10. Facebook Instagram Instagram
Stories
Twitter LinkedIn Google
Posts
Medium YouTube Pinterest Flickr Google+ Duke
Students
WeChat Weibo
# of
followers
346k 99.8k 99.8k 69.6k 171.7k N/A 126 15.3k 3.3k 78 538k 30.5k+ 1.7k 16.5k
Audience Parents,
alums
Undergrad
prospectiv
students,
young
Undergrad
prospectiv
students,
young
Journalists,
thought
leaders,
professors,
peer
institutions
Alumni,
institutions
potential
employees
People
searching
“Duke
University”
Google
Informed
public,
readers
Very young
(under 25)
N/A N/A N/A Current
prospectiv
undergrads
young
Chinese
prospectiv
and
students,
parents
alumni
Chinese
alumni,
Chinese
basketball
Content Basketball,
health &
science,
Durham/
human
interest,
student
Land-
animals,
basketball,
travel
Campus
coverage,
behind-
scenes,
promotion,
research
stories
Faculty
commen-
politics,
research
Alumni
and news,
Durham-
related
content,
evergreen
content
University-
related
and videos
Personal
stories,
scholarly
analyses,
“how-to”
guides
University
events and
livestreams
research
videos,
content
Student
iconic
locations,
“how-to”
guides
Land-
animals,
basketball,
travel
Politics, Basketball,
student-
produced
content,
campus
beauty
memes
Admissions
and
life, Duke
achieve-
ments,
prominent
alums,
beauty
live chats
Basketball,
campus
beauty
Chinese-
language
content
Posting
frequency
2-5 posts
day
Daily or
other day
Variable 4-12+
per day
2-3 posts
week
1 post per
week
Variable Variable Rarely Cross-
from
Never 2-3 posts
day
2-3 posts
week
2-3 posts
week
Social Media Channel Summary
11. FACEBO
OK346k fans
Audience
student-aged (18-24)
GOOD
– Basketball
– Health-related science piece
– Fluff pieces
– Human interest/student
content
BAD
Anything political in nature
FREQUENCY
– 2 to 5 postings daily
– Reposting key stories
– Weekend content
POPULAR
– Facebook Live + captions
OPPORTUNITY
– Image + Promoted +
Potential algorithm
12. INSTAGRAM
100k followers
Audience
undergrads, prospective students, young alumni
GOOD
– Landscapes
– Animals
– Kids/babies
– Basketball
– Travel photos
BAD
– Video
FREQUENCY
– Daily or every other day
– Later in the day
– Weekend content
13. 3. Content For
Your Audiences
How can you build
content that works for
each channel?
26. Goal Measure
Referral Traffic Visits to your sites from social media
Engagement
% of fans who interact with your
social media content
Info Capture
How much info you can capture starting
with social media CTAs
Sales Funnel
How many sales you make starting
with social media CTAs
Story Views How many clicks you get on story links
Brand and
Reputation
Sentiment measurement
WHAT TO
MEASURE
27. Facebook (9 posts)
253k reach, 28k per
post
LinkedIn (2 posts)
314 likes
Google Posts (2 posts)
79,489 views
Social Media for O-Week & Move-in
Twitter (13 posts)
116k impressions
Instagram (5 posts)
280,972 impressions
Instagram Stories * (23 posts)
Up to 12,443 viewers
on the stories
I made this spreadsheet to track our audiences against ALL of our channels (including non-social media ones).
The chart was too complicated, so I summarized into a channel summary.
The channel summary deck then goes into detail about each channel.
# of followers: 346k
Audience: While the bulk of followers are student-aged (18-24), our most engaged audience demographic skews older: parents, older alumni.
Content that performs well:
basketball
health-related science pieces (cancer/disability advancements)
fluff pieces (ex. rankings on most beautiful campus/city)
positive features about Durham/Duke
human interest/student content (ex. move-in day, class photo, student research, etc.)
Content that doesn’t perform well:
anything political in nature
Posting frequency:
2-5 postings daily
reposting of key stories multiple times a week
some weekend content
Very popular Facebook Live (video) opportunities for large campus events (ex: commencement, inaugurations, class photo)
Video content MUST be captioned, per Duke legal instructions
Opportunity: image tagging for accessibility purposes
Promoted posts can help drive traffic to stories/reach new audiences.
Potential algorithm changes can disrupt results.
There’s a separate slide for each channel. (Note: Instagram and Instagram Stories count as different channels for us.)
# of followers: 99.8k
Audience: skews younger than other channels (undergrads, prospective students, young alumni)
Content that performs well: anything highly visual
Landscapes
animals
kids/babies
basketball
travel photos
Content that doesn’t perform well:
video (exceptions: Instagram Stories; basketball or Durham-related content)
Posting frequency:
daily or every other day
post later in the day
some weekend content
How our office used to be structured
How our office used to be structured
How our office used to be structured
What stories will help us to talk about our strategic goals?
Who needs to hear this story and where can we reach them?
What elements do we need in order to tell this story to the right audience on the right platform?
Highlight the scholarship and diversity of our new faculty
Other scholars (Twitter, Duke Today), parents (Facebook), students (Instagram)
Interviews in a conversational style, beautiful graphics, a small selection of new faculty members
What stories will help us to talk about our strategic goals?
Who needs to hear this story and where can we reach them?
What elements do we need in order to tell this story to the right audience on the right platform?
Highlight the scholarship and diversity of our new faculty
Other scholars (Twitter, Duke Today), parents (Facebook), students (Instagram)
Interviews in a conversational style, beautiful graphics, a small selection of new faculty members
Duke Today (Stories platform)
Duke Today (Stories platform)
Facebook and Twitter
Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories are usually better for referral numbers, but for this campaign, we used Instagram Stories to show behind-the-scenes of the events without linking directly to our content.
Know your audience(s)!
Be dorky about it. Study your demographics. Do surveys. Use anecdotes. Basically, use everything you’ve got to learn more about your peeps.
Create with specific audiences and channels in mind!
Who are you targeting and where do they hang out? Make content that will work well on those channels!
Be flexible!
Some things won’t work. The analytics will tell you. Shift strategy and keep iterating. It’s worth the trouble in the long run!