This document outlines a presentation about using Hootsuite to manage social media activities. It discusses why businesses use social media and which platforms are popular in Australia. It then introduces Hootsuite as a tool to schedule and monitor posts across multiple social media profiles. The presentation provides tips for creating a Hootsuite strategy, including understanding goals and competitors, and measuring the results. Attendees are invited to consider what aspects they want to investigate further.
3. Session Overview
• Why use social media in business?
• Which social media sites are you using for your
business?
• How are you managing your different social
media profiles now?
• What is Hootsuite?
• Creating a Hootsuite social media strategy
• Key considerations
• What will you investigate further?
• Workshop evaluation
8. Data source: http://www.socialmedianews.com.au
Australian Social Media
Stats*
• Facebook – over 13,600,000
users
• YouTube – 13,100,000 users
• LinkedIn – 3,900,000 users
• Twitter - 2,800,000 users
• Instagram – 2,060,000 users
• Google Plus – 60,000 users
* September 2014
9. Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
Facebook – aka ‘the Pub’
• Connect with friends or seek feedback from
customers
• 3 short posts/week – useful and relevant
content, news and events about your business
• Answer questions on status updates and in
Groups
• Post: Early morning, during lunch, after work,
before dinner and before bed
• Paid ‘posts’ and ‘pages’
• Competitions for “Likes”
10. Google+ – aka ‘SEO buddy’
• Early adopters, technology industry leaders
• Google SEO, Google Reviews, Google Maps,
Google Groups
• Get there before your competitors do
• More about ‘talking’ than ‘stalking”
• Company page
• Post: Before / After business hours
11. Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
LinkedIn – aka ‘the Office’
• Business Networking (Key decision makers),
Recruitment
• Share ‘thought leader’ posts, industry / topic
news, how-tos
• Offer advice / information in industry / topic
groups
• Company page
• Post: Before / After business hours
12. Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
Twitter – aka ‘SMS / Chat’
• Short posts (best < 100 characters)
• Witty comments / quotes, industry news,
promos, tips & tricks
• Photos / Video
• Paid ‘tweets’ and ‘profiles’
• #hashtags & trending
• Strong WIFM call to actions – click, interact, buy
• Post: between 11 am-3 pm
13. YouTube – aka ‘Moving pictures’
• Strong message, Show don’t tell
• Tutorials, stories, debunk myths, Pros/Cons,
action, tips / tricks, how-tos,
• Business YouTube Channel
• No longer than 3 mins
• Professional vs Crappy
• Paid targeted promotions
• 3-5 / month
• Busiest 2-8 pm
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
14. Instagram/Pinterest – aka ‘Visual’
Instagram
• Inspirational images
• Sneak peeks, behind the scenes, product demos
• Include questions / #hashtags
• Ask customers to post with unique #hashtags
• 1-2 / day
• Post: after 8 pm weekdays & 5 pm on weekends
Pinterest
• Curate images around key themes: people, animals,
houses, clothes, shoes, craft, cars, tools
• Repin your images
• 1 pin per day
• Saturday mornings; Weekdays: 2-4 pm & 8 pm to 1 am
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
15. How are you managing
your different social
media profiles now?
17. Data source: http://www.socialmedianews.com.au
Hootsuite
• Social Media Management Tool
• Manage and monitor
multiple social media
profiles
• Schedule updates
• Share the responsibility
• Mobile app to use on the
go
• Customised analytics
29. Understand your target market
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30. Your social media goal
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31. Which social media sites?
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32. What are your competitors doing?
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33. What? When? Where? Why?
Link to a call to
action
Create blog
post
Condensed
version for
eUpdate
Provocative
Hootsuite
posts
Pose
discussions on
online groups
34. Who’s doing what?
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35. Creating compelling posts
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What to talk about
1.Get what you want
2. Crystal ball and history
3. Problems or fears
4. Fact, fiction, truth or ties
5.How to, tricks of the trade
6.Best or Worst
7.Ways to fail
36. Creating compelling posts
Ways to keep them:
1.Pose a question
2. Use a quote
3. Use a powerful story
4.Enticing (or scary) facts / stats
5. Provide context / background
/ mental image
6. Analogies
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37. Measure and monitor
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38. Use those stats - Data Analytics
• Google Analytics
• Blog Analytics
• Facebook Analytics
• Bit.ly
• Conversions /
referrals
39. Measuring your ROI
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DIRECT ROI INDIRECT ROI
Immediate sales/contracts Sales/contracts which come at a later time
Increased hits on your website Referrals for business from unknown sources
Reduced time spent on customer service or
information provision
Increased enquiries about your business
44. Allison Miller
0400 732 270
allison@vanguardvisions.com.au
vanguardvisionsconsulting.com.au
linkedin.com/in/theother66
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Notas del editor
Introduce yourself –
Elearning ebusiness eportfolio consultancy
Work with prominent business development programs/leaders like the City of Salisbury and City of Marion, as well as universities, VET providers and schools
E-business Workshops / Webinars for national organisations such as ACPET, Wendy Perry & Associates
Delivering this workshop as a small business owner who has been writing business blogs since 2008 and using them as part of VVC’s digital marketing campaign.
Encourage questions / discussion
So why social media sites for your business?
So why use social media?
Acknowledgement – this slide has been adapted from Ben Teoh’s Digital Enterprise “Social Media for NFP” workshop slides
So which social media sites are you using for your business? And why?
