Some extra stats specific to Kitsap County and Social Media.
Population is around 250,000, 90% of which are online (225,000). Of that 72% make a purchase online and 78% (~175,500+) are users on Social Media.
12. Social Media for Business will help
you…
■ Be found!
■ Establish a strong brand
■ Increase sales
■ Share information
■ Tap into your customers
■ Build a community
■ Boost your advertising
What is social media and why is it important?
How do I get started and where should I be?
How can social media help my business?
What are some key social media best practices and etiquette?
Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. –Oxford Dictionaries
Digg – articles, videos and original content, easy share
Facebook – Connect and share photos, updates, videos and messages with friends
Tumblr – create a blog and add info to share from anywhere, follow blogs and reblog
Delicious – social bookmarking that allows you to keep, share and discover
Flickr – online photo management and sharing
Slideshare – discover, share and present presentations and infographics
Vine – video sharing
Periscope – video through someone elses eyes
Pinterest- visual discovery tool for ideas on projects
Google+ - connect with family and friends, explore interests
Blog – share stories, videos and photos
RSS – (Really Simple Syndication), allows for sharing and distribution of web content
Twitter – Connect with your friends, short posts.
Bebo – chatting/messaging platform
Snapchat – talk to friends, view live stories, discover brief moments
Reddit – submit content and share/ forum
Instagram – image sharing
Myspace – similar to facebook
LinkedIn – professional network
Stumbleupon – web page discovery, ranking and simplify ways to get news
Houzz – Ideas on home design with reviews and photos
What are your objectives?
Who are your customers? Where are your customers?
Do you have the time and are you able to make the commitment?
Create a strategy and a pipeline of content.
-Where are you pulling content from (Google Alerts…)
Original content
Shared articles
Testimonials
Self-promotion
Expectations
Be realistic
Listen to your audience
Tap into what is valuable to them (family photos, pets, kids, etc.)
Scratch each others back, share, retweet, like, etc.
Social media must be integrated and work hand-in-hand with all of your marketing, advertising and PR initiatives
On your website
Email signature
Marketing collateral
Vanity URLs
Blog once a week
Post on FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. 3x/week
Tweet 10x week
Pin 20x week
Don’t abandon your page!