This document provides tips and best practices for using various social media platforms effectively. It discusses focusing social media activities around clear goals and understanding the target audience. Key platforms covered include Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, and tools for monitoring and measuring performance. For each platform, the summary highlights what type of content works best and tips for success, such as posting at optimal times, using images, and engaging with other users. The importance of testing different approaches and analyzing results is also emphasized.
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I’VE MADE ALL THE MISTAKES*
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10. Social Media @TashsbSocial Media will bring brand awareness (probably back to your
website) Don’t give them a bad user experience!
TRAFFIC
• Social media works best when there is some meat on the bone
• WordPress is the best
• Your web designer will love it
• Else, where will people who follow you go?
It needs to be:
On www.<yoursite>/blog
Updated regularly
Give useful information
Contain unique insights / perspective / news
Running the Yoast SEO plug in
http://wordpress.org/
http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/
15. BUT WHY WRITE CONTENT?
There are a number of reasons why you should but my top two are:
• Google likes fresh content (your site will rank better)
• A great way to engage with your audience and attract them to your
website.
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SOCIAL MEDIA STYLE GUIDE
• Who are the audience?
• What do the audience want?
• What do they want from social media?
• Who do they trust?
• What do they read online?
• What does that mean for my writing style?
• Who is empowered to do this?
Take ½ a day to do this.
It’ll make you do a better job
WHO ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR?
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USE PERSONAS TO CREATE
PURPOSE
• Give your content purpose – What do you want your audience
to do or feel after reading your blog post?
Do you want them to:
• Share it, engage, converse, feel informed or enlightened?
• What can you write about to help or inspire your audience?
• Can you answer their queries?
• What do they need to know about you?
22. USE PERSONAS TO THINK
ABOUT TYPES OF CONTENT
How-To Guides Step by step guides
Top Lists Top ten
Opinion Over Controversial Topics Provide perspective
Data Interesting stats
News What’s trending
Interviews Meet the team
Infographics Turn data into a visual format
Product, Service, or Content Highlight what you do
Reviews Provide opinion
Pro/Con lists Help make people make decisions
Video/Audio Content Bite size information
Seasonal Content Valentines day, Pirates day, Christmas etc.
30. WHY ARE YOU USING SOCIAL MEDIA?
Goals will help you measure what’s working – You might have different goals for different channels
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS
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A perfect Facebook post:
• is a link
• is brief - 40 characters or
fewer, if you can swing it
• gets published at non-peak
times
• follows other posts on a
regular schedule
• timely and newsworthy
https://blog.bufferapp.com/anatomy-of-a-perfect-facebook-post
WHAT FACEBOOK LIKES
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A perfect Facebook post:
• is a link
• is brief - 40 characters or
fewer, if you can swing it
• gets published at non-peak
times
• follows other posts on a
regular schedule
• timely and newsworthy
https://blog.bufferapp.com/anatomy-of-a-perfect-facebook-post
WHAT FACEBOOK LIKES
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Followerwonk & JustUnfollo
IS YOUR AUDIENCE ON TWITTER?
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HOW TO SEARCH
• Look at who your
competitors are following?
• Look at who is following
your competitors?
• Who is famous in your
industry?
• Who is local?
• Who is a brand
ambassador?
• Who has similar interests?
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USE LISTS
• The timeline you wished you had
• Journalists and bloggers
• Influencers
• Customer/ Clients
• Competitors
• By sector
• Location based lists
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• Clear CTA ‘Click Here’
• Use Urgency ‘Right Now’
• Use Pictures & resize your images
• Comment don’t just RT
• Tweet often and regularly
• Share your message more than once
• Be patient
TWITTER CONCLUNSION & TIPS
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WHAT WORKS
• Pin more often, and space out your pins
• Apply for Rich Pins for your website or blog
• Create the right-sized images (2:3 or 1:3.5, with a
minimum width of 600 pixels.)
• Write better descriptions – keyword-rich, detailed
• Use correct capitalisation and punctuation
• No hashtags
• No promotional information (“10% off” or “Two for $9.99!”)
• No salesy calls to action (“Buy now!”)
• No references to Pinterest functionality (“Click here to pin!”).
• Use multiple images within a pin
• Create Pins with text in them
https://blog.bufferapp.com/pinterest-marketing-tips
https://business.pinterest.com/sites/business/files/how-to-make-great-pins-guide-en-01.pdf
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IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE
CONNECTING WITH
PEOPLE
• Make sure your team have
optimised profiles
- Good profile images
- Links to your website
- Use key terms you want to be found for
• Connect
- Be genuine
- Give them a reason to trust you
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http://www.picmonkey.com/ & https://www.canva.com/
http://www.noisylittlemonkey.com/blog/free-images/
http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/07/14/can-i-use-that-picture/