Social Media
Strategy + Tactics (Part 2)
Housekeeping
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We help these businesses with their social media
marketing:
Old Bus Depot Markets
National Parks NSW – Wild about Whales
Lantern Apartments Thredbo
Canberra Business Council
Sportsmans Warehouse
Deeks Health Foods
Michael Milton
Canberra BusinessPoint
Capital Region Farmers Market
The RUC
(and more…)
Your Name, your
business and when
was the last time you
used Social Media
for business
purposes? (Hours ago,
Days, Weeks?)
Overview
1. Social media planner
2. Strategy vs Tactics
3. 10 ways you could use it in your business
4. Content Plan
5. The Big 6 platforms and tools
6. Managing and evaluating
7. To do list
Where does SOCIAL fit in
your digital marketing?
Online
marketing
Strategy
Website
Exposure /
Listings
Links /
connections
Search
Engines
SEO/SEM
Conversion
/ Sales
Direct
marketing
Resources /
People
Social
Media
Social media is all about
people (right?)
So…without a plan
we won’t know what
we’re doing for
‘the people’.
How often do you update your social media
sites?
Where does
strategy fit?
The difference between
strategy and tactics:
strategy is done above the
shoulders, tactics are
done below the shoulders
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/01/14/the-difference-
between-strategy-and-tactics/
Goals
Strategies
Objectives
Tactics
The terminology
What?
Goals High Level Achievement –
Broad outcomes
Strategies The collection of
approaches you will take
Objectives Measurable steps to
achieve the strategy
Tactics Specific actions / tools
you will use
Identify
Acquire
Build
Connect
Convert
Tactical activities
The Tools
10 smart uses
for social media
#1 News, updates and
information
#2 Competitions
#3 Offers and sales promotions
#4 Go Behind the scenes –
be Human
#5 Event
information
#6 Research
#7 Advertising
#8 Customer service
and feedback
#9 Product
Development
#10
Be open 24/7
Content
Creating a content
strategy
Content
1. Platforms
2. Anchor vs. Flexible content
3. Content Pillars (themes)
4. Content Plan and Timings
5. Different Channel - Different format
6. Evaluation
What’s in a content strategy
Developing our ‘Social media’ voice
1. Talk like a person – not a brochure
2. Sound like your business and yourself
3. Add value to the discussion
4. Work out when you need to respond
and when you don’t
5. Sign off personally when multiple
people post - Todd
‘Social media’ voice Tips
Use first names
– ‘Thanks for your question Laura…’
Speak in the first person
– ‘I / We have looked into this for you…’)
Be courteous and friendly
– Hi Steve, thanks for the note…
Thank and acknowledge people for sharing the
message or for compliments
The Tools
Things to avoid
• Selling and shameless promotion
• Negativity
• Slow responses / No responses
• Asking questions without replying
• Over posting
• Talking about yourself all the time
• Fake answers
• Arguments
• Not setting a time budget for yourself
Managing and
Evaluating
1. Reach, Engagement, Community size
2. Website Analytics
3. Platform analytics (FB insights etc)
4. Community growth
5. Post quantity and quality
6. User engagement stats
7. Sales
Pick your metrics
www.sproutsocial.comwww.Hootsuite.com
Social media recap – TO DO LIST
1. Set your objectives
2. Pick your platform
3. Create great content
4. Engage in multiple ways
5. Budget your time
6. Evaluate and change
7. Enjoy the experience
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