Social3i - NWEN eIQ - Social Media for Startups - Jan 2013
1. Social Media for Startups
A Primer
Presented at NWEN
Andy Boyer / Alonso Chehade
Jan 29, 2013
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insight | ideation | influence
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4. Today’s Discussion
Intros and getting to know each other
Getting Started With Social
• Passive
• Active
Inspirational Ideas
Building a Strategy or Framework
2 Case studies – Relaborate and Pillar Properties
Channel Tactics – 3 stars and 5 tips from Alonso
Q+A All through the preso.
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8. Your Startup
Personal Branding and Networking Through Social Media
Why is it important?
How can I get started?
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9. Why Social Media is Important for Your
Personal Brand
Network and Engage with
Deepen Relationships Own your Brand
Customers and Partners
Identification of Sharing of news and Determine what
trendsetters and information from Google finds
thought leaders partners and Proactively work to
Conversations with the customers become someone
right people in the Collect real insight and thought leaders want
right places about understanding of to engage with
product ideas and partner needs and
deficiencies wishes
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10. “Worldwide, 86% of companies have a
presence on Facebook and Twitter….
.
“…Meanwhile just over half use YouTube and
LinkedIn and only slightly more than a third
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have a presence on Pinterest and/or Google+”
11. Using social media boosts
website traffic:
- Companies gain a 185% lift in
Web traffic after achieving
.
1,000 Facebook likes
- Businesses with 51 to 100
Twitter followers generate
106% more traffic than those
with 25 or fewer followers.”
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13. “Social media users are willing to pay a
21% premium for brands that deliver great
service through social media”
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14. “There are one billion posts per day made on Facebook. The average
user spends nearly 7 hours per month on the social networking site, and
one out of every five pageviews on the Internet is on…Facebook.”
.
“Facebook grew 18% in 2012
and accounted for more than
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half of all social content.”
15. The Day that News Changed
• 3:26 pm photo was
posted to Janis
Krum’s (@jkrums)
twitter profile
• New York Times
broke the news at
3:48 pm and didn’t
post to the front
page until 4:00 pm
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16. The moment that defined
Twitter for the mainstream
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18. Why Do We Need to Understand Social Media
Industry Shift in Marketing Spend
• 46% Decline in Tradeshow spending
• 44% of Direct Mail never opened
• 90% of marketers now use social networks in their marketing efforts.
• Social media and blogs reach 80% of all U.S. Internet users. 91% of
experienced social marketers see improved website traffic due to social
media and 79% are generating more quality leads.
B2B Users and Customers Shifting to Social Vehicles
• US Internet users spend 3x more time on social networks than email, and
6x more than on portals
• 61% of U.S. Marketers use Social Media for Lead Gen
• 63% of companies who are using social media say it has INCREASED
EFFECTIVENESS of other marketing efforts
• LinkedIn drives the most leads to B2B sites, according to Leadforce
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Source: HubSpot
19. A Complete Social Media Process
• Use Social Media Monitoring tools to track the
conversations around a brand and the industry as a
Listen whole. Identify key industry influencers and brand
advocates.
• Establish 30-60 day editorial calendars to drive
conversations and lead consumers through a
Plan planned story arc. Then we develop syndication
strategies to get the content maximum exposure.
• Write short and long form content in multiple
Develop channels that engages customers and encourages
sharing.
• Analyze key metrics such as Virality, Engagement
Review and Reach to determine the success of our
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27. Quora Conversations Quora users
ask industry
specific
questions.
Business
professionals
have the
opportunity
to step in and
answer
inquiries to
serve as “the
voice” of their
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48. What’s your story?
You have more to talk
about than you realize
• Conferences
• Product Releases
• Speaking Engagements
• Promotions / Hires
• Partner News
• Customer Success
Stories
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49. Be Realistic
So many
channels, s
o little
time.
Where to
focus your
time and
efforts?
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50. Set Your Goals
Crowdsourcing
Product / information to improve
Maximizing an ad campaign Service programs and services
by extending the content to Development
channels not covered by paid
media
Searching for external
opportunities to
service customer
related issues,
Outbound Customer
PR / Advertising Support
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51. Setting Your Expectations
The Long Term Goal:
Giving customers a say
in
Influence
developing, supporting
and evangelizing your
brand
Melding social into your
overall marketing program
Integrate
Enagaging with
fans, followers, press, analysts and Interact
critics
Basic benchmarking, auditing and listening to conversation
about your brand, customers & products
Interest
Develop marketing and business plans without benefit of any data or
insights generated on the social web about you or competitors
Ignore
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57. Step 2: Why are we here?
• Who are we reaching?
• What do we want them to do?
• Which parts of the company can we involve?
• How much trust have we earned so far?
• What do these people like to do?
• What tools do we have at our disposal?
• How much time do we have to dedicate to this effort?
• What kind of budget do we have to work with?
• What does our existing marketing calendar look like?
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58. Step 3: Get a consistent name
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59. Step 4: Have the right free tracking tools
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61. Step 6: Set up an Editorial Calendar
Editorial Calendar
Date Offline Sales Calls Aggregated Blog Facebook (In Twitter (In YouTube Foursquare
Event Content on addition to addition to
Web Site general replies and
discussion) discussion)
Sun 7/10
Mon 7/11
Tues 7/12
Wed 7/13
Thurs 7/14
Fri 7/15
Sat 7/16
Sun 7/17
Mon 7/18
Tues 7/19
Wed 7/20
Thurs 7/21
Fri 7/22
Sat 7/23
Sun 7/24
Mon 7/25
Tues 7/26
Wed 7/27
Thurs 7/28
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86. FACEBOOK
Over 1 billion
active users
Source: Facebook Inc.
