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Getting “Fluent” with Social Media
Social Media Sessions
Social Media Sessions
Why bother with Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, YouTube etc?
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• Your constituents are already using social media. – They are tweeting about local issues– They are using Facebook to communicate– What are they saying on their blogs?
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• Social Mentions
• YouTube – William Nunn
• Press
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• @PeoplesAstro 25,090 followers on Twitter
What would you do?
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Council Watch UK
What are they saying on their site?
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The newspaper article
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• The Comments
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• What are people using social media for?
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• What are people using social media for?
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•What are people using social media for?
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• What are people using social media for?
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Twitter Stories “All started with that 1 little tweet”
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• Get sent to Coventry
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• Facebook.com/CoventryCC– Started November 2009 as a pilot experiment– Started out putting out the same press
releases as on the website– Got 500 fans in 2 months
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• Facebook.com/CoventryCC– Elections– School closures due to snow– Went from 500 to 2000 users the day after the snow,
and over 10,000 fans after the snow
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Facebook locally
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Questions?
