You know you can grow your business on social media - but you're unsure where to start.
I break down the process to mastering social that matters: finding a tribe, figuring out what to say, courting influencers, and more.
Jumping in with Both Toes: Integrating Social Media into your CommunityBeth Brodovsky
This program is a manager\'s-level view on some basics of social media and how to make decisions on the value of adding social tactics to your communications efforts.
Simple Marketing Now LLC presents a Social Media Primer on how social media tools can be relevant for a job search. For full presentation, go to http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/cbwhit-178839-social-media-primer-marketing-cb-whittemore-smnexecunet-0309-business-finance-ppt-powerpoint/
Jumping in with Both Toes: Integrating Social Media into your CommunityBeth Brodovsky
This program is a manager\'s-level view on some basics of social media and how to make decisions on the value of adding social tactics to your communications efforts.
Simple Marketing Now LLC presents a Social Media Primer on how social media tools can be relevant for a job search. For full presentation, go to http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/cbwhit-178839-social-media-primer-marketing-cb-whittemore-smnexecunet-0309-business-finance-ppt-powerpoint/
The business of marketing is rapidly changing, and social media is a big part of that change. In this workshop, we’ll talk social-media strategy and the logistics of getting started with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Topics will include time management, finding content to share, and measuring the results of your efforts.
In an environment where customers across the board are rethinking relationships with brands, products and services, it has become even more important to deliver Wow! retail and customer experiences and develop community.
Simplifying Social Media. For Research, Connection & DifferentiationSimple Marketing Now LLC
A social media revolution is upon us, with no sign of abating. Rather than ignore it, consider embracing it and all that social has to offer you for research, connection and differentiation. This presentation offers perspective on how the social media revolution has changed the business landscape and how to make sense of the tools of social media for your job search and for marketing.
An in-house presentation on social media - beginning with looking at organizational and personal branding then moving into the basics of setting up a listening post.
LinkedIn: Essential Tool for Your Personal & Professional ToolMegan Powers
I created this social media marketing presentation for a "Lunch & Learn" at Century 21 Award Mission Valley. The main focus is on how to maximize LinkedIn, but I briefly touched on other social platforms they will find useful for business such as: Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, and Facebook.
Coverings2011: Practical Marketing - Digital Visibility for Small BusinessesSimple Marketing Now LLC
Marketing and promoting your business matter now more than ever in a world where customers educate themselves online first. You must be digitally visible. The challenge for many small businesses is finding the resources [including people] to market effectively while also running day-to-day operations. How then to prioritize what you do so you don’t neglect activities that connect with customers online and offline, while also delivering business results? The solution has to do with thinking about how you deliver value to customers, while creating content that addresses customers’ needs.
Confusion reigns. It is increasingly difficult to get our marketing message out there and make it stick. The internet offers us new opportunities but where do we start. We know that Web 2.0 is out there but not quite sure what it is or how to use it for marketing our company. If the future is user generated content how can we control our brand? These questions and topics will be discussed using industry examples case studies, and teaching a framework for determining the best way to incorporate Web 2.0 as part of an overall marketing strategy.
Why Online Reputation Management is Important for every Business. Whether your company is a corporate brand, a personal brand or an established enterprise level brand, online reputation management, or ORM, is now more important than ever for your business.
First of two-part presentation on online marketing to arts and science organizations in Charlotte, NC. Focuses specifically on websites and e-newsletters. Presented September 25, 2008.
Sounds good. So what is it?
And what can I do on Pinterest?
Pinterest is a content curation platform which allows users to organise and share beautiful and interesting content they find on the web.
Think of it as a bookmarking site, a social network, a gift finder and a platform for collaboration all rolled into one.
Content is organised in “Boards” that work as categories. Each piece of content is called a “Pin”. People can ‘like’ your pins or they can “repin” them onto their boards, comment on them and share on Facebook and Twitter.
You can follow people and they can follow you. Or you can just follow a particular board of theirs rather than following all back.
The business of marketing is rapidly changing, and social media is a big part of that change. In this workshop, we’ll talk social-media strategy and the logistics of getting started with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Topics will include time management, finding content to share, and measuring the results of your efforts.
In an environment where customers across the board are rethinking relationships with brands, products and services, it has become even more important to deliver Wow! retail and customer experiences and develop community.
