sustainable social media

Sustainable Social MediaZack Luby

Antioch Green MBA ProgramSpring 2010

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Social Media ≠ A Magic Wand (or Wands)

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Social Media is just for Geeks.

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If Facebook was a

country, it would be the 3rd largest

country in the world (behind

China and India)

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Social Media is just for hipsters.

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57%!

57 % Percent of Social Media users are over the age of 35.

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source: google ad planner

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Social Media is a Waste of

Time (like traffic)

93% of Social Media users believe a company should have a presence in Social Media

roughly this many people do not care.

source: Facebooksource: Cone Business in Social Media Study 2008

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Social Media is code for “Slacking off at work”

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Social Media Marketing is a $716,000,000 industry, expected to grow to $3,140,000,000 by 2014

Fact: That’s a lot of Cash.

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Source: Forrester Research

24% of Small Businesses are using Social Media in 2010, twice the amount from 2009.

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source: Small Business Success Index Study

80% of companies use social media, or plan on using social media, as part of their strategy to find new employees. source: socialnomics 2010 study

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Social Media is

just for Teen-agers.

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Fact: The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year old women.

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Source: Inside Facebook Blog

Social Media is impersonal.

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1 in 8 couples married in the US in 2009 met through Social Media Source: McKinsey Study

Myth: Social Media

Can’t Be Measured.

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Set Goals.Measure

your Progress.

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So Social Media is important. Got it.

But where on Earth do I Start?image via flickr/SimonK

SOCIAL MEDIA BASICS - THE BUILDING BLOCKS

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The most important tool that you can use in your social media efforts is listening.

It’s also the first step in

getting started.

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Listening Tips for Getting Started

1. Set up Google Alerts for your name and your org’s name. (google.com/alerts)

2. Set up a Twitter account, and download a Twitter

Platform (like Tweetdeck)Save the searches.

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Now it’s time to share your personality.

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Time to put pen to paper.

Write an “About You” section for yourself.

After you are done writing, speak it out loud.

Write it again, this time like

you would say it to someone.

Write a long one (500 w), and

a short one (100 w)

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Be consistent across platforms.

You are building a brand.

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The Big Three

Provides incredible reachShare information with those that care

Multiply your influenceNecessary if you have a storefront

Share information quickly to tons of people

Best for: Retail, Realty, Wholesale, Hospitality, Non-Profits

Use to: Share valuable information, coupons, special offers & events

The most important listening tool

Keep up with your customersKeep up with your industry

Customer Service!Share links to your content

Use to: Listen, link to your stuff

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A necessity for networking, finding a job, finding people to hire, and learning more about small

business.

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Isn’t this a GREEN m.b.a.

program?

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Social Media is about Building

Sustainable Relationships and

Connections.

Social Media allows you to tell your story.

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Transparency

Social Media provides transparency

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Social Media is a Two-Way

Street.

Social Media is about what you Bring to the Situation.image via flickr/vplessky

Scolding is not effective.

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Take your Time.

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