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Presented by Christine Halvorson
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2009Twitter
2010 2011 2012
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Why you’re here Do you already run a Facebook Business
Page?
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Why you should use Facebook Begin to build a Business Page (handout) Building a Fan base Best Practices Promoting your Facebook presence
elsewhere Brief review of “advanced” strategies
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What What isis social media, social media, anyway?anyway?
Share content & have conversations
• Connectedness• Openness• Conversation• Community
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68% of people will buy a product because of a
Facebook referral http://dld.bz/amrP
Average age of Facebook user Dec. 2010?
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Source: http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/07/usa-facebook-usage-statistics-by-state.html HalvorsonNewMedia.com
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Sources: Per Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project; Nielsen CompanyHalvorsonNewMedia.com 11
July 2009: 332,240
Oct. 2010: 588,720
April 2011: 686, 360
(There are only 1.3 million people in the state)
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Key Concern
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But to be a business, you must be a person first
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Facebook help: http://www.facebook.com/help/?ref=pf
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Most should choose this option
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Your business logo or a photo of you
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Short description of your business or use your tagline
Your website or other…
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This would be the “friends” of the Facebook “profile” (person) who created this business page(You could save this until later or not do at all.)
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Use your personal or business email contacts, but…
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Seems to be “buggy” or disabled
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Profile Cover
Cover photo is 70 percent of the “real estate” on the page
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“(Use) an image that is strong enough to…experience what it’s like to step in another’s shoes. That’s what the best storytelling does…”
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All of these are “tabs” or “apps”; yours might only show 3; Photos always in same place-but shows most recent
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Suggested strategy: Change your Cover photo frequently for Newsfeed visibility
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Pinning keeps post at top for 1 week
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Highlighting brings it across two columns
Upload cover photo Change cover photo regularly Use a clearly branded profile photo Pin a post to last one week Consider arranging apps/tab
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Job #1: Building a fan base
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Tactics for gaining FansTactics for gaining FansAsk your friends to like the Page (different from “friending”)
Ask your friends to recommend you to their friends
Post good content and post regularly
• AskAsk them to them to ““LikeLike””Tell them howTell them how• Encourage them to ask Encourage them to ask others others Tell them howTell them how• Give them valuableGive them valuableContent…WHICH IS…Content…WHICH IS…
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1. Videos2. Photos
3. Free stuff4. How to’s
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Celebrities How-to’s A Positive Tone Videos Timing
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Put up a poll Wrap up what you’re
saying with, “What do you think?” or “What experiences have you had in ….”
Strive for two-way communications
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The less people want to be at work, the more likely they are to cruise social media sites
and see your content
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Negative comments: Answer, then delete
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Settings to control who can post
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On Admin Panel, go to “Manage”then “Edit Page” then “Manage Permissions”
Update often/once a day Strive for consistency
Follow others Respond with thanks
Give credit and build repoire Constantly add new fans
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Answer questions Conduct an interview
Highlight an employee Predict trends
Invite guest contributors Provide demonstrations/tutorials
Create lists (Top 5…) Tell the back story…
• Answer questions
• Conduct an interview
• Highlight an employee
• Predict trends
• Invite guest contributors
• Provide demonstrations/tutorials
• Create lists (Top 5…)
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How often Who writes Who edits Who approves Days of week Timely subjects Must-covers
Have an editorial calendar
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Facebook InsightsFacebook Insights
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Here’s the key to writing well for social media…
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Don’t be boring
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Make sure you stand out from the crowd
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•Mashable.com•SocialMediaExaminer.com•Ragan.com•Mari Smith
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Christine Halvorson founded Halvorson New Media in 2006 after serving as the first Chief Blogger at Stonyfield Farm, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire. She now consults with businesses and nonprofits large and small on how to use social media strategically. Halvorson New Media is often contracted to create social media content of all kinds, including video.
Along with two part-time staff members, Halvorson currently writes and manages blogs for the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, Customer Perspectives, and the Bond Wellness Center. She provides social media consulting to the clients of Louis Karno & Company, while continuing to write for Stonyfield Farm. See a list of current clients here.
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