Introduction to social media marketing for the Westchester PC User group.

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2. 2
— Why
Use
it?
— We’ll
cover
• Facebook
• Twi9er
• LinkedIn
• Pinterest
• Google+
Social
Media

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Why use it?

4. 4
It’s
the
new
SEO
— Social
Media
OpImizaIon
(SMO)
is
the
new
SEO,
or
rather
two
halves
of
a
whole.
— SMO
is
the
distribuIon
of
social
objects
(videos,
blog
posts,
tweets,
Facebook
updates)
so
that
they’re
opImized
to
rise
to
the
top
of
any
related
search
query,
where
and
when
it
is
performed.
— Social
media
is
included
in
Google’s
algorithm
for
search
engine
results:
Google+
key
— SEO
+
SMO
=
Amplified
findability
in
the
tradiIonal
and
social
web.

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It’s
Huge
— Facebook:
1.15
billion
acIve
users
— Twi9er:
500
million
acIve
users
— LinkedIn:
238
million
users
— YouTube:
1
billion
users
(4
billion
views
per
day!)
— Pinterest:
70
million
users
— Google+:
300
million
monthly
users
— Blogs:
66
million
blogs,
346
million
people
readers
each
day

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www.marketingtechblog.com

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www.marketingtechblog.com

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www.marketingtechblog.com

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www.marketingtechblog.com

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It’s
Growing
— As
of
January
2014,
74%
of
all
online
adults
use
social
networking
sites.
— For
adults
ages
18-­‐29,
89%
of
them
use
social
networking
sites.
— For
adults
ages
30-­‐49,
82%
of
them
do.
— For
adults
ages
50-­‐64,
65%
of
them
do
— For
adults
ages
65+,
49%
of
them
use
social
networking
sites.
(Pew
Research
Center)

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It’s
Real-­‐Time
— Reveal
the
human
side
of
a
company,
give
it
personality
— Provide
useful
informaIon
that
people
won’t
get
elsewhere
(or
at
least
not
as
quickly)
— Respond
to
comments,
complaints,
requests
real-­‐Ime
— Have
a
plaeorm
for
announcing
news,
promoIons,
events
— Generate
new
business
leads

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Gefng
Started
— Map
out
your
strategy
— Define
your
business
goals
and
objecIves
for
social
media
— Increase
sales,
brand
awareness,
engagement,
drive
traffic
to
your
website,
create
a
community
on
your
page
— IdenIfy
your
compeIIon
and
what
disInguishes
you
from
your
compeIIon
— Define
target
audiences
and
key
messages
— Define
categories/topics
for
social
media
updates

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Gefng
Started
— Create
your
plan
–
align
with
off-­‐line
markeIng
calendar
— IdenIfy
the
most
important
keywords
for
your
business.
Use
these
consistently
in
all
posts,
tweets,
updates.
— Set-­‐up
your
profiles
and
pages
and
start
posIng
— Ensure
you
have
a
consistent
design/branding
across
all
plaeorms
— Measure
and
adjust
–
traffic,
comments,
leads,
etc.

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Social
Media
Plan
— Listen
to
what’s
already
out
there:
— Set-­‐up
Google
Alerts
for
all
your
keywords,
your
compeItors,
your
own
company
name,
your
personal
name,
etc.
— Use
Social
MenIon
to
search
social
media
for
menIons
of
your
organizaIon
/
compeIIon
— Use
Google
Search
and
Google
Blog
Search
to
find
bloggers
and
other
content
creators
in
your
space
— Use
Muck
Rack
to
find
journalists

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Social
Media
Plan
— Create
your
Content
Calendar
For
PosIng
— Define
5-­‐6
content
categories
— Set-­‐up
a
3-­‐month
calendar
— Add
your
key
offline
events
and
any
milestones,
holidays,
etc.,
— Align
with
your
markeIng
calendar
— Content
should
be
a
mix
of
original
content/images,
news
updates
and
curated
content/images

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Social
Media
Plan
— Set-­‐up
Google
AnalyIcs
to
monitor
web
traffic
— Measure
and
adjust
–
traffic,
comments,
leads,
etc.
— Set-­‐up
and
use
a
dashboard
(Hootsuite,
etc.)
to
manage
your
social
media
updates

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Why
Use
Facebook
— Increase
visibility
— Connect
with
customers
— Increase
engagement
— Promote
your
brand
— Create
a
community
— Promote
and
manage
events
— Give
back
to
loyal
customers
through
special
offers
and
discounts

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Engage
and
grow
your
following
— Write
interesIng
and
relevant
posts
will
encourage
followers
to
engage
with
your
posts
— Liking,
commenIng
and
sharing
are
important
— Facebook
uses
the
level
of
engagement
to
determine
how
many
people
see
your
posts
— Reveal
the
human
side
of
your
organizaIon,
give
it
personality
— Provide
useful
informaIon
that
people
won’t
get
elsewhere
(or
at
least
not
as
quickly)
— Respond
to
comments,
complaints,
requests
real-­‐Ime
— Have
a
plaeorm
for
announcing
news,
promoIons,
events