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87. FACEBOOK
62% of B2C
companies acquired new customers from it.
Source: HubSpot’s Marketing Fact vs. Marketing Fantasy eBook
41% of B2B
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Source: HubSpot’s Marketing Fact vs. Marketing Fantasy eBook
88. FACEBOOK
Profiles Vs. Pages
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89. FACEBOOK
Types of Interactions
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96. FACEBOOK
Tell your friends
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97. TWITTER
Over 200 million
active users
Source: Wikipedia
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98. TWITTER
67% of users
more likely to buy/recommend a brand they follow.
Source: Survey by Chadwick Martin Bailey
39% of B2B
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Source: HubSpot’s Marketing Fact vs. Marketing Fantasy eBook
99. TWITTER
Types of Interactions
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100. TWITTER
Tweet often but with breaks
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“Of those that have had interactions via social media, 54% said that this has changed their perception of the brand. Predictably, most consumers are looking for the latest offers and competitions via social media (49% and 48% respectively), though 33% are looking for direct answers to questions or complaints. ”Once they get in it.How to use other program – personal insights conversations, that people want to join. Taking the experience more robust beyond a robust – A Facebook social graph – relevant offers. Email conversations around segmentation.
(Heidi Cohen)
Here are the top 5 social media sites where both B2C and B2B marketers are distributing their content.
I’ll give you an overview of these 5, but spend more time in the top 3; which are Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn. Alright let’s talk Facebook.
If social media sites were venues, Facebook would be like a giant living room with over one billion people sitting around.
where both B2C and B2B companies who have established a presence are acquiring new customers from it.
If social media sites were venues, Facebook would be like a giant living room with over one billion people sitting around.
If social media sites were venues, Facebook would be like a giant living room with over one billion people sitting around.
Facebook is great site to distribute your content, but also an opportunity to capture and share the story of your company with others.
And one of the best ways to do this is with pictures. That’s why photos on this platform get higher engagement than the average post.
For your company to stay present in this room, is very important to stay active by posting updates regularly. However don’t take over the room or their feed by talking too much. If you want to keep your fans away from unliking your page, the optimum post per day frequency seems to be around once every two days.
Facebook is a micro blogging platform, so be brief with your updates. People are scanning their feeds not reading them, so be quick and engaging. Practice keeping your posts under 80 characters, as it is a good reference point to get higher engagement.
….and the more your fans engage with your page, the more often your posts will show up on their feed. For example Creative Guerrilla Marketing is a Facebook page that I usually engage with by sharing and liking their posts, and that’s why I see their updates in my feed on a regular basis.
Asking questions is another great way to encourage fan engagement. Certain questions have shown to get more comments than others, like for example the ones starting with Should, Would and Which.
If you’re just getting started, invite your friends to like your business Facebook page. Facebook helps you do this in an effective matter by suggesting people in your network that you have recently interacted with. So be social and send those invites. OK let’s talk Twitter now.
Twitter is like a crowded bar with over 200 million people where users are encouraged to engage with each other, even if they’re perfect strangers.
where both B2C and B2B companies who have established a presence are acquiring new customers from it.
where both B2C and B2B companies who have established a presence are acquiring new customers from it.
To stay present in this room you need to tweet often because the lifespan of your posts are shorter than Facebook. So tweet often but don’t overcrowd your content.
The core component of Twitter is your timeline located in your home tab, which is the real time stream from the people you follow.
In the connect tab at the top of your pageyou can monitor what people are saying about your business and how they’re interacting with your brand. Under interactions you’ll see what others are saying about you, who’s retweeting you, who’s favoring your tweets, and any new followers you have acquired. You can select mentions to filter this information further, in order to see just the tweets that are mentioning your Twitter handle.
In the discover tabyou can tap into a stream of recently popular and useful information that is tailored to you based on your location, who you follow, and what’s happening in the world. The activity section shows everything that your connections are doing. You can see who they are following, what tweets they’re favoring, retweeting, or replying to the most. This can be helpful if you’re a local business trying to determine what your customers are interested in talking about.
Your Twitter profile allows for people to tweet you directly, view your following and followers, favorites, lists and photos.Your customers will be able to learn about you instantly through the look and feel of your Twitter profile. This is the public facing side of your account which people will see when they choose to visit your profile outside of their home feed.
The easiest way to get started building a following in Twitter is by following potential prospects and posting interesting links. Now let’s move on to LinkedIn
LinkedIn is like a conference room with around 160 million active users. Here you will have a better chance to connect with business executives, key decision makers and potential new teammates for your business.
What is a LinkedIn Company Page?It’s a centralized location where millions of LinkedIn members can go to stay in the loop on company news, products and services, business opportunities and job openings.For a business, it’s the opportunity to:Tell your company’s storyHighlight your products and servicesEngage with followersShare career opportunitiesDrive word of mouth at scale
What is a LinkedIn Company Page?It’s a centralized location where millions of LinkedIn members can go to stay in the loop on company news, products and services, business opportunities and job openings.For a business, it’s the opportunity to:Tell your company’s storyHighlight your products and servicesEngage with followersShare career opportunitiesDrive word of mouth at scale
LinkedIn groups are a great way to position yourself as an industry leader. Lewis started a LinkedIn group call the Sports Industry Network that has now over 104 thousand members! Lewis shares that groups have been an extremely powerful tool to refer traffic to his target sites.