Assess Digital …
Developing your Digital Presence

  Digital Marketing Alive Course
             Fall 2011

        Lynchburg College
  School of Business and Economics
                          Dr Ira Kaufman


                                      ©2011
Digital Presence …
Your Business/Personal Reality

                Businesses need
                 to maintain a
                  competitive
                    position
What is your Reputation?
• Online Reputation Management
• Personal Brand
• Digital Footprint
Online Reputation
         Management
• Online promotional activity through
  – new content creation (blogs, websites)
  – involvement in the social networking
  – building social profiles
• Suppressing negative mentions entirely, or
  pushing them lower on search engine
  results pages to decrease their visibility
Personal Brand
• Online identity management
  – improving the quantity and quality of traffic to
    sites that have content related to a person
• Reputation capital
  – value of all intangible assets:
     • business processes, patents
     • reputations for ethics and integrity,
       quality, safety, sustainability, security
Who is Juliet ?
                 6 Steps
•   Strategy
•   Define U
•   Express U
•   Develop U
•   Publish U
•   Distribute U

www.beyondsocialmediamarketing.com/2010/02/who-is-juliet-6-steps-to-
create-your-personal-brand/
Digital Footprint
What is a Digital
          Footprint?
Traces left by someone’s activity in a digital
environment
• Passive – “Data collected about an action
  without any client activation” (e.g., IP
  information collected by a web server)
• Active – “Created when personal data is
  released deliberately by the user for the
  purpose of sharing information about
  oneself”
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_footprint. 20 Aug 2009.
Assess your Digital
         Footprint
•Google your name or
company name

•Print out the first two
pages of results; Save
them for later

•Spezify who you are

•Create Google Alerts
tweetcloud.icodeforlove.com/
      Ira9201 – Tweets Past 2 years
statuscloud.icodeforlove.com/
             Ira Kaufman
          Facebook 8/08– 9/11
Museum of Me
• http://www.intel.com/museumofme/r/index.
  htm
Your Digital Footprint
            Analysis
• What are proud of?
• What are you surprised to see?
• Is there anything you are embarrassed
  about?
• What might you want to change or do in
  the future to ensure your footprint
  accurately represents the picture you want
  to convey?
Create a Digital Strategy
• What do you expect to get out of social media?
• What are your goals?
• Who is your target market?
  – Are they online?
  – Do they use social media?
• Is your brand clear?
• What resources are you willing to invest?
  – time
  – money
Create Local Listings
    and Profiles
Claim Your Company
• Claim your listing on Google Maps
  – www.geolocalseo.com/local-seo-resources/claiming-google-
    maps-listing.html


• Claim your listing on Google Places
  – http://www.google.com/places/



• Claim your listing on Bing
  – http://www.bing.com/businessportal
  – www.site-reference.com/articles/bing-releases-business-portal-
    claim-listing
Prepare Social Profiles

         Consistency

     •   Avatar or photo
     •   Keywords
     •   140 characters
     •   100 words
     •   Engaging
About Me
• http://about.me/technogogy

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  • 1.
    Assess Digital … Developingyour Digital Presence Digital Marketing Alive Course Fall 2011 Lynchburg College School of Business and Economics Dr Ira Kaufman ©2011
  • 2.
    Digital Presence … YourBusiness/Personal Reality Businesses need to maintain a competitive position
  • 3.
    What is yourReputation? • Online Reputation Management • Personal Brand • Digital Footprint
  • 4.
    Online Reputation Management • Online promotional activity through – new content creation (blogs, websites) – involvement in the social networking – building social profiles • Suppressing negative mentions entirely, or pushing them lower on search engine results pages to decrease their visibility
  • 5.
    Personal Brand • Onlineidentity management – improving the quantity and quality of traffic to sites that have content related to a person • Reputation capital – value of all intangible assets: • business processes, patents • reputations for ethics and integrity, quality, safety, sustainability, security
  • 6.
    Who is Juliet? 6 Steps • Strategy • Define U • Express U • Develop U • Publish U • Distribute U www.beyondsocialmediamarketing.com/2010/02/who-is-juliet-6-steps-to- create-your-personal-brand/
  • 7.
  • 8.
    What is aDigital Footprint? Traces left by someone’s activity in a digital environment • Passive – “Data collected about an action without any client activation” (e.g., IP information collected by a web server) • Active – “Created when personal data is released deliberately by the user for the purpose of sharing information about oneself” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_footprint. 20 Aug 2009.
  • 9.
    Assess your Digital Footprint •Google your name or company name •Print out the first two pages of results; Save them for later •Spezify who you are •Create Google Alerts
  • 10.
    tweetcloud.icodeforlove.com/ Ira9201 – Tweets Past 2 years
  • 11.
    statuscloud.icodeforlove.com/ Ira Kaufman Facebook 8/08– 9/11
  • 12.
    Museum of Me •http://www.intel.com/museumofme/r/index. htm
  • 13.
    Your Digital Footprint Analysis • What are proud of? • What are you surprised to see? • Is there anything you are embarrassed about? • What might you want to change or do in the future to ensure your footprint accurately represents the picture you want to convey?
  • 14.
    Create a DigitalStrategy • What do you expect to get out of social media? • What are your goals? • Who is your target market? – Are they online? – Do they use social media? • Is your brand clear? • What resources are you willing to invest? – time – money
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    Claim Your Company •Claim your listing on Google Maps – www.geolocalseo.com/local-seo-resources/claiming-google- maps-listing.html • Claim your listing on Google Places – http://www.google.com/places/ • Claim your listing on Bing – http://www.bing.com/businessportal – www.site-reference.com/articles/bing-releases-business-portal- claim-listing
  • 17.
    Prepare Social Profiles Consistency • Avatar or photo • Keywords • 140 characters • 100 words • Engaging
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