RECORDING: http://bit.ly/UsingVisualSocialMedia
With the origins of social media stemming back to the '70s, approaches of brands engaging with their target audiences have transformed to more 'show' tactics rather than the traditional 'tell' tactics.
Ansley Sudderth, Social Media Training and Communications Coordinator for ForRent.com™, and Erica Campbell, Director of Social Media for Dominion Homes Media™, illustrated how the shift in social media has become more visually-based and how you can adopt these trends to boost brand awareness.
Attendees leave knowing how to:
- Create Visual Content
- Crowd Source Using Your Content
- Showcase Your Story
40. Pinterest Resources
• PinAlerts: Receive email notifications whenever
someone pins something from your website.
• Pinerly: Suite of tools to post and measure. Suggests content
you should pin.
• Curalate: Finds and consolidates comments and
conversations. Tracks trends, aids discovery of fans and
advocates.
• Pinfluence: Measure your popularity on Pinterest and value
of each pin.
• Repinly: Find the most popular pinners, boards and pins on
Pinterest.
• PinReach: Understand engagement (repins, followers, pins,
likes, comments, trends)
• Pinpuff: Find out what your influence and popularity is on
Pinterest.
44. Instagram Stats
• 90 million Monthly Active Users
• 40 million Photos Per Day
• 8500 Likes Per Second
• 1000 Comments Per Second
45.
46. How It Works
• Snap a photo with your mobile phone
• Choose from 20 different filters to transform the image
• Tag the photo with a foursquare location
• Include a message & use hashtags
• ‘Like’ & comment on posts from other users
• Search the site & app to discover content
Photo: http://louisville.styleblueprint.com
52. What Can Brands Do?
• Curate content ranging from loosely
brand-related to product-specific
• Engage with users to build trust and an
online community
• Drive traffic back to your website and
social channels
• Run contests and provide giveaways
• Humanize the brand image
53.
54. Set Up Your Profile
• Select your username
• Include your logo
• Craft a description
• Provide a website URL
• Follow other users
• Recruit residents &
staff to follow the brand
78. 6 Exercises to Become More Visual
1. Always use a photo when possible
2. Don’t overcomplicate your messaging, the image should
do most of the talking
3. Optimize all photo assets for SEO, branding & findability
4. When pinning and sharing photos on Instagram, use at
least three hashtags to drive reach
5. Refresh your Facebook cover photo a few times a
month
6. Curate content by hosting a contest or promotion
79. Valuable Links
• Using Visual Social Media To Tell Your Story:
http://bit.ly/TyYDGj
• Are You Pinterest-ed In a Business Page?:
http://bit.ly/WM2mPE
• Using #Instagram for Your Community:
http://bit.ly/10SbgBF
• Learn Effective Strategies on Pinterest {White Paper}:
http://bit.ly/Vs5yAp