Meet the Social Media Leaders - Newfoundland & Labrador
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Rob Swick
Newfoundland & Labrador St. John’s
2. What Makes it Social Media?
1.User-generated content
2.Sharing tools (often built in)
3.Interesting content (informative or fun)
4.Personal & relevant
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3. Succeeding in Social Media?
1. Select the right social media channel
a.What do I want to say?
b.What tools do I like?
2. Choose the right team member
3. Learn about your online target (who, where
are they?)
4. Be innovative, fun... and interesting... put
effort into it!
5. Always, ALWAYS play nice!
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4. Social Media is...
Social Media Tools Social Media is Also
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Facebook – share pictures, etc. •
Product or Hotel reviews
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Twitter – like group chat •
Blogging – personal publishing
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LinkedIn – business-focused •
Wikipedia – group encyclopedia
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YouTube – video sharing •
Digg.com – social news
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Flickr – share pictures •
Product or Hotel reviews
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Online forums
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Interest communities
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“How-to” advice
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5. Social Media can...
Share information quickly Celebrate your strengths
Learn from your customers Broadcast current info
Give directions or advice Use social bookmarking
Deepen relationships Ask for feedback
Show instead of tell Participate in communities
Test ideas Talk to friends
Expand your image Talk to friends of friends
Demonstrate things Exchange and learn
Embrace like ideas Be found in the socialsphere
Support good causes Upload something (often)
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6. Social Media Advantages
✓ Rapid Growth
✓ Flexibility
✓ Targeting
✓ Reach
✓ Interconnected
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10. Some Key Terms
• Tweet: A post or status update on Twitter, limited to 140 characters
• Retweet: To reuse someone else’s content as your own
• At Reply (@username:): A public tweet directed at another user or
users
• Direct Message (DM): A private message to another Twitter user
• Hash Tag (#): Used to group topics by keyword, making them
easier to search
• Short URL: A shortened URL - a better for 140-character Tweets
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17. How to use Twitter
1. Start by following
2. Connect with groups and associations
3. Make friends with complementary businesses
4. Have a contest to build followers
5. Reward for retweeting your specials
6. Search for key terms
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19. How to use Facebook
1. Create a personal feel or a personage
2. Add pictures and video for visual interest
3. Set a target for followers
4. Customize with an html page
5. Become friends with related businesses
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20. YouTube Strengths
• Viral content
• Users can share their content with you
• Viewer feedback
• Can include (embed) video on your site
• Cost effective video production
• Measurable through YouTube Insight
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28. How to use YouTube
• Create a Channel for your videos
• Organize your videos into categories/playlists
• Embed your video into your website
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30. How to use a Blog
1. Find ways to create good content
2. Include photos and images
3. Keep it focused and interesting
4. Make it search engine friendly
5. Connect the blog to your main site
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