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SMiLE Toronto 2014

Social Media for Lions

Tips and Tricks

Social Media for Lions

Tips and Tricks

Tom Van Kerschaver Chairman SMiLE Lions Club Brugge Maritime – Belgium

Why Social Media

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Social Media Tips & Tricks For and against

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SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Why Social Media

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SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Connect with others

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Share • ideas • activities • events • interest

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Public Relations

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Future members

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Our members and future members are out there on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Familiar tools used differently

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Everything is easy to share

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Social Media Tips & Tricks The World is changing

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Mobile technology Revolution is just beginning

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Revolution…?

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Exaggerating…?

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Pay by text message

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M-Pesa

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Project Loon – Internet for all

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SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Project Loon

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SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Project Loon

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Project loon

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Social Media Tips & Tricks e-learning

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Social Media Tips & Tricks e-Health

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Turn the problem around, “Instead of asking the doctor, ask the patient.”

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Social Media Tips & Tricks e-Health

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Digital Illiteracy

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DIGITAL

ILLITERACY

Social Media for Lions Manual The SMiLE way…

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Let’s get started

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Social Media Tips & Tricks First step

• Make up your mind, make a plan!

• Plan for long distance

• Assign a responsible (PR, Social Media)

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Google Gmail

Get a Club Gmail account (Don’t use your personal account)

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• Completely Free • Centralize all club mails in one account • Use it to register on all Social Media

platforms • One password to remember • Only one account to pass on • Google Sync for Mail clients

Social Media Tips & Tricks Google Drive

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• 15 gig (Native Google Doc formats do not count) • Share (Gmail account needed) • Online cooperation • Google Drive sync tool (works like dropbox)

(use ‘Visual Subst’ to create a local drive L: - subscribe to SMiLE blog) lionssmile.org/smile-blog

Centralize Club Docs

Social Media Tips & Tricks Google Groups

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Mail group

• Never forget anyone • Always correct email addresses • Administered by club secretary

mylionsclub@googlegroups.com

Social Media Tips & Tricks Create accounts

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Use your Gmail account to register social media platforms. Never use your personal address

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Facebook

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Tips

• Post information and pictures about club meetings and service projects. • Ask open-ended questions of your fans. • Pay attention to what your fans say. • Respond to fan comments. • Invite your contacts to join your Page. • Follow other community organizations and leaders on Facebook. • Create events

Useful links

Instructions to create a personal profile Instructions to create a club/district Facebook Page Facebook Vanity URL Facebook Help Center

>>> SMiLE Presentation | Facebook 101 <<<

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Twitter

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Tips

• Ask questions. • Invite your contacts to connect with your account. • Retweet messages by others to build relationships.

Useful links

Twitter Help Center Instructions to create a personal profile Instructions to create a club/district profile

>>> SMiLE Presentation | Twitter 101 <<<

Social Media Tips & Tricks Using images

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• Respect copyrights • Use official Lions logo's (LCI website, license, CI) • Ask permission to use pictures of people (especially children

Official Lions Clubs International Logos

Social Media Tips & Tricks Images labeled for noncommercial reuse

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Google Images – Filter on image license tool

Read more on the SMiLE Blog...

Social Media Tips & Tricks Royalty free music

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youtube.com/audiolibrary

Prevent blocked video’s! Download background music for your videos. For free.

Social Media Tips & Tricks Create a website

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Create a website • Responsive • Don’t forget the sharing buttons

• E-Club house • Google Sites • WordPress.com • WordPress.org

Social Media Tips & Tricks e-Clubhouse

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e-Clubhouse

• Easy to use • Home page: Meeting times, location,

calendar, links to LCI resources • Calendar page • Club project page • Photo Gallery page • Contact us page • Up to 5 extra pages • Members-Only

homepage: password protected, club directory, emails, newsletter, polling, …

www.e-clubhouse.org

Social Media Tips & Tricks Start basic SEO

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Basic SEO hygiene

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Basic SEO hygiene

• Use Keywords (Lions SMiLE, Blueprint, behind the scenes)

• Do not overfill with keywords (Lions Clubs International, SMiLE, Blueprint, Google, Gmail, Tools, tips and tricks, Social Media)

• Use Title and Header styling like header1 or (<h1></h1>, header2 or <h2></h2>

Social Media Tips & Tricks Basic SEO hygiene

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Basic SEO hygiene

• Name your grahics! not ‘L14_ab54ek6.jpg’, but ‘BBQ Lions Club Brugge.jpg’

• Use ALT where possible (Also use by reading software for visual impaired people)

• Example ‘Lions volunteers planting trees ’

smile-logo.jpg SMiLE-logo.png smilelogo_900_Menu.png

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Social Media Tips & Tricks What to post/write

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Some good ideas for posts

• An up close look at one of your service projects • Report on donations, activities, etc. with photos and video • The benefits of being a Lion • A member profile • Testimonials about your club • Information about volunteering

