Going Native Garden Tour Social Media presentation for garden owners/volunteers 2018 www.gngt.org

1. Social Media 1/7
■ NEW this year
■ I am the social media manager – Cynthia Typaldos
email: socialmedia@gngt.org
■ PLATFORMS: Twitter & Facebook
■ @GoingNativeGT
■ #Hashtags (?)
■ Tour overall:
#GoingNativeGardenTour & #GNGT2018
■ Unique hashtag for each garden:
#ShortName_GNGT (?) e.g. #GreerDucky_GNGT
Updated 3/28/18

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■ Unique hashtag for each garden:
#ShortName_GNGT (?) e.g.#GreerDucky_GNGT
■ Your garden hashtag is in an online spreadsheet
at gngt.org/hashtags
■ It is also on your garden page on the
website
■ Share with your visitors so they can tag
photos and videos of your garden
■ Use it yourself on social media
■ Tell me now if you want a different
hashtag or no hashtag

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Hashtagsonthegardenwebpages

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twitter.com/GoingNativeGT
 Created May 2017
 Tweets: 730
 Followers: 324
 Views:  65,000
facebook.com/GoingNativeGT
 Created Jan 2018
 Posts:  120
 Likes: 35 | Followers: 40
 Reach: 2,5003/22/18

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Promote your garden & tour!
■ Follow our FB & Twitter accounts @GoingNativeGT
- share/retweet regularly
■ Find YOUR garden’s “official” social media
posts/tweets at gngt.org/hashtags -
share/retweet
■ Post/Tweet photos & videos of your garden.
Include your garden and tour hashtags. Tag
@GoingNativeGT on Twitter and FB. I will
share/retweet.
■ Display social media & hashtags on day of tour
(see sample sign next slide, replace #YOURGARDEN with your garden’s hashtag)

8. Please promote this garden
on social media!
Garden Hashtag: #YOURGARDEN
Tour hashtags: #GNGT18 &
#GoingNativeGardenTour
Follow the tour at @GoingNativeGT on