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Social Media Marketing Made SimpleA Best Practices and Strategy Overview for Small Business and Nonprofits
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Our Agenda
What Is Social Media Marketing?
Why Market Using Social Media?
Doing It Well: Best Practices for Social Media Marketing for Small Business
Connections Content Conversations
Managing Your Activity and Time
Next Steps
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Social Media Marketing:What is It and Why Do It?
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Engagement Marketing Model
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Social Networking
Web Site
YouTube
Blog
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Social Media Marketing Is …
Building your social network of fans, followers, and connections, using relevant and interesting content that is shared, allowing you to reach and engage more people and drive more business.
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Why Do We “Market”?
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We Want More!
More…
Customers Clients Volunteers Donors/Members Brand Awareness Sales Time in the day!
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MySpace
Local / Daily deals
Location-Based Services
Review Sites
Photo Sharing
Video Sharing
19%
76%
62%
53%
38%
35%
25%
24%
New Tools Have Changed the Shape ofSmall Business Marketing
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Source: Constant Contact Fall 2011 Small Business Attitudes & Outlook Survey; n=1972; 30%; B2B = 859, B2C = 1,113. *B to B and B to C were analyzed separately, but combined for market-level analysis; Approximately one-half of all respondents are either a sole proprietor or have 1-4 employees.
Find Social Media Tool Effective*
86% Facebook71% Video Sharing60% Twitter55% LinkedIn45% Local / Daily Deals
Tools Used to Market My Business
96%
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Connections:Kickstarting your following, and using content that inspires engagement
Content:Creating a presence
Conversations:Practical monitoring and measurement
Doing It Well: Best Practices for Small Business Social Media Marketing
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Set Reasonable Goals and Expectations
Leverage your excellent customer experience for social media success
Drive engagement (action)
Encourage repeat business
Encourage referrals
Get online endorsements
Reach new customers through online, word-of-mouth marketing
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Connections
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Be Where Your Customers Are
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Social Networks
Content Sharing
Reviews & Ratings Sites
Location-Based
Services
The sites that your customers and members are using
The sites that your partners & suppliers are using
The sites that your competitors are using
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Your contacts want to keep in touch, but on their terms
EmailFacebookTwitter
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Add social icons to email campaigns to define your audience’s preferred channels
Discover Preferred Channels
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Midlands Business Journal
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December 28, 2012
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Kickstart Growth: Use Your Email List
Announce your new presence in your newsletter with a clear call to action.
Include standard links in every email so subscribers can share your content.
Include social media signup icons in every email so subscribers can join you on your social sites.
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Look Professional
Complete your business profile
Description Contact information Website URL Join My Mailing List
Brand your presence Logo, pictures,
background
Add starter content
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Focus Your Presence
Make your social presence a reflection of your business/organization.
Don’t blur personal and professional use.
Be transparent. New users should immediately identify what you do.
“Stick to Your Knitting.” Deliberately choose your expertise and areas of engagement.
Put the social in the social media. Be broad and informal … and have fun!
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Content
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Content
Who you are
Website address
Social address
Information, tips, and practical advice
Links to:
– Relevant information
– Blogs (yours and others’)
– Product or service reviews
– Thought-provoking information
– Engaging
– Photos, videos, podcasts
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Content is King!
Content is the feeder of social networks Write great content once,
then broadcast it.
The best content inspires sharing:a word of advice or one sentence can go a long way!
Original, personalized content is important
Less is more! Short content is best, one idea at a time. You can always share links to more.
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More than 1 billion active usersFacebook Statistics, 2012
More than 50% of Facebook users log on any given dayFacebook Statistics, 2011
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Create a Business Page
Recruit fans
Fill with content that is relevant to them – comments, photos, videos
Make settings public so your customers and prospects can find you
Use as an alternate landing page for your email
Add a Join My Mailing List form to invite people to join your list
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Basic Anatomy of a Facebook Business Page
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Cover photo & profile picture
Public List of Friends/Fans
Posts by You and Others
Recent photos and images
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160 million registered users100 million active users
Mashable.com, 2011
60% of users follow companies, brands, and products
Mediabistro.com, 2011
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Engagement Through Sharing
Share links to interesting content & ask for feedback
Tweet a survey or poll
Send direct messages (DMs)
Retweet content from people you are following
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Basic Anatomy of a Twitter Feed
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Avatar – Logo or Photo
Your Handle
Most Recent & Past Tweets
Followers and Following
Basic Info, Link, Description
Recent Images
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86% of B2B marketers use LinkedInChief Marketer. “Social Marketing Goes Mainstream: Chief Marketer Annual Survey Find Marketers Believe in Power of Social.” 2011.
