Master the digital channel with the NiceWorld Social Media Workshop. Learn professional tips and techniques for the major social platforms including Facebook and Twitter. The Social Media Workshop covers strategy, tools, timing, and advanced tricks to get your message seen. Completing this workshop will qualify you for a "Social Media Expert" t-shirt or trucker cap (just kidding). Learn more at Nice World Technology Training http://niceworldtech.com - NOTE embedded links in the Slideshare do not work, to access presentation with links, please download PDF here: http://niceworldtech.com/Social-Media-Workshop-Class-One.pdf
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
Social Media Workshop - Basics and Protips
1. Nice World Technology Training
Social Media Workshop
Class One
Facebook, Twitter and More
Instructor
Peter (NICE) Mitchell
peter@petenice.com
URL
www.niceworldtech.com
Monday, July 15, 13
2. Keeping up with social
• Social media is not a new thing
- The many to many paradigm
- The Well
• Learn how to learn
- Create a second identity
- Learn by testing
- Use multiple browsers and clear cache
• Subscribe to the right resources
- Facebook News
- Inside Facebook
- Official Twitter Blog
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3. Keeping up with social
Check yourself out
You may be surprised at what you’re sharing
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4. Facebook is changing
Advertisers want really rich
things like big pictures or
videos, and we haven’t
provided those things
historically”
- Mark Zuckerberg
New York Times,
March 2013
“
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23. Facebook pro tips
Use the “highlight” feature
On mobile, not so much
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24. Facebook pro tips
Create image macros
“A rule or pattern that specifies
how a certain input sequence
should be mapped to an output
sequence”
- Wiki
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25. Facebook pro tips
Create image macros
Why your Facebook
feed is crammed with
visual gags - Slate
• Algorithym changes
• Larger display
• Meme generators
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39. Facebook pro tips
Pay for a promoted post
Organic content is limited by EdgeRank
• Affinity - relationship between users
• Weight - type of story
• Time - how recently an action was taken
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40. Facebook pro tips
Pay for a promoted post
"Your promoted posts will be seen by a larger
percentage of the people who like your Page
than would normally see it. It will also be seen
by a larger percentage of the friends of people
who interact with your post."
- Facebook
How to create a promoted post
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44. Social media strategy
Include a call to action
“Which is better: Harry Potter or Twilight?”
“Which is better: Harry Potter or Twilight? Tell us in the comments!”
“My hampster fell into the garbage disposal. Click Like if you will miss him.”
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45. Social media strategy
Create content that is shareable
Rules
• Make content that is useful
• Provoke a conversation
• Strike an emotional chord
• Help visitors define themselves
• Help visitors look smart
• Be funny
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46. Social media strategy
Create content that is shareable
Techniques
• Use imagery
• Keep it short
• Write a tight-fighting headline
• Track your results
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47. Social media strategy
The 80/20 rule
Use the Pareto principle
"80% of your sales will come from 20% of your
customers."
“80% of your content should be about or from
other people, and only 20% of your posts should
be about yourself.”
The Social Media Hat
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48. Social media strategy
Practice good etiquette
Dos and Don’ts
• Do reply to comments
• Do be careful of tone
• Do set exclusive events to “private”
• Do tag lightly
• Don’t poke unless you’re under 14
• Don’t be intentionally vague
• Don’t overshare
• Don’t vent
• Don’t do chain status updates
• Don’t delete friends
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49. Social media strategy
Use brand appropriate tone
The right tone of voice
“social media networks were created for
individuals, not for companies. Thus, it is
imperative to be authentic, approachable,
inclusive, expressive, and to keep your ears
open, just as you would with any conversation.”
Develop your brand’s voice by looking at it as a
personality rather than a company.
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50. Social media strategy
Use brand appropriate tone
Creating a social media style guide
• Be friendly, approachable and responsive.
• Use inclusive language (us, we, you)
• Talk like a person, not a press release
• Be honest; don’t feign omniscience
• Be expressive, when appropriate.
• Find opportunities to naturally build
engagement hooks into your posts
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58. 140 tweaks
Twitter started as an SMS tool, limited
characters to allow for message and header.
What is it today?
• Subscription service, alternative to RSS
• One to many & one to one communications
• Multimedia aggregation platform
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72. @reply
Communicate
Start tweet with @reply, it will send the tweet to
the individual not to your followers.
It will however, be visible on your wall and in
Twitter search.
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74. .@reply
Communicate
Some users start an @reply with a period (.)
this will turn an @reply into an @mention so the
tweet will be sent to their own followers.
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80. Identify influencers
Promote
Twitter users who can make an impact
• Have many followers (volume)
• Have the right followers (niche)
• Are often re-tweeted (high value content)
How to find?
• Native tool search.twitter.com
• Free tools klout.com kred.com
• Paid tools Radian6 (salesforce)
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97. #hashtag
#Hashtag
• Aggregate conversations (tool)
• Meta-concept (idea)
What’s it good for?
• Start or join a topic
• Host or join a chat
• Organize your own content
• Be found
• Useful hashtag tools
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98. Jargon
Twitter Bots
FailWhale
FTW (for the win)
IMO (in my opinion)
OH (overheard)
HT (heard through)
RT (retweet)
via (an idea from)
Official Twitter Glossary
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100. Design tips
Create a custom background image
Twitter pro tips
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101. Design tips
Get clever with your profile image
• Face front
• Headshot (mostly)
• Appealing
• Good lighting
• Creative
Twitter pro tips
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111. How urls are treated
• URL’s are truncated to 22 characters
• All URL’s are shortened using t.co
• Bad news for bit.ly
Twitter pro tips
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112. Add images to tweets
Twitter pro tips
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113. Add images to tweets
Twitter pro tips
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114. Add images to tweets
Twitter pro tips
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122. More apps
Integrated content apps: Path
Full circle marketing apps: HubSpot
Crazy cool apps: IFTTT.com
Cool tools
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123. Cross media strategy
Social is not a tactic, it’s an ingredient
• Promote across platforms, web, email, etc.
• Atomize your content, more is more
• Integrate social into virtual and meetspace
• Create full circle campaigns
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124. Worshop Two
EXTEND REACH
• Website integration techniques
• Recruitment and activation tools
• Email newsletter tips
PRODUCE EVENTS
• Leverage social to supercharge events
• Field media production how-to
CREATE CONTENT
• Tools to make great content for social
• Best techniques for YouTube
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