2. ABOUT ME
An International Social Media trainer delivering regular
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Social
Business Strategy training and workshops for institutions
such as the Digital Marketing Institute, Sure Skills and the
Digital Skills Academy.
Alongside training Greg works as a Social Business and
Content Consultant. He believes that in order to make social
media work for your business you must have a clear business
goal, a clearly defined strategy, great content and make sure
that everything you do is measurable. Greg has also won
awards for his blogging whilst contributing to the
tweakyourbiz.com community.
Greg has worked with top multinationals including: Ulster
Bank, Microsoft, Virgin Media, Symantec, Abbott Labs, and
Coca Cola Hellenic.
5. “Tools and Technologies that
faciliate conversations online”
Social Media is a place to listen,
engage and even collaborate with
customers, prospective customers
and influencers online.
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?
9. 1. Let people know you exist
2. Demonstrate your passion
and expertise. Generate
“Likeability”
3. Ask for action
4. Turn employees/
co-workers into Advocates
4 STEPS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS
10. • Video continues to evolve
• Stories on Social Media
• Unique “Rich” content becomes
vital
• Social Advertising becomes
more powerful
• “Private” Social Networks thrive
• The Age of Advocacy arrives
• Automation gets serious
FUTURE TRENDS HAPPENING NOW
11. USE SOCIAL GROUPS AND INTRANETS
Social Media Can be a great support network
14. THINK LIKE A CUSTOMER/EMPLOYEE
A Good Social Media
Strategy starts with the
Customer/Client not
with the Company
15. MAKE YOUR CONTENT “VALUABLE” &
“INTERESTING”
“Content marketing is a
strategic marketing approach
focused on creating and
distributing valuable, relevant,
and consistent content to
attract and retain a clearly-
defined audience — and
ultimately, to drive profitable
customer action”
- Content Marking Institute
18. USE A SOCIAL MEDIA CALENDAR
What should be in your calendar?
19. USE GREAT LOOKING VISUALS
4 Tools
• Canva
• Adobe Spark
• Snapseed
• Lumyer
20. USE MOBILE VIDEO APPS
• Quik – video editor from GoPro
• Apple Clips
• Animoto
• YouTube
21. THINK VERTICAL
Image credit: Form Meets Function
As of February 2017:
• Facebook - Vertical videos
publish with no black borders.
• Instagram - Vertical videos
publish with no black borders.
• Snapchat - Vertical videos
publish with no black borders.
• Twitter - Vertical videos publish
with no black borders.
• YouTube - The Android version
of the app hides black borders
when device is held vertically
and video is viewed in full
screen.
36. Tone of voice:
• Calm
• Constructive
• Helpful
Frequency:
• Be clear with customers/patients
regarding frequency of posts.
PLAN YOUR CONVERSATIONS
Make sure your Healthcare team are all on same page.
37. • Use the person’s name
• Look at their interests on social media
to gauge appropriate tone if possible
PERSONALISE EVERY RESPONSE
39. SOCIAL ADVERTISING
• Social Advertising delivers ads
to your exact target audience, at
the right time and on the
platform they are hanging out.
• As consumers we no longer
need to look for products.
Products are finding us.
• Examples of Social Advertising –
Facebook Ads, LinkedIn Ads,
Twitter Ads, YouTube ads,
Instagram Ads and Promoted
Pins.
41. WHAT ARE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA TACTICS?
• Consider create private groups and/or using more gated social
networks.
• Use Video, and images to make your updates stand out.
• Embrace the new Story format on Instagram, WhatsApp and
Facebook.
• Create content for 3rd party sites (company intranets and
newsletters) where target audience hang out.
• Add links near the beginning of your updates.
• Broadcast regularly on Facebook, YouTube or Twitter Live.
• Use relevant hashtags.
• Post updates at times when your audience is most likely to see
them.
• Tag and mention influencers and advocates in updates.
• Team up with micro influencers and vloggers.
• Showcase your staff.
• Generate user generated content.
• Test, test, test and tweak.