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Taming the Social Media Beast Stephanie Small Public Relations Coordinator Defiance Public Library System

Taming the Social Media Beast

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Social Media may seem to small/medium businesses and organizations like a big, hairy beast that we don’t really want to mess with. But with the right tools and practices, you can tame the social media beast in about 15 minutes each week. In my presentation I’ll talk about why our small library system has jumped on the social media bandwagon (and why it is just as important for other local organizations to do the same), how we have designed our social media goals, and how our staff manages to do all this in very little time with a big return on investment. I will talk about specific tools that we have used for social media organization and monitoring and give tips on such topics as ‘When do I jump into using a social media tool?’ and ‘What tools are best for my customers/users?’

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Taming the Social Media

Beast

Stephanie SmallPublic Relations Coordinator

Defiance Public Library System

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What is Social Media

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SocialMedia

=interaction

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Web 1.0

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Web 2.0

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Nature of the Beast

Facebook TwitterWho is on?

The personality

Challenges

Awesomeness

Who is on?

The personality

Challenges

Awesomeness

LinkedInWho is on?

The personality

Challenges

Awesomeness

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1: Facebook

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Facebook Average User FiguresSocialMediaToday.com; March 7, 2011 by Ken Burbary• 130 friends on the site• sends 8 friend requests per month• spends an average 15 hours and 33 minutes on Facebook per month• visits the site 40 times per month• spends an 23 minutes (23:20 to be precise) on each visit• connected to 80 community pages, groups and events• creates 90 pieces of content each month• 200 million people access FB via a mobile device each day• More than 30 billion pieces of content are shared each day• Users that access Facebook on mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook compared to non-mobile users• Facebook generates a staggering 770 billion page views per month

All infographics courtesy of Hubspot.com (Great stats! Go there!)

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Facebook Average User FiguresSocialMediaToday.com; March 7, 2011 by Ken Burbary• 130 friends on the site• sends 8 friend requests per month• spends an average 15 hours and 33 minutes on Facebook per month• visits the site 40 times per month• spends an 23 minutes (23:20 to be precise) on each visit• connected to 80 community pages, groups and events• creates 90 pieces of content each month• 200 million people access FB via a mobile device each day• More than 30 billion pieces of content are shared each day• Users that access Facebook on mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook compared to non-mobile users• Facebook generates a staggering 770 billion page views per month

All infographics courtesy of Hubspot.com (Great stats! Go there!)

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Facebook’s Challenges

•Getting people to like you

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Facebook’s Challenges

•Getting people to like you

•Getting people to engage

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Facebook’s Challenges

•Getting people to like you

•Getting people to engage

• You need quick response time

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Facebook’s Awesomeness

•People will promote for you

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Facebook’s Awesomeness

•People will promote for you

•Media Storage

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Facebook’s Awesomeness

•People will promote for you

•Media Storage

•Direct contact

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Facebook’s Awesomeness

•People will promote for you

•Media Storage

•Direct contact

•Cross promotion

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2: Twitter

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Twitter Average User FiguresWebsite-Monitoring.com

•There are 106 million accounts on Twitter•The number of Twitter users increases by 300,000 every day•75% of twitter traffic comes from outside of Twitter.com•Twitter has over 180 million unique visitors each day•24% of Twitter users have 0 followers•97% of Twitter users have less than 100 followers•81% of Twitter users are following less than 100 people•Users send 55 million tweets per day

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Twitter Average User FiguresWebsite-Monitoring.com

•There are 106 million accounts on Twitter•The number of Twitter users increases by 300,000 every day•75% of twitter traffic comes from outside of Twitter.com•Twitter has over 180 million unique visitors each day•24% of Twitter users have 0 followers•97% of Twitter users have less than 100 followers•81% of Twitter users are following less than 100 people•Users send 55 million tweets per day

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Twitter’s Challenges

•Short format

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Twitter’s Challenges

•Short format

•Not as profile driven

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Twitter’s Challenges

•Short format

•Not as profile driven

•Needs a bit more investment

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Twitter’s Challenges

•Short format

•Not as profile driven

•Needs a bit more investment

•Can be overwhelming

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•Short format!

Twitter’s Awesomeness

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•Short format!

•Fewer barriers

Twitter’s Awesomeness

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•Short format!

•Fewer barriers

•Learning tool

Twitter’s Awesomeness

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•Short format!

