social media: listening & creating buzz
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How to set up a listening post and crate buzz using basic listening tools.TRANSCRIPT
Laura Lee S. Dooley, World Resources Institute
Webinar 2: Government 2.0: Social Media in the Age of Obama June 10, 2009
Listening & Generating Buzz
Government 2.0
Laura Lee DooleyWorld Resources Institutehttp://www.wri.org
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1: Creating Buzz 2: Listening
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1: CREATING BUZZ
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The Social Loop
Source: Wayne Smallman, Social Media Marketing
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Edelman Trust Barometer 2009
Regardless of channel, voice, or country …
… a majority of people need to hear the same message 3-5 times to believe it.
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word of mouth | viral marketing
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What engages people online
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“The Cloud”
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Microblog (140 characters)
Photo sharing
Social network
Blog/Info feed
Video sharing
Podcasting
Presentation sharing
Social media = Sharing content & ideas
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Comparison of growth in social media
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Comparison of growth in social media
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• Tweet = Twitter message/update• Reply = @username• Direct Message = Mutual friend
message• Favorite = Starred tweet• Retweet = RT @username,
repeated tweet• Hashtag = #keyword, way of
labelling
terms
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Tweet your messages: 1:12 ratio
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manage 2 twitter accounts in 2 browsers
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Twitter: Replying and replies
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Twitter: Direct message
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Twitter: Favorites
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Twitter: Favorites
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Twitter: RT or Retweet
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Twitter: #hashtags
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www.tweetdeck.com (desktop client)
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www.twitdom.com
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Get users to “share” your content
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Get users to “share” your content
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Get users to “share” your content
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Social bookmarking to create buzz
www.digg.com
www.stumbleupon.com
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• Age Range: 18-34
• About 63% male
• International
• 27.5 million unique visitors a month
DIGGDemographic
s
www.digg.com
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www.digg.com
Traffic Numbers
Traffic Quality
Engaged Community
Established Group
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Established Profile
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www.digg.com
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DiggBar
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*52% male*Age Range: 35-49 *7.7 million members*822K US visitors/month
www.stumbleupon.com
STUMBLEUPON
Demographics
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Submitting to StumbleUpon
Accurate Title
Good Description
Relevant Tags
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delicious.com
*54% male*Age Range: 35-49 *7.7 million members*288K US visitors/month
DELICIOUSDemographics
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Leverage your browser toolbar
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Microsoft Internet Explorer
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delicious.com bookmarks toolbar
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delicious.com bookmarks toolbar
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delicious.com/lldoolj2
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WIDGETS
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www.newsgatorwidgets.com
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www.widgetbox.com
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Badge Widget
Widgetbox helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily
shared and distributed anywhere on the web.
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Donate Widget
Widgetbox helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily
shared and distributed anywhere on the web.
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Latest News Widget
Widgetbox helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily
shared and distributed anywhere on the web.
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Latest Videos Widget
Widgetbox helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily
shared and distributed anywhere on the web.
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Upcoming Events Widget
Widgetbox helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily
shared and distributed anywhere on the web.
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Ringtones Widget
Widgetbox helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily
shared and distributed anywhere on the web.
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Free downloads reflecting YOUR interests
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How do YOU want to get involved?
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Wanna volunteer?
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Email still rules
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1. Donate online2. Thank you email from Obama3. Email from Joe Biden 4. Email from Michelle Obama
Opt-in email lists still rule
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… but all of that is just shouting …
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2: LISTENING
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Listening Devices
• Your Site Analytics• Google Alerts• Specific Site (Community) Searches• Specific Blog Searches
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Google Analytics: Referrers to your site
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Listen strategically
Google Alerts
RSS Readers-Google Reader-Bloglines-Feedreader
Community Search-Digg-Delicious-Twitter search-TweetBeep-Tusavvy-Friendfeed
Blog Search-Google blog search-Ice rocket-Board reader-Social mention-Blogscope-Technorati-Wordpress-Filtrbox
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Google Alerts
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Google Alerts
Alerts for [email protected]
Alerts for [email protected]
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Google Alerts
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Listen strategically
Google Alerts
RSS Readers-Google Reader-Bloglines-Feedreader
Community Search-Digg-Delicious-Twitter search-TweetBeep-Tusavvy-Friendfeed
Blog Search-Google blog search-Ice rocket-Social mention-Technorati-Wordpress-Filtrbox
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blogsearch.google.com
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www.icerocket.com
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www.socialmention.com
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www.filtrbox.com
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www.technorati.com
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www.wordpress.com
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Listen strategically
Google Alerts
RSS Readers-Google Reader-Bloglines-Feedreader
Community Search-Digg-Delicious-Twitter search-TweetBeep-Tusavvy-Friendfeed
Blog Search-Google blog search-Ice rocket-Social mention-Technorati-Wordpress-Filtrbox
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RSS Readers
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reader.google.com (online reader)
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www.bloglines.com (online reader)
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www.feedreader.com (desktop client)
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Listen strategically
Google Alerts
RSS Readers-Google Reader-Bloglines-Feedreader
Community Search-Digg-Delicious-Twitter search-TweetBeep-Tusavvy-Friendfeed
Blog Search-Google blog search-Ice rocket-Social mention-Technorati-Wordpress-Filtrbox
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www.digg.com
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www.delicious.com: Keyword/Phrase
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www.delicious.com: Look up URL
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www.wordle.net: tags for WRI on delicious
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www.tagcloud-generator.com
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search.twitter.com
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www.tweetbeep.com
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www.tuSavvy.com
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friendfeed.com
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Strategy
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How to Start
• Use these technologies yourself• Start where you can• Use examples to show it can be done• Develop interim policies. Borrow others.
Keep flexible• Think outside your organizational box
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Lead by Example
• Share best practices and policies• Share tools, data, code• Form and join communities• Partner, partner, partner
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Next Week: Measuring Your ROI
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Questions & Answers
Government 2.0
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