This document provides information about listening online for social media purposes. It discusses various social media platforms and websites where listening can occur, including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Flickr, and location-based services. For each platform, it describes what it is, why you would want to listen there, and how to effectively listen on that channel. It also discusses tools like RSS readers that can help with effective online listening. The overall document aims to educate about best practices for comprehensive online listening across multiple sources.
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3. Arts Council England, BCMG, Belgrade
Theatre, Birmingham Hippodrome,
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Cadogan Hall,
DanceXchange, The Drum, English Touring
Opera, Glyndebourne, Hampstead Theatre,
Mercury Colchester, Manchester Library
Theatre, NEC Group, Nottingham Playhouse,
Royal Court Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, Sampad,
The Sage Gateshead, Soho Theatre, Sheffield
Theatres, Symphony Hall, Warwick Arts
Centre, The Sage Gateshead
4. We’re going to cover
• Why listening is important
• Where to listen
• How to listen effectively
• Tools you might want to use
• Resources and further reading
5. What have you got?
Social media profiles, blogs,
websites?
45. Facebook
What
A social network with over 500 million
users.
Why
• Established
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
46. Facebook
What
A social network with over 500 million
users.
Why
• Established
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
47. Facebook
What
How
A social network with over 500 million
users.
Why
• Established
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
48. Facebook
What
How
A social network with over 500 million
users. • Like pages
Why
• Established
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
49. Facebook
What
How
A social network with over 500 million
users. • Like pages
• Like ‘as a page’
Why
• Established
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
50. Facebook
What
How
A social network with over 500 million
users. • Like pages
• Like ‘as a page’
Why
• Like competitor pages
• Established
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
51. Facebook
What
How
A social network with over 500 million
users. • Like pages
• Like ‘as a page’
Why
• Like competitor pages
• Established
• Like your own page
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
52. Facebook
What
How
A social network with over 500 million
users. • Like pages
• Like ‘as a page’
Why
• Like competitor pages
• Established
• Like your own page
• Stay in the loop
• Observe how people engage with posts
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Keep up with trends
60. Twitter
What
A social network limited to 140 character
posts
Why
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
61. Twitter
What
A social network limited to 140 character
posts
Why
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
62. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character
posts
Why
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
63. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character • Follow users
posts
Why
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
64. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character • Follow users
posts
• Make lists
Why
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
65. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character • Follow users
posts
• Make lists
Why • Follow hashtags
• Stay in the loop
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
66. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character • Follow users
posts
• Make lists
Why • Follow hashtags
• Stay in the loop
• Use the Activity tab
• Learn
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
67. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character • Follow users
posts
• Make lists
Why • Follow hashtags
• Stay in the loop
• Use the Activity tab
• Learn
• See who follows you, or who others
follow
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience
• Provide wider context
68. Twitter
What How
A social network limited to 140 character • Follow users
posts
• Make lists
Why • Follow hashtags
• Stay in the loop
• Use the Activity tab
• Learn
• See who follows you, or who others
follow
• Identify audiences
• Understand your audience • Enable notifications
• Provide wider context
77. Blogs
What How
Sequential publishing platforms
Why
• Often more detail
• Behind-the-scenes
• Media rich
• Leave comments
78. Blogs
What How
Sequential publishing platforms • Subscribe by email
Why
• Often more detail
• Behind-the-scenes
• Media rich
• Leave comments
79. Blogs
What How
Sequential publishing platforms • Subscribe by email
Why • Subscribe by RSS
• Often more detail
• Behind-the-scenes
• Media rich
• Leave comments
80. Blogs
What How
Sequential publishing platforms • Subscribe by email
Why • Subscribe by RSS
• Often more detail • Bookmark
• Behind-the-scenes
• Media rich
• Leave comments
81. Blogs
What How
Sequential publishing platforms • Subscribe by email
Why • Subscribe by RSS
• Often more detail • Bookmark
• Behind-the-scenes • Social bookmarks
• Media rich
• Leave comments
90. YouTube
What How
Video platform and social network
Why
• Behind-the-scenes
• Embeddable content
• Audience feedback
• Insights
91. YouTube
What How
Video platform and social network • Subscribe to channels
Why
• Behind-the-scenes
• Embeddable content
• Audience feedback
• Insights
92. YouTube
What How
Video platform and social network • Subscribe to channels
Why • Check channel favourites
• Behind-the-scenes
• Embeddable content
• Audience feedback
• Insights
93. YouTube
What How
Video platform and social network • Subscribe to channels
Why • Check channel favourites
• Behind-the-scenes • Use related videos
• Embeddable content
• Audience feedback
• Insights
94. YouTube
What How
Video platform and social network • Subscribe to channels
Why • Check channel favourites
• Behind-the-scenes • Use related videos
• Embeddable content • Create playlists
• Audience feedback
• Insights
116. Websites
What
How
Websites
Why
• Many orgs still not using blogs or social
media
• Insights
• News
• Shareable content
• Easy to forget people use them
117. Websites
What
How
Websites
• Bookmark sites
Why
• Many orgs still not using blogs or social
media
• Insights
• News
• Shareable content
• Easy to forget people use them
118. Websites
What
How
Websites
• Bookmark sites
Why
• Use social bookmarks
• Many orgs still not using blogs or social
media
• Insights
• News
• Shareable content
• Easy to forget people use them
119. Websites
What
How
Websites
• Bookmark sites
Why
• Use social bookmarks
• Many orgs still not using blogs or social
media • Search engines
• Insights
• News
• Shareable content
• Easy to forget people use them
129. Location-based
What
How
Location-based services. Check in to
locations.
