Social Media in Successful
Communication Campaigns @starfocus
By Danielle Brigida
National Wildlife Federation
I’m a Wildlife and Technology Geek
Reasons We’re Active on Social
Fire = Criticism
Earth = Relationships
Flood = Support
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Thinking About Types of Social Media
Owned
Your Branded Presences
Earned
Organic Shares and
Posts
Paid
Social Advertising
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Take the Time to Learn the
Communities
• Listen All the Time
• Be Responsive
• Add Value
• Spark Discussion
• Be Present
• Follow the Passion
• Provide
Visuals, Messages
and an Action
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Work Toward Your Goals
Inspire Americans To
Protect Wildlife For Our
Children’s future
Photographs
Getting
Outdoors
Watching for
Wildlife
Instagram
Google+
Facebook
Flickr
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National Wildlife Photo Contest
Think Beyond What is Out There
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2013 Photo Contest Results
• 3,000 people entered 32,000 photos
• 10,300 were donated
• Users cast 646,000 votes
• Over 150,000 Page views
from Facebook
Think Creatively Around Visuals
National Wildlife Week
Repurpose, Alter, & Crowdsource
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Think of Where You Can Provide Value
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Make Sharing Easy and Accessible
Learn from Your Community and
Advocates
@klsnature
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Tools for Conversation and Community
Management
• Crowdbooster
• Tweetdeck
• Bufferapp
• Hootsuite
• SocialBro
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Legal Places to Get Images
• Your Staff
• Your Community
• http://list.ly/list/703-free-stock-or-low-cost-
image-sites
Places to Edit Images for Social
• Pixlr
• PicMonkey
• Liveluvcreate
• Canva
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Awesome Screenshot:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-screenshot-
captur/alelhddbbhepgpmgidjdcjakblofbmce?hl=en
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Listen in Different Ways
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You Use Search All the Time
Research Social Media
Search Sites
• Blogs
– Ice Rocket
– Google Blog Search
– Technorati
• Facebook/Twitter
– Search.twitter
– Social Mention
– Mention.net
– Boardreader
– RSS Notifications
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Just RSS Your Search Results!
RSS = Real Simple Syndication
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Track Relative News and Mentions
Feedly.com
Art of Quality Conversations
• Speak Less- Listen More
• Develop Your Sense of Humor
• Know Your Current Events
• Keep Track of Interesting Experiences
• Be a Bearer of Good Tidings
• Keep Comments Short and To the Point
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Use Content and Blogging to Give
Context to Your Work
Always Remember Why You’re There
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Listen, Communicate, Create, Track
Time on Social Media
Listening
Communicating
Creating/Experimenting
Tracking
30%
30%
25%
15%
Questions?
Danielle Brigida
Sr. Manager of Social Strategy
National Wildlife Federation
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brigidad@nwf.org
Judy N, Flickr
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