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Class I taught for the MIT Portugal Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative on May 8, 2012.
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Social Media for Start ups
Frank Days
VP, Marketing, Correlsense
www.tangyslice.com
@tangyslice
Agenda
• Before
• During
• After
Transparency…
Frank DaysVP, Marketing, CorrelsenseCo-host of Marketing Agility PodcastLinkedIn.com/tangysliceSoccer dad, BBQ lover and chili head
Also known as…
@tangyslicewww.tangyslice.com
The sexist title in marketing today?
I was kind of a big deal…Director, New and Social Media @Novell
BEFORE - DEFINITIONS
Some say social media is....
IT Sites Link Builders
Blogs/Microblogs Tools Monitoring
Visuals Video Sites Core Networks
Some say it is behavioralWorld 1.0
Publishing
Perfection
Company in control
Rights reserved
Cost per impression
Expert knowledge
Web 2.0
Participation
Good enough
User control
Rights to share
Cost per action
Wisdom of crowds
**More at http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html#mememap
More precisely• Web 2.0 ideas through online applications
– People become content producers
– Accessible publishing techniques
– Info disseminated through interaction
– Broadcast (one to many) to social (many to many) model
– Web-based technologies
Source: Wikipedia
Content marketing = content + SEO + social media Outbound Inbound
Print Ads
Television Ads
Cold Calling
Trade Shows
E-mail Blasts
Blogs, Ebooks, White Papers
Viral YouTube Videos
Search Engine Opt
Webinars
Feed, RSS
Credit: blog.hubspot.com
Range of social media participants
Forrester's social technographics ladder
Social media ready content?General characteristics
– Shorter
– Less formal
– Imperfect
– Easily sharable
– Seen it before
– Easy to reformat
– Catchy title
BEFORE - REALITIES…
My reality: Delivering 100%+
annualized growth
Selling expensive software to geeks
My reality: Delivering 100%+
annualized growth
Reality #1Everyone is doing social media
Reality #2 Content marketing works
Reality 3: Yet you can’t live by content marketing alone
• It is still a marketing mix• PPC, SEO, Email, web, CRM …• Result dictate your mix
Reality #4: You need to move faster
Reality 5: Yesterday’s journalist is now your contract blogger
Reality #6 Vendors outnumber real people in many social channels
Reality #7: Quality matters most
BEFORE - GOALS
Before you join the conversation• Think about...
– Goals
– Values
– Community
Building a community:Forrester Groundswell model
Social media is about:
• Listening
• Talking
• Energizing
• Supporting
• Embracing
1. Become a thought leader to build awareness
2. Demand generation
3. Engage with customers, prospects and partners
4. Support customers in social media
What one number do you want to move?
• Signups• Leads• Search placement for important keyword?• Microfame (or microinfamy?)• Klout score• Followers• Likes• Sentiment
DURING – 7 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO GET STARTED
Start by “listening”
• Blogs
• Facebook and LinkedIn groups
• Google Alerts
• Podcasts
• Trade press
• GroupWise or Google reader for aggregation
Find conversations
• Blogs are still relevant
• Find blogs in your area
• Be the expert in your domain
tier two sites
Identify channels
Novell forums/blogs
Cool Solutions
tier one sites
Friend and follow
• Facebook and LinkedIn
• Follow on Twitter
• Know what people are discussing and sharing
Forums
Connect
• When the time is right:– Prospects
– Customers
– Vendors
– Peers
– Reporters/press
Know your competition
• Know their customers
• Know their claims
• Know them better than they know themselves
Add keywords to LinkedIn profile
• Mark profile public
• Mention products and markets
• Create short URL to you with keyword
DURING – 10 MORE THINGS
Make time for social
• Keep it in perspective• 30-60 mins per day• Limited number of channels
Sign up for one new site
* Become an expert in that channel
Start blogging
Write some guest blogs
Leave comments
• Find some place you feel confident
• People you know
When commenting
• Stay on topic
• Contribute new information to the discussion
• Don’t comment for the sake of commenting
• Make the tone of your message clear
• Be succinct
• Cite your sources with links or inline quoting
• Be courteous
• Don’t post when you’re angry, upset, or emotional
• Do not feed or tease the trolls
> Source: Steve Rubel, Micro Persuasion blog via the Lifehacker blog
Don't feed the trolls...
“A troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community ... with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.”
> Wikipedia via PCMagazine.com
Image source: Wikipedia
Start a conversation
• Questions work better than statements– What do you think about … ?
– Does anyone know ... ?
– How do you ... ?
• These are two way media
Share the wealth
• Share something original
• “Like” on Facebook
• Retweet on Twitter
Don’t let someone sell you a viral video
“Atomize” your content
• A webinar is– An event– Slides– Podcast– Video– Blog fodder– A whitepaper– On demand lead
AFTER…
When in doubt...
• Don't
• Pause
• Ask for advice
NOISE
Think Value
Where to learn more...
• Online resources– Mashable.com
– Techcrunch.com
– Marketingprofs.com
– MPDailyfix.com
– Copyblogger.com
• Articles– http://www.delicious.com/tangyslice
Stay tangy my friends…
Frank DaysVP, Marketing, CorrelsenseCo-host of Marketing Agility PodcastLinkedIn.com/tangysliceSoccer dad, BBQ lover and chili head