Blogging and Social Media in Your Business

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    1. Chris Cree
    2. Blogging and Social Media In Your Business
    3. Wikipedia Definition: Social media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio. This interaction, and the manner in which information is presented, depends on the varied perspectives and "building" of shared meaning, as people share their stories, and understandings. Social Media
    4. Boil it down. A Simpler Definition: Social Media Communication Formats Publishing User Generated Content That Allow Some Level of User Interaction
    5. Social Media Some Common Features
      • User Accounts
      (Not all found every time)
      • Friend Lists
      • Built-in Interaction
      • Easy to Add Content
      • Customizable
      • Public & Private Content
      • RSS Syndication
      • API’s
    6. Social Media Example Sites News Digg, Reddit, Netscape, Newsvine, Shoutwire Bookmarking De.licio.us, Furl, ma.gnolia, Spurl Networks MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Live Journal, Yahoo 360 Photos Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, ImageShack, SnapFish
    7. Social Media Example Sites Video YouTube, Google Video, Seesmic, Joost, Revver Microblogging Twitter, Tumblr, Pownce, Jaiku, Spock Miscellaneous MyBlogLog, StumbleUpon, Wikipedia, Slideshare, Last.FM Savannah SavannahNow, Evoca, OddPodz, Balaya
    8.  
    9. Social Media Can Help Business Potential Benefits of Sound Social Media Strategy
      • Increased Web Traffic
      • More Inbound Links
      • Build Brand Awareness
      • Improve Customer Loyalty
    10. Social Media Can Help Business Potential Benefits of Sound Social Media Strategy
      • Sense Market Changes More Rapidly
      • Earlier Problem Detection
      • Relatively Low Cost
      • Integrates with Traditional Marketing
    11. Social Media Can Help Business Potential Benefits of Sound Social Media Strategy
      • Develop Word of Mouth
      • Reach Beyond Local Market
      • Executive Visibility and Leadership
      • Compounding Efforts Over Time
    12. Social Media The Up Side is HUGE
    13. A Subset of Social Media Simply a Web Site With Special Characteristics (Much MORE than Just a Diary) Blogs
    14. Blogging Software Designed to Make Web Publishing Simpler For People with Modest Technical Abilities Blogs
    15. Blogs Some Common Features
      • Individual Posts
      (Not all found every time)
      • Comment Sections
      • Easy to Add Links
      • Audio or Video Possible
      • Reverse Chronology
      • Public or Private
      • RSS Syndication
      • Low Cost
      • Easy to Add Photos
      • Highly Customizable
    16. Search Engine Authority Search Engines’ Business is Producing Relevant Results Their Competition is Always Just a Click Away Their Search Algorithms are Closely Guarded Corporate Secrets
    17. Search Engine Authority Age of the Domain How log ago was the domain (URL) created? All else being equal... The Big 4 Factors A web site that has been around for 5 years will be seen as more of an authority than one 5 weeks old, and get ranked higher as a result. Older Domain = Higher Search Rankings Cannot be controlled.
    18. Search Engine Authority Page Depth Number of web pages on a given domain (URL) All else being equal... The Big 4 Factors A web site with 1,000 pages will be seen as more of an authority than a web site with 5 pages, and get ranked higher as a result. More Page Depth = Higher Search Rankings
    19. Search Engine Authority Inbound Links Number of links into domain (URL) from other sites All else being equal... The Big 4 Factors A web site with 5,000 inbound links will be seen as more of an authority than a web site with 5 inbound links, and get ranked higher as a result. More Inbound Links = Higher Search Rankings
    20. Search Engine Authority Regularly Updated Content New content being added to domain (URL) All else being equal... The Big 4 Factors A web site that is updated several times a week will be seen as more of an authority than a web site with that hasn’t changed in 4 months (or 4 years!) and get ranked higher as a result. Regularly Updated Content = Higher Search Rankings
    21. Search Engine Authority
      • Age of the Domain
      • Page Depth
      • Inbound Links
      • Regularly Updated Content
      The Big 4 Factors More Big 4 = Higher Search Rankings
    22. Hold Blogs Up Against
      • Age of the Domain
      • Fixed – Platform Irrelevant
      The Big 4 Factors
      • Page Depth
      • Every Blog Post is a New Web Page
      • Inbound Links
      • Blogs Make Linking Easy & Attract Links
      • Regularly Refreshing Content
      • Blog Posts & Comments Add Content
    23. All Else Being Equal… A Properly Implemented Blog Will Outperform a Traditional Static Web Site In the Search Engines Every. Single. Time.
    24. Social Media Example #1 When Things Go Horribly Wrong Old Media Approach to a New Media Problem
    25. Twitter
    26. Social Media Example #2 Engaging the Twitter Community
    27. Zappos CEO Active on Twitter
    28. Publicly Capture all @Zappos Tweets
    29. 325 Zappos Employees on Twitter
      • Actively Engaging
      • Multiplying Efforts
      • 325 Different Circles of Influence
      • Makes Company “Personal”
    30. Social Media Example #3
    31. jetBlue Crisis Response via YouTube
    32. jetBlue Engaging Twitter Community
    33. ON http://jonathanfields.com/blog/jetblue-twitter-customer-service-or-to-spy/ Traveler Mentions jetBlue on Twitter @jetBlue “Follows” Traveler Dialog Results Traveler Blogs About the Experience
    34. ON http://jonathanfields.com/blog/jetblue-twitter-customer-service-or-to-spy/ People Like Me Read Blog Post I Follow @jetBlue on Twitter I Tell People Like You You can’t BUY that word of mouth marketing
    35. www.slideshare.net/ChrisCree/ blogging-and-social-media-in-your-business
    36. Chris Cree Contact Info 111 Misty Morning Way Savannah, GA 31419 P: 912-927-7734 F: 912-927-7143 C: 912-667-8055 Skype: Chris-Cree Google Talk: ChrisCree Twitter: ChrisCree SlideShare: ChrisCree

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