Social Media
  for Museums
                           by michelle jones

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Overview
                           • Intro
                           • Doing it Right
                           • Cautions
                           • Strategic Planning
                            Activities

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                           • Final Questions
What is Social Media?




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What is Social Media?
    • Umbrella term covering
          various activities which
          integrate technology &
          social interaction



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What is Social Media?
    • Umbrella term covering
          various activities which
          integrate technology &
          social interaction
     • Human beings sharing
            information online
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Information
                            (old way)




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Information
                           (social media way)




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                           ?
                           1
300 Million +
    Active Users
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20,000 +
                Monthly
               Pageviews
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James G. Leventhal
                                Director
                                development
                                & marketing
                                Judah L.
                                M a g n e s
                                M u s e u m
                                Berkeley
                                California


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We used to engage people
         through catalogs, but coffee
         tables aren’t where people
         are engaging anymore.
         Sincere social engagement
         happens on computers now.
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                           ?
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FREE
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Quick & Easy
      Social Media Abs!

                                    AS SEEN ON


                                     TV
                           1 hour
                           a day!




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Quick & Easy
      Social Media Abs!

                                     AS SEEN ON


                                      TV
                           1 hour
                           30 min.
                           a day!
                           a day!




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Quick & Easy
      Social Media Abs!

                                     AS SEEN ON


                                      TV
                           Just 15
                           1 hour
                           30 min.
                           minutes
                           a day!
                           a day!
                           a day!




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Workflow Tools
                           (Twitter Edition)
          1.Twitter Lists
          2.Tweetdeck (cross platform)
          3.Tweetie (Mac and iPhone)
          4.Seesmic (cross platform)
          5.search.twitter.com
          6.RSS feeds for search.twitter.com
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Workflow Tools
                           (Facebook Edition)
      1.Facebook iPhone app
      2.Facebook/Flickr integration
      3.Facebook/RSS integration
      4.Facebook Ads


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Workflow Tools
                           (Blogging Edition)
      1.Publishing calendar
      2.Comment moderation
      3.Tumblr/Posterous
      4.Flickr “blog this” function
      5.Facebook Connect

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Workflow Tools
                           (General Edition)
       1.Google Alerts
       2.Google Analytics
       3.Mint
       4.Wordpress.com/Gravatar/OpenId
       5.RSS Feeds
       6.Flip Cams
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                           ?
Are you...
          •Providing interesting content?
          •Giving information that can’t
           be found elsewhere?
          •Making my life / project / trip
           better or easier?
          •Giving me something
           fun/cool/exciting to be part of?
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Commitment


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Commitment
        (do it again)

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and again
                      and again
                      and again.
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April 2007


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April 2007
  Less than
100 pageviews
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December 2009


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December 2009
  More than
25k pageviews
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Averaged 3
       posts per day
       for 2.5 years
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SEO
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SEO     (Search Engine Optimization)

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http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-
                optimization-starter-guide.pdf
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http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-
                optimization-starter-guide.pdf
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http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-
                optimization-starter-guide.pdf
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“Offer quality
                            content and
                             services”

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1. Make something
 great.




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1. Make something
 great.




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1. Make something
 great.
 2. Tell people about
 it.

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1. Make something
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 2. Tell people about
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1. Make something
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 2. Tell people about
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 3. Do it again.
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Here?




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Here?                                          Here?



                                            Here?
                                    Here?
                            Here?
                                   Here?
                           Here?
                                                    Here?


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What’s wrong
                            with wanting
                           more followers?


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OMG! I got so drunk
  at the party last night.
  Here are some
  photos...

                           - Your Employee
                             (on Facebook)
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Do... or do not.
                      There is no try.

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Meeting Expectations?
   • Public Responses?
   • Response time?
   • Open discussion?
   • Learning from
     feedback?
   (even the negative)



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Do you want to be a cop?
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Do you want to appear to
            be a cop?
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Be a cop better organization
         • Provide interesting and
           useful content
         • Listen
         • Be motivated by customer
           service
         • Add value to the customer
           experience
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There’s no
                           place like...




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Love




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Love
                            Joy




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Love
                             Joy
                           Passion




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Before you sweat the
  logistics of focus:
  first, care.
  Care intensely.
  - Merlin Mann
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Michelle Jones
            onapathmedia.com
            consuminglouisville.com
            @michellej




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                           5
Prep Work

             •      Policies
             • Resources and boundaries
             • Define Goals and Measure ROI
             • Keywords and Targeting
             • Monitoring
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Policies
            •Social Media Policy
             ‣ Content guidelines

             ‣ Any content approval process

             ‣ Employee accounts

             ‣ Any legal restrictions
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Policies

            •     Comment Policy

             ‣Tone/Language

             ‣Explanation of moderation
                           process

                 ‣         Registration
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Policies


            •Privacy Policy
             ‣ How data is used

             ‣ Opt-in mailings


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Policies

            •Photography/Video Policy
             ‣Exhibits

             ‣Architecture

             ‣Flash

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Resources & Boundaries
             •      Time
             • Money
             • People
             • Legal (copyright, privacy, etc)
             • Top-down endorsements and
                    obstacles
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Define Goals
             •      175 new subscribers to email
                    newsletter
             •30 new memberships purchased
                    online
             •      5000 monthly pageviews
             • 100 photos added to Flickr
                    pool
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Keywords & Targeting
             •SEO
             •Existing search terms
             • SERPs
             • AdWords
             • Facebook Ads
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Monitoring
                   •       Google Alerts
                    ‣ Commentary
                    ‣ Comments
                   •@replies
                   • Comments
                   • Analytics reports
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Your Questions?



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Social Media For Museums