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3 things SOCIAL

MEDIA CAN DO

FOR YOU

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TODAY

3 Things Social Media Can Do For YouCommunicateConnectEngage

How to Create Content

Digital Strategy

Disruption has always occurred

it’s just now Digital….

1. COMMUNICATE

2. CONNECT

3. ENGAGE

communicateSource: http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0004327 - Mrs. Allen L. Baker, chief telephone operator at North Carolina State College

Are You Ahead Of Your Competitors?

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

Q: Who’s Connecting To The Internet?

A: E - V - E - R - Y - B - O - D - Y

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

2016

Q: Who’s Connecting To The Internet?

A: E - V - E - R - Y - B - O - D - Y

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/content/dam/sas/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2015.pdf

2015

Going We Are Mobile!

% Australia Population Accessing the Internet

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/content/dam/sas/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2015.pdf

The Where and When of Social Media

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

What Does This All Mean?

•Understand that your customers are (or will be) moving online

•‘Online’ no longer means Desktop INTERNET – it also means MOBILE

•Online is evolution – no longer a revolution

How Can I Take Advantage?

•Have a professional and up-to-date online presence

•Social Media must be apart of your overall communication strategy to talk and LISTEN to your customers

•Ensure that it is ‘mobile friendly’ (Responsive)

connect

The Top 23 Social Media Channels

1. Facebook – 15,000,000 users (steady)2. YouTube – 14,400,000 UAVs3. WordPress.com – 5,500,0004. Instagram – 5,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Facebook/ Instagram data)5. Tumblr – 4,200,0006. LinkedIn – 3,450,0007. Twitter – 2,800,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx8. WhatsApp – 2,400,000 Active Australian Users9. TripAdvisor – 2,400,00010. Snapchat – 2,000,000 approx Monthly Active Australian Users11. Tinder – 2,000,000 Australian users (estimation)12. Blogspot- 1,900,000

Source: Frank Media – Social Media Statistics Australia – July 2016

13. Yelp – 1,600,00014. Flickr – 550,00015. Pinterest – 290,00016. Reddit – 100,00017. MySpace – 80,00018. Google Plus – 60,000 monthly active Australian users approx (estimation *revised*)19. StumbleUpon – 40,00020. Foursquare/Swarm – 15,00021. Digg – 13,00022. Delicious – 10,00023. Periscope – 9,500

Facebook

Why Facebook?

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

What To Use Facebook ForCommunication (Conversation) ◦ New Products/Service◦ Information on Products and Services◦ Industry news◦ Communication – service and information

Engagement◦ Behind the scenes

SALES◦ Exclusive Discounts◦ Exclusive Products◦ Sales/Catalogue

YouTube

YouTube – the year of video

YouTube has more than 1 billion users

300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute

4 billion video view per day

6 billion of hours of video watched per month

Half of YouTube views are on mobile devices

What To Use YouTube Product Review How Tos Advice Customers Testimonials Review of the Day

Products Industry News Hot/Trending Topics

Who the heck is Bratayley?

Bratayley is …………

Is it worth it?YouTube channel: DisneyCollectorBR◦ Over 2.6 billion view

◦ Over 3,735,720 Subscribers

◦ Average views (approx.) 3 million

◦ Highest rated Australian TV show 2014 – ALF Grand Final – 2.813m

◦ Estimated 2014 earnings

◦ $5 million

Source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/grand-final-most-watched-show-of-2014/story-e6frg996-1227072950169http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/celebrity/the-25-highest-earning-youtube-stars/https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyCollectorBR

Twitter

Sensis Social Media Report 2015

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

Twitter – should you use it?

Source: http://tier10lab.com/2015/02/10/twitter-signs-firehose-deal-with-google/

Twitter - What You’ll See On The Screen

What To Use Twitter For Connection◦ Finding people in your industry◦ Keeping your followers up to dateIdentifying ◦ Trends ◦ InfluencersInformation

Instagram

Instagram

What To Use Instagram ForPromotion

Product

Service

Lifestyle

Engagement through comments

Traffic Driver

Online Shopping

Pinterest

Pinterest

What To Use Pinterest For -CommunicationPromotion

Product

Service

Lifestyle

Engagement through comments

Online catalogue

Cross Selling

LinkedIn

LinkedIn

What To Use LinkedIn For - EngagementConnections/Introductions

Potential Sales Leads/Referrals

Client Research/Engagement

Testimonials

Education

Groups

Authourity

The Rising Stars

The others………

Rule of Thumb – SME EditionSocial Media Platform Audience/Purpose

Facebook Everyone. Telling stories, selling products/services, engaging with customers, driving traffic

YouTube Everyone. Telling stories, selling products/services, engaging with customers, driving traffic

Twitter Research and communication customers/key stakeholders/influencers, promotion, driving traffic

Instagram Mid teens – early 40s. Visual, story telling, traffic driver

Pinterest Predominately female, visual, story telling, traffic driver

LinkedIn Professional, B2B, becoming an influence, information (groups)

SnapChat Mid teens – early 40s. Visual, story telling, traffic driver

Sensis Social Media Report 2016

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/content/dam/sas/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2015.pdf

The Where and When of Social Media

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

Know Your Audience

Know Your Audience/Customer!!!!