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Engage
and
grow
your
following
— Hold
contests/sweepstakes/giveaways
— Upload
and
invite
your
email
list
— Invite
your
friends
— Run
Facebook
Ads

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Facebook
-­‐
Gefng
Started
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

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Facebook
-­‐
Gefng
Started

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Twi9er
— Microblogging
site
that
enables
users
to
send
and
read
other
users’
updates
(known
as
tweets)
— Text
based
posts
— 160
characters
total
— 20
for
username,
140
for
message
text
— Updates
appear
on
the
user’s
profile
page
and
are
delivered
to
other
users
who
have
signed
up
to
receive
them
(followers)

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Twi9er
— An
informaIonal
tool
–
provides
informaIon
to
others
— A
conversaIonal
tool
–
respond
to
other
people’s
tweets
and
engage
in
dialogue
— Great
way
to
network
and
communicate
with
new
and
old
contacts
— You
choose
the
message,
not
the
recipient

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Twi9er
-­‐
DefiniIons
— Tweet
-­‐
When
you
hit
send
on
your
140
characters
on
twi9er
it’s
called
a
tweet
or
tweeIng
—
Handle
–
your
Twi9er
name
@GibbonsDigital
–
balance
short
with
descripIve.
— Follow
–
this
is
simply
the
act
of
adding
someone
to
your
list
of
people
you
are
following
–
this
makes
their
tweets
show
up
on
your
homepage.
— Replies
–
this
is
what
it
is
called
when
someone
writes
a
tweet
directly
at
your
handle
-­‐
@GibbonsDigital
cool
post
today
blah
blah
–
this
is
open
an
invite
to
engage
with
a
follower.
— Retweet
–
this
is
a
tacIc
of
republishing
someone
else’s
tweet
–
the
original
tweet
along
with
author
stays
in
tact,
but
you
are
basically
showing
someone’s
tweet
to
your
followers
–
many
people
find
this
a
great
way
to
add
content
and
acknowledge
good
stuff
from
the
folks
they
follow
— DM
–
this
is
a
message
that
is
sent
directly
to
another
user.
They
must
be
following
you
for
you
to
DM
them,
but
this
is
a
very
useful
tool
for
private
messages
and
generally
a
good
choice
when
you
start
going
back
and
forth
with
someone
on
something
your
enIre
base
of
followers
might
not
find
interesIng.
— Hashtag
–
this
is
a
way
people
categorize
tweets
so
that
others
might
use
the
same
tag
and
effecIvely
create
a
way
for
people
to
view
related
tweets
–
it
will
something
like
#markeIng
–
more
on
this
in
search.

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Anatomy
of
a
Tweet

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Twi9er
-­‐
Gefng
Started
— www.twi9er.com
— Set-­‐up
profile
— Add
branding
(logo,
custom
page)
— Search
for
relevant
people,
follow
them
— Start
tweeIng
— Retweet,
tweet
about
products,
tweet
relevant
news
arIcles

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— Ask
relevant
quesIons
on
Twi9er
and
consumers
are
happy
to
share
opinions
— People
like
being
asked
to
provide
input
on
topics
of
interest
— Thinking
of
offering
a
new
product
or
service?
Ask
for
input
beforehand
— Take
advantage
of
the
online
community
to
gain
feedback
and
generate
new
ideas
that
will
result
connect
with
the
audience
served
by
your
business.
Engage
and
grow
your
following

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Engage
and
grow
your
following
— Follow
people
–
they
might
follow
you
back
— Add
Twi9er
link
to
your
website
homepage
— Include
Twi9er
icon
on
ALL
materials
that
reach
your
target
market

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LinkedIn
— The
world’s
largest
professional
network
with
over
175
million
registered
members
and
growing
rapidly.
— Connects
you
to
your
trusted
contacts
and
helps
you
exchange
knowledge,
ideas,
and
opportuniIes
with
a
broader
network
of
professionals.

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Engaging
on
LinkedIn
–
Status
Updates
— Share
links
to
interesIng
arIcles,
websites
or
video
you
have
found
that
some
individuals
in
your
network
might
appreciate.
Try
to
use
words
that
grab
the
readers
and
encourage
them
to
click
the
link.
— Pose
a
quesIon
that
could
lead
to
solving
a
problem
you
have,
like:
"Anyone
know
about…?”
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Groups
— Quickly
discover
the
most
popular
discussions
in
your
professional
groups.
— Have
an
acIve
part
in
determining
the
top
discussions
by
liking
and
commenIng.
— Follow
the
most
influenIal
people
in
your
groups
by
checking
the
Top
Influencers
board
or
clicking
their
profile
image
to
see
all
their
group
acIvity.
— See
both
member-­‐generated
discussions
and
news
in
one
sefng.
— Easily
browse
previews
of
the
last
three
comments
in
a
discussion.
— Find
interesIng
discussions
by
seeing
who
liked
a
discussion
and
how
many
people
commented.
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Groups
— Click
on
Groups
Directory,
search
for
your
industry
or
a
career
keyword,
and
find
a
group
that
fits
your
interest.
— Once
you’ve
been
accepted
to
the
group
you
can
share
relevant
content
by
starIng
a
discussion
or
posIng
a
link
in
the
share
box.
— Sharing
consistently
is
a
good
way
to
quickly
idenIfy
yourself
as
an
expert
in
your
field
or
industry.
— Click
on
your
photo
to
see
your
updates
as
well
as
what’s
changed
in
the
discussions
you’ve
started,
joined
or
followed.
— Good
way
to
keep
track
of
discussions
most
important
to
you
and
your
career.
— Aper
sharing,
check
out
the
newest
discussions
in
the
slide
show
below,
and
cast
your
vote
by
liking
or
commenIng.
— Under
each
discussion
you’ll
see
the
last
3
members
who
have
commented,
click
on
the
headline
to
see
all
comments.

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Company
Pages
— Central
hub
where
millions
of
LinkedIn
members
can
go
to
keep
in
the
loop
on
company
news,
products
and
services,
business
opportuniIes,
and
job
openings.
— Also
perfect
place
to
start
conversaIon
with
your
customers,
prospecIve
clients,
job
seekers,
post
company
updates.
— Post
industry
arIcles
and
fun
facts.
— These
updates
appear
on
your
company
page
and
also
the
pages
of
your
followers.
— Have
followers
Like
your
post
so
it
goes
viral.
— AnalyIcs
pages
to
see
acIvity
on
the
page.
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What
is
it?
— Pinterest
is
a
“virtual
pinboard”
that
lets
people
share
anything
and
any
topic
on
the
web
that
they
find
interesIng
and
beauIful
–
e.g.,
pictures,
quotes,
recipes,
etc.
— Centered
around
the
social
discovery
of
objects
(as
opposed
to
friends
and
family)
— Content
is
organized
in
“Boards”
and
organized
in
categories.
— Each
piece
of
content
is
called
a
“Pin”

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Examples
of
Pins

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Pinterest
is
one
of
the
largest
social
media
networks
on
the
web.
The
network
saw
+4377%
growth
between
May
2011
and
May
2012.

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Mashable, 2013

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Engaging
on
Pinterest
— Build
your
brand
out,
share
interesIng
and
relevant
content,
create
engagement
— Add
products
with
prices
to
drive
awareness
— Service
businesses
can
create
posIngs
with
infographics
that
contains
useful
informaIon
or
a
graphic
with
a
quote
— Post
videos
(hosted
on
YouTube)
— Add
links
to
your
pins’
descripIons
giving
your
business
the
benefit
of
your
links
carrying
over
with
your
pins
when
users
re-­‐pin
them
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Gefng
Started
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What
is
it?
— Google+
is
a
social
networking
that
is
owned
and
operated
by
Google
Inc.
— Like
Facebook
–
personal
profiles
and
business
pages

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Why
use
it?
— No
one
loves
Google
more
than
Google.
And,
let’s
be
honest,
you
want
Google
to
love
your
business
and
the
content
you
produce
too.
If
that’s
not
reason
enough,
I
don’t
know
what
is.
— Increase
your
visibility
and
reach
by
offering
great
content
on
Google
Plus
that
people
will
like
and
want
to
share
— This
will
help
with
search
engine
opImizaIon
(SEO)

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Engaging
with
Google+
— Share
lots
of
photos
— Think
about
your
business
–
what
images,
charts,
slides
can
you
share
to
ignite
conversaIons
— Share
fresh
content,
interact
with
fans,
etc.
— Promote
your
Google+
page
on
your
blog
and
website
— When
you
post
a
message,
photo
or
link,
ask
your
subscribes
to
share
the
content
with
their
Circles

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Google+
Page
–
Gefng
started
— h9ps://plus.google.com/pages
to
create
your
page
— Customize
your
Page
— Promote
your
page
-­‐
share
some
updates
— Make
connecIons,
grow
your
circles

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Demographics
-­‐
Facebook
— 86%
of
Facebook
users
are
age
25
and
older
— 81%
have
some
college
educaIon
or
bachelors/graduate
degree
— 58%
earn
$50,000
or
more

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Demographics
-­‐
Twi9er
— 81%
of
people
on
Twi9er
are
age
25
and
older
— 83%
have
some
college
educaIon
or
bachelors/graduate
degree
— 47%
earn
$50,000
or
more

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Demographics
-­‐
LinkedIn
— 96%
of
people
on
LinkedIn
are
age
25
and
older
— 87%
have
some
college
educaIon
or
bachelors/graduate
degree
— 71%
earn
$50,000
or
more

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Thank
You!
Bridget
Gibbons
bridget@gibbonsdigital.com
Gibbonsdigital.com
@gibbonsdigital
{.com/gibbonsdigital