art and science of social media | wendy soucie - social media strategist
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Wendy Soucie was the keynote presenter for Clifton Gunderson Technology Solutions sponsored program on The Art and Science of Social Media. The session covered the strategy and methodology of social business relationships and the technology that can help provide monitoring and tracking of our success.TRANSCRIPT
The Art of Social Media
Clifton Gunderson Technology Solutions | June 1 & 2, 201125 years + experience B2B Experience – Business development, sales and marketing,
Product DevelopmentManufacturing, engineering, architecture, accounting, IT,
pharmaceutical, financial service firms. Unique focus - complex sales, channel empowerment, engineering,
scientific and technical products. Based in the Midwest with national reach.
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Website
Home for all infoControlSearch engine optimizedApproachableMobileLanding pages
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http://unbounce.com/social-media/what-is-a-twitter-landing-page/
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BlogsWhat?•Web logs (sites) •Blogs allow for readers to engage with comments.•Free and hosted sites•Easy WYSIWYG editors for adding text, photo, video
1. Traditional ethics rules still apply online.2. Assume everything you write online will become public.3. Identify yourself as an employee if talking about your company and indicate “its your opinion.”
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Why Blog?51% read blogs monthly > 2014
(Technorati)Companies with business blog attract
55% more website visits than non blogging business (Hubspot)
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Mark Jen landed a dream job with Google Inc. in January.
Source: Adage.com http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/social-media-screw-ups-a-big-missteps/146314/
He was fired less than a month later.
His infraction? He ran a Web log, where he freely gabbed about his impressions of life at the Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet search giant.
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Social NetworkingWhat?•On-line community with shared interests•Profile is required to see or participate•Networks can be small/large, social/business or all of these• Web-based interactions with text, presentation, video , or photos depending on site
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Putting social networking in perspective
• Twitter is a cocktail party!• Facebook is a neighborhood block party• LinkedIn is your online Rotary club
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TwitterA micro-blogging service Users to send and read other users' updates - “tweets and retweets.” Tweets = text-based posts - 140 characters
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Business Networking - LinkedIn
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Originated: 2003/2004Privately owned Networks organized by city, workplace,
school, and region. Businesses can have pages1.7 M people in Wisconsin are on FB
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Facebook User Engagement:
Source: Infographic, Onlineschools.org
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Social Networking - FaceBook
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Hospital Will Fire Workers in Facebook Scandal – The allegations, that dozens of employees may have violated patient confidentiality by posting information on the social networking site caught the attention of the state.
Connecticut superintendent out of job over Facebook comments – A Connecticut school superintendent is out of a six-figure job after getting into some Facebook trouble after comments he made on his Facebook page.
Facebook Gone Wrong
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Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005.A video sharing website
where users can upload, view and share video clips. 2nd largest search engine
in the world
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For business as well
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http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/doves629/off_6010_08.jpg
68% agree (USA) the buying process is changing faster than sales organizations are responding.
48% say their companies are afraid of social media.
Sales and Marketing Finger Pointing
Source: Olgiviy One Social Selling Survey
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In the recommendation chain?78% trust recommendations from social graph
90% of B2b buyers trust peer reviews
70% trust online reviews.
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Assess
Identify Goals
Develop Strategy
Brand the Message
Identify Ways to Engage
Select Channels &
Tools
Measure & Track
NCP Model
Execute
A Process
Source: http://bit.ly/jCRp7S
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Identify Influencers
Blogs
Yahoo, Delicious,
other niche sites
YouTube
Source: http://bit.ly/iAAXe7
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Social Media Business StrategyGoal
16,000 ft Make it about your business
StrategyAnswer the questions who, what, where
Tools
Select the tools that will match resources, time and budget and sustainability
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Balance goals with strategy
Business• Clarify Objectives
Brand• Extend Message
Marketing• Tactics & Tools
Be realistic Make your team approachableGet training Define success
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Build a cross functional team
Include: Product Development SalesMarketingCustomer ServiceHuman ResourcesLegalIT
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Extend Your Brand
Personal
Company
Business• Clarify
Brand• Extend
Marketing• Tools
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Governance - Policy
Create at least 2 policies– Employee boundaries/limits– Operational / job role– Start with your email policyConsider IT systems internally
Source List: http://bit.ly/iGEMudChris Boudreaux Source: http://bit.ly/m9yNv9
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They are asking the wrong question
Many organizations are looking for the social media tool?
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Source: Beth Kantar
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Time
Listening ParticipationGenerate Buzz Share ContentSocial Networking Community building
Time, tools and tactics
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Micro blog
Social Networks
Social Bookmarking
Video /Photo Sharing
Social Directory Search
RSS Feeds
Blogging / Forums / Content Generation
Website as your home baseAdapted from John Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing, Microsoft Live Office
Easier adoption for SMB
Consider resources before tools
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Participation
Feedback or consumption is MOST important. –Reaction–Action– Evangelism
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What does success look like? Reach • Traffic• Interaction • Trust
Action and insight• Sales • Customer engagement• Customer satisfaction and
loyalty
Engagement and Influence•Sharing and evangelism
•Commenter authority and influence
•Retention – connections, clients, etc
•Favorites, Friends, Fans, Connections
Source: Econsultancy – Chris Lake, Tactica and Digital Resource Group, Measuring the influence of social media
At the end of the day – it needs to make money for the company
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We provide: Technical Product ExpertiseManufacturing experienceSocial media assessmentsMarketing best practicesThought leadership strategiesSocial media building blocksTraining on tools and strategyImplementation help and coaching
Network . Contribute . ParticipateSocial web links: http://xeesm.com/wendysoucie
Your Questions?
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Partnerships | Strategic Alliances | Joint Venture
• Wendy Soucie Consulting • Social Business Consulting Group
(Sobizco) • End Result Marketing
• Nurture marketing and research• Social Media Academy
• Certified Social Media Consultant• Founding Member, Alumni, Faculty• Black Diamond Consultant
• Xeesm – Social CRM • Business Partner – Wisconsin
• IA Certified LinkedIn and Social Media Trainer
• Images from IstockPhoto.com & WSC
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