The document provides over 36 tips for using social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram for business purposes. It recommends completing profiles, posting engaging content, using relevant hashtags and keywords, and providing value to audiences. The tips also stress the importance of branding across channels, engaging professionally, and being aware of privacy and etiquette issues when managing a business's social media presence.

1. QUICK & DIRTY
SOCIAL MEDIA
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TIPS

2. SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE NEW WORD
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OF MOUTH

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LinkedIn
1. Get your profile to 100%
2. Join groups where your target market is
– Engage, ask and answer questions, post blog posts
not just your own
3. Create a company page
4. Be professional

4. Facebook
1. Create a company page – ensure that it’s the
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right category
2. Engage, comment, share, like, and post
content
3. Use images & video for the most engagement
4. Create and join groups

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Twitter
1. Create and brand your profile
2. Follow influencers
3. Post frequently
4. Use #hashtags (categorize and search)

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Google+
1. Complete Profile
2. Create and brand your page
3. Ensure NAP (Name, Address & Phone
Number) is correct
4. Add images and link your YouTube Channel

7. Pinterest & Instagram
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1. Engage - Pin, Post, and Like
2. Mix of personal interests
(keep it professional),
targets interests and your
business interests

8. Don’t be afraid of social media
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Privacy Issues
1. People are afraid of social media but it’s what
you choose to share
2. You decide how much of your personal life is
online for the world to see
3. You can control privacy settings
– Overall
– Each individual post
4. If you’re tagged you can remove it

11. Once you post something online a simple screen capture or download
and you have lost control.
Know once it’s out there it can’t be
taken back
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12. Know Your Audience
1. Be aware of your Audience
2. Define Your TARGET AUDIENCE
3. Do keyword research – be aware of the terms
people use to find you online – incorporate
into your social media bio, hashtags and
posts
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13. Get Found Online
1. Use the same name across all social media
2. Brand all your social media channels (logo
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and colors)
3. Let people know you’re online – add links to
your website, email signature, all your
marketing materials
4. Add your website to all your social media
channels

14. Social Media Etiquette
1. Be professional
2. Social Media is not about selling it’s about
being social – for every promotional post,
post four(4) valuable posts
3. No one wants to know what you are doing
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every second of every day
4. NO NO NO’s – Spamming, too many
#hashtags, too many posts (especially the
same thing), WRITING IN ALL CAPS, tagging
people you don’t know

15. Think Before You Post
1. If you don’t want your mother or father to
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see it – DON’T POST IT
2. If you don’t want your daughter or son to see
it – DON’T POST IT
3. If you don’t want your boss / clients /
customers to see it – DON’T POST IT
4. If you don’t want creepy Al up the street to
see it – DON’T POST IT

16. OVER 36 QUICK & DIRTY
SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS
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17. THANK YOU
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