Why Facebook?

Source: https://www.sensis.com.au/assets/PDFdirectory/Sensis_Social_Media_Report_2016.PDF

How Can You Use For Profile Pic?

What To Use Facebook Cover Photo Foro Brandingo Your Business

o SWOTo Strengths

o Opportunities

o PromotionoYour Business

oYour Products

oMarketing Opportunities

oPromotional Opportunities

Setting Up Your CTAoCall To Action Button• Sign Up – mailing list or webinar sign up page, join the

tool

• Book Now – hotel or restaurant reservations

• Contact Us – contact form

• Use App

• Play Game

• Shop Now – e-commerce store

• Watch Video

Settings > About Us

The Tools of Facebook

The Tactics

Source: https://blog.bufferapp.com/facebook-data-study-insights

The Tactics

Source: https://blog.bufferapp.com/facebook-data-study-insights

The Tactics

Source: http://www.salesforce.com/uk/socialsuccess/social-media-marketing/facebook-b2b-case-study.jsp

The first 18 characters of

each of your Facebook posts

serve as the meta title and the

meta description in SERPs.

The Tactics

18F I R S T

C H A R A C T E R S

The Tactics – VDIEO is the NEW King

Source: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/top-5-facebook-video-statistics-2016-infographic

Example – Written

On any given night in Australia 1 in 200 people are homeless

Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/about-homelessness/homeless-statistics

Example – Visual Content 1

Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/about-homelessness/homeless-statistics

Example – Visual Content 2

Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/about-homelessness/homeless-statisticsImage Source: http://www.humanrights.gov.au

Example – Visual Content 3

Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/about-homelessness/homeless-statisticsImage Source: http://www.homelessfriend.org

Example – Visual Content Analysis

Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/about-homelessness/homeless-statisticsImage Source: http://www.homelessfriend.org

Strong Emotive Image Easy To Read Static Highlight Text

Company Logo

Missing: Call To Action (CTA)

Start your engines◦Gmail Alerts◦All Top◦BuzzSumo◦Quora◦Online Forums◦ Industry Magazine Articles◦Competitors◦Your Fans/Followers◦ http://www.portent.com/tools/title-maker

Tool Kit

Portent’s Content Idea Generator

The Making of Stuff – Canva

Newsletter – MailChimp

Infographic – Piktochart

Images editing tool - PicMonkey

Tool Kit

Images - check for copyright

Buffer’ 53+ Free Image Sources - cool list

Death To The Stock Photo – stock photos

Unsplash – stock photo

Advanced Tools◦ Facebook Apps – Quizzes, Polls, Photo Competitions

◦ WooBox

◦ Heyo

◦ EBook Recreation◦ SimpleBooklet

◦ Custom Audience Ads◦ Facebook Pixel

◦ List◦ Social Media Today’s Brilliant List

◦ Boostlikes

Understand Your Purpose

Understand Your Customers/Audience

Create Your Goals/Outcomes

Measure Your Results

Oh no! Were using the Back Up Slide

Scheduling Posts

But Be Aware……

http://mashable.com/2012/11/25/social-media-business-disasters-2012/#gallery/biggest-social-media-disasters-of-2012/521295e95198406611001876http://article.wn.com/view/2014/04/23/Aurora_theater_victims_decry_use_of_image_in_AFP_ad_against_/

Who has access to your Social Media?

British entertainment

retailer HMV lost complete

control of its social media

team, when rogue

members used the account

to childishly live-tweet a

massive firing at the

company.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/10-worst-social-media-marketing-fails-of-2013-2013-11?op=1#6-british-entertainment-retailer-hmv-lost-complete-control-of-its-social-media-team-when-rogue-members-used-the-account-to-childishly-live-tweet-a-massive-firing-at-the-company-5

What happens when things go wrong?

http://mashable.com/2012/11/25/social-media-business-disasters-2012/#gallery/biggest-social-media-disasters-of-2012/521295e9519840661100187b

Consider these:Social Media Policy/Playbook

◦ Employee Access

◦ Account Management

◦ Acceptable Use

◦ Conduct

◦ Content

◦ Security

◦ Legal Issues

CHECK OUT: http://www.marketo.com/trust/social-media-policy.php

What Does This All Mean?