There are over 75,000 Nonprofit groups using LinkedIn
Nonprofit LinkedIn Learning Center, 2011
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Manage your professional contacts and relationships
Find individuals you know in a professional capacity
Join networks or groups by industry, geography, or work history
Participate in discussions
Recruit attendees to your events
Invite people to join your mailing list
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Basic Anatomy of a LinkedIn Profile
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Name, Location, Basic Stats
Logo
Your Photo or Your Logo
Work Experience, Now & Then
Information You Share
Communication Options
Your Network and Other Info, Twitter, Websites,Recommendations,etc.
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Building Your Network
Use a variety of ways to expand your network:
1. Send an invitation to your email list
2. Add interactive social icons to your Website
Email campaigns (in a sidebar, in the footer)
Outgoing email signature
Business Card
Printed collateral: mailers, flyers, invoices, etc.
3. Put a sign in your storefront window
4. Add a message to your voicemail
5. Include a note on point-of-sale receipts and house coupons
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Conversations
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Social Media Dos: Be the Expert
Focus on the content: share knowledge so people care
It’s not about you. It’s about what you know.
Trade useful information for attention Will people talk about it when out with friends? Will people look forward to your next
communication? Will they be inspired to share/tweet/comment
on this information?
Inspire trust by filtering the noise Be an expert. Clearly convey your area of expertise.
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Source: SocialMediaQuickstarter.com, 2011
Dealing With The Positive
Positive comments are an opportunity to interact and help spread the messageSocial networks can be a convenient way for people to share interest, excitement.
1. Comment back
2. Answer questions.
3. Share comments (content!) in other marketing channels.
4. Possibly reward people who took the time to post a positive comment (offline).
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Turning Negativity into a Great Customer Experience
Negative comments are inevitable: Social networks can be a convenient way for people to vent frustrations.
1. Always reach out to the customer. Pick up the phone if possible Use a private message, email, or DM
2. Let your network know that you are addressing the issue.
Respond! Show that you are listening and respond positively, publically
3. Always seek to satisfy and delight, not defend.
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Engagement Starts with You!Start Conversations, Say Thank You
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Social Media Don’ts
What NOT to include in your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn updates
Don’t pitch.
Don’t overtly self-promote.
Don’t stray from your areas of business into: personal information, politics, sports, religion, etc.
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Managing Your Time and Activities
Managing Your Time
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Do It Daily, But Don’t Overdo It
A word of advice from Gail Goodman,CEO of Constant Contact:
“Keep your time spent in check;doing social media right
does not mean doing it a lot.”
It is important to stay active!15 minutes a day, 3 times per week is more than most small businesses.
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2011 Small Business Attitudes & Outlook Survey
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What Should I Monitor?
1.Your Brand. Think about all its possible spellings/configurations.For example: Far and Away Bicycles, Far & Away, bicycles, bikes, etc.
2.Your competitors. Spot successful tactics being used by others in your industry (and the not-so-successful)
For example: Does the pizzeria down the street tweet daily? Do the other consultants in your area of expertise have LinkedIn profiles?
3.Categories, topics, and keywords of your business. For example: pets, dog day care, cat, dog, pet sitting, animals, rescue, etc.
4.The experts and influencers in your business.
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Monitor and Manage your Time
Popular time management and monitoring tools include:
Google Alerts
HootSuite
TweetDeck
RSS
NutshellMail
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Defining Social Media Marketing Success for Small Businesses and Organizations
Measuring Success
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Measuring the Impact of Social Media
To begin, look at:
What is being said about you?
Are you seen as an expert?
How well are you engaging with existing experts?
Are you reaching new customers en masse?
How are you reaching specific customers?
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Next Steps
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