Welcome
Intro
what we’re going to cover
& what are your interests
The
importance
of your
Digital
footprint
What is social media?
Why use it?
Social media is your “free”
marketing tool
What are you trying
to achieve
Ask the audience …
Not this
Or this
but for this?
Finding your audience
Hint … pt 1
Pt 2
where is the traffic?
Find out which social media platform
they are on
Where are you
currently advertising?
Who do you think your
audience is & why?
What’s the right social
media platform for
you?
Have a website – even
a free wordpress one
You don’t need to be
active on every
platform
but you need to be on
them
Which
platform is
right for your
business?
Facebook, Twitter,
Pinterest, Instagram,
LinkedIn, Youtube,
Slideshare, Snapchat
and more …
Free online
courses
Who are your
competitors …?
Twitter and others can help
They are a potential
source of customers
Ways to find new
customers
read conversation threads,
LinkedIn, Twitter, Quora,
Reddit, Facebook, Pinterest
#
Hashtags!
No means
not now
find out why they said no,
negative feedback is good
Bill Gates “success is a lousy teacher”
Pitching to
potential
customers
Be ‘on message’
we do X,
we’re great because Y,
we cost Z
Have a cheat sheet,
prepared responses,
[ can be automated]
Make your own news
=> have a content
strategy
=> then use this to
approach bigger outlets
Keep tweaking it
try A / B testing
try stuff out,
try it asap
and analyse quickly
If you’re not sure
look it up …
Ask for advice
Thanks

Digital marketing : Using social media to get more business, Cape Clear July 14th