3. DEFINE YOUR
AUDIENCE
Know who you’re speaking to.
• Demographics – age, gender, job roles,
etc.
• Behaviors – introvert/extrovert, buying
cycles, thinking style, etc.
4. FIND THEIR
OUTLETS
Meet Your Audience where
they are.
• Social Platforms – More than 56% of
online adults use more than one social
media platform
• Forums – Where are they having
conversations?
• Publications – What are they reading?
5. DETERMINE
YOUR MESSAGE
Share what your audience needs
to know.
• Stick to your brand – Stay true to
yourself
• Solve a problem – Show your
audience you can help with their pain
points
• Add value – Give your audience a
reason to follow you
6. DIVERSIFY YOUR
CONTENT
Expand your reach by stretching
your content.
• Repurpose – Find ways to create
different types of content to fit each
social channel
• Don’t be afraid – User generated
content can do wonders (and it’s free!)
• Videos, videos and more videos – By
2017, video content will represent
74% of all internet traffic
• The sky is the limit – There’s nothing
that can’t be done
11. TOPICAL
• Holiday based gift ideas
• Hijack events
• Breaking news
• And more!
12. HUMANIZING
• Behind the scenes
• Team activities
• Emotional stories
• And more!
13. SHOUT OUTS
• Follower of the week
• Partner spotlight
• Leader spotlight
• Follower submissions
• And more!
14. CREATE YOUR
CAMPAIGN
Distribute the content across
platforms in a cohesive campaign
• Bite size – pull it apart into bite size
pieces to get the most out of it
• Hashtags – Create relevant hashtags to
drive engagement
• Make it visual – Use custom graphics
and short videos to promote
15. MEASURE
What content was successful?
• Engagement – Which pieces received
the most engagement?
• Actionable – Plan future campaigns
based on successes and failures
16. SOCIAL CONTENT
BEST PRACTICES
• Look past the products – Don’t be so salesy
• Beware of mobile – Almost 80% of time
spent on social media platforms happens on
mobile
• The more visual, the better – Tweets with
images receive 150% more retweets than
tweets without images
• Tell a story – Make it easy to understand
• Communication is a two-way street – react
in real-time)
• Stay topical – It will keep you noticable on
a timeline
17. SOCIAL CONTENT
BEST PRACTICES
• Make it emotional – Appeal to your
audience’s emotions to pull them in
• Keep videos short – You’ll lose about 1/3
of your viewers by 30 seconds, 45% of
them by 1 minute and almost 60% by 2
minutes
• Stay classy – Don’t trash talk your
competition
• Quality over quantity – Make it mean
something
• Give stuff away – People LOVE free stuff,
and they’ll do just about anything for it