• Foursquare
• Gowalla
Why
• Claim your venue
• Provide offers - Incentivise visits
• Get user feedback - Tips
130. Location-based
What
How
Location-based services. Check in to
locations. • Claim your venue in Foursquare
• Foursquare
• Gowalla
Why
• Claim your venue
• Provide offers - Incentivise visits
• Get user feedback - Tips
131. Location-based
What
How
Location-based services. Check in to
locations. • Claim your venue in Foursquare
• Foursquare • Use backend stats
• Gowalla
Why
• Claim your venue
• Provide offers - Incentivise visits
• Get user feedback - Tips
132. Location-based
What
How
Location-based services. Check in to
locations. • Claim your venue in Foursquare
• Foursquare • Use backend stats
• Gowalla
• Read tips for feedback
Why
• Claim your venue
• Provide offers - Incentivise visits
• Get user feedback - Tips
140. RSS Readers
What
News aggregator application
Why
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
141. RSS Readers
What
News aggregator application
Why
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
142. RSS Readers
What
News aggregator application
Why
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
143. RSS Readers
What How
News aggregator application
Why
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
144. RSS Readers
What How
News aggregator application • Click subscribe
Why
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
145. RSS Readers
What How
News aggregator application • Click subscribe
• Add blog URL into feed reader
Why
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
146. RSS Readers
What How
News aggregator application • Click subscribe
• Add blog URL into feed reader
Why
• Check regularly, make routine
• Get news in one place
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
147. RSS Readers
What How
News aggregator application • Click subscribe
• Add blog URL into feed reader
Why
• Check regularly, make routine
• Get news in one place
• Mobile reader app
• Organise into folders
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
148. RSS Readers
What How
News aggregator application • Click subscribe
• Add blog URL into feed reader
Why
• Check regularly, make routine
• Get news in one place
• Mobile reader app
• Organise into folders
• Use folders to make sure you don’t miss
• Keep up to date with lots of blogs
out
• Find shareable content
• Don’t miss anything
158. Social bookmarking
What
Bookmarking service with social features
• Delicious
• Pinboard
Why
• Curate your own news
• Read later, don’t lose anything
• Tag, organise
• Share with others
159. Social bookmarking
What How
Bookmarking service with social features
• Delicious
• Pinboard
Why
• Curate your own news
• Read later, don’t lose anything
• Tag, organise
• Share with others
160. Social bookmarking
What How
Bookmarking service with social features • Add bookmarklet to bookmarks bar
• Delicious
• Pinboard
Why
• Curate your own news
• Read later, don’t lose anything
• Tag, organise
• Share with others
161. Social bookmarking
What How
Bookmarking service with social features • Add bookmarklet to bookmarks bar
• Delicious • Tag and save pages
• Pinboard
Why
• Curate your own news
• Read later, don’t lose anything
• Tag, organise
• Share with others
162. Social bookmarking
What How
Bookmarking service with social features • Add bookmarklet to bookmarks bar
• Delicious • Tag and save pages
• Pinboard • Automate links round-ups - eg
Postalicious
Why
• Curate your own news
• Read later, don’t lose anything
• Tag, organise
• Share with others
167. Google Alerts
What
Automated search and notifictions
Why
• Discover mentions early
168. Google Alerts
What
Automated search and notifictions
Why
• Discover mentions early
• Find mentions you’ve missed
169. Google Alerts
What
Automated search and notifictions
Why
• Discover mentions early
• Find mentions you’ve missed
• Monitor events and other terms
170. Google Alerts
How
What
Automated search and notifictions
Why
• Discover mentions early
• Find mentions you’ve missed
• Monitor events and other terms
171. Google Alerts
How
What
• Go to Google.com/alerts
Automated search and notifictions
Why
• Discover mentions early
• Find mentions you’ve missed
• Monitor events and other terms
172. Google Alerts
How
What
• Go to Google.com/alerts
Automated search and notifictions
• Add search terms
Why
• Discover mentions early
• Find mentions you’ve missed
• Monitor events and other terms
173. Google Alerts
How
What
• Go to Google.com/alerts
Automated search and notifictions
• Add search terms
Why
• Decide how often you want notifications
• Discover mentions early
• Find mentions you’ve missed
• Monitor events and other terms
174. Google Alerts
How
What
• Go to Google.com/alerts
Automated search and notifictions
• Add search terms
Why
• Decide how often you want notifications
• Discover mentions early
• Decide how exhaustive you want the
• Find mentions you’ve missed search
• Monitor events and other terms
175. Google Alerts
How
What
• Go to Google.com/alerts
Automated search and notifictions
• Add search terms
Why
• Decide how often you want notifications
• Discover mentions early
• Decide how exhaustive you want the
• Find mentions you’ve missed search
• Monitor events and other terms • Choose email address
176. Google Alerts
How
What
• Go to Google.com/alerts
Automated search and notifictions
• Add search terms
Why
• Decide how often you want notifications
• Discover mentions early
• Decide how exhaustive you want the
• Find mentions you’ve missed search
• Monitor events and other terms • Choose email address
• Receive updates to your inbox
184. Analytics
What
Web analytics service
Why
• Insights into web visits
• Learn about your audience
• Improve your publishing strategy
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
185. Analytics
What How
Web analytics service
Why
• Insights into web visits
• Learn about your audience
• Improve your publishing strategy
