Covering the basics of the top social media platforms for this particular audience; discussing privacy issues and how to lock your account down (if you want to do that); and then the evolution of social media customer service.
2. Social Media – Platforms, functions and
relevancy
Privacy – Concerns, Issues and Personal
Settings
Connecting – Finding and Engaging Customers
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6. King of social…
»App on 3 of every 4 smartphones
»More than 1 billion users
»Nearly half visit daily
How are businesses using it best?
»Pay-to-play environment today
»Paid ads through Facebook reach 91% of intended audience
»Ads drive likes to company page
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8. Pros…
»It’s HUGE
»2nd most visited site
»Great for raising awareness of charitable causes/campaigns
»Growing elderly population
Cons…
»Not so great for biz or gov agencies with small ad budget
»Purchased ads don’t always translate to genuine quality
connections
»Growth is slowing down – especially youth
9. A beast of a different nature…
»More professional / less conversational
»300+ million users
»Used for research, networking,
recruiting, peer collaboration…
How are businesses using it best?
»Telling the story of who you are by…
»Highlighting your corporate culture / values /
community impact
»Using visually interesting graphics and relevant
articles
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11. Pros…
»Longer shelf life for content
»Easy to manage postings/measurement
»Growing rapidly!
Cons…
»Less engagement / conversation
»Hard to know who’s following you
»Kind of boring…
12. Rapid-Fire Social…
»5,700 tweets/second
»Very fast output & consumption
»Heavy on the #Hashtags
How are businesses using it best?
»Driving traffic to Website
»Connect with mobile audience with
personality
»#Hashtag promotions
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16. Pros…
»All tweets are public (we’ll get to that)
»Easy to post
»Massive potential audience
Cons…
»Very busy platform
»Limiting message space (140 characters)
»Not everyone can use “Promoted Tweets”
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19. 59% Don’t believe it’s possible
37% Do believe it’s possible
Pew Internet Research, Nov. 2013
20. Biggest threats/concerns of online and social media privacy
1. Stolen Identity
2. Computer/Mobile Device Stolen or Social Account Hacked
3. Inadvertently Letting Stalkers Find You
4. Letting Burglars Know Your Whereabouts
5. Overconfidence
21. 21% - email/social profiles hacked
12% - stalked or harassed
11% - personal info stolen
6% - scammed out of $$$
4% - physical danger
1% - Stupid
Pew Internet Research, Nov. 2013
22. 3 Areas: Privacy Tab, Profile Settings, Photos
25% of adults don’t bother with privacy settings
60% of teen users keep profiles private
25. Facebook Photos
Note: Your profile and cover photos are always public. And people can
still share your pics if you tag them.
To edit the privacy settings for photo
albums you've posted:
1. Go to your profile and click Photos.
2. Click Albums.
3. Use the audience selector tool under
each album to control who can see
your album.
26. Public or Protected Tweets
Default setting is for public consumption, but you can lock it down easily.
What happens if you protect your tweets?
• People must request to follow you
• Tweets only visible to approved users
• Other users won’t be able to RT you
• Tweets don’t appear in Google search
31. Do these things (I do):
1. Change password every 3 months
2. Never use same password on other accounts
3. 10 or more characters – the crazier the better!
4. Use 2-step verification
33. 1. Facebook – more than 1 billion
2. YouTube – a lot less than that
3. Google+ – passed Twitter last year
4. Twitter – you get the point
5. LinkedIn – don’t forget this one
34. • U.S. Consumers spend 37% of their time on social
media
• 57% of marketers use social media ads
• Email blasts and social media are incorporated
Source: SocialMediaExaminer.com Feb. 17, 2014
35. “Customers want, expect and are prepared to
reward great social media customer service.”
- American Express Study 2013
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37. 1. Quick Response to their problems
- it’s more important to social media customers
that you be fast than that you be correct
2. Care and honesty
3. Help where they are
38. • Only younger generations use social media
73% of adults use social media
• You can’t measure ROI
77% surveyed would put money into businesses using
social media
• Social media is a fad
Legwarmers were a fad. 9 of 10 small biz use social
media.
• Lose brand control
It hinges on your comfort level
39. 1. Talk about your social media policy
2. Talk about the future of connecting with customers
3. Connect with customers
40. Snapchat/Ephemeral Platforms…
»Photo/Video sharing sites where posts disappear after 10 seconds
»Wildly popular with teens
»Brands seeing huge exclusive promotion potential w/ consumers
Instagram/Photo-Video Sharing…
»Instagram, Pheed & Vine appeal to short attention spans
»55 million Instagram posts/day
»These sites seeing a rapid rise among Millennials
Tell me about your biggest concerns when talking with your customers…..who are they? What are you hearing? What are the pain points where you try to help?
When I was asked to speak here I immediately wanted to hug you all….I want to give you some perspective about where I’m coming from…..
Today’s info will be a mix of personal and business-related information for you to think about personally and professionally back at the office. In doing research for today’s talk….I found that your demographics for your customers and your staff tend to gravitate toward these three platforms…..while there are others, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, YouTube, Vimeo…..I decided to stick with these…but if you have questions or want to talk about other platforms, please yell it out and we will go through them.
What are your privacy concerns on social media? Do you believe it’s possible to be anonymous online?
Even if you’ve locked your accounts….there’s still a problem….Third-party apps you have attached to your social media accounts don’t have these privacy settings.
incorporate your fans’ enthusiasm for your brand into your email content.
Volume is turned up both ways….positive and negative. Way beyond what the traditional word-of-mouth can do.
American Express social media customer service study found that 70% of social media users were looking for a quick response…they didn’t care if it was initially the right answer.
Consumers/members are looking for care and honesty. “I hear you..” “I’m sorry…” you can deflate so many problems with care and emphathy.
If a member complains on Facebook…respond on Facebook.. Twitter…the same…on and on.
Set clearly defined business goals for ROI, new members, increase web traffic to promotional pages,
What would I do when I get back to work? I’d start a conversation about what’s our policy, how are we going to connect with customers in the future?
This is where you customer base will be gravitating to more and more.