•Fewer barriers

•Learning tool

•More likely to promote

Twitter’s Awesomeness

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3: LinkedIn

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LinkedIn Average User FiguresSocialMediaToday.com; March 7, 2011 by Ken Burbary

• LinkedIn had a revenue growth increase of 115% from 2010 to 2011• Over 150 Million registered members•Over 60 million US users• “Company Pages…was created to help both job seekers and professionals conduct research on companies that are represented on LinkedIn.” –Neal Schaffer, Socialmediatoday.com

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LinkedIn Average User FiguresSocialMediaToday.com; March 7, 2011 by Ken Burbary

• LinkedIn had a revenue growth increase of 115% from 2010 to 2011• Over 150 Million registered members•Over 60 million US users• “Company Pages…was created to help both job seekers and professionals conduct research on companies that are represented on LinkedIn.” –Neal Schaffer, Socialmediatoday.com

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LinkedIn’s Challenges

•Different Culture

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LinkedIn’s Challenges

•Different Culture

•Different Strategy

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LinkedIn’s Challenges

•Different Culture

•Different Strategy

•Could have negative feedback

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LinkedIn’s Challenges

•Different Culture

•Different Strategy

•Could have negative feedback

• Industry Specific

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•Trusted Source

LinkedIn’s Awesomeness

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•Trusted Source

• Client Recommendations

LinkedIn’s Awesomeness

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•Trusted Source

• Client Recommendations

•Find new hires

LinkedIn’s Awesomeness

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•Trusted Source

• Client Recommendations

•Find new hires

•Resume builder

LinkedIn’s Awesomeness

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When to jump in?

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When to jump in

Question 1: Are my users on it?

Talk to staff

Ask customers

Ask your friends

Search for other local businesses

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When to jump in

Question 2: Do I have time for it?

Be realistic

Ask for help

ROI◦ Reach new people?◦ Gain new attention?◦ Take place of other

marketing?http://some.ly/jwdckQ

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Why should I care?

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Why should I care?

The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

It’s where your customers are

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The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

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Why should I care?

The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

It’s where your customers are

The F word

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Why should I care?

The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

It’s where your customers are

The F word

New audiences

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Why should I care?

The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

It’s where your customers are

The F word

New audiences

New connections

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Why should I care?

The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

It’s where your customers are

The F word

New audiences

New connections

You can be seen as tech leader

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Why should I care?

The Marketing/Advertising Argument:

It’s where your customers are

The F word

New audiences

New connections

You can be seen as tech leader

Adaptable

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What do I post?

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What do I post?

You have expertise

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What do I post?

You have expertiseWhat’s in it for them?

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What do I post?

You have expertiseWhat’s in it for them?Interact with culture

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What do I post!?

You have expertiseWhat’s in it for them?Interact with cultureSilliness (that relates

to your business)

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What do I post!?

You have expertiseWhat’s in it for them?Interact with cultureSilliness (that relates

to your business)Ask questions

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What do I post!?

You have expertiseWhat’s in it for them?Interact with cultureSilliness (that relates

to your business)Ask questionsPost photos

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Social Media Management Tools

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Taming the Beast: Management Tools

• Monitor multiple accounts

• Allow multi-user access

• Schedule updates

• See feedback

• Organize groups of information

http://bit.ly/oukYFL

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Taming the Beast: Management Tools

• Hootsuite

•Tweetdeck

•SocialOomph

•Ping.fm

•Postling

•Sprout Social

•Nutshell Mail

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Taming the Beast: Management Tools

• Hootsuite

•Tweetdeck

•SocialOomph

•Ping.fm

•Postling

•Sprout Social

•Nutshell Mail

Click icon to add picture

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Taming the Beast: Management Tools

• Hootsuite

•Tweetdeck

•SocialOomph

•Ping.fm

•Postling

•Sprout Social

•Nutshell Mail

Click icon to add picture

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Good Practices

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Follow trends (lazily)

Good Practices

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Good Practices

Follow trends (lazily)

Research other pages

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Good Practices

Follow trends (lazily)

Research other pages

Market it!

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Good Practices

Follow trends (lazily)

Research other pages

Market it!

Engage!

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Good Practices

Follow trends (lazily)

Research other pages

Market it!

Engage!

Don’t get discouraged

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Good Practices

What no one else will tell you…

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Good Practices

What no one else will tell you…

You can always drop it if it doesn’t work

◦ Be an observer for awhile

◦ Open a personal account

◦ Close it out, if it doesn’t fit

◦ You can pick it back up

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On the Horizon

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On the HorizonGoogle+

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On the HorizonGoogle+

Spotify

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On the HorizonGoogle+

Spotify

Pinterest

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On the HorizonGoogle+

Spotify

Pinterest

SchoolFeed

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On the HorizonGoogle+

Spotify

Pinterest

SchoolFeed

Foursquare/FB Places

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It’s tamed!

Not so scary after all

Stephanie SmallDefiance Public Library [email protected]@[email protected]/steph.smallFacebook.com/dplslibraries