This is the slideshow that Belinda Jackson of Web Chameleon and I presented at the Business Collaboration Forums 2009 in Newcastle and on the Central Coast of NSW.
5. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 “Does your business need a social media strategy?” “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
6. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 “Does your business need a social media strategy?” “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” “My business has an integrated and effective social media strategy and it has been really helpful for the growth of our business.”
7. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 “Does your business need a social media strategy?” “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” “My business has an integrated and effective social media strategy and it has been really helpful for the growth of our business.” “Social media is a toss and a complete waste of time, both for myself and my employees. We don’t need a social media strategy.”
8. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 But with so many social media and social networking options these days, which one(s):
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10. target your market most effectively,
11. and how the hell are you going to find the team to get involved with it all????
12. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Wikipedia (in itself a social media platform) describes social media as: “online content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies.”
13. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Wikipedia (in itself a social media platform) describes social media as: “a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content; it supports the human need for social interaction with technology.”
14. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Wikipedia (in itself a social media platform) describes social media as: “Social media has become extremely popular because it allows people to connect in the online world to form relationships for personal, political and business use.”
18. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Australians LOVE social networking… 1 out of 2 Australians use social media.
19. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Australians LOVE social networking… On average, Aussies are members of more than 2 different social networking platforms.
41. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 And they tend to be a bit older with 1/3 of users ages between 35 & 44.
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43. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 This sentence is 140 characters, it's not that many but it's still enough to get your point across, you just have to be succinct & focussed.
48. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 And if you have content, either photos or videos to share with your customers (and have them share with you)…
50. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 But the real success story of content sharing – and the one you should SERIOUSLY consider being a part of is
55. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Chances are none of these audiences know you or your business right now.
56. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 While 93% of social media users believe that a company should have a presence in social media, only 18% of Australian organisations have a social media strategy.
57. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 And the best part of social media strategy? All of the platforms I just talked about are 100% FREE.
58. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 The Rules? Marketing your Marketing Managing your Marketing Measuring your Marketing Integrating your Marketing
59. Business Collaboration Forum. September 2009 Nick Bowditch www.nickbowditchtravel.com www.twitter.com/nickbowditch www.facebook.com/australiasfamilytravelexpert www.linkedin.com/in/nickbowditch Belinda Jackson www.webchameleon.com www.twitter.com/webchameleon www.facebook.com/webchameleon www.linkedin.com/in/webchameleon
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The three faces people pull when I tell them I am a social media strategist.Dumb lookSmile knowinglyWanker
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Now I made up those slides and that even bored me!
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And 3 out of 4 Americans.
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That’s a lot of people.How many of them know about your business at the moment?
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OK nothing Earth-shattering there so who is using what?Show of hands:Facebook profileFacebook business pageTwitterLinkedInMyspaceYouTube
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Just ahead of Japan.Are these your customers?Whose business is suited to Facebook?
Give example of honeymoon ads.7 enquiries, 4 bookings, $1800 profit, $16 layout.Has anyone ever used Facebook Ads?
More youth market.
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Up to 28 minutes more each time!Does that fit your customer profile?Whose business is suited to MySpace?
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Do Twitterers sound like your kind of people?Whose business is suited to Twitter?
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Are they the type of people you want to link to?Whose business is suited to LinkedIn?
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That’s 1 photo for every 2 people on Earth.
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Every minute … every day.
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That’s a huge audience. Do they know about your business yet?Whose business is suited to YouTube?
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The sheer numbers of social media users represents an unknown potential that conventional marketing and advertising could never deliver.
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You must still bring people to your social networking presences, blogs, email marketing campaigns and so on. You have to market your marketing, and we can discuss some different ways to do that now.Time management and expectations.It is really important that you measure the success or failure of any new campaign. Be consistent and give it a chance. All of them require time – LOTS of time. 2/3 of companies have no defined metrics.Twitter usernames and facebook page addresses on business cards and other offline material etc.