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Smarty Social Media: New Rules of Social Media Marketing
1. The New Rules of
Social Media Marketing
ASIP Conference: 09.17.13
2. Jami Eidsvold &
Ashley Cline
• Social media team at Gold Public
Relations & Smarty SM duo
• Interactive public relations, social
media strategy, content
development, community
management influencer & WOM
programs
• Clients such as Invisalign,
CoolSculpting, Whole Foods
Market & SEMA@jami_bee
@ashleycline
3. Social Media Smarts: What We’ll Cover
• Social Media 2.0: Owned, Earned, Paid
• How to Create Good Social Media Content
• Social Media Marketing Best Practices for Engagement
• Social Media Amplification
• Q&A
4. Your Social Media
Wake Up Call!
*Source: Socialnomics by Erik Qualman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUCfFcchw1w
5. PEOPLE ARE USING SOCIAL
DIFFERENTLY?
Search Share Mobile
Social Search
Engines
Sharing &
Recommending
Always
Connected
7. Social Media = SEO
SEO: The process of improving the visibility of your online
reputation to make your content accessible and lovable for:
• Your visitors a.k.a new customers
• Search engines
Search Engines ―crawl‖ this content, then index and rank it
quicker—this is DIRECTLY influenced by social media content
and shares.
• Authoritative Content (Earned: PR, blogs, news, etc.)
• Social Content (Earned: Reviews, shares, likes, comments,
etc.)
• Visual & Rich Media Content
• Google+ is a necessity, purely for SEO
8. OPTIMIZING SOCIAL MEDIA
FOR SEO
1. Link all your social media pages to
your website & vice versa
2. Know your keywords & use them
regularly
1. Secure your business name or
personal URL on all social media
sites
1. Share visual content: Use
keywords in the image name &
links to your site in the description
2. Calls to action help readers
engage with your content
1. Do PR. Start a blog, write for a
blog or work with bloggers
9. Social Media
Marketing 2.0
• Content
• Mobile
• In Your Feed
• Paid
• Customers
• Conversion
Social Media
Marketing 1.0
• Content
• Desktop
• Right-Hand Rail
• Viral
• Fans
• Engagement
13. What is Social Media Content?
• Posts, quotes, tips, statistics,
• Polls and questions
• Thought provokers, conversation
builders
• Articles, studies, research
• Contests, promotions, deals,
incentives, coupons, offers
• Photos, videos, infographics, charts,
graphs
• Events
14. GOOD CONTENT:
• A picture is worth
1,000 words
• Optimize images for
Web & Search
• Pay for great design
• OR enlist tools to
create your own
• Is it worth a like,
retweet, pin, +1,
etc.?
• Every post needs an
image
Tells a Story Looks Great Is Shareable
15. Visual Storytelling
• 90% of info transmitted to the brain is
visual, and visuals are processed 60,000X
faster in the brain than text
• Visual content on Facebook sees 65%
higher engagement
• Photos are ―liked‖ 2X as much as text only
• Consumers are 85% more likely to
purchase a product after watching a
product video
• Post on multiple platforms for different
audiences
• Ensure that there is a photo or image on
every, single post
**BONUS STRATEGY: Have fans and
influencers post THEIR photos & videos on
YOUR pages
*Source: HubSpot, 2012
16. Content Curation
Original>Aggregate>Curate
• Themes, holidays, observances
• News: Int’l, Nat’l & Local
• Conferences & Events
• Company milestones & human
interest
• Industry influencers & thought
leaders
• Trends:
– Google.com/trends
– Twitter
– Alltop.com
– Reddit.com
– StumbleUpon.com
• Social Search
– Keywords & hashtags
17. CONTENT CREATION TOOLS
• PicMonkey.com—edit
photos & add text
• MemeMaker.net
• Visua.ly—Create your own
infographics
• SomeECards.com
• Creative Commons—
Royalty Free Images
18. Create a Content
Calendar
1. Make your job easier & save
time!
