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Share This: Professional and Organization Approaches to Social
MediaSession THREE
Lance [email protected]
@leaton01North Shore Community College
#ShareThis2017
OutlineOThe Engaged Professional MeOWhy Are Doing This?OHow Are You Doing This?OWhat Are You Doing?OWhat Are You Getting Out of This?OBudgetingOWhere to go from here?OEvaluations
Observations on Social Media Since Last Week?
Wheeling & Dealing in Information
OHashtag ToolsO10 Popular Hashtags on specific topics:
http://hashtagify.me/OHashtags boards: http://www.hashatit.com/OHashtags.org - light analytics:
https://www.hashtags.orgO#TagDef - Define hashtags: https://tagdef.com/
OGet your RSS frenzy on with FeedlyOGetting your take on your industry
OBlogger/WordpressOLinkedIn Posts
Networking the Professional MeO Musts
O Respond to those who respond to you.O Reach beyond your known network (with hashtags).O Find where conversations are taking place & go there regularly.O Look for opportunities to learn from others.O Take responsibility when you make mistakes.
O Shoulds:O Look for opportunities: direct and indirect.O Look to interview people in your field for content for your outlet.O Comment on other people’s postings & content.O Look for opportunities for collaboration (cross-blog promotions, guest
features on YouTube, etc).O Give recommendations on LinkedIn.
O Avoids:O Too much, too fast.O Abandoning for long stretchesO Getting too lost in the numbers; audience-building takes time.
Other adviceOFind the nodes in your network and interact.OFind the right groups, pages, and hashtags.OTag (appropriately)OPut yourself out there.OAsk questions; provide answers.OBe respectful—regardless.OWatch the line between being relevant and
spamming.
Why Are Doing This?O Setting Goals & Objectives
O What does your organization want with social media?O A feedback loopO Soft salesO Product/service testingO A chance to show its human sideO Give voice to customers/clients/community
O Identify key terms related to your industryO What is a the value of a follower, like, comment, share, etc?O Who is your audience for your business/organizationO Do you want this to be the same audience for your social media?O How much of your audience can access you on social media?
How Are You Doing This?O Determine audience
O Who do you want to engage with on social media?O Your traditional audienceO New audience
O What are your competitors doing?O What platforms?O What kind of profiles do they maintain?O What kind of interactions?O What kind of followers?
O Determining platformsO Facebook - mustO Twitter - maybeO LinkedIn - most likelyO Others?
What Are You Doing?OThe Big Picture
OListen/Lurk/ObserveOKnow your hashtags!ODeveloping the social media voice of your organizationOTransparency builds trust.OBe a human entity through a computer screenORespect privacy of clients/constituentsOReward directly/indirectly your community.OBe useful--not in the wayOLook for opportunities to target smaller & more relevant
niches
What Are You Doing?OMake social media outlets visible
O Email signaturesO WebsitesO Regular reference to & engagement with on those platforms
OClarify what your social media outlets are forO Personalizing the companyO Foster community among customers/constituentsO Opportunities for discounts, promos, freebiesO Access to exclusive contentO Upcoming virtual or live sales/events/opportunities
What Are You Doing?OContent producing & Sharing
O Regular contentO Memes (tasteful/relevant)O Recognition for people doing well
OOrganizationOOn SM Platforms
O Brand ambassadorsO Humanize your staff on SMO Ask questionsO Share stories of the companyO Provide interesting, creative, catchy content
What Are You Doing?OCriticism
OCreate action plan for social media problemsOWho should respond?OHow should they respond?OHow quickly should things be moved up the chain?
ODon't delete (unless containing obscenities, profanity, bigotry)
ORespond quickly & publiclyOWork to fix privately
What Are You Getting Out of This?OMeasuring Interactions
O Internal Analytics of SM PlatformsOAmount of interactionsOKinds of interactionOReach vs. EngageOPost Clicks vs. Reactions, Comments, SharesOOrganic vs. Paid
What Are You Getting Out of This?OTracking, Analytics & Capturing
OShort URLsOGoo.Gl - http://goo.gl
OListening to what’s out thereOGoogle Alerts - http://www.google.com/alerts
OTracking YouTube, Blogger, & WebsitesOGoogle Analytics - http://www.google.com/analytics/
O Capturing SM Across PlatformsOStorify – http://www.storify.com
What Are You Getting Out of This?OStreamlining
OHarvest contentOCreate a SM Planning Sheet
OExcel sheetOWhen to postOWhat to postOWhere to post
OHootsuiteOhttp://www.hootsuite.com
O IfThisThenThatOhttps://ifttt.com
BudgetingO Expand naturally.O Use & encourage your most engaged audienceO ContestsO Dabble before spending.
Where to go from hereOHandout - https://goo.gl/Q0lwM9 OSpend time observing, following, listening.OStart with small stuff & get comfortable with the
format.OFind new sources for your industries that
provide guidance on social media including:O EtiquetteO Hashtags O Social Media Events
EvaluationO Be honest.O Feedback about what you would like to see more of.O Feedback about whether a “Soc Media Advanced”
would be useful.
O Feel free to contact me with further questions and thoughts: [email protected] @leaton01
THANK YOU!
