5 minute “TV commercials”
• Testimonials• Sample tax tips or Quickbooks tips
• Mistake everyone makes …
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20 Years Ago, You Wished…
• Free TV commercials• Show your product• Pass word of mouth
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Whoah…
• Too fast?• Too slow?• Too loud?• Too soft?• Missing anything?
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• Scale of 1-10– 10 is expert– 1 never used it
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Advanced Facebook
• Promoting your business– Facebook advertising
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Facebook – Bad Name
• Made up by a college kid to be used by other college kids
• Used it for– Pictures – Sharing stories
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Whoah…
• Too fast?• Too slow?• Too loud?• Too soft?• Missing anything?• Having a good time?
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Blogging
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Blogging
• “Weblog”• Like a newspaper article, diary, essay
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Blogging
• Google loves them• Put blog on your website
– Wordpress– Get SEO all in One plug in
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• Scale of 1-10– 10 is expert– 1 never used it
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• “Micro-blogging”– 140 character messages, called “tweets”– Junk
• Like Facebook “status updates”• You “follow” people
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Twitter Search
• search.twitter.com– Look for keywords that your customers would
say
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Twitter Search
• What might your target prospects be saying?
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Twitter – Conclusions
• Waste of time for many• Good for meeting people with
common interests• Great for marketing/sales
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• Greatest story– Thursday, February 18th
• radio Amber Alert in Massachusetts
– My Tweet • AMBER ALERT, New England, left Swansea, MA @11:40, Silver
Ford Focus, MINN plate 677-AVP http://bit.ly/dlLQDy RETWEET
– People with most followers• www.twitterholic.com
– People in Boston• www.twellow.com
– Keep tweeting updates
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• Greatest story– http://www.617-patrick.com/baby
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TONS More…
• Handout– http://www.617-PATRICK.com/gscpa.html
• My website– http://www.617-PATRICK.com/
• I will send you a LinkedIn invite, or invite me– List of emails
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Biggest Changes In Last 20 Years
• Amazing technology is free or cheap• Searching is easier• Power of a single voice• Word of mouth is faster
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Motivational
• Economy– can’t do anything about it
• Greatest time in history to be heard if you have quality content– Promote your knowledge, business
• YouTube, Blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook
– Network with leaders in your field
• Technology will get better– Twitter especially
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Summary – What You Can Do…
• LinkedIn – Replace your Rolodex– Search or research tool– “Friends of friends” network
• YouTube – Promote your knowledge, show testimonials– Show online examples if you have them
• Facebook– Advertising– Business page, i.e. fan page
• Twitter– Find your target market and talk to them– Fast word of mouth
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Advanced…
• Part 2, “Best Practices”, at 1:10 in Room F
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Conclusions
• Types of social media for everyone…• How many
– believe in relationships for business?– have friends?– have something to say?– … don’t have time?– look good?
• Social media for business – If you don’t …
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The End
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