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
http://smarter.telstrabusiness.com/make-a-social-call-media-marketing-relationship-building-how-to-case-studies-why-use-it-experts-tips-how-to-use.htm
Write down 2-3 ideas about what you would post on your Facebook Company page (if appropriate)
Sources:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232283
http://postcron.com/en/blog/why-use-google-plus-business-10-implacable-reasons/
Write down 2-3 ideas about what you would post on your Google+ Company page (if appropriate)
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
Write down 2-3 ideas about what you would post on your LinkedIn Company page (if appropriate)
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
Write down 2-3 ideas about what you would post on your Twitter Company page (if appropriate)
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
Write down 2-3 ideas about what you would post on your YouTube Company page (if appropriate)
Source: Smarter Business Ideas – Spring 2013 – “Make a social call”
Write down 2-3 ideas about what you would post on your Instagram/Pinterest Company page (if appropriate)
How are you managing your social media profiles now?
Has anyone used Hootsuite before? How are you using it?
If you haven’t got a Hootsuite account – create one at Hootsuite.com (Free for 3 social media profiles)
HootSuite is a service referred to as a “Social Media Management Tool”. A Social Media Management System or Tool (SMMS/SMMT) can help you manage your many social channels by monitoring, posting and delegating tasks within a team.
Hootsuite Pros
Here are some of Hootsuite’s many features:
Manage multiple Twitter, Facebook (profiles and pages), LinkedIn, Word Press, Foursquare and Google+ networks all from one place
Schedule updates (including on a calendar and even upload from a spreadsheet (csv file)
Share the responsibility - Collaborate as a team (delegate replies, tweets, mark as done, track messages etc)
Mobile apps (iOS & Android)
Customised analytics (including scheduled reports)
RSS integration (post updates from an RSS feed)
Helpful and comprehensive support pages and friendly customer support team
Source: 7 Reasons not to use Hootsuite - http://iag.me/socialmedia/reviews/7-reasons-not-to-use-hootsuite/
Overview of your Social Media profiles and users in an organisation
Add social network – to post and schedule posts
Add stream – to monitor activity
Planning this space
VVC – Twitter & Facebook
theother66
Other
Community
Show how to write and schedule a post
Publisher –
bulk scheduling of posts via .CSV
Monitor which posts are being posted when through ‘Publisher’
Other features
RSS feeds eg from Blog posts
Bulk message upload
Suggested posts
Can advertise on those social media networks which have paid advertising options
Can manage who you follow in Twitter
Can manage all sorts of things in Hootsuite eg Flickr, Instagram, YouTube, WordPress etc via integrated Apps
Can control information about your account, upgrade your account, manage notifications
Most of the reports attract a monthly fee to access except
1 premium report plus
Twitter profile overview
Facebook Page Overview
Ow.ly Click Summary
Hootsuite sends you a weekly summary of activity
Write down 3-4 things which best describes your ideal target market. Use demographic information to describe your target market, such as: age range, location, job position and/or income bracket.
How you manage your whole business should be driven by who is your target market.
Having a clear picture about who is most likely to buy your business’s goods/services
Market the right information at the right time, and in the right place.
Having a clearly defined target market will also help you determine what is important to them and help you decide upon what you should be posting on your social media profiles and when.
Draw on your own experience or think about who you think is going to pay for your goods/services if you haven’t started your business yet.
Write down what the purpose of having a blog.
Drive more traffic to website
Increase email list
Increase enquiries / sales
Provide better customer service
Build brand recognition
Others
Which social media sites are you / should you be using?
Why?
How?
Write down your top 3 competitors
Which social media sites are they using?
How are they using social media?
Using Hootsuite is part of an overall digital marketing strategy / process
Link to a call to action
Create blog post
Condensed version for eUpdate
Provocative Hootsuite posts for each
Pose discussions on online groups
If you are sharing the responsibility of your social media strategy you need to determine who is doing what?
Who is going to write, review, edit, post, respond?
Compelling posts:
Something people need
Something which provokes interest
7 Headline types (top 6 by “Authority Blogger” from Jeff Bulla’s 8 Key steps to blogging mastery ebook):
Get what you want – healthier, wealthier, happier – ie The secret to …
Crystal ball and history – predictions of the future and analysis of the past
Problems or fears – Don’t be the last one in the unemployment line
Fact, fiction, truth or ties – Little known ways to ….
How to, tricks of the trade –
Best or Worst
Ways to fail (but offer the solutions)
Compelling posts:
Pose a question
Use a quote
Use a powerful story
Enticing (or scary) facts / stats
Provide context / background / mental image
Analogies
ROI – Return on Investment or Realization of Influence
How do you know if your efforts are getting you anywhere?
Measure against the goals you set for the blog
Use:
Google Analytics
Website Analytics
Facebook Analytics
Bit.ly
Conversion to sales / referrals /
Benchmarking and evaluating
You will need to collect data to help you measure your ROI criteria. Link this to your social media/digital marketing goals
This can come from:
Data analytics from your website-blog platform and/or Google Analytics
Asking customers / people who contact you how they heard about your business
Reviewing Sales/Revenue/Registrations data or Customer contact data
Anecdotal information from speaking with your customers
Here are a few things to consider when blogging for your RTO:
Link to your marketing strategy – branding, consistency
Have a social media policy:
Moderating of comments guides on the site
Privacy policy
Mechanisms which quickly deal with issues
Just because no-one comments doesn’t mean it’s not working – lurking is ok
Stay up to date about good social media practice
Social media facebook groups
Others?
What will you investigate further and why?
Ask participants to complete the online workshop evaluation