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
186. Analytics
What How
Web analytics service • Set up analytics account, via Google account
Why
• Insights into web visits
• Learn about your audience
• Improve your publishing strategy
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
187. Analytics
What How
Web analytics service • Set up analytics account, via Google account
• Add website details
Why
• Insights into web visits
• Learn about your audience
• Improve your publishing strategy
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
188. Analytics
What How
Web analytics service • Set up analytics account, via Google account
• Add website details
Why
• Check back after key events
• Insights into web visits
• Learn about your audience
• Improve your publishing strategy
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
189. Analytics
What How
Web analytics service • Set up analytics account, via Google account
• Add website details
Why
• Check back after key events
• Insights into web visits
• Use live analytics, useful for ticketing, social
• Learn about your audience media.
• Improve your publishing strategy
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
190. Analytics
What How
Web analytics service • Set up analytics account, via Google account
• Add website details
Why
• Check back after key events
• Insights into web visits
• Use live analytics, useful for ticketing, social
• Learn about your audience media.
• Improve your publishing strategy • Generate regular reports to log progress
• See effect of your actions - website and
soc med
199. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
200. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
• Try some out
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
201. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
• Try some out
• Mobile or desktop
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
202. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
• Try some out
• Mobile or desktop
Why
• Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Tweetbot...
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
203. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
• Try some out
• Mobile or desktop
Why
• Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Tweetbot...
• Organise Twitter better
•Keep open on second monitor
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
204. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
• Try some out
• Mobile or desktop
Why
• Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Tweetbot...
• Organise Twitter better
•Keep open on second monitor
• See lists
•Check back regularly
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
205. Twitter clients
What How
Twitter software
• Try some out
• Mobile or desktop
Why
• Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Tweetbot...
• Organise Twitter better
•Keep open on second monitor
• See lists
•Check back regularly
• Follow hashtags
•Enable notifications
• Multiple accounts
213. Social mention
What
Social media search
Why
• Monitor mentions
• Discover your audience
• Find publishing opportunities
• Manage ‘press cuttings’
214. Social mention
How
What
Social media search
Why
• Monitor mentions
• Discover your audience
• Find publishing opportunities
• Manage ‘press cuttings’
215. Social mention
How
What
• Enter search terms
Social media search
Why
• Monitor mentions
• Discover your audience
• Find publishing opportunities
• Manage ‘press cuttings’
216. Social mention
How
What
• Enter search terms
Social media search
• Use alerts
Why
• Monitor mentions
• Discover your audience
• Find publishing opportunities
• Manage ‘press cuttings’
217. Social mention
How
What
• Enter search terms
Social media search
• Use alerts
Why
•Use advanced search
• Monitor mentions
• Discover your audience
• Find publishing opportunities
• Manage ‘press cuttings’
222. Social analytics
What
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
Why
• Organise Twitter better
223. Social analytics
What
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
224. Social analytics
What
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
225. Social analytics
What
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
226. Social analytics
How
What
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
227. Social analytics
How
What
• Try some out – Paid or Free
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
Why
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
228. Social analytics
How
What
• Try some out – Paid or Free
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
• Raven Tools, Crowdbooster, SocialBro,
Why Klout...
• Organise Twitter better
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
229. Social analytics
How
What
• Try some out – Paid or Free
Monitor social media platforms and statistics
• Raven Tools, Crowdbooster, SocialBro,
Why Klout...
• Organise Twitter better • Generate regular reports to track progress
• See lists
• Follow hashtags
• Multiple accounts
239. And in case you weren’t listening...
Listening allows you to join conversations
240. And in case you weren’t listening...
Listening allows you to join conversations
Listening helps to build networks and relationships
241. And in case you weren’t listening...
Listening allows you to join conversations
Listening helps to build networks and relationships
Listening helps you to learn
242. And in case you weren’t listening...
Listening allows you to join conversations
Listening helps to build networks and relationships
Listening helps you to learn
Listening help you in the loop
243. And in case you weren’t listening...
Listening allows you to join conversations
Listening helps to build networks and relationships
Listening helps you to learn
Listening help you in the loop
Listening is not passive
244. If you do nothing else…
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