Simplifying Social Media. For Research, Connection & DifferentiationSimple Marketing Now LLC
A social media revolution is upon us, with no sign of abating. Rather than ignore it, consider embracing it and all that social has to offer you for research, connection and differentiation. This presentation offers perspective on how the social media revolution has changed the business landscape and how to make sense of the tools of social media for your job search and for marketing.
An in-house presentation on social media - beginning with looking at organizational and personal branding then moving into the basics of setting up a listening post.
LinkedIn: Essential Tool for Your Personal & Professional ToolMegan Powers
I created this social media marketing presentation for a "Lunch & Learn" at Century 21 Award Mission Valley. The main focus is on how to maximize LinkedIn, but I briefly touched on other social platforms they will find useful for business such as: Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, and Facebook.
Coverings2011: Practical Marketing - Digital Visibility for Small BusinessesSimple Marketing Now LLC
Marketing and promoting your business matter now more than ever in a world where customers educate themselves online first. You must be digitally visible. The challenge for many small businesses is finding the resources [including people] to market effectively while also running day-to-day operations. How then to prioritize what you do so you don’t neglect activities that connect with customers online and offline, while also delivering business results? The solution has to do with thinking about how you deliver value to customers, while creating content that addresses customers’ needs.
Confusion reigns. It is increasingly difficult to get our marketing message out there and make it stick. The internet offers us new opportunities but where do we start. We know that Web 2.0 is out there but not quite sure what it is or how to use it for marketing our company. If the future is user generated content how can we control our brand? These questions and topics will be discussed using industry examples case studies, and teaching a framework for determining the best way to incorporate Web 2.0 as part of an overall marketing strategy.
Why Online Reputation Management is Important for every Business. Whether your company is a corporate brand, a personal brand or an established enterprise level brand, online reputation management, or ORM, is now more important than ever for your business.
First of two-part presentation on online marketing to arts and science organizations in Charlotte, NC. Focuses specifically on websites and e-newsletters. Presented September 25, 2008.
Sounds good. So what is it?
And what can I do on Pinterest?
Pinterest is a content curation platform which allows users to organise and share beautiful and interesting content they find on the web.
Think of it as a bookmarking site, a social network, a gift finder and a platform for collaboration all rolled into one.
Content is organised in “Boards” that work as categories. Each piece of content is called a “Pin”. People can ‘like’ your pins or they can “repin” them onto their boards, comment on them and share on Facebook and Twitter.
You can follow people and they can follow you. Or you can just follow a particular board of theirs rather than following all back.
[WEBINAR] How Digital Marketers Engage on Social MediaLeadtail
Digital marketers are the leaders and innovators - and the things they're doing and paying attention to now give us a sneak peek into where the rest of the market is likely to be in 12-18 months. Given that we looked at the Twitter behavior of 500+ North American digital marketers to see what patterns emerged and how we could apply these insights to reaching, engaging, and influencing this audience (and in fact, any audience, using the same methods). Here's what we discovered.
Flying Solo: the One-Person Communications DepartmentAmanda Changuris
In work, as in life, sometimes you have to go it alone.
It’s not easy, but it can be done.
April Finnen and Amanda Changuris have learned a thing or two the hard way about doing marketing and communications alone, these are the slides shared during their 75-minute webinar from the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, Astute Solutions and Ragan Communications.
Practice Fusion & MongoDB: Transitioning a 4 TB Audit Log from SQL Server to ...MongoDB
Presented by Michael Poremba, Director of Data Architecture, Practice Fusion.
Michael will share technical insights and key lessons learned by the Practice Fusion audit team, which can be leveraged for your own MongoDB projects. Key topics include: security, schema design, scalability, data migration, disaster recovery, and organizing the team of technical experts.
Practice Fusion decided to move the primary audit system for their Electronic Health Record (EHR) from SQL Server to MongoDB. The goal was to provide a scale-out data store for a system that was under IO pressure. The project required moving 4 TB of production data from a traditional database schema into a document data store while the system was in operation with a peak transaction throughput of up to 1,000 writes per second. The audit system is a tier-1 component mandated by law, and any interruption in the availability of the audit system would result in a system outage.
