50 ways to jumpstart your social media strategy
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This presentation was delivered at the 2010 Council on Foundations fall conference for community foundations. The session, "50 Ways to Jumpstart Your Social Media Strategy," was designed to leave attendees with easy-to-implement tips to improve their social media communications.TRANSCRIPT
50 Ways to Jumpstart Your Social Media
Strategy
Presented by: Tara Pringle Jefferson, public affairs associateScott Tennant, public relations officer
But first….
You do have a social media strategy, don’t you?
Are you blindly updating your organization’s Facebook page?
Do you only send out tweets whenever you get inspiration?
Are you avoiding social media altogether?
It’s 2010.
The “shiny new object” syndrome is over.
It’s time to think deeply about how your organization can use
social media
to create
REAL change.
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“If you have put on running shoes for the first time, do you think you can really expect to win the Boston Marathon?
If you are just starting out or if you haven’t identified a strategy and a good regular routine, can you really expect success?
You need to make social media a daily habit; understand the rules, the landscape, and above all give it time to work.”
~ Beth Kanter
Where social media fundraising campaigns take off
• General info you should know
• Make the most of your Facebook Page
• Keep your followers all a-Twitter about your organization
• Blog your way to the top
• Podcasts are just radio shows in your pocket
• 15 tips to build community
General stuff to jumpstart your thinking
Plant supporters for your Plant supporters for your executive directorexecutive director1
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Breakfast = Morning post
Mid-morning snack = check for replies, comments
Lunch = 2nd post of the day (if applicable)
Mid-afternoon snack = check for replies, comments
Dinner = Check for comments, post additional information right before you leave the office
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6“The most generous members [organizations] of any social media company are the most credible and influential and as such, they can devastate their competition.”
~Shel Israel
“What is the worst
possible thing that
can happen if we use
these tools?”
Answer it.
Move on.
Let me ask one
question…
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1 Read Beth Kanter’s blog {www.bethkanter.org}9
10Nine ideas from Beth Kanter:
1) Professional development and learning
2) Discover, interactive, and learn from thought leaders
3) Informal collaboration with peers
4) Create an archive for conference presentations
5) Tools to share documents and get feedback
6) Training
7) Fundraising
8) Advocacy
9) Sharing your organization’s story
11 Draft a social media policy
12 Get your whole staff Get your whole staff involvedinvolved
Jumpstarting…Your Facebook Page
Make your Facebook Make your Facebook posts “share-able”posts “share-able”13
14 Dig into your statsDig into your stats
““Tag” other organizations Tag” other organizations in your Facebook page in your Facebook page updatesupdates
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1 Dip a toe into Dip a toe into mobile technologymobile technology6
Jumpstarting…Your entry into the
world of Twitter
17 Understand the “ladder of Understand the “ladder of engagement” for Twitterengagement” for Twitter
18 Be inquisitive – ask questions Be inquisitive – ask questions
19 Use direct Use direct messages with a messages with a purposepurpose
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21 Capture your tweets Capture your tweets for your archivesfor your archives
22 Ask your followers Ask your followers to share your to share your messagemessage
23 Create lists to make Create lists to make Twitter more Twitter more manageablemanageable
24 Follow local reporters Follow local reporters and engage themand engage them
25 Create a hashtag Create a hashtag unique to your unique to your organizationorganization
26 Measure campaign Measure campaign impact on Twitterimpact on Twitter
Jumpstarting…Your blogging
efforts
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Step 1 – Identify bloggers
Step 2 – Visit their blogs and comment
Step 3 – Comment again
Step 4 – Send a casual e-mail, begin relationship
Befriend bloggersBefriend bloggers30
“A website without multimedia is like a cupcake without icing. Functional but
lacking.”
Make sure you put icing on your posts.
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Jumpstarting…Your move to
more podcasts
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15 tips to build an engaged community
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37 Find the sweet spot Find the sweet spot between posting too between posting too much and too littlemuch and too little
38 Respond to comments, Respond to comments, wall posts, tweets, wall posts, tweets, mentions, questions - mentions, questions - EVERY timeEVERY time
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40 Integrate social Integrate social media into your media into your newslettersnewsletters
41 Link to grantees Link to grantees whenever possible whenever possible
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44 Schedule SOME posts in Schedule SOME posts in advance to alleviate burn-advance to alleviate burn-outout
45 Don’t be Don’t be intimidated by intimidated by videosvideos
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47 Aim for one new Aim for one new video each monthvideo each month
48 Promote older – yet Promote older – yet still relevant! – still relevant! – YouTube videosYouTube videos
49 Upload multimedia Upload multimedia content once – content once – distribute it all overdistribute it all over
50 Read Mashable.com Read Mashable.com
GIVEAWAY TIME!