4. Networking Agents:
The New Influencers
• A new psychograhic
• Can be influential offline as well
• Lean-forward audience
• Advocates & spokespeople who publish online
• Newsmakers
11. Rule # 3: Sharable Message
• Newsworthy
• Tells a story
• Challenges status quo
• Has clear call-to-action
12. Rule # 4: It’s A Long-Term
Relationship
• Share the microphone and stage
• Respond (FAST!)
• Offer value
• Stay in touch
13. Rule # 5: Measure Before, During and
After…
• Decide what’s success
• Capture both online and
offline WOM
• WOM is both input and
outcome
• Account for pass-alongs
• Consider qualitative
factors: engagement,
authority
14. NY Needs You Case Study
Situation: NY Needs You, a non-profit assisting first-generation college
students with career development, needed to boost its online
presence to communicate effectively with its mentors, students,
applicants and donors.
Solution: The NYNY team matched their social media initiatives
and communications to their organizational goals. They
developed an engaging editorial calendar. Following a survey of
their constituents, they focused their efforts on the two channels
most used by their audience: Facebook and the NYNY web site.
They also identified influencers and asked them to contribute to
their Facebook page.
Results:
• Within a year, NYNY doubled the size of its Facebook and
Twitter communities without spending any marketing dollars.
• They created a following of approximately 2,000 influencer fans.
• The organization’s site increased its traffic to more than 132,000
visits.