3. Chapter
Leadership
Council
Feb. 2016
Drake Hotel
Strategy
โข What do you want to accomplish as a chapter?
โ Mission, purpose, values
โ How do your goals as a city center support the over all chapter
and HQ?
โข What objectives are you trying to achieve with social media?
โ Branding, communicate with members
โข What platforms will you use to reach your goals?
โข How will your measure your success?
5. Chapter
Leadership
Council
Feb. 2016
Drake Hotel
Posting Doโs and Donโts
Donโt
โข Leave parts of your profile
blank.
โข Post anything that could be
misinterpreted.
โข Be lazy. Tailor your content to
the channel or run the risk of
sounding like spam.
Do
โข Learn the etiquette and
terminology of the sites you
are using.
โข Focus on quality and not
quantity.
โข Be strategic about what you
post and when.
โข Support your chapter goals.
9. Chapter
Leadership
Council
Feb. 2016
Drake Hotel
Engagement is the Metric that Matters
โข Vanity metrics
โ 100 active followers v. 1,000 followers
โข Follow, like, comment, share, tag, use hashtags
โ At minimum, 20 โ 30% is original content.
โ The rest should be devoted to engaging.
โข BUILD RELATIONSHIPS: have grassroots efforts, collaborate with
other organizations, chapters, city centers, members, and sponsors
โข IIDA Successes
โ Takeovers
โ Contest
10. Chapter
Leadership
Council
Feb. 2016
Drake Hotel
Measurement
โข What are you trying to measure?
โ Followers
โ Impressions
โ Engagement
โ Comments
โ Shares
Donโt get caught in the weeds of metrics. Your findings are an
informational vessel. Use them as a guide to grow and improve your
strategy.
11. Chapter
Leadership
Council
Feb. 2016
Drake Hotel
Quarterly Checklist
โข Run a quarterly report
โ Insights
โ Analytics
โ Consider using social media platforms like Hootsuite and Sprout
Social to manage your content and run reports
โข Create milestones
โข Make daily, weekly, and monthly tasks
โข Tweak strategy based on your findings
12. Chapter
Leadership
Council
Feb. 2016
Drake Hotel
Final Thoughts and Action Items
โข Look at what other brands are doing.
โข Like and share content from other chapters, firms, manufactures,
and HQ.
โข Think holistically. Social media is just one aspect of marketing your
event, program, and chapter.
โข Be realistic about your time.
โข Do an audit of your existing social media content.
โข Ask yourself what you want to accomplish, determine the goals that
will get you there, and pick your metrics.
โข Start creating a calendar.
โข Never stop testing.