2. Plan: Yearly, Quarterly,
Monthly, Daily
1. Include seasonal, industry &
local topics
1. Keep it simple: Spreadsheet
or Google Doc
2. Automate with a Third Party
Tool: Hoot Suite, Sprout
Social
1. Plan but be prepared to react
and engage daily
19. Tools: Hoot Suite
Features:
• Manage multiple social networks:
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,
Google+, FourSquare, Wordpress
• Schedule messages & tweets
• Track brand/name mentions
• Advanced analytic reporting
• HootSuite University
• 30-Day free trial then build your own
plan: FREE-$100/month
20. Tools: Sprout Social
Features:
• Publish to: Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn & Google+
• Engage within stream inbox and
utilize tasking tools
• Unlimited reporting & exporting of
analytics
• Run competitor Twitter reports
• Monitor your brand
• CRM w/contact records & editable
notes
• Collaborate w/internal team
• 30-Day free trial then: $39-
$99/month
22. Take it to the Next Level
Engaging your fans into action
• Must have=social share buttons on
your website & product catalog
• Give to get: Fans expect something
exclusive
– Coupons, special offers, insider info, special
access, prizes, contests
• Ask for engagement: Strong calls to
action
– Ask for likes & shares
– Ask for comments and opinions and do
something with it
– Ask for fans/customers to share their stories
and pictures
• Create a Fan Hub and award
advocacy & sharing
– Check out Napkin Labs & ePrize
23. Sweepstakes & Promotions
Try social media promotions for lead
generation and engagement!
Types of Promotions:
• Simple sweeps
• User Generated: Photo/video contests,
essays
• Caption Contests
• Instant Win
• Pin to Win
• Group Offers/Deals
• Quiz/Trivial
• Multi-Platform
**BONUS TIP: The lower the barrier to
entry the greater number of entries
24. Third-Party Promotional
Platforms
• WooBox.com
• NorthSocial.com
• WishPond.com
• ShortStack.com
*Promotion hosting can cost
between: $0-$50/month
Collect Likes & Leads
w/Promos
• Fangate
• Mobile-Optimize
• Choose a desirable & easy prize to
communicate
• Cross promote: other networks, at
events, on website
• Use Promoted Posts & Ads to reach
a larger audience
• Use Influencers to share
• Announce the winner
26. Live Events & Social
Amplify your social media efforts at
Live Events & engage with your
audience
• Social calls to action & signage
• Free Wi-Fi
• Encourage & incentivize social ―Check
Ins‖
• Use event hashtags
• Photo opps & shared photo albums
• On-site to social promotions
• Event social stream/content hub:
– Postano.com
– LiveFyre.com
– RebelMouse.com
**BONUS TIP: Social hubs can serve as
exciting feeds on your social platforms
and websites
Jami: Over 70% of users on Facebook & Twitter are accessing it via mobile devices91% of teens share photos of themselves44% of cell owners admit to having slept with their phone next to their bedPeople need and expect to be constantly connectedPew Research Center: http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/March/Pew-Internet-Social-Networking-full-detail.aspx
Jami: POWER TIP: Social Media is amazing for getting higher ranking on Google / SEO – these platforms are powerful and updated frequently and create as much content as much possible to show up in people’s searchesINTERACTIVE PROMPT: Google the name of your business or the main product/service you offer: What shows up on the first page of results: THIS IS WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE LOOKING AT FIRST
Jami: SEO = art and science of getting placement on Google – but basically game of points – whomever has the most points in the football game winsThings like authoritative content (the importance of PR), social content THAT IS ENGAGING and visual content that is shared/viewed all give you more points or Google Juice
Jami
Jami
Jami
Jami:Google: In Search StreamFacebook: In News Feed & TimelineTwitter: In Timeline
Ashley:Why does content matter? Society of content sharingRelevant, useful content that your community wants, needs, is interested to knowContent generated by youContent generated from reliable sources other than yourself (aligned with your ideology and brand)
Ashley to present: 2013 is the year of the photo-2014 will be the year of the videoPhotos evoke emotions and really do communicate 100+ wordsSource: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33423/19-Reasons-You-Should-Include-Visual-Content-in-Your-Marketing-Data.aspxWhen your fans post on your page – their friends and family see that in THEIR newsfeed – it is an endorsement of youWhen your fans post on your page – their friends and family see that in THEIR newsfeed – it is an endorsement of you2012 - 2013 are the years of the photoPhotos evoke emotions and really do communicate 1000 words
Ashley to present:
Ashley to leadCurate content based on themes, timeless, and evergreen content based on your target audienceBenefit of content calendar: third party tools to automate/schedule your posts – anyone in office can schedule this and content goes out on a regular basis