Social Media Tips & Tricks Domain name

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www. .org

www.freeweb.com/lcbruggemaritime lcbruggemaritime@yahoo.com

www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/lcbruggemaritime lcbruggemaritime@hotmail.com

www.wordpress.com/lcbruggemaritime lcbruggemaritime@gmail.com

• As little as 30$/year • Custom e-mail address • No change of publications print

and online when changing

2010 2012 2014

www.lcbruggemaritime.be

info@lcbruggemaritime.be chairman@lcbruggemaritime.be secretary@lcbruggemaritime.be protocol@lcbruggemaritime.be webmaster@lcbruggemaritime.be

>>> SMiLE Presentation | Social Media <<<

Social Media Tips & Tricks Newsletters

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Mass Mailing

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Anti Spam Laws

2002 European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2003 United Kingdom Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 United States CAN-SPAM Act

Mass Mailings

• No unsolicited email • Recipients Opt-in regime • Sender return address authentication • Include a valid physical address • Subscriber must have access to his personal data • Unsubscribe option

>>> SMiLE Presentation | Mass Mailing <<<

Online Ticket selling Examples

Social Media Tips & Tricks Selling tickets online

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• Free events free • 2,5% ticket value + $0,99 per ticket (max fee $9,95) • If Credit Card used + 3% per transaction • SEO integration, MailChimp, Facebook • QR code ticketing

• Free events free • 2,95% ticket value + $0,99 per ticket • Payment processing

• Free events free • 2,95% ticket value + $0,99 per ticket • Payment processing

Social Media Tips & Tricks Selfie tickets…

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Lions Eventbrite examples

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Free

Paying

Online Fundraising Type of…

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Online Giving

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Donate buttons

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No PayPal account needed to Donate!

Service that allows you to accept payments • Bank account payments • Credit card payments

Online transactions commission 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction ($3.20 / $100)

2.2% + $0.30 per transaction for 501(c)3 ONLY ($2.50 / $100)

Social Media Tips & Tricks Donate Button Example

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Lions Club of Rutherford (NJ)

Social Media Tips & Tricks Google Wallet

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www.google.com/nonprofits/onlinebasics/

Social Media Tips & Tricks Online Donation Example

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Donors pay a 2.75% transaction fee on the donation. Charity(s) receive 100% of the donation

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Mobile Giving

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Text Giving

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Text Giving Example

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Crowd funding

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Crowd funding

Why

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• Fundly platform fee 4.9% + credit card processing fee 3.0%. • US only

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Case study: Lions Denmark

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SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Case study: Lions Denmark

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http://butik.lions.dk/

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Online fundraising

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About Fees

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Social Media Tips & Tricks 501(c)3 ???

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…If you're a 501 (c ) (3) organization, you are qualified to receive a reduced service fee…

www.google.com/intl/en/grants/domains.html

…If you are a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization and already have an approved Causes organization profile…

Online Fundraising The basics…

SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Don’t Advertise

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• Number 1 Service Club in the world • Almost 100 years old • 1.35 million members • 45,922 Lions Clubs • 208countries

SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Marketing vs Public relations

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SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

Social Media Tips & Tricks Marketing vs Public relations

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Public relations & Social Media

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Public relations is in the DNA of Social Media

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Public relations & Social Media

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Tom

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Word of Mouth

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People trust people It’s called word-of-mouth!

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Word of Mouth

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Social Media = Word-of-mouth + Internet

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Don’t Advertise

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• Number 1 Service Club in the world • Almost 100 years old • 1.35 million members • 45,922 Lions Clubs • 208 countries

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Behind the scenes

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Show the people behind the scene

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Show pictures

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Show pictures & emotions

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Tell stories

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Tell stories

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Social Media Tips & Tricks Tell stories

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Tell stories

Social Media Tips & Tricks Fundraising conclusions…

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• No promotion • Behind the screens • Pictures of people • Stories & emotions • Show what others give • Keep informing after the funding • Make everything sharable

Lions SMiLE Making the difference…

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Social Media Tips & Tricks SMiLE website - Blog

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SMiLE Blog lionssmile.org/smile-blog/

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Social Media Tips & Tricks SMiLE website – Social Media Directory

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Ask SMiLE lionssmile.org/ask-smile

Ask Social Media related questions and get answers from SMiLE team members or other Lions

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Social Media Tips & Tricks SMiLE website – Social Media Directory

SMiLE Social Media for Lions by Lions

SMiLE Social Media Directory lionssmile.org/social-media-directory/

Search the Social Media Directory to find out what other Lions across the world are doing

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Social Media Tips & Tricks SMiLE website – Social Media Directory

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Listing n° 1000

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Social Media Tips & Tricks SMiLE website – Social Media Directory

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Social Media Tips & Tricks SMiLE website – Resource Center

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Convention 2014 International Convention Toronto, Canada

2013 Europa Forum Istanbul Turkey

2013 International Convention Hamburg, Germany

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Discussions Lions & Social Media Social Media Directory Cyber Lions

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Permission is granted to download and print this material for members of Lions Clubs only for the purpose of viewing, reading, and retaining for reference or

promoting social media within the LCI organization. Any other usage, especially copying, distribution, retransmission, or modification of information or materials of this presentation, whether in electronic or hard copy form, or the usage outside of

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You can contact the LCI SMiLE core team and it's chairman, Tom Van Kerschaver, by sending an e-mail to: info@lionssmile.org