BIO:
Michael Poremba is Director of Data Architecture at Practice Fusion, a cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) service used by over 100,000 health care providers. He has over 20 years of experience in software engineering with expertise in architecture, performance, and scalability of transactional database applications.
Social media is one of the most cost-effective communication tools at your disposal. Mel Grau and Dan Rose, WEA Trust’s Marketing Communications Coordinators, recently held a webinar to discuss how to use Facebook to build relationships with your employees and mobilize your communities to action.
Managing the Digital Transformation. How companies develop successful product...Ingasol GmbH
Digital is oftentimes perceived as a wave of transformational opportunities, as well as threats, that form the ecosystem in which we conduct our daily activities, work and play.
Although the term is most of the times connected with a shift in technology investment, its true implications go beyond technology and into the fields of infrastructure, company culture, leadership, as well as a change of focus on the entire customer experience.
AWS April Webinar Series - Getting Started with Amazon EC2 Container ServiceAmazon Web Services
How do you deploy and manage containerized applications at scale? Amazon ECS is a new AWS service that makes it easy to run and manage Docker-enabled applications across a cluster of Amazon EC2 instances. This webinar will familiarize you with the benefits of containers, introduce Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS), and demonstrate how to use Amazon ECS for your applications. You will learn how to define, schedule, and stop sets of containers. You will also learn how to access the state of your resources to view running tasks and EC2 instance utilization in your cluster.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the benefits of containers
• Define and deploy containers on Amazon ECS
• Access cluster state information to track utilization and unning tasks
• Integrate Amazon ECS into your existing software release process or CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery) pipeline
Who Should Attend:
• Developers, system administrators, Docker users, container users
I gave this presentation to Jeff Bieber's American University COMM 567 class (which is focused on "Communications and Social Change"). The class is in the progress of mapping out a sexual assault awareness/prevention campaign targeted to the American University campus and is having a variety of guest speakers join them on their journey. As someone always interested and previously very active with this issue, the experience could have not been more meaningful. Social Media is absolutely a tool in the tool belt for Social Change.
#4 IMU: Successful Business Uses for Facebook and LinkedIn (GF202)HubSpot
Class 4 of Inbound Marketing University
Successful Business Uses for Facebook and LinkedIn (GF202)
Professor: Elyse Tager, Silicon Valley American Marketing Association
Social Media For Busy Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Fikriyyah George
At this Super Harbor meeting marketing consultant James White and I walked a room full of small business owners through the basics of how to use social media for your entrepreneurial goals.
This is my presentation from last year. Since then Facebook added a few 100 million users and more news organizations changed their structure and strategy. Compare this to my other recent ones .
Elliot Greenberger led a session on social media for local students interested in global philanthropy and activism for the Chicago Global Donors Network.
Everyday you post status updates on Facebook, watch YouTube videos, and read your favorite blogs. But beyond personal entertainment, Facebook, YouTube, and blogs can become crucial tools that help you raise money and awareness for the global issue you care about most. In this session, we will cover the fundamentals of the web and show you how you can create a web strategy that actually works for your organization or cause. Using real world examples from organizations like Charity:Water and others, this session will give you the tools and framework necessary to creating a better world with online technology.
Enterprises have moved beyond Sharepoints and intranets; this Webcast takes a closer look at the social-networking tools that enterprises are using (Facebook, Twitter, and wikis, to name a few) to empower employees, disseminate information, and keep tabs on customer requirements and feedback. We look at how these new tools foster collaboration and create new ways to share enterprise data, allowing end users to unlock value and insights that were previously inaccessible.
Jennifer Lindsay is principal of Jennifer Lindsay Digital and is an Emmy-nominated Web strategy consultant. She has demonstrated expertise in connecting with key influencers through utilization of cutting edge social media, SEO, SEM, content strategy, Web 2.0, PR 2.0 and Internet/content management and digital methodologies for major B2B and B2C clients including Microsoft.
American Independent Writers Going Freelance Workshop Nov 7 2009Shashi Bellamkonda
This was a presentation for folks attending the Going Freelance Seminar of AIW at the Johns Hopkins University in DC on Nov 7th
AIW is a national organization for writers. Our mission is to:
Create an open and inclusive community of authors, journalists, and other writers;
Inform, educate, and support our members in the business and craft of writing and help them succeed in a rapidly changing environment; and
Advocate for writers on key local and national issues.
