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Social Media for Business Marketing
1. Social Media for Marketing
Nicole Jensen β Events Geek and Social Media Nerd
For Edgeware, September 2nd 2012
2. Me
ο Management, events, ο Events marketing
business, marketing, ο Maximum exposure
leisure psychology, ο Info share
entrepreneurship ο Sourcing leads
ο 80% volunteer and ο Community growth
consultant work ο #BTUB
ο Client work
ο Personality marketing
ο Learn
ο Socialise
3. You
ο Already have lots of knowledge and contacts
ο What are your...
ο Marketing goals?
ο Existing profiles?
ο Preferred social networks?
ο Industries?
ο Markets?
ο B2C or B2B?
ο Values and culture?
4. Today
Outline Tips
1. Importance and ο Have your websites up for
considerations reference
2. Suggested tools ο Ask throughout
3. Strategy development ο Write down anything
4. Resources and extras unrelated to ask later
ο Feel free to tweet if youβre
shy (#edgieNJ)
6. The Crux of It
ο Key Business Uses Aim Strategy Reason KPI
ο Brand awareness
ο Market research
ο Customer service
ο Marketing Goals
ο Sustainability
ο Reputation development
β’ Thought leader or expert
β’ Rogue or out-of-the-box
1. Importance and Possibilities
7. Some Basics
ο Consistency
ο When? Not straight away
ο GOAL!
ο Personal vs Business
ο Keep recreational use separate
ο If your brand is yourself (as a sole trader or personality) it all
works too.
ο Value people as individuals, not mere numbers
ο Value manual activity over automatic
1. Importance and Possibilities
10. Avoiding Pitfalls
ο Contingency plans
ο Info released early? At all? Wrong?
ο Inappropriate manners?
ο Watch for negative results
ο FOMO, alienation
ο Change aversion
ο Know your privacy settings
ο Siteβs terms of use
ο What strategy is permitted?
1. Importance and Possibilities
11. 2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
Consider your brand.
What would your business be like as a person?
12. Top 10 Social Media Trends
- Randi Zuckerberg
(20th Aug, 2012, SmartCompany)
1. Luxury living, not luxury spending
2. Loyalty programs
3. Social media for customer service
4. Mobile first
5. Experts are curators
6. Humour
7. Crowdsourcing
8. People as platforms and brands = uncontrolled messages
9. Video and live-streaming
10. Gamification
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
13.
14. Choosing
ο Objectives and resources
ο Long- and short-term
ο Information to share
ο Audience
ο Dynamics
ο Tech use
ο Platform
ο UI
ο Size
ο Culture
ο Longevity
Pic: Minh Uong/The New York Times, 2011
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
16. The Worst Facebook Page Admin
They: Consider Instead:
ο βLike if...β and/or βshare if...β ο Donβt ask for value, give it!
ο βFill in the blank:...β ο Variety of formats
ο Use the same strategy ο 60-40 relatedness
ο Only ask questions ο Direct
ο Post image + unrelated text ο Indirect
and URL ο Donβt profit from misfortune
ο Comment on irrelevant ο Respectfully address
current events β badly! feedback
ο Are snarky to complaints
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
17. The Worst Twerp
They: Consider Instead:
ο Ask for retweets or follows ο Follow slowly
ο βRT if...β
ο Grow organically
ο βPLEASE RT!!!β
ο Participate in conversation
ο Follow many and hasnβt
tweeted even once ο Know your industry tag
ο Use too many hashtags ο Collate praise privately
ο Retweet about themselves ο Have minimal apps
ο Have too many third-party ο Donβt only link elsewhere
apps connected
ο Good customer services
ο Exist only for traffic
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
18. Publishing Platforms
Professional Personal
ο Wordpress ο Tumblr
ο Young
ο Blogger
ο Pop culture, social justice,
ο Slideshare politics, cats, NSFW
ο Images, audio, video and text
ο Email marketing ο Pinterest
ο 79% females
ο RSS
ο Craft, fashion, weddings, DIY
ο Images with links
ο Medium (new!)
ο Images and text
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
19.
20. Mobile
Photos and Media Location and Gamification
ο Instagram ο Foursquare
ο Path ο Path
ο Flock ο Yelp
ο Facebook check-in
ο Facedeals (video)
ο Ethical considerations
ο Who would use this? Why?
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
21. Gamification
ο Tasks and goals (mastery)
ο Imagination (novelty)
ο Created social environment
ο Freedom (autonomy)
ο Guidelines
ο Feedback
ο Peer
ο Organiser
ο Shared experiences
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
22. Gamification
Community Employees
ο Participation ο The new βglass trophyβ
ο Referrals ο Motivation
ο Behaviour information ο Creativity and competition
ο Foursquare ο Have clear KPIs
ο GetGlue ο Badgeville
ο Fitocracy ο EpicWin
2. Suggested Tools and Tactics
28. Setting up
1. Identity
ο Username and branding
ο Static and dynamic information
ο Business profiles vs employee accounts
2. Credibility
ο Content policies
ο Introduce key individuals
ο Keep content fresh (and know whatβs popular)
3. Trust
ο Value for newcomers β e.g. FAQ or welcome video
ο Value for existing community
ο Do what you say
3. Strategy Development
29. Human Resources
ο βThe intern?β
ο Possibly not!
ο Marketing management
ο You, the entrepreneur
ο Encourage experience in
new hires
ο Resources
ο Donβt block sites
ο Routine
ο Savvy workplace culture
3. Strategy Development
30. Writing Copy
ο Have a decent profile bio/blurb
ο short, honest, interesting
ο not copied from your website
ο Match your market β but stay true to your brand
ο βWe vs. Iβ is a matter of strategy and taste
ο Spell-check. Please.
3. Strategy Development
31. Personalising
ο Approachability + value.
ο Tips (Margin Media):
1. Avoid industry jargon
2. Show employees being
themselves
3. Get in on conversation
4. Turn off the sales pitch
once in a while
5. Humour builds priceless
rapport β be tasteful
Pic: Anne Francis, Forbidden Planet, 1956
3. Strategy Development
32. Creative Strategy
ο Integrate business
strengths, connections
ο Consider the community
ο BBC America Livetumblr
ο Be consistent and
timeless
ο Stay away from poor
taste β be ethical
ο Know fair use & IP law
doctorpuppet.tumblr.com
3. Strategy Development
34. Troubleshooting: Trolls, Haters and Others
ο Have a clear policy ο Address legit concerns
ο Legal obligation ο Sincere acknowledgment
ο Keep watch ο Offer resolution
ο Keep records ο Donβt only tell them to
ο Remove
phone or email
β’ Private message
ο Inform community
β’ Use like you would email
3. Strategy Development
35. The secret? Effort.
ο Plan around your GOALS
ο Choose your platform wisely
ο Build organically
ο Be original, consistent and honest
ο Value manual over automatic response
ο Be interactive
ο Stay on target
ο Show, donβt just tell
3. Strategy Development
36. Resources
Recap: Not Covered, But Useful:
ο Presentation content ο Demographics in 2012
ο Slideshare ο pagemondo ROI infographic
ο Storify (.png)
ο Web strategy planning ο My social media basics table
template
ο By Bluewire Media and David
Meerman Scott
ο Creative Commons License,
Attribution 3.0
ο Tweet @nicolejensen