Social Media For Business-"Let's Get Social!"

What is Social Media?

Time to Reach 50 Million Users
Radio
Television
13 years
38 years
iPod
Internet
3 years
4 years

Facebook
Added 100 Million Users
In Less Than 9 months

We No Longer Search For
The News It Finds US

4 out of 5 Americans
Use Social Media at least
once a Month. With 1/2 of
them participating in services
like Facebook, Myspace, and
Twitter.

• What are your primary goals?
• Who is your target audience?
• Which social media resources does your audience use?
• When will the campaign start and end?

Traditional Campaigns vs. Social Media

Tools You Can Use
Discussion Forums (Yahoo answers)
Blogs (Blogger, Wordpress,Typepad)
Microblogs (Twitter)
Podcasts (iTunes)
Social Networks (Facebook, Linkedin, etc.)
Social Bookmarking Sites (Digg, Stumbleupon)
Online Video (YouTube)
E-mail Marketing (Constant Contact)

Social Media Starting Point
Commit to at least an 1 hour per day
Set up Monitoring System to watch what is being said about you. (Google Reader-RSS)
Choose 3 to 5 Types of Social Media
Blog: Blogger/Wordpress
Social Sites: Facebook/Linkedin
Microblog: Twitter
Video/Podcast: YouTube/iTunes
Local Relevant Communities: (NetworkINCDA)Commit to at least an 1 hour per day

Let’s Get Social!

Thank YOU!
Jamie Lynn Morgan
NetworkIN CDA
“Let’s Get Social!”
http://getsocialsite.com
208-215-5152