AIW membership is only $100/year now through December 31, 2009. Join before the cost increases to $125/year on January 1, 2010. http://www.amerindywriters.org/home/
Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms, allowing people to share photos, videos, and stories with their followers. Sometimes, though, you might want to view someone's story without them knowing.
Meet up Milano 14 _ Axpo Italia_ Migration from Mule3 (On-prem) to.pdfFlorence Consulting
Quattordicesimo Meetup di Milano, tenutosi a Milano il 23 Maggio 2024 dalle ore 17:00 alle ore 18:30 in presenza e da remoto.
Abbiamo parlato di come Axpo Italia S.p.A. ha ridotto il technical debt migrando le proprie APIs da Mule 3.9 a Mule 4.4 passando anche da on-premises a CloudHub 1.0.
Bridging the Digital Gap Brad Spiegel Macon, GA Initiative.pptxBrad Spiegel Macon GA
Brad Spiegel Macon GA’s journey exemplifies the profound impact that one individual can have on their community. Through his unwavering dedication to digital inclusion, he’s not only bridging the gap in Macon but also setting an example for others to follow.
APNIC Foundation, presented by Ellisha Heppner at the PNG DNS Forum 2024APNIC
Ellisha Heppner, Grant Management Lead, presented an update on APNIC Foundation to the PNG DNS Forum held from 6 to 10 May, 2024 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Ready to Unlock the Power of Blockchain!Toptal Tech
Imagine a world where data flows freely, yet remains secure. A world where trust is built into the fabric of every transaction. This is the promise of blockchain, a revolutionary technology poised to reshape our digital landscape.
Toptal Tech is at the forefront of this innovation, connecting you with the brightest minds in blockchain development. Together, we can unlock the potential of this transformative technology, building a future of transparency, security, and endless possibilities.
Understanding User Behavior with Google Analytics.pdfSEO Article Boost
Unlocking the full potential of Google Analytics is crucial for understanding and optimizing your website’s performance. This guide dives deep into the essential aspects of Google Analytics, from analyzing traffic sources to understanding user demographics and tracking user engagement.
Traffic Sources Analysis:
Discover where your website traffic originates. By examining the Acquisition section, you can identify whether visitors come from organic search, paid campaigns, direct visits, social media, or referral links. This knowledge helps in refining marketing strategies and optimizing resource allocation.
User Demographics Insights:
Gain a comprehensive view of your audience by exploring demographic data in the Audience section. Understand age, gender, and interests to tailor your marketing strategies effectively. Leverage this information to create personalized content and improve user engagement and conversion rates.
Tracking User Engagement:
Learn how to measure user interaction with your site through key metrics like bounce rate, average session duration, and pages per session. Enhance user experience by analyzing engagement metrics and implementing strategies to keep visitors engaged.
Conversion Rate Optimization:
Understand the importance of conversion rates and how to track them using Google Analytics. Set up Goals, analyze conversion funnels, segment your audience, and employ A/B testing to optimize your website for higher conversions. Utilize ecommerce tracking and multi-channel funnels for a detailed view of your sales performance and marketing channel contributions.
Custom Reports and Dashboards:
Create custom reports and dashboards to visualize and interpret data relevant to your business goals. Use advanced filters, segments, and visualization options to gain deeper insights. Incorporate custom dimensions and metrics for tailored data analysis. Integrate external data sources to enrich your analytics and make well-informed decisions.
This guide is designed to help you harness the power of Google Analytics for making data-driven decisions that enhance website performance and achieve your digital marketing objectives. Whether you are looking to improve SEO, refine your social media strategy, or boost conversion rates, understanding and utilizing Google Analytics is essential for your success.
