harnessing social media to build your professional brand
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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.TRANSCRIPT
Harnessing Social Media
March 2010
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What should you be using to build your professional brand?
We are all the CMO of our own professional brand.
This chart is a helpful tool in naviga@ng the “Social Landscape”
And Why Does It Ma9er?
We are defined by what Google search results say about us . . . .
For today’s purposes, let’s focus on . .
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
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
Recommend Using a Branded Background
Versus
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
People You Know
Listen!
Use Twi9er Search to Find People Talking About Your Interests
Go to search.twiUer.com
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.
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?
#
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
Follow Lists Good place to find interes@ng lists: www.Listorious.com
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
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
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.
Listen for Comments About You • Regularly do a TwiUer Search on you as well as look at men@ons.
Check Out Quality of People Following You
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.
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
Join Relevant Groups
Start or ParUcipate in ConversaUons
Ask or Answer QuesUons on LinkedIn
Tap Into Your Network for Help
Use Relevant ApplicaUons
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!
Social Media Works!
Case Example: WorkLifeFit
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