1. Does Your Business Have a Social Life Online? Presented by Maggie Zerkus Social Life Online, LLC Caffeine.Accelerate Training www.facebook.com/SocialLifeOnline 770-337-1711 maggiezerkus@bellsouth.net
4. Where do I start? Try multiple platforms. Choose the platform that reaches the people you want to reach with the message you want to send. Integrate Social Media with your current traditional media plan. Build your brand consistently across the different platforms.
5. Have a Social Media Plan Write out 20 keywords Listen Who are you targeting? Who is the voice of your organization? Set your goals/messages for your status Join the conversation Ask for help Measure your ROI and adjust if necessary Use multiple platforms Be consistent across platforms
6. Facebook 500 million active users 3rd largest country in the world Most visited site on the internet 50% of users log in daily The average user has 130 friends The average user produces 90 pieces of content per month There are 770 billion pages views per month 48.76% of Georgians are on FB
8. TWITTER What’s happening now? Short 140 character tweets Just turned 5 years old-175 million regular users Often used for customer service or quick shared information Can be linked to feed onto your website Follow/followers
16. You Tube/Videos Second largest search engine in the world 100+ hours of video are uploaded every 5 minutes Videos linked to your other sites up your google search For information people will watch a video before they will read Videos should be short 2-3 minutes They don’t need to be professionally recorded- use a flip camera, smart phone, video camera, computer Use Slide Share to present information on your blog or facebook notes
17. GeoLocation Sites Includes Facebook Places, Yelp, FourSquare, Google places, Gowalla Great place for reviews Good for contests and to offer coupons Great for event checkins Understand the security issues- use common sense Claim your business on Google Maps
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19. Meeting/Invite Sites Meet up, Event Brite, Evite, Facebook Events Great for managing events and connecting to other social media platforms Some allow RSVP with money collection Find out about events in your field or area to connect with others
20. Online Knowledge Platforms and Mesh Marketing Online Knowledge: Quora, Facebook Questions, Twitter trends Engage as an expert Look for answers to questions/ Hold polls Mesh Marketing: Groupon, Living Social, Kickstart Offer prepurchased specials Based on group buys
22. Mobile Marketing: QR codes, Text Messages Most platforms are moving to mobile applications The most active users are on mobile apps 200 million people access Facebook on a mobile device Consumers are using videos, pictures and comments to quickly tell their customer service experience Text message deals
23. QR Codes QR codes are everywhere Make your contact info easy to record Run a promotion/Use in a contest Ad them to your business cards, advertisements, websites etc. Download a QR reader to your smartphone Optiscan QR reader QuiQR Build a QR code Kimtag Quirkify Zxing uQRme
24. Social Media wasn’t meant to stand alone. Continue your traditional marketing~ but keep a consistent message.
26. Websites Can be your blog site You need a dynamic not static site- Keep it up to date! Add a twitter feed Add links to your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. Have Email sign up First page (index page) needs to have your pertinent information Embed Google Analytics Have a call to action Consider mobile devices
27. Email Management Constant Contact, Aweber, Mail Chimp Manage your campaigns at a minimal charge Manage your contact lists- keeping you within Anti-Spam laws Provide templates for easy professional looking emails Add videos, hyperlinks, pictures Provide analytics on click throughs, opens, forwards etc. Provide embed codes to add signup links to website, facebook etc.
28. Print Advertisments Continue to use local newspapers, magazines, postcards, fliers, business cards etc. Add your social media urls Use QR codes on your printed material Keep your messages consistent Use PDF and jpeg formats of your print material to post them on your social media platforms
29. Social Media Workshops OrOne on One TrainingEmail Maggiezerkus@bellsouth.netFor times, locations and topics Building and Using your Facebook Page Security and Privacy on Facebook Drawing the Line between your personal life and your online life QR Codes and more Strategy and Planning your Social Media Efforts Linked In Twitter Blogs Video
Editor's Notes
Marketing and Advertising has changed – They use to tell consumers what they wanted or needed- they use to be able to control the presented informationNow the consumer is in charge and participating in the marketing process. Marketers are forced to listen to the customers. It has become a WOM marketing era. People are talking about your brand- so jump in and join the conversation.
It may seem like a confusing web- but it doesn’t need to be….