Social Media Tools and Best Practices

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This was a presentation delivered at a workshop including a number of representatives from the City of Hamilton. © 2011 New Motto.

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Social Media Tools & Best Social Media Tools & Best Practices:Practices:

How to plan, implement, & measure your own social media strategy.

Kyle Kuchmeykyle@newmotto.ca

TodayToday

The ToolsThe StrategyPractical example: Twitter & HootsuiteQ & A

The ToolsThe Tools

The Most Popular ToolsThe Most Popular Tools

FacebookLinkedInTwitterYouTube

Engagement & Tracking ToolsEngagement & Tracking Tools

• Embedding tools (Like button, Twitter feed)

• HooteSuite• TweetDeck• SocialOomph• Radian6• Bit.ly• Google Analytics

The StrategyThe Strategy

PurposeGoals & BenchmarksYour TeamScopePolicy & Guidelines

The Four PhasesThe Four Phases

How to engage and (not) How to engage and (not) advertiseadvertise

Social equityFollow othersCan’t be promo all the timeTrending topics

TwitterTwitter

Easy start-upEasy to track progressEasy to engage

HootSuiteHootSuite

Schedule your postsShorten URLsTrack popularity of postsStreamline your social media

Things to RememberThings to Remember

Have a planBe consistentMeasure your successes and failuresEvolve

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