4. Recap [email_address] | @mgeorgeson Strategy Branding, Customer Service and Lead Generation Keep it professional but give a little bit of yourself Integrate with existing marketing 4 C's of Business Social Media Content – Context – Connections – Community
6. [email_address] | @mgeorgeson Approach What to Say FISHY Managing your presence Friendly, Informative, Sociable, Helpful and Yourself
7. [email_address] | @mgeorgeson TweetDeck Social media browser Efficient social media management tool
8. [email_address] | @mgeorgeson Everything in an organized column format Multiple views within the same main viewing window Schedule your social media updates Keywords, auto-searches Individuals / Company information TweetDeck
9. Auto response Statistics Schedule more – blog posts included [email_address] | @mgeorgeson Easy to vet followers and friends
11. [email_address] | @mgeorgeson Some stats UK users 30 Million Within 10 miles of Chester 62,000 Within 25 miles of Chester 680,000 Within 50 miles of Chester 4,000,000 Worldwide users 600 Million
12. Profile vs Group vs Page Profile – Personal only Group – Good for conversations but not much more Pages – You need one for your Business! [email_address] | @mgeorgeson – Searchable (don't have to be logged in) – Unlimited Fans or Likes – Pages have analytics, profiles do not – You can send “updates to fans”. whenever you want – Third party applications are available on a Page
13. Business page Friendly url Landing page Sharing and getting 'liked' [email_address] | @mgeorgeson Add apps
14. Thank you for your time Questions? [email_address] | @mgeorgeson
Editor's Notes
Owner of Netdesk based out in the wilds of Frodsham I've been helping companies make the most of the internet for over 15 years and for over 2 years helping them make the most of social media.
Assuming that because you're here that you have an idea of what it is? Dispel some myths What is Social Media? Current Statistics Will use Hotel / Restaurant and Accountants as examples throughout. Will touch upon blogging, linkedin etc but mainly tonight is about: Twitter Facebook Encourage you to get involved Answer questions
Commercial Objective Twitter is a great tool for reaching customers and prospects, building relationships, educating your followers on your business values, products, and services, and ultimately increasing sales. Approach Get a following by being social in the community, following others relevant to your community and even retweeting news and information from other companies that relate to your product. A more subtle approach will get prove more beneficial in this type of community where you are looking more for connections and generation of interest, rather than making outright sales
Not a fad - a great, effective way to engage with your existing and potentially new customers, partners, suppliers Changing the way we communicate. The way we consume information has changed fundamentally – newspaper eaxmple. Not free - many of the services and tools are free but there is an Opportunity cost . It is your investment in time needed to formulate a strategy and plan, and then to implement and monitor those plans. Tweeting takes time, updating your facebook page takes time so you need to manage your time effectively and establish your ROI. Not just social not just chatting about what you had for breakfast - it is an effective business tool that allows you to engage with your customers in unique and personalised ways.
Set up a Bit.ly account – allows url shortening and gives stats on clicks etc
Video Apologies if you've seen this before but it was updated late last year
Not a fad - a great, effective way to engage with your existing and potentially new customers, partners, suppliers Changing the way we communicate. The way we consume information has changed fundamentally – newspaper eaxmple. Not free - many of the services and tools are free but there is an Opportunity cost . It is your investment in time needed to formulate a strategy and plan, and then to implement and monitor those plans. Tweeting takes time, updating your facebook page takes time so you need to manage your time effectively and establish your ROI. Not just social not just chatting about what you had for breakfast - it is an effective business tool that allows you to engage with your customers in unique and personalised ways.
Not a fad - a great, effective way to engage with your existing and potentially new customers, partners, suppliers Changing the way we communicate. The way we consume information has changed fundamentally – newspaper eaxmple. Not free - many of the services and tools are free but there is an Opportunity cost . It is your investment in time needed to formulate a strategy and plan, and then to implement and monitor those plans. Tweeting takes time, updating your facebook page takes time so you need to manage your time effectively and establish your ROI. Not just social not just chatting about what you had for breakfast - it is an effective business tool that allows you to engage with your customers in unique and personalised ways.
Not a fad - a great, effective way to engage with your existing and potentially new customers, partners, suppliers Changing the way we communicate. The way we consume information has changed fundamentally – newspaper eaxmple. Not free - many of the services and tools are free but there is an Opportunity cost . It is your investment in time needed to formulate a strategy and plan, and then to implement and monitor those plans. Tweeting takes time, updating your facebook page takes time so you need to manage your time effectively and establish your ROI. Not just social not just chatting about what you had for breakfast - it is an effective business tool that allows you to engage with your customers in unique and personalised ways.
More people on facebook than there were on the internet approximately 10 years ago Brand awareness Targeted advertising Customer engagement