Social Media Speaker Dawn Raquel Jensen of Virtual Options Coaching & Training covers Digital Embassies and Outpost most small business owners would use. She provides tips and tools to monitor what's being said about you, to manage your Social Media presence and building Social trust and authority. Dawn spoke to the Powerful Women Network's June 2013 meeting. For more information about @Dawnrjensen or @virtualoptions, visit: http://www.virtualoptions.net
4. Digital Embassy & Outpost: Overview
Visibility
Start Small
•Top Social Networks
•Honed By Industry
•Shaped by market
Credibility
Build
Deliberately
•Content Curated
•Dedicated Tools &
Tech
•Automatic system
Tribe Builder
Be Consistent
•Blogs
•Posts
•Engagement
•Timing
8. #1: Establish Your Online Reputation
Social media can help you create a stronger online presence, so
old news doesn’t turn up at the top of search results.
If you don’t control your brand, someone else may post inaccurate
or derogatory information that could tarnish your reputation.
Resources:
www.GetListed.org
www.namechk.com
9. #2: Monitor Conversations
Keep up-to-date with what is being said
about yourself and your business.
Monitor your business/brand for
mentions with social media monitoring
tools.
10. Use Good Tools to Monitor
Alerts.google.com
BrandYourself.com
Hyperalerts.no
Trackur.com
11.
12. Myth:“If I build it, they will come.”
Develop a strategy to attract fans
13. Sample Editorial Content Calendar
January
February
M
arch
A
pril
M
ay
June
July
A
ugust
Septem
ber
O
ctober
N
ovem
ber
Decem
ber
Important
events
American Red
Cross Month
Administrative
Professionals Week
April 22-28
Mother's Day,
Memorial Day May
28 Father's Day
Independence
Day July 4 Labor day
Bosses Day
October 16 Thanksgiving Christmas
Topic #1
Topic #2
Topic #3
Topic #4
Topic #5
Quote
Article #1
Article #2
Article #3
Article #4
Seasonal Events
Event #1
Event #2
Event #3
1) Set Strategy and Create …
14. Digital Embassies and Outposts
Create Social Platforms
Update Existing Information
Connect F/F/F Social Sites
Enhance Profiles & Pages
16. Create Social Capital
Establish & Enhance Social Profiles
Become the trusted advisor in your
niche by
Educate | Inform | Inspire
Entertain | Empower
Manage the consistency between
personal & professional
17. 2) Start Small
Foundation:
3 to 5 Social Media Platforms
Built out
Connected
Curated and/or Original
Content
Tailor to top tier Social Media
18. NEXT STEP: Build Social Trust Factor
Blogging, blog commenting
Quora Questions & Blog
Participate in Linkedin, Facebook
Groups or start one of your own
Incorporate Video, Podcasting
23. NEXT STEP: Establish Social Authority
Consistent Blog Posts
Guest Posting on Strategic
Partners
ROI from Social Calendar
Repurpose Content across
platforms
25. Video Applications
Vine
Creates 6-second short,
looping videos
• Unlimited uploads and free
• Instantly post videos on Vine,
then share to Twitter and
Facebook
• Find, follow, and interact with
people close to you
Tout
Use your smartphone as a real-
time information network
Creates15-second video
updates
Broadcast to Facebook,
Twitter, or Website widget
Tips
Tricks
Quotes
Shares
26. 3) Be Consistent
Be Consistent in what and
when you post.
Get on a schedule.
Use Tools to work smarter,
not harder
DO Time SPRINTS**
27. BUILD: Extend Social Reach
Create additional layers of the
Social Media Cake
Other Digital Platforms
Slideshare
Pinterest**
Quora**
Instagram
28. IDEA: Leverage Social Currency
Original Content
Blog Posts
Whitepapers
Marketing Collateral
E-books
Reports
Podcasts
Video
Curated Content
(my favorites)
Spundge.com
Scoop.it
Paper.li
Delcious.com
29. 4) Work Smarter: Plan, then Time it
Editorial or Social Media content calendar
to plan your posts
Time your posts using programs like
Hootsuite.com
Planyourposts.com
Tweetdeck.com
Bufferapp.com
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