Social media is no longer one size fits all – different platforms attract different audiences

Understand your business – understand your offering

Don’t be scared to play in an online environment

How Can I Take Advantage?

Know your customers and where their social media platform of choice is

You will need to spend the time to understand social media and how to best make it work for you

Take advantage of social media

What To DO Next?

Write down why you’re the best at what you do?

(price/service/product/offering/experience)

Understand who your customers are

Create a Social Media Account

engage

Source: steve-dale.net

The Evolution of Marketing

and Social Media

TRADITIONAL MARKETING

HOW:

Television, Paper Advertising, Radio

OUTCOME: Brand awareness, create desire

EFFECTIVENESS: Scattergun approach, improvement with targeted magazines

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

HOW:

Online – Web, Social Media, Video

OUTCOME:

- Provides (Personal) communication- (Personal) Interaction- Provide information (reduce sales

barrier, shorten sales cycle)

EFFECTIVENESS:

Target marketing, creation of dialogue –company voice, instant access to information

CONTENT MARKETING

HOW:

Online – Web, Social Media, Video

OUTCOME:

- Provides value- Builds a community- Telling a story

EFFECTIVENESS:

Sales through story telling, emotional connection

The Next Big Thing?

MOMENT MARKETING

HOW:

Utilises data and technology to deliver advertising and marketing > mobile, online, social media

EFFECTIVENESS:

Delivering needs and wants by understanding and accessing data- Location, Time, Environment- Behaviour

Digital Strategy

Creating Content

Focus On The WHY People Buy From YOU!

Inspired by: http://johngreathouse.com/spilling-the-beans

What is Content?• Articles

• Books/eBooks

• Brochures/manuals

• Case Studies

• Information Guides

• Microsites/Web Pages

• Online Courses

• Podcasts/Video/Live Streaming

• Presentations

• Product Data Sheets

• Reference Guides

• Resource Libraries

• RSS/XML Feeds

• Videos

• Visual Content

• Webinars/Webcasts

• White Papers

• Workbooks

• Status Updates

• Comments

• Events/Marketing

Rule: Content should to be able to communicate, add value & engage with your customers

Digital Strategy Weekly ThemeMonday

•Behind the Scenes

•About Your Business

•Inspiration

•Project

Tuesday

•Product/Services

•Description

•Uses

•Infomercial

Wednesday

•How to Use

•Tutorial

•Best Uses

•Tips and Tricks

Thursday

•Knowledge/Experience

•Related use

•Common issues

Friday

•Industry

•News

•Updates

•Interesting

Purpose

•Create a better connection and relationship with the customer

Purpose

•Product/Service Awareness

Purpose

•Better customer experience

•Useable content

Purpose

•Awareness

•Exposure

Purpose

•Create content for customers to return

•Exposure

Outcome

•Increase customer loyalty

•Awareness

Outcome

•Request for service

•Sign-up

•Traffic Driver

Outcome

•Reduce product return

•Reduce time allocated for customer support

Outcome

•Awareness to individual

•Awareness to customer

Outcome

•Fresh content supports SEO

•Awareness of industry

•Gratitude

30 Day ChallengeMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Take a picture of your organisation

Interview a customer

Share Content Share some inspiration

Share an event

Ask a question Post a special Share an image Promote your community

Post a Friday Fun One

Promote your other social media channels

Interview a sponsor

Detail of your program

Source: http://www.salesforce.com/uk/socialsuccess/social-media-marketing/facebook-b2b-case-study.jsp

10 Tips for Understanding Social Media

1. It takes time and patience to build a Social Media audience – it does not happen overnight

2. Social Media is not free – it takes time and effort

3. Understand different channels have different audiences

4. Use social media for social proofing

5. Numbers don’t matter – content is king!

Tips for Understanding Social Media

6. Update regularly, give me a reason to visit/follow you

7. Decide how public or private you want to be

8. A picture says a thousand words – be visual

9. Understand that Social Media is a channel for conversation – if you wouldn’t say it/do it in real life, don’t do it on Social Media

10. There is no such thing as temporary on Social Media

Inspired by http://www.artbusiness.com/facebook-tips-help-protocol-etiquette-and-instructions-for-artists.html

Things to do next……

Goal Setting

Name the top five goals you want to achieve through using social media.

Break down each goal and how you are going to achieve them.

What tools and platform/s do you think are the most suitable to achieve your goals?

What training is needed?

How are you going to measure the success of your social media presences?

Would Love To Hear From You: Leigh Jewiss – RDA Illawarra

Ph: 4227 4500

Eml: [email protected]@leighjewiss @rdaillawarraau.linkedin.com/in/leighjewiss/