Mapping Your Way Through Social Media

Mapping Your Way Through Social Media Creating the social road maps to guide you to your destination

What is a Social Map?

Think of it as your Social Media GPS . You set your location ( keyword ); set your destination ( target audience ); then tick off all the interesting waypoints in-between ( where and what the conversation is ).

Simply put, a social map connects you to your target audience and everyone and everything along the way.

So where do you start?

First, you need the Location

Let’s say you have a client pitch in the tech industry. They have a cool new widget for car owners that detects imminent blowouts of tires. Using this basic info, you can set your start point location (your strongest keyword):

First, you need the Location

Let’s say you have a client pitch in the tech industry. They have a cool new widget for car owners that detects imminent blowouts of tires. Using this basic info, you can set your start point location (your strongest keyword): “car tires”

From your location, you can start to think of the other inhabitants that would live in the same space (your sub-keywords)

From your location, you can start to think of the other inhabitants that would live in the same space (your sub-keywords) manufacturers

From your location, you can start to think of the other inhabitants that would live in the same space (your sub-keywords) manufacturers consumers

From your location, you can start to think of the other inhabitants that would live in the same space (your sub-keywords) manufacturers consumers publications

From your location, you can start to think of the other inhabitants that would live in the same space (your sub-keywords) manufacturers consumers publications case studies

Why the inhabitants?

To understand where your audience is you need to understand who your audience is:

Manufacturer – who has the best record in car tire safety?

Consumer – what are potential customers saying about car tires?

Publications – what the experts are saying

Case studies – is there anything that would result in a negative view of the widget before it’s even launched?

Case studies – is there anything that would result in a negative view of the widget before it’s even launched?

You’ve got your appetizer - ready for the juicy stuff?

Now the deep down fun begins!

The great thing about new locations are the cool places you can find when visiting for the first time… …so let’s go expand our social geography!

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By thinking about the natural keywords around your product or service, you’ll be primed to find out where the conversations are taking place. Conversations that are key to a successful product launch or brand exercise. And these conversations? They’re your…

DESTINATION!

“ Welcome to your destination. We hope you enjoy your stay here – here are some places you might want to visit while you’re here.” (or, now that you have all your keywords, places to start entering them to find your audience)

and these are just some of the free and easy tools to get you started – the premium depth is up to you!

Every business venture is a journey. Every successful journey needs a plan. Every plan needs a strategy. This is your introduction to the journey. The strategy? Well that’s a whole other journey altogether…

Questions?