This document provides an overview of social media strategy and best practices for measurement. It outlines a sample social media workflow involving publishing content, shortening URLs, sharing on social networks, and measuring success using tools like Bitly, Facebook Insights, and Google Analytics. Metrics for measurement like pageviews, unique visits, and bounce rate are defined. Resources for developing strategy and interpreting analytics data are also provided.

1. Social Media
Strategy:
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2. Table of Contents:
 Review & Expectations
inc. yesterday's questions
 Social Media Work-flow
 Metrics for Measurement
 Definitions & Tools
 Aligning metrics to strategy
 Resources

3. Answers:
Qu.1. Why does Google analytics report
different stats than my web server stats
or other analytics tools?
Ans.1.
http://support.google.com/googleanalytics/bin/an
Ans.1. Compare apples with apples i.e.
stick with Google Analytics and compare
week on week and month on month
Qu.2. Survey Monkey & other provide
'best practice' examples of questions -
both quantitative & qualitative. See
http://www.questionpro.com/a/showSurveyLibrary
http://de.surveymonkey.com/
Qu.3. Alumni & Corporate brainstorm

4. Social Media
Work Flow

5. Sample Social Media
Workflow:
 Step 1: Publish an editorial, personal story or research piece
to website or blog
 Step 2: Shorten the URL using http://bit.ly/
 Step 3: Tweet about story & share short link on Twitter
 Step 4: Comment on Facebook status & share short link
Beware of Automation:
 Step 5: Monitor and measure success
Cross posting between your
blog, Twitter and Facebook

might seem easy, be sure to practice on basis of lessons learned i.e. was
Step 6: Modify
it viewed / re-posted more on Twitter or Facebook? Would
treat each space separately.
Online users do not like
picture or video help?
automated content and are
quick to call out offenders.

6. Step 1: Publish Your Story
l

7. Step 2: Use Bit.ly to
Shorten URL

8. Step 3: Share Link on
Twitter

9. Enable Sharing
Top Tips to get amplified (shared, retweeted, re-posted)
Add Value
Be Sensational!
Use photos, infographics, video
Add This: social media buttons
https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing#.T_NgmUilgUQ

10. Step 4: Share Link on
Facebook

11. Step 5: Measure Success
(Bit.ly)

12. Step 6: Measure Success
(Facebook)

13. Step 7: Measure Success (Google)
http://www.google.com/analytics/

14. Step 6: Learn Lessons

15. Metrics
for
Measurement

16. Definitions
exercise
Hits
Pageviews
Unique Visits
Bounce Rate
Visibility Time
Other

17. Tools
exercise
(Press Clipping Service)
[Google Alerts]
Google Analytics
Facebook Insights
Linked-In Analytics
Bit.ly
Klout
SocialMention
TweetReach
Other

18. Aligning Metrics
with Strategy

19. Strategy Management
 Gain internal consensus around strategy
 Secure resources to implement
(Adwords – intern – extra hours)
 Assign staff responsibilities
 Establish internal use policies and user
guidelines of what you deem appropriate as well
as inappropriate
 Quarterly review against agreed indicators

20. Measure Success
 Set Up analytics tools to measure progress against your
social media strategy
 Create management sub-set of indicators to report back
to boss / team / Board
 Quarterly review against agreed indicators

21. Buy Success
Google Ads
http://bit.ly/BuySuccessOnGoogle
Linked-In Ads
http://www.linkedin.com/advertising
Facebook Ads
http://www.facebook.com/advertising/?pages

22. What Are Your Next Steps?
 Please take 30 minutes to review your draft strategy,
success indicators, tools & tactics and think about
3 solid next steps that you will take this month.
 Discuss your next steps with your partner and be
prepared to share them with the group.

23. Conclusion:
Websites, blogs, social networks are just tools – garbage in –
garbage out.
Analytics tools are not analysts – the data that they produce
requires intelligent interpretation by humans.
 Take your time learning how to use the tools effectively
 Identify the tools best for your organisation / strategy
 Respect your capacity and the resource/time capacity
of your organisation
 Be flexible and dynamic: your operating environment
and your target users are.

24. Resources

25. Resources:
The Social Media Guru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8
Web Analytics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics
Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/analytics/
Facebook Insights
http://mashable.com/2010/09/03/facebook-insights-guide/
Bit.ly
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/measuring-social-media-impact-bitly-vs-google-analyt
What your Klout Score Really Means
http://www.wired.com/business/2012/04/ff_klout/

26. Resources:
Return On Investment Calculator for Social
Networking
http://www.frogloop.com/social-network-calculator
The ROI of Social Media
http://nten.org/blog/2008/01/11/the-roi-of-social-media
5 Ways to Measure your Social Media
http://www.fuzzone.com/blog/919/social-media-marketi
What Does a Social Media Strategy looks like?
http://blog.coherentia.com/index.php/2010/07/what-doe
Add This: social media buttons
https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing#.T_NgmUilgUQ

27. Tony Roberts, ICT4D Centre
Royal Holloway, University of London
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