2. DID YOU KNOW…
• There are over 900 social media channels?
• Are you using…
3. SOCIAL MEDIA NOMENCLATURE
• Conversation map
• Creative Commons
• SoLoMo
• Subreddit
• +1
• /r/
• Empowerment model
4. NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION
• We’re only here to talk about two things:
5. WHY USE FACEBOOK?
• Over 1 BILLION users
• Allows anyone over 13 with an email address to join
• Let’s you interact with your audience like never before
• Lots of under-the-hood tools that lets you target posts for your
audience
• Ads!
6. • Important facts about Facebook:
• Monthly active mobile users: 1.31 BILLION
• Daily active mobile users: 844 million
• Monthly active mobile-ONLY users: 655 million
• Percentage of users that ONLY login from mobile: 44%
• Average time spent monthly per user: 14 hours
• Amount of time that Americans collectively spend on Facebook mobile app
monthly: 335,000 years
• Yikes
Source: http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/facebook-mobile-
app-statistics/
7. TESTING THE TERRAIN
• 44,880 Reached
• 649 Link clicks
• 29,776 Reached
• 1,216 Link clicks
8. THE POINT IS…
• A LOT of your audience will be looking at your posts like this:
11. OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
• Know when your audience is on
12. OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
• People expect you to respond QUICKLY
13. OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
• People expect you to respond QUICKLY
• Facebook now keeps track of how fast and responsive you are
• How good are we at HSLDA?
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14. POSTING IDEAS
• Set up a Google news alert for any news related to you (for
example, “homeschool”, “HSLDA”, “Michael Farris”)
• If you have a blog, take advantage of tooting your own horn!
• Speaking of blogs, there are plenty of homeschool bloggers out
there (including ours)
• Videos, memes, tips
• Keep note of what’s “trending”…
15. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRENDING
• Did you know today is “National Punctuation Day”?
16. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRENDING
• Oftentimes, there will be a #hashtag associated
• #MayThe4thBeWithYou
18. WHY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER INSTAGRAM
• It’s growing fast
• Completely mobile
• Pictures are worth a thousand words
• It’s cool with the kids these days
• Washington Post reports that teens are ditching Facebook for Instagram
at a rate of a million per year
19. • Important facts about Instagram
• Monthly active users: 300 million
• Daily active users: 75 million
• Percentage of Instagram users under 35: 90%
Source: http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/important-
instagram-stats/
20. TYPES OF PICTURES
• Funny (memes)
• Behind-the-scenes
• Reposts
• Important days
• Promotions
22. CONS OF INSTAGRAM
• It’s essentially mobile-only, meaning you can only post from a
phone
• If you have another device, use it!
• You can’t use links other than your profile link
• Many users will say “click link in profile to see more”
• The nature of your organization might make it difficult to
continually post pictures
• This is where reposts and funny memes come in handy
23. LOOKING AT FACEBOOK ADS
Total CA VA PA NY OH
CTR% 3.67 2.62 3.32 3.14 2.59 4.19
Reach 482550 49071 35057 37685 37045 38932
Clicks 17711 1287 1163 1184 960 1632
Total and 1000 Range