Make Your Mark With Social Media

Make your mark with social media
Laura Gainor // Interior Design Career Day 2.18.11 // ASID & IIDA

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IF YOU HAD 4 DAYS TO CREATE A COMPELLING VIRTUAL RESUME, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
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Source: http://current.com/shows/infomania/92944228_video-resumes-viral-video-film-school.htm

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About Laura Gainor
Career Experience
Launch Your Career
Creating An Online Presence
If You Had Four Days…
Questions
AGENDA

About lauragainor
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Social Media Manager for GMR Marketing
Board Member for United Adworkers
Connect:
www.Twitter.com/LauraGainor
LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/LauraGainor
www.LauraGainor.com
GMR Marketing
www.GMRMarketing.com
www.Twitter.com/GMRMarketing
www.Facebook.com/GMRMarketing

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LAUNCH YOUR CAREER.
IT STARTS WITH YOU AND YOUR BRAND.
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Career experience
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Fine Arts – Photography
Journalism – Advertising
United Adworkers– Creative Intern
BVK – Creative Intern
Greenspon Advertising – Designer & Account Manager
Yodle – Client Services Manager
Blue Wheel Photography – Founder, Photographer, Designer, & Social Media Manager
Comet Branding – Social Media Strategist
GMR Marketing – Social Media Manager

Launching a business with
social media
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Social Media helps you drive awareness to your new business with a low budget.
Launched Blue Wheel Photography Using:
Company website and blog
Twitter profile
Facebook fan page
YouTube channel
Events

Showcase your talents through social media
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When moving from Charlotte, NC, I networked with Milwaukee professionals on Twitter and became aware of a job from @CometBranding.
Comet Branding tweeted the job opening on Feb 11, 2010
Tweeted my SlideShare presentation on Feb 15, 2010
Created a virtual resume and portfolio using:
Twitter
Foursquare
SlideShare
YouTube

Stay involved with related clubs
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While in college, I was the creative intern for United Adworkers, a club dedicated to the Milwaukee advertising community.
That internship got me another internship at BVK, a Milwaukee advertising agency.
Now after returning to Milwaukee five years later, I am on the United Adworkers Board.
All connections and local organizations are valuable.

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WHERE DO YOU BEGIN WHEN CREATING YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE?
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Build your online presence through these SOCIAL channels
SlideShare• LinkedIn • Twitter • Facebook • Blog • Flickr • YouTube/Vimeo
Utilize your design skills to create unique, branded social media channels.
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Google yourself
It’s the first place potential employers go to find more information about you.
What are the top search results for your name?
What content is on those links?
Social Media channels give you the opportunity to create your brand online.
Top results are typically your social media channels.
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Engage in conversations
Engage in conversations.
Twitter is one of the best ways to network and meet new people.
Utilize Twitter platforms, such as Hootsuite, to follow industry keywords, organizations you’re interested in, and companies. Engage in conversations on these topics.
Make it a point each day to engage in a Twitter conversation with someone other than posting information.
Expand your network. Find/Follow people of interest to you.
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Get creative. Play with social media.
Every day new social media tools are being created, opening up creative opportunities to find ways to utilize them for your personal branding.
Spend 10 minutes each day browsing blogs, such as Mashable and TechCrunch.
Use Twitter to see what your network is talking about.
Play. It’s very important to not be hesitant on experimenting with new social media tools.
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Concept 1:
BLOG: Today, it’s a must to have a personal website/blog.
Your blog plays as the social hub where all of your content lives and all your social channels lead back to.
Share industry knowledge, interior design portfolio, and engage with your community through online polls, questions, etc.

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Concept 1:
FACEBOOK: Create a fan page for your personal portfolio or business
Facebook fan pages can serve as your professional blog platform to share industry thoughts, showcase your interior design portfolio and promote your work.
By choosing your page’s vanity URL, you will build SEO for your name and business. Choose a name wisely, since you’re unable to change your vanity URL.

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Concept 1: CASE STUDIES
TWITTER: Choose a Twitter handle wisely
Promote your Facebook fan page / blog
Share industry thoughts and engage with other professionals/students
Talk about what you love…but don’t get too personal by sharing your every move
What not to do on Twitter:
Don’t be a salesperson – people will unfollow you quickly

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LINKEDIN: How to make yourself stand out
Share content from your professional website/blog and Facebook fan page
Utilize various applications to showcase your work. Ex. SlideShare & Wordpress
Connect with professionals and students you network with, in-person or online
Follow companies you are interested in, to stay up-to-date on recent news

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FLICKR: How to make yourself stand out
Photo portfolio of your design work – tag photos with appropriate keywords
Create “sets” of images for various interior design categories
What not to do on Flickr:
Mix images of professional and personal. Don’t use Flickr like you would your personal Facebook profile

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YOUTUBE/VIMEO: How to make yourself stand out
Use your video channel as a space to share your genuine thoughts about interior design, through videos
Create video tours of some of your recent work
What not to do on video:
Don’t be fake. Be yourself and showcase your personality and talents.

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SLIDESHARE: Showcase school projects and design portfolios
Use as a source to share your school presentations online
Build SEO for your name and portfolio
Embed the SlideShare presentations into your LinkedIn profile through the app
Create a virtual resume to demonstrate your qualifications

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IF YOU HAD 4 DAYS…
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…to create a compelling virtual resume, what would you do? How would you display your portfolio? How would you ensure you weren’t just another paper resume in the 100+ stack of applications? How are you going to utilize your design skills to demonstrate your skills?

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The job hunt doesn’t start at graduation
If an opportunity came up, are you ready for it?
Continuously network with other people.
Keep your resume and photo portfolio updated.
Let employers find you. Post ongoing content across all your social media channels.
Companies want social media savvy employees.

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Creative “Hire me” campaign
GOOGLE JOB EXPERIMENT
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRwCs99DWg&feature=player_embedded

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NOW TIME FOR THE CHALLENGE
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You need to prove to me why you think I should hire you to design my newly purchased, dream home. You have 4 days to complete it. Send me your resume and I will choose the top five (5) submissions to feature on my blog.
DUE DATE: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Apply to: laura.gainor@gmail.com

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Thank you! - Q&a
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Laura Gainor
lgainor@GMRMarketing.com
Twitter: @LauraGainor
GMR Marketing: @GMRMarketing
www.LinkedIn.com/in/LauraGainor
www.LauraGainor.com
www.GMRMarketing.com

Make Your Mark With Social Media

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