Social Media Strategy Education

Social Media Strategy

Education

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Kaleidico

• Local Michigan start-up

• Internet lead generation & new media intelligence

• Specializing in social media strategy & policy development

• Some of our notable experience & clients:


Agenda

• Social Media Tools

• PR/Crisis Management

• Social Media Policy

• Engagement/Community Building

• (Questions?)

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A brief introduction to the…

Web 2.0 Learning Environment


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What is it?


“Revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technology, it happens when society adapts new

behavior.”

-Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody


TOOLBOXSelecting Appropriate Venues


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Facebook

Personal Professional


Blogging

Wall Street Journal Huffington Post


Microblogging/Twitter

Twitter Real-time Search


Photo Sharing

Flickr Google Images


Linkedin

Resume Resume


Collaboration

Wiki Google Wave


Are we prepared?

PR/Crisis Management


Significant Part of Internet


By the numbers

• Social media is significant– Twitter grew 1,382% y-o-y in February 2009

(registered 7 million US users)– 65.7 mm unique visitors on Facebook February 2009

(update: 125 mm in September)– Source: Nielsen Online

• Social media is a “professional” demographic– Facebook’s largest group of users are 35-54– Facebook users aged 55 and over has grown from

950,000 to 5.9 million in 6 months– Source: iStrategy Labs


We’re already having problems

• More than 1 in 5 companies have disciplined an employee for violating blog or message board policies in the last year– Of these companies, half have terminated an employee for such

a violation. – (Source: Proofpoint)

• Over 20% have investigated the exposure of confidential, sensitive, or private information via a blog or message board posting. – (Source: Proofpoint)

• 1 in 3 employees surveyed never consider what their boss or customer might think before posting material online.– (Source: Deloitte Ethics & Workplace Survey)


Risks


Cyber Bullying

• 13 year old commits suicide

• “Rival” parent creates fake MySpace identity

• Numerous red flags to indicate probable fake/hoax


School/Teacher Reputation

• High school student

• Uses Facebook to “bully” English teacher

• Disciplined with removal from AP class and suspended

• Student sues school


Sexting

• 20% of teens admit to participating in “sexting” in nationwide survey

• Teens are being charged with felony counts of trafficking child pornography and placed on the sex offender registry


Our students are changing

• 78% of the incoming class of 2009 will have had Internet access their entire K-12 career*

• 98% of the incoming class of 2012 will have had Internet access their entire K-12 career*


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Everyone must be prepared to operate in this space


#amazonfail


#amazonfail: Starts small


#amazonfail: PR crisis

• Probst’s blog post April 12, 2009 (Sunday at 2:08 am) within 24 hours– #AmazonFail is #1 trending topic on Twitter

– Over 5,000 blog posts

– Facebook group with over 1200 members

– Online petition collects 9000 signatures

– Blogger campaign takes #1 spot on Google (still)

– 335 mainstream media articles (WSJ, Wired, NPR)

• No response from Amazon.com


#amazonfail

Meanwhile, customers take control…


…of the website, and…


…their reputation


Social Media Policy

Participate in a Respectful and Relevant Way


Transparency

• Use your real name

• Identify who you work for

• Be clear about your role

• If you have a vested interest, disclose it


Authenticity

• Avoid false or misleading statements

• Claims should be substantiated

• Facts should be verifiable

• Hyperbole should be avoided

• Speak only within the bounds of your expertise or knowledge


Value

• Contribute to the community

• Be helpful

• Point to other resources

• Post meaningful, respectful comments

• Always add value first


Common Sense

• Use good judgment

• Use common courtesy

• Ask permission when in doubt

• Always properly attribute works

• Protect privacy and confidential information


Expertise

• Stick in your area of expertise

• Try to add…

– Unique

– Individual

– Non-confidential

– Specific

– Examples


Appropriate

• You will disagree

• You should disagree

• Be…

– Respectful

– Polite

– Empathetic

• Politely excuse yourself from antagonism


Diplomatic

• Strive for clarity

• Double check facts

• Avoid legal matters

• Get advice from PR professionals

• Avoid engaging in crisis situations

• Protect your privacy

• Protect employer’s confidentiality


Now What?


Observe First


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Building Social Media Assets

Engagement

• Listen

• Engage

• Measure

• Iterate

Strategy

• Objectives

• Governance

• Definition

• Capabilities

Learn

• Listening

• Educating

• Using

• Studying


Focus on the Audience


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Starting in the Right Place

People

Objective

Strategy

Technology

Measure & Adjust


Avoiding Fragmentation




Funneling in Attention


Mechanics of Community Building

Community

Context

ContentConversion

Connection


Context

• Map your audience(s)

• Consider their objectives

• Position your strategy to be…

– Appropriate

– Differentiated

– Valuable


Listen


Recruitment


Alumni


Public Relations


Content

Editorial Consistency

Comments

Articles

Images

Videos


Social Media Policy


Teach


Conversion

• Have an objective

• Measure it in some way

– Test

– Did it convert?

– Iterate

• Focus on small projects


Practice


Connection

• Main objective!

• Followers, traffic, users are not connections

• Energize with the unexpected

– Handwritten notes

– Offline meet-ups

• Get people face-to-face


Engage


Get “Real”



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Community

• Leverage what is already there

• Energize them

• Keep them informed

• Ask them questions

• Get them doing something!


Questions

Bill Rice

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