The document discusses the importance of social media, noting that 74% of internet users engage with social media platforms. It states that successful social media involves building fans, generating leads, and providing customer service. The document then provides tips for organizations to build an effective social media plan, including identifying customers, creating a schedule, setting a strategy, embracing hashtags, and measuring and optimizing engagement over time.
35. • Useful tools
• Buffer
• Hootsuite
• Schedule in Advance
• Use your IMAGES!!! (preferably not stock images)
• Be bold, but be smart
Editor's Notes
Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. –Oxford Dictionaries
What is social media and why is it important?
How do I get started and where should I be?
How can social media help my business?
What are some key social media best practices and etiquette?
Be found!
Establish a strong brand
Increase sales
Share information
Tap into your customers
Build a community
Boost your advertising
What are your objectives?
Who will be your voice?
Also, consider other people representing your organization on social media.
Who are your customers? Where are your customers?
Do you have the time and are you able to make the commitment?
HMV – Staff cutbacks
Access levels
Know who represents your organization
Create a strategy and a pipeline of content.
-Where are you pulling content from (Google Alerts…)
-Where are you posting (you don’t need to be everywhere)
Epicurious – Disaster
Distasteful to try to capitalize on a crisis
Standard composed apology
Original content
Shared articles
Testimonials
Self-promotion
Newcastle - They used a website, and a series of social media outlets (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook) to show you what they would have broadcast during the Super Bowl, if only they had had the budget.
Nascar – Some small companies try to be on every platform. Work to secure your name, but engage your consumers where they are and where you can really make an impact.
The @NRA_Rifleman Twitter account — which describes itself as "an official journal of the National Rifle Association — for example, started the day by tweeting "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday. Weekend plans?“
Aurora Shooting
Expectations
Be realistic
Listen to your audience
Tap into what is valuable to them (family photos, pets, kids, etc.)
DO NOT - American Airlines – Auto Reply
Scratch each others back, share, retweet, like, etc.
Social media must be integrated and work hand-in-hand with all of your marketing, advertising and PR initiatives
On your website
Email signature
Marketing collateral
Vanity URLs
Blog once a week
Post on FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. 3x/week
Tweet 10x week
Pin 20x week
Don’t abandon your page!