Understanding User Behavior with Google Analytics.pdf
Getting Social With Small Business: Content, Community and World Domination
1. Social Media For Your Business
Content, Community and
World Domination
2. Introduction
James’ Background
Random House
Mark Bittman
Jodi Picoult
Karen Slaughter
Janet Evanovich
Small Business
Meurice Garment Care
Delezhen Jewelry
Big Business
Ford, Amtrak, Colgate
3. Social Media Is…
Introduction
– a platform for making connections
– authentic reflection of consumers’ values
– built on the passions of users
4. Social Media Is NOT
Introduction
– intended for advertising
– impressed by glossy production
– quick or easy
6. Social Ecosystem
Facebook
Lowest Common Denominator
Close to 200 Million US users
Strict privacy settings
Very low organic reach
Many active niche communities
7. Social Ecosystem
Twitter
Small minority of very-active users
Most ethnically diverse network
Connections to strangers encouraged
Don’t fear the stream
Connections more important than
hashtags
8. Social Ecosystem
Instagram
Highly visual network
Nearly mobile-exclusive
Business + personal content
Comparable users to Twitter
More sharing than conversation
Spontaneous, experience driven
9. Social Ecosystem
Pinterest
Heavily female network
Third largest site (by traffic)
Users open to strangers
Great for SEO & ecommerce
Look for relationships with big
influencers
10. Social Ecosystem
YouTube
Perfect forum for experts
Pay attention to tags & categories
Goal is to funnel traffic
Less crowded by businesses
Avoid the comments
11. Social Ecosystem
LinkedIn
Tremendous networking resource
Active discussion groups
Choose connections wisely
Surprisingly good content platform
Consultants, professional services
thrive here
12. Social Ecosystem
The lesser networks…
Google+
Vine
Yelp
Foursquare
Snapchat (no!)
Tumblr
Medium
15. Metrics And Reporting
Less-Tangible Metrics
Social Proof
Modern Perception
Direct Feedback
Demographic Stats
Email Signups
16. Metrics And Reporting
Measurement Considerations
social is not transactional
analytics aren’t standardized — or available as a native feature
keep goals reasonable
not always possible to tie social to offline actions
advertising can help squeeze maximum value from content
please don’t buy followers
19. Content
Getting Started
narrow down your channels, save ones you don’t need
build out profiles
— you’ll need your graphics person for images / color palates
— consistent URLs
plan your content calendars and set goals
20. Content
Post Anatomy
Hashtags
Call To Action (CTA)
Replies / Mentions
Links
Photos / Video
21. Content
Building A Content Strategy
Find your competition. Follow them before posting yourself.
Ration your updates by the rule of threes:
— Content of value all on it’s own
— Links, commentary, re-tweets, replies to other accounts
— Updates on your brand
You can’t post too often.
22. Content
Where Does Content Come From?
Insider Knowledge:
Blogs do you follow? (Feedly,
Pulse, Flipboard)
What projects are you
working on?
Neighborhood alliances /
trade associations.
As-They-Happen:
Press mentions
Web and social alerts: Topsy,
Google Alerts, Hyper
In-person events you come
across: Take photos!
Mentions to accounts you’d
like to befriend (keep lists!)
Saved searches in social
apps
Evergreen posts:
Link your full social presence
/ newsletter
Blog posts you’ve written -
any age
Fun facts about your
organization / awards
Holidays
Occasional product / service
mentions
24. Community Building
Finding Your Tribe
go easy on the hashtags
bleed the feed
look for ongoing conversations / groups to follow
being helpful is the fastest road to followers
keep a consistent, natural tone / voice – no press releases!
25. Community Building
Engaging Your Audience
Prepare for customer service issues
— Reply within four hours
— Be open, honest, warm – never defensive
— Negative feedback often leads to the best clients
— Blocking / deleting is a last resort
Ask plenty of questions
Experiment with topics, and compare results against calendar
Influencers have a ready audience to borrow
26. Community Building
Blogger Outreach
Start by identifying a few key users you respect.
Build your outreach pool through accounts key users follow.
Keep a detailed list of everyone you’d like to connect with.
Rotate follow-up with a few minutes of your time each day.
Volunteer answers, advice, always like and share.
When you directly contact, be sure to mention their social activity
27. Community Building
What Do Influencers Offer?
Reviews / blog coverage
Social endorsement
Ad space
Newsletter placement
What Can You Offer?
Services / goods (solutions)
Connections
$$$
Exposure
Culture of the consumer
Social media is a natural channel for UWG stories, because our mandate of seeking culture is the best strategy for a brand to connect to social communities
Culture of the consumer
Social media is a natural channel for UWG stories, because our mandate of seeking culture is the best strategy for a brand to connect to social communities