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Social Media Trends: You Like Me, You Really “Like” Me!. Moderators: Johnny Warren Jeff McMichael Billy Bass. Trending now…. What is social media and why do I want to utilize it? What platforms are popular and how do they work for my theatre? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Social Media Trends: You Like Me, You Really “Like”

Me!Moderators: Johnny Warren

Jeff McMichael Billy Bass

What is social media and why do I want to utilize it?

What platforms are popular and how do they work for my theatre?

Now that I have social media accounts, what do I say to my audience?

Trending now…

What is Social Media?

Social media is defined as:

Forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content

According to Merriam-Webster…

Social Networking

Social Sharing

Social News

Break it Down!

Wikipedia Says…

Social media differentiates from traditional/industrial media in many aspects such as quality, reach, frequency, usability, immediacy, and permanence.

What platforms are popular and how do they work for my theatre?

First up…Facebook!

Show me the facts Founded February 4th, 2004 Over 1.15 BILLION users

worldwide 699 million DAILY users 350 million PHOTOS uploaded

daily 8.3 hours per MONTH average

time spent on Facebook per user

Stats from expandedramblings.com

Then…

13%

43%23%

14%

5%3%Facebook Users by Age 2009

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15%

32%27%

13%

7% 4% 2%

Facebook Users by Age in 2013

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…And Now

Let’s get Tweeting

Show me the facts

Founded March 21st , 2006 Over 500 MILLION total

users 200 Million MONTHLY active

users 400 Million tweets sent

DAILY 60% of users active on

MOBILE

Stats from expandedramblings.com

“More and more businesses are joining twitter as they’ve realized it is a great way to interact with customers, whether it’s for customer services or promotion. It can attract thousands of new customers to your business, as well as allowing you to receive feedback from existing or new customers” - positivemedia.co.uk

Trendier than Facebook

Simplified Messages

Why Use Twitter?

What is a #hashtag?

Hashtags act as a link to other posts that use the same hashtag

Hashtags can be used on Twitter, Instagram, and now Facebook

Use keywords, searchable topics, related content

#instagood #nofilter

Show me the facts

Founded October 6th, 2010 150 MILLION monthly active

users 7.3 million DAILY active

users 40 million PHOTOS posted

daily 5 million VIDEOS posted

within the first 24 hours of feature availability

Stats from expandedramblings.com

Picture is worth 1,000 words

17% of teens say Instagram is the most important social network, up from 12% in 2012

Recently added video capability

Younger generation

Why Use #instagram?

Youtube Yourself

Show me the facts

Founded February 14th, 2005 Over 1 BILLION total users 4 Billion VIEWS per day 1 Billion MOBILE views per

day More than 6 Billion HOURS

watched a month

Stats from expandedramblings.com

Video is KING

When video is reality, quality is a MUST

Embedding videos on websites

Why Use Youtube?

Now that I Have Social Media Accounts, what do I say to my

audience?

To the Charts!

Inforgraphic time

Content Marketing is the practice of creating your own content, whether it be videos, pictures, articles, etc., and distributing that content to your audience with the goal of engaging your followers and inspiring future profitable action.

Disclaimer: Content marketing is NOT direct selling of your product!

What is Content Marketing?

Stephen Foster Facebook

Stephen Foster Facebook (cont.)

Idaho Shakes Facebook

TUTS Facebook Page

The key is to stay on top of technology. There are over 300 Apps added to smartphone e-stores every day.

Trendy apps come and go, don’t be caught on the “lame train”

Instagram, Vine, Snapchat are popular photo/video apps, but one we’ve started to utilize is Capsule Cam

In our ever changing world…

Capsule Cam was created for weddings

Allows anyone you want to enter a code and start taking pictures

Custom codes are now available

What is Capsule Cam?

Thank you! #doodah

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That’s all folks!

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