Social Media Strategy

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SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGYUptown Chamber of Commerce, 9/11/2012

ecom Client Relations AssociateHallmark Data Systems

email: koconnell@halldata.comtwitter: @kelly_virginia

Kelly O’Connell

Why is social important?

84% of marketers say social media has helped their business

Build brand awareness Strengthen relationships Drive more traffic to your website Improve search rankings More robust customer service Tracking/monitoring

Benefits of Social Media Marketing

Demographics of Consumers

Social Media Explained

It may seem like the social media sites are all saying the same thing, but they are targeting different audiences and focusing on different key elements.

Facebook

845 million active users

Ages 26 to 64 make up half the Facebook population

Most popular social media network overall

Allows for “fans” on Facebook pages

Engage with current and potential customers

Promote other content you create (blogs, webinars)

Facebook Pages

Offers the chance to promote deals, have fans share your information, and to interact with your customers

Twitter

127 million active users

Concise messaging

Promote alternate content

Conversation friendly

Followers can promote your product/services to their followers

Ways to Interact on Twitter

Interactions with Companies

Promote Events with #hashtags

Linkedin

150 million registered users

Join groups to market your product or services

Be seen as a leader in your industry

Connect with people you’ve done business with and receive recommendations

Pinterest

In a change of one month, from December 2011 to January 2012, Pinterest increased its user population

by 155%

Pinterest info

21 million unique visitors

Visual promotion Pinners can share your

product in one click Cross-channel

promotion Links to source For businesses that

rely on traffic on website to generate sales

Scout - Andersonville

Pins from Scout in Andersonville drive traffic to the store that may have previously been overlooked while walking up Clark St.

Instagram

>80 million users

Mobile Hashtags Share to

other social sites

Others promote your product

Other Social Media

Foursquare Tumblr Youtube Yelp Blogs

Twylah

Rebelmouse

Which ones are for you?

Content/copy based

Conversations with customers

SEO Proactive instead

of reactive

Visually based Easy sharing Quick paced Rely on site traffic

to generate sales Your customers

do your work

Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter

Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr

The rush to use social media tools should not outweigh the strategy

Creating a Social Media Strategy

Your Strategy

Goals Research Content Converse Strengthen

Relationships Measure Results

First Things First

Goals & Objectives

Increase Sales Drive

Awareness Customer

Service Website Traffic Promotions Thought

leader in industry

Research

Target audience Demographics What is already out

there Hashtags Customer

praise/complaints Competitors

Content

Promotions Events Information Behind-the-

scenes Transparency Frequency Cross-channel

Converse

Information Customer Service Q&A Blogs Tone

Tracking your social media efforts are just as important as creating the content

Track your success

Klout

Free service Tracks facebook,

twitter, linkedin, etc.

Shows increase/decrease of followers

Displays top moments

Easily view your influence

Tweriod

Best times to tweet for exposure

Chart of @replies to track interactions

CrowdBooster

Track tweets for impressions and replies

Schedule tweets based on best tracked time

Tying it all together

Drive business Website traffic Customer service Awareness

Goals Research Content Measure

Social Sites Strategy

Q&A

koconnell@halldata.comtwitter.com/kelly_virginia

Thank you!