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Harnessing Social Media March 2010

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Presentation on how professionals can use social media to build their professional brand. The presentation was given to the Lone Wolves NYC group by Mary Ann Halford of BizWorks360.

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Page 1: Harnessing Social Media to Build Your Professional Brand

Harnessing Social Media 

March 2010 

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What should you be using to build your professional brand? 

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We are all the CMO of our own professional brand. 

This chart is a helpful tool in naviga@ng the “Social Landscape” 

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And Why Does It Ma9er? 

We are defined by what Google search results say about us . . . .  

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For today’s purposes, let’s focus on . .  

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What is Twi9er?  

Like Except

But it is only 140 characters 

But viewable in a lot of places 

A giant chat room  You choose the people you follow 

It’s public and archived on the web 

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GeBng started on Twi9er Musts: 

• Picture 

• Name – One that people will know 

• Loca@on 

• Link to a website, LinkedIn profile, a blog 

• Few things that brand you 

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Recommend Using a Branded Background 

Versus 

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Who to Follow? 

✓ People you know ✓ Listen: ✓ Use TwiUer Search to find people talking about your interests 

✓ Follow Tweet Stream for Specified Hashtags 

✓ Use TwiUer Trending Topics ✓ Follow Lists ✓ Follow Conferences ✓ Engage in Tweet Chats 

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People You Know 

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Listen! 

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Use Twi9er Search to Find People Talking About Your Interests 

Go to search.twiUer.com  

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Liked quality of his tweets 

He could have a beUer ra@o of Following to Followers, but I assume he is new to twiUer based on # of tweets 

He has an interes@ng blog 

Analyzing @sco:pony to see if I want to follow him. 

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Follow Tweet Stream for Specified Hashtags 

What is a hashtag? 

A hashtag is a way to unite global Tweets around some par@cular topic. Basically, these are tags that that help those who seek similar content discover your Tweets.  

How do you find hashtags? 

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Tools for following Hashtags for Tweet Stream 

Example of how I use TweetDeck – monitoring Hubspot, #socialcommerce and #leadgen as they are relevant to what I am focused on 

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Follow Lists Good place to find interes@ng lists:  www.Listorious.com 

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Follow Conferences For example, I am currently following Tweet Stream from Search Engine Strategies 2010 here in NYC via TwiUer for interes@ng info.  I am able to follow using the hastag symbol for the Conference which is #sesny 

You can engage via www.Tweetchat.com 

You can have ongoing stream on your desktop via TweetDeck 

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Engage in Tweet Chats Wednesday night is a big one: • #IMCChat @ 8 PM • #SmallBizChat @ 8 PM • #TheOnlineMom @ 9 PM 

For a schedule of Tweetchats, go to:  hUp://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ruaz3GZveOsoXUOOt86B3AQ 

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Twi9er Best PracUces ✓ Listen for comments about you.  Regularly do a TwiUer Search on you as well as look at men@ons 

✓ Respond to comments and queries 

✓ Ask ques@ons ✓ Post links to things people could find interes@ng ✓ Retweet things that you think your followers would find interes@ng ✓ Thank people for retwee@ng you ✓ Use a friendly casual tone ✓ Don’t spam people and block people from following you that indicate spamming behavior 

✓ Check out people following you. 

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Listen for Comments About You • Regularly do a TwiUer Search on you as well as look at men@ons. 

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Check Out Quality of People Following You 

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Some Important LinkedIn Housekeeping  ✓ Make sure you have an up to date picture and preferably use the same picture for TwiUer 

✓ Make sure you use keywords to describe who you are professionally, versus a @tle 

✓ Make sure your profile and summary are up to date 

✓ Secure recommenda@ons from people who really know you and can comment posi@vely on you as a professional 

✓ Make sure you have claimed your public profile URL for SEO purposes 

✓ Don’t use default invita@on text when making connec@ons.  Make it personal. 

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Other Ways to Harness LinkedIn 

✓ Join Relevant Groups ✓ Start or Par@cipate in Conversa@ons ✓ Ask or Answer Ques@ons on LinkedIn ✓ Tap Into Your Network for Help ✓ Integrate Applica@ons 

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Join Relevant Groups 

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Start or ParUcipate in ConversaUons 

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Ask or Answer QuesUons on LinkedIn 

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Tap Into Your Network for Help 

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Use Relevant ApplicaUons 

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Some Summary Thoughts ✓ Social Media is not a sprint – it is a journey 

✓ Alloca@ng @me to it in reasonable chunks makes sense – some recommended guidelines for beginning to get more out of both 

✓ TwiUer ✓ 5 ‐ 10 Minutes in AM 

✓ 5 – 10 Minutes MidDay or End of Day 

✓ LinkedIn ✓ Once or Twice a Week engaging with Groups or Discussions 

✓ Monthly Check Up of Your Profile 

✓ Be authen@c and have fun! 

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Social Media Works! 

Case Example: WorkLifeFit 

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Thank You! 

Mary Ann Halford Founder and Chief IntegraUon Officer BizWorks360 500 Eighth Avenue, 5th Floor New York, New York  10018 Phone:  212‐216‐0010 E‐Mail:  [email protected] Twi9er:  @MaryAnnHalford