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• How to create content that is native to Instagram
• How to use Stories on Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger and/or Facebook
• How to plan and build a Messenger bot
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• How to extend your reach and get more interactions on Facebook
• What my students are doing on social media - VSCO and Finstagram accounts
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https://thedigiterati.com/free-facebook-resources/
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https://thedigiterati.com/free-facebook-resources/
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☑ Don’t waste your time with LinkedIn groups – they are dead.
Plus much more...
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Boost your overall company performance
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What social networks should our business focus on?
How can we not just spend time, but gain real leads via social media?
How can our team manage social efficiently on limited time?
What trends for 2014 in social media do we need to be aware of?
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☑ Don’t waste your time with LinkedIn groups – they are dead.
Plus much more...
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2. ACHACH
ABOUT ARIK
• 20+ years experience;
solo since 2009;
@arikhanson
• Blogger, podcaster,
e-newsletter maker, board
member, event organizer
3. ACHACH
10 years ago…
* More people were using Blogger than Facebook
* MySpace was the second largest social network
* Yahoo Geocities, Friendster and Bebo were all “things”
4. ACHACH
5 years ago…
* Facebook only had 750,000 users
* Instagram had just 90 million users
* Brands were actually using Google+
5. ACHACH
1 year ago…
* Few people were using “Stories” on Instagram
* Twitter was still confined to 140 characters
* Few people were talking about Facebook or data privacy
7. ACHACH
TODAY:
• Video, video, video!
• Stories are everything on Instagram
• #DeleteFacebook
• The Twitter rebound?
• Content > Jobs on LinkedIn
8. ACHACH
Let’s talk about:
• 8 social media trends I’ve observed over first five
months of the year
• Ideas on action steps to take as a result
• Questions
15. ACHACH
For now:
• Think holistically about your corporate blog.
Storytelling + Brand + Promotion + Media.
o Repurpose blog posts as media pitches/bylines.
• Remember: It’s OK to talk about your company,
what you do and why you do it. Storytelling can and
should focus on YOU!
o Think about your blog like a newspaper—hold
editorial board meetings, assign “beat reporters.”
• Also remember: There’s no excuse for your blog
NOT to look great (visually) in 2018!
16. ACHACH
Trend #2: The scrutiny around video metrics
on social media channels will explode.
17. ACHACH
Why?
• First: Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.
• Second: Current view metrics on Facebook are very
soft
o Like, 3 seconds soft (on Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram)
o Auto-play is in play
• The pressure for social ROI will increase
19. ACHACH
For now:
• Consider: Is the cost to produce more video in 2018
worth it? Are short view metrics enough?
• Focus on more meaningful video metrics:
o 10-second views
o Average watch time
o Post engagements (likes+comments+shares)
21. ACHACH
Consider the facts:
• 40% of Americans have listened to a podcast
• 24% of Americans listen to a podcast monthly
(up from 21% last year)
• 15% of Americans have listened to a podcast in
the last week
• 58% of those weekly listeners spent up to FIVE
HOURS listening to podcasts
• 41% of those weekly listeners listen to up to 11
podcasts each week
25. ACHACH
For now:
• Do you/your organization have the tech know-how
to pull a podcast off (or, budget)?
• Could a podcast help further your thought
leadership or awareness goals?
• Could a podcast build off existing content like a
corporate/organization blog or LinkedIn published
posts?
28. ACHACH
And, the numbers certainly back that up.
• U.S. social network ad spending will surpass $21
billion, accounting for 25.5% of all digital ad
spending
• Currently, a brand’s organic social content is getting
2-4% reach on Facebook on a good day.
29. ACHACH
WHY?
• Instagram stories
o No algorithm yet. Brands are seeing big
engagement numbers here.
o “Stories” has 300 million daily active users
(1/3 of all users)
30. ACHACH
WHY?
• Facebook Live video
o With video getting more placement in the
Facebook newsfeed (especially LIVE video),
you’re starting to see more of this show up.
o STAT: People spend three times
longer watching live video as opposed to
prerecorded
32. ACHACH
Why?
• LinkedIn Published posts
o STAT: 36 percent of LinkedIn members now
read interesting articles they find in their feed, an
increase of 20 percent since 2014.
33. ACHACH
Why?
• LinkedIn video.
o Again, the algorithm may be prioritizing these
videos in an attempt to promote usage of
LinkedIn’s new video feature. Opportunity for
brands!
34. ACHACH
Trend #5: More organizations will move
into social issue and political activism via
social media
38. ACHACH
Consider this research:
• 67 percent will buy your brand for the first time
solely based on your position on a political issue
• 57 percent of consumers buy or boycott brands
based on a brand’s position on a social issue or
political issue
39. ACHACH
Trend #6: The proliferation of executives
and leaders using LinkedIn Publishing +
new native video
40. ACHACH
Benefits include:
• Access to the largest professional network on the
web (500 million users)
• Not the widest reach, but the RIGHT reach
(employees, vendors, customers)
• Perceived as more personal than other executive
comms platforms
• Ease of publishing—essentially the easiest
WYSIWYG in history
41. ACHACH
Plus, LinkedIn video may explode
• Videos from the limited release for individuals are
getting shared 20+ times more than any other
content.
• LinkedIn is rolling out native video for brands in early
2018
• Video > text on other platforms—will LinkedIn be
any different?
43. ACHACH
For now:
• Start by updating executive LinkedIn profiles (you
might be surprised how many aren’t—or how many
aren’t even ON LinkedIn!)
• Consider a pilot publishing program with one key
executive
• Consider possible use cases for native video on
LinkedIn in the meantime:
o Executives expounding on their LinkedIn
Published Posts?
o Employees sharing personal perspectives from
brand events or milestone moments?
o Q&A fireside chats with key executives?
45. ACHACH
4 big reasons
• It’s increasingly not a safe place for users.
o See slew of events and backlash in 2017.
• It’s not an easy place for new users.
o Twitter growth has stagnated in recent years.
Instagram’s numbers now dwarf it.
• It’s not why people are going to Twitter
o News, politics, sports--these are the reasons
people are spending time on Twitter in 2017.
• It’s not a traffic driver
o A 2014 Shareaholic survey claimed that Twitter
drove just 1/15 the amount of referrals to
publishers as Facebook
46. ACHACH
For now:
• Revisit your approach—maybe Twitter isn’t a part
of your social media strategy AT ALL in 2018.
• Twitter is still an EXCELLENT research tool
(think media and influencers)
• Twitter is still a great way to connect with, and
keep tabs on, media.
• Twitter is still a great way to serve customers
(and watch and observe behaviors).
48. ACHACH
• By some calculations, as many as 48 million of
Twitter’s reported active users — nearly 15 percent
— are automated accounts designed to simulate
real people.
• In November, Facebook disclosed to investors that
it had at least twice as many fake users as it
previously estimated, indicating that up to 60 million
automated accounts may roam the world’s largest
social media platform.
Consider the facts:
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What can companies do?
• Review social audience insights/profiles
• Spot check social ad campaigns—are real people
interacting with your content?
• Do your due diligence when it comes to influencer
marketing contracts
• Consider spending more time in areas where fake
accounts aren’t as big (hint: It begins with a “L” and
ends with a “d”.
51. ACHACH
8 Social Media Trends
• #1: Organizational blogging resumes role as hub
• #2: Increased scrutiny on social video metrics
• #3: Organizational podcasting primed to explode
• #4: The organic reach comeback
• #5: More political/social issues activism via social media
• #6: More executives will use LinkedIn Publishing + native
video
• #7: Twitter will cease to be an awareness/engagement
tool for brands
• #8